Eternal Atake
by Lil Uzi Vert
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2020
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 239 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 159 out of 239
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 239
  3. Negative: 32 out of 239
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  1. jbus03
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    not good, not bad. Pretty much what you'd expect as you hear uzi rehash the same on liners. Production is pretty good but lacking in lyrics
  2. A_Normal_Bush
    Mar 13, 2020
    7
    Before this album, I tried all of Uzi's albums. I didn't like them at all. I wanted to like him, but just didn't. I wasn't expecting anything good from this album, but it pleasantly surprised me. This is his best album. I don't like autotune (I think it's fine only if used a small amount), so because Uzi uses a lot of autotune, I was expecting to absolutely hate the album, if just that.Before this album, I tried all of Uzi's albums. I didn't like them at all. I wanted to like him, but just didn't. I wasn't expecting anything good from this album, but it pleasantly surprised me. This is his best album. I don't like autotune (I think it's fine only if used a small amount), so because Uzi uses a lot of autotune, I was expecting to absolutely hate the album, if just that. Surprisingly enough, I didn't care. The album was enjoyable enough that I barely even noticed the autotune. I usually hate autotune, but I think it was easy to forget about in this album. Not every song is amazing in fact I'd say only about half to 2/3, but the worst songs are just alright and forgettable and the best songs (and I'd say basically all of the good songs) are REALLY good. The biggest problem with this album, though, was the wait. While I think this was a really good album, it definitely wasn't good enough for the long wait to this album, If you make people wait this long for an album, you need to make it your best work, because the longer to await an album, the more their expectations go up, and just don't think the album lives up to those high expectations.… Expand
  3. Richard_Amor
    May 8, 2020
    5
    The album overall was listenable, I don’t see myself listening to it again though, most tracks were repetitive and had really corny lyricism.
  4. EricWRIPBIG
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Uzi does not miss EVER, this album is the de facto album of the year. Uzi's lyrical ingenuity, hooks, and the beats behind the songs on EA is impeccable.
  5. SebasWrld
    Oct 29, 2020
    9
    This album really did so great and showed different flows of lil uzi vert. Also tells a good story of lil uzi vert.
  6. MidWestWill
    Mar 16, 2020
    5
    Eternal Atake is the perfect example of how hype controls the audiences perception of quality. Lil Uzi has hyped this album up for years and it finally dropped, now if you're a Lil Uzi Vert fan, you must be pretty excited for this right? So you listen to it and it sounds great! Until you listen to it a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th time before realizing Uzi is rapping about the same surface levelEternal Atake is the perfect example of how hype controls the audiences perception of quality. Lil Uzi has hyped this album up for years and it finally dropped, now if you're a Lil Uzi Vert fan, you must be pretty excited for this right? So you listen to it and it sounds great! Until you listen to it a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th time before realizing Uzi is rapping about the same surface level things on nearly every song on this album. The beats and production on this album are thrown together and not really aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. I pointed to this earlier but it feels as though Uzi hasn't grown with his lyricism at all since his 2017 project. Rapping about bands, foreign whips, and bad lil **** on nearly every single song. While there are some good beats on this album (Prices, Secure the Bag) as I said they are all interchangeable with each other so a lot of the tracks sound the same. I personally do think that Uzi is the most overrated rapper in the game right now. I'm not saying he's bad but what I am saying is he hasn't done anything to warrant this amount of praise from the music community. I felt as though the sound that Lil Uzi has and the brand that he has created with that sound did not match how long the tracks were on this album. Nearly all of these tracks are three minutes long and while I was listening to this my third time through, heck even on my first time through I noticed that I was always waiting for the songs to cut off shorter. And I don't have a short attention span or anything but, I just felt as though Uzi was buying time to get to that 3 minute mark and I'm not exactly sure why. One thing should be made clear though, I did not hate this album, I just think a lot of what this album did was very average to below average which is very disappointing considering all of the hype this project got before even being released. When you boil it down this is a collection of songs with average lyrics, average beats, and average storytelling and for that reason Eternal Atake gets a 5/10.… Expand
  7. VestingBoot
    Mar 13, 2020
    6
    This highly anticipated album from lil uzi was good, but certainly not groundbreaking or impact changing. This project is well produced and sounds good halfway through. For a non-uzi fan it's too long and is similar sounding which adds to the run time. Tbh, Uzi didn't make this project for fans of rap he made it more fans of him. Which is fine but don't expect high praise from me and otherThis highly anticipated album from lil uzi was good, but certainly not groundbreaking or impact changing. This project is well produced and sounds good halfway through. For a non-uzi fan it's too long and is similar sounding which adds to the run time. Tbh, Uzi didn't make this project for fans of rap he made it more fans of him. Which is fine but don't expect high praise from me and other rap fans.… Expand
  8. MorganScott
    Mar 23, 2020
    5
    Im sorry to say that, but this album is not good, i gave it 5 because of couple songs that u might listen time to time, on this album literally everything sound the same, same flow, same beats, same **** Lil Uzi ran out of ideas and thats how this album sounds
  9. JakeWLovesRap
    Apr 2, 2020
    5
    I don't get the hype. It's an ok trap album but nothing more. Not that creative despite the bright album cover. It just doesn't do anything special. I like UZI, but after three years this was underwhelming. No real progression as an artist and uninspiring lyrics. "Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bah," "Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop," "Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci',I don't get the hype. It's an ok trap album but nothing more. Not that creative despite the bright album cover. It just doesn't do anything special. I like UZI, but after three years this was underwhelming. No real progression as an artist and uninspiring lyrics. "Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bah," "Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop," "Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci'
    Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci'
    Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci', Balenci'"
    Like what the hell is this? And that's just one song. This seems like a satirical song created by The Boondocks.    … Expand
  10. Joelsandberg11
    Mar 13, 2020
    10
    Glad that it didn’t flop, it went above and beyond the already high Expectations I had.
