TRACK TAKES
Uno draws wild card
Trenton Foston
General Manager of BlazeRadio
tfoston5@uab.edu
Artist: UnoTheActivist
Album: Limbus Pt. 2
Uno dropped the follow up to the “Limbus” EP early December of last year, rolling off the success of the Rich The Kid assisted ‘Fabo’. However, we all know it’s very hard to keep up with the amount of music that drops monthly and this project deserves to have some spotlight shed on it. Out of its eight tracks, five of them are highly replayable. “Cloned Existence” is my personal favorite.
Along with the ones in the RIB and Ethereal Dreams, where he doesn’t try to shy away from Carti comparisons at all (smh). All in all, the entire project has maybe one skip and that isn’t because it’s bad. It’s because the rest of the album is too hype for that one to keep your attention.
“Cloned Existence” is my favorite, mostly because of the meme with Spider-Man pointing at an imposter and the parallel Uno is drawing for those he feels should be pointed out. This is interesting though, because some might say that his sound is reminiscent of Young Thug or Playboi Carti, which is readily apparent.
What I would say to those people, however, is that one, Uno is Carti’s cousin and that two, Uno brings his very own wave to the scene. From a songwriting perspective, his league is ahead of most of his peers. This is shown to us on the intro, “Ethereal Dreams,” which I agree sounds a lot like his cousin, but is undeniably good and different enough that you would have to ask who created it. “Purgatory,” on the other hand, has a similar instrumental. However,
Uno gets to flex a lyrical prowess that sets him apart from the pack, which is why I chose it as one of the better songs on the album.
As “A Young Boy” sounds just like it was produced by CHASETHEMONEY and belongs on a TRILLER highlight reel, which is more lit than a thought can produce, so just listen to it. You’re welcome. “Requiem” is a welcome revisit to the status quo for Uno, but if it slaps it slaps and it does indeed - slap.
Add ‘As A Young Boy’, ‘Requiem’ and ‘Purgatory’ to the same playlist that you might have Carti or Yung Bans in, it’ll fit right in.
