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Key Takeaways:
- UY SCUTI marks Younger Thug’s return with a daring mixture of courtroom audio, emotional options, and lyrical pressure.
- The venture options Cardi B, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, and a shock reunion with YFN Lucci.
- Thug addresses previous tensions, together with disses aimed toward Gunna and a lacking Rod Wave verse.
UY SCUTI, Younger Thug’s first album since final 12 months’s jail launch, has lastly arrived. Launched on Friday (Sept. 26) at midnight, the venture stretches throughout 20 songs and delivers a few of his most compelling work in years.
Appropriately, it begins with audio of one of many prosecutors from his RICO case, grounding the report within the very circumstances that just about ended his profession. Nonetheless, the track “Ninja,” for higher or worse, doesn’t maintain that gravity. In its latter half, which went viral virtually instantly, Thugger raps, “I am callin’ my opps n**ger / They higher not play with me, n**ger.”
From there, the venture segues into the Ken Carson-assisted “Yuck,” first previewed at Summer season Smash in June, and “On The Information” with Cardi B. Initially, Younger Thug was slated to drop on the identical day because the Bronx rapper’s AM I THE DRAMA?, so maybe one of many tradeoffs of UY SCUTI coming per week later was this monster of a collaboration.
“However how the f**ok you laughin’ once I heard you gettin’ beat on? / Gotta pay a n**ga manner each journey y’all be on,” Cardi takes a shot at a sure somebody. Different options on the LP embody acquainted faces like Future (“Cash On Cash”), Travis Scott (“Pipe Down”), and 21 Savage (“Stroll Down”). Lil Child additionally makes an look on “Pardon My Again,” which is attention-grabbing contemplating Thug implied that Wham wasn’t choosing up his calls on “Miss My Canines” earlier this month.
On the extra surprising facet, Thug and YFN Lucci momentarily set their variations apart for “Whaddup Jesus.” What’s left of YSL Data comes collectively for “Revenge,” and the venture sprinkles in much more collaborations throughout its expansive tracklist.
Mariah the Scientist, Younger Thug’s longtime accomplice, is the one artist featured greater than as soon as throughout UY SCUTI. On “Goals Not often Do Come True,” her honey-hued vocals carry the track’s first half. On the second, Younger Thug revisits his leaked jail calls and as soon as once more disses Gunna: “We was talkin’ ’bout somethin’ critical and it simply made me unhappy / Why would I cry over a b**ch, I gave to Gunna police a**?”
Though it’s unsure whether or not Younger Thug goes to tour afterward, followers can count on not less than one replace to UY SCUTI. The “Digits” hitmaker confirmed through X (previously Twitter) that Rod Wave’s verse was mistakenly left off the album by his crew. “Doin’ some firing within the a.m. and the track shall be fastened tomorrow,” Thugger tweeted. Regardless, the venture is a powerful comeback for him.