Lil Uzi Vert "Luv Is Rage 2" Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks Mini-Review

So, here’s something that’ll serve as a bit of a holdover while you guys wait for my next full album review: just today, Lil Uzi Vert released a Deluxe Edition of his latest album “Luv is Rage 2.” Back in August when the album released, I wrote a review for it (the only reason the post date doesn’t match here is because I didn’t have my blog at the time) and I gave it an “okay” rating, as I like the album’s dark tone and I was intrigued by the way Uzi masked some really dark lyrics behind upbeat instrumentals, but I found that the album was too inconsistent and that, for every “The Way Life Goes” or “Dark Queen,” there was a “444+222” or an “Early 20 Rager.” Since then, I’ve definitely continued to listen to and enjoy a number of the tracks on this thing, even if my rating wasn’t really swayed in either direction. However, as Uzi has released the album again with a few new songs, I want to see if they are worth a damn at all. So, let’s go:

Skir Skirr: The first bonus track has an instrumental melody composed largely of arcade video game sounds. Uzi’s hook is admittedly pretty boring on this one, and his performance just isn’t nearly as fun as that of his better tracks.

Loaded: While this track sounds like it’s a little closer to Uzi’s pre-LIR 2 stuff at times, it’s still a pretty boring track with a repetitive, unmemorable hook and some really unexciting verses. Like the last track, it’s not really “bad,” it’s just bland.

Diamonds All On My Wrist: For a minute, this track sounded almost exactly the same as the last one, the only difference being that Uzi’s voice is much deeper on this track. Otherwise, once again, boring and extremely repetitive hook and nothing special verses on this one.

20 Min: I had a lot of fun with this one! I like the bright instrumental melody, Uzi’s performance is really fun and upbeat, and the track as a whole is really exciting. Of all the new bonus tracks, this is easily the best one, and it actually feels like a really appropriate, and strong, end to the Deluxe Edition of the album.

Overall, if you really enjoyed “Luv is Rage 2” and really like everything that comes out of Uzi’s mouth, obviously you’ll love these new tracks, but for me, outside of “20 Min,” none of the other tracks are particularly memorable, and none of them really move my opinion on the album in either direction. It’s still an “okay,” if very inconsistent, record and the bonus tracks do very little to change that.

Favorite track: 20 Min

Least favorite tracks: Everything else, pretty much

Rating: This is a mini-review, so I'm not giving a rating