  11. Ozilfan
    Mar 13, 2020
    9
    The best part about Eternal Atake is that you discover a new sound with every listen.
  12. Menios
    Apr 3, 2020
    7
    It's certainly not his best album, but it's good enough. Especially loved That Way.
  13. zacthecreatorr
    Mar 15, 2020
    10
    worth the wait! exceeded expectations and tops all the great music that keeps coming out! 2020 is the year of rap and lil uzi is king!
  14. a_sebastian
    Mar 14, 2020
    4
    I don't get it. There sure is much more exciting rappers out there, to get interested by this over blown record. Maybe they like the guy. Maybe they like it when it's funny. Nicolas Cage funny.
  15. 1mavin
    Mar 17, 2020
    10
    This is 2020's version of "DS2". Not too personal like DS2 but its still one of the most cohesive Rap/Trap albums of time. In "Bigger Than Life" he raps "Okay... my life is great". Thats true... This album is a big proof
  16. Spenga
    Mar 13, 2020
    6
    This album is over hyped and not criticized enough. It has some serious problems and seems like just a bunch of rap songs somewhat themed into aliens and space. Then the deluxe is just 2 unrelated albums out together.
  17. aftermath96
    Mar 16, 2020
    0
    Dude, clean or just change your ears, this **** is garbage, i tried to be open minded with this but wow this is crap, never gonna understand the hype for this mumble rappers outside of 21 savage or travis scott, this goes out for critics too, how tf could this be a 89% by now, you tellin me that this **** is at the level of big fish theory or run the jewels 2? Tf outta here
  18. JesseBarre
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    The album has its moments, but Uzi’s over usage of this abrasive flow & production that isn’t very melodic; is an odd departure from past projects & falls flat.
  19. youruberdriver
    Mar 20, 2020
    5
    This album is a total disappointment after 2 and a half years. It lacks theme, uniqueness, sound, it feels inconsistent and just hard to listen. Imo a total disaster after Luv Is Rage 2. Of course it has some bangers, but mist of the songs seem boring and repetitive. Not cool Uzi, not cool all those fake critics review that gave this album a 100...
  20. baselord
    Mar 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. baselord approves it flows excellently and each section of the album has it’s own little quirks.… Expand
  21. KanyeStan
    May 10, 2020
    2
    One of the most boring and overhyped projects I’ve ever heard. I liked most of Uzi’s earlier music but this is all so lazy and repetitive that I haven’t bothered to listen to it for fun outside of the first week
  22. chickensusu
    Feb 24, 2021
    7
    Some underwhelming songs but mostly focused and hard 7/10
    Some underwhelming songs but mostly focused and hard 7/10
    Some underwhelming songs but mostly focused and hard 7/10
  23. brockcheese
    May 1, 2020
    8
    This album is an excellent progression in Lil Uzi’s discography that cements his role as one of the best currently working rappers. A concept album about his rise to fame he just hits it out of the park with exciting pop tracks.
  24. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    4
    Uzi held back for years and this is the culmination of his hard work? A few standout tracks but nothing to gush about. He needs better producers and a sharper eye for hooks.
  25. acecyan
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Even though it's a long album divided into 3 sections (Uzi's personas) it's very cohesive and fluid. There isn't a bad song on the album- all of them are quite frankly hip hop excellence.
  26. WTF_
    Apr 11, 2021
    1
    Terrible album. hardly would call it rap its just screeching. Terrible album. Terrible album.
  27. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 12, 2022
    7
    The flows are some of the best of 2020&perhaps this decade . Confident, high concept, versatile and cohesive. Lil Uzi dares to challenge any detractors who view trap as merely mumbling set to a beat. He tells actual stories and drops some of the funniest punchlines in recent history since Danny Brown. Favourites:silly watch, P2,ventia,that way, futsal shuffle
  28. clem666
    Nov 10, 2020
    7
    I'm sad to admit Lil Uzi Vert is not strong enough to get rid of his old demons. I could literally copy-paste my last review about 'Luv Is Rage 2'. Hopefully I don't fear to repeat myself, especially when no thing has change.
    Lil Uzi Vert is one of these artists I love to hear but I am disgusted by the half-effort he constantly puts in his albums. Just as 'Luv Is Rage 2', 'Eternal Atake'    I'm sad to admit Lil Uzi Vert is not strong enough to get rid of his old demons. I could literally copy-paste my last review about 'Luv Is Rage 2'. Hopefully I don't fear to repeat myself, especially when no thing has change.
    Lil Uzi Vert is one of these artists I love to hear but I am disgusted by the half-effort he constantly puts in his albums. Just as 'Luv Is Rage 2', 'Eternal Atake' benefits from a outstanding and catchy start (let's say the three first tracks). Those smell like originality and good vibes. Things get way less fun after these... Between songs 3 and 13 it's a miserable sequence of unnoticeable work. Lyrics are repetitive, instrumentals are dull and/or painful and Lil Uzi's flow seems the same all along. However I recognize some people (as me) may like two or three of these ten songs but not more. For me it was 'Bigger Than Life' and 'Prices', the other were - at their best - preheated works. Yet this feeling of botched work is less actual in 'Eternal Atake' than in 'Luv Is Rage 2'. The classic subjects are all here: money, bad girls treated like toys (please we're in 2020), fancy cars and being the biggest in the rap game...
    Again, as for 'Luv Is Rage 2', this project has a really good ending, with five striking songs including one that is a pale remix of an old success (quite a shame).
    Compared to his late projects, the artist clearly lost major and unmissable collaborations. We waited (among others) at least Future, Playboi Carti, The Weeknd Quavo, Travis Scott and/or one of the A$AP Mob!    … Expand
  29. ALousyUsername
    Mar 31, 2020
    5
    This is an extremely boring album to the point I was itching to turn in off by the time P2 came on. This album isn't fun, exciting or innovative. This album does nothing new and refuses to innovate on every track.
  30. Sopranzzz_
    Mar 23, 2020
    8
    So, after 2 years and something, Lil Uzi's most awaited album finally arrived. Did it live up to the expectations? In my perspective, yes. Uzi delivers a solid, enjoyable and fluid project. A lot of people have been saying that Uzi did not innovated his sound at all during this years, in my opinion this is wrong. If you are listening Lil Uzi since LIR2 you can clearly tell that with EA heSo, after 2 years and something, Lil Uzi's most awaited album finally arrived. Did it live up to the expectations? In my perspective, yes. Uzi delivers a solid, enjoyable and fluid project. A lot of people have been saying that Uzi did not innovated his sound at all during this years, in my opinion this is wrong. If you are listening Lil Uzi since LIR2 you can clearly tell that with EA he is a lot more consistent with his voice, while with the previous album he sounded monotone and really repetitive. Back to EA, a crucial part is played by the instrumental, the thing that probably surprised me the most: really catchy and creative. The songs flow smoothly from one to the other. The ony fact that is true is that in this album there isn't any sort of "particular" song which stands out compared to the others (the only exception might be P2), but, honestly, that's up to you and your style.
    In conclusion, i did really enjoy this album, it's Uzi's best project since LUV vs The World back in 2016. Very catchy and, honestly, enjoyable. I'm pretty sude, if it didn't got hyped all that much, people would like this album as much as i did.

    FAVOURITE SONGS: Baby Pluto, Silly Watch, Celebration Status, Chrome Heart Tags, Bust Me, Prices, Urgency, Venetia, P2 (and also the two bonus tracks)
    LEAST FAVOURITE: You Better Move    … Expand
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84

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. RapReviews.com
    Apr 28, 2020
    65
    If you absolutely can not stand rappers who should be called singers then you need to take a hard pass on Vert, but if you occasionally (or more often than that) enjoy the crooning, Vert is at least someone who can put it together in a way that is surprisingly decent and occasionally quite good.
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  2. AllMusic
    Apr 2, 2020
    70
    Even though it's a lengthy journey and some of the songs start to feel similar, nothing here is filler.
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  3. HipHopDX
    Mar 31, 2020
    80
    There is no denying Lil Uzi Vert’s unconventional version of rap has been polarizing for the better part of the last five years yet Eternal Atake should be celebrated. He maneuvers within the cockpit of his comfort zone, navigating a galaxy of different genres while keeping the essence of rap at the forefront.
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