Interplanetary-minded Philadelphia rapper
Lil Uzi Vert and Atlanta trap legend
Future collaborated on a bouncy track on
Future's 2020 album
High Off Life and a few singles before teaming up for the full-length
Pluto X Baby Pluto later in the year. The nearly hour-long album finds the two rappers playing off each other's talents and personalities, sticking to lyrical themes of sex, money, power, and decadence and relying on bass-booming trap beats. Production is handled by
Zaytoven,
DJ Esco, Wheezy, and many others, providing the two rappers with spacy trap instrumentals to trade bars over. Tunes like opening track "Stripes Like Burberry" and the slinking "That's It" are especially fun, with
Future and
Lil Uzi Vert sounding like they can't wait to take their turn on the mic to top the other's lyrical punch lines or unexpectedly rerouted flows. The album stays in one lane for the majority of its tracks, with only a few divergences from competitive flexing about wealth or sexual antics for more emotionally reflective tracks. With songs as infectious and as goofy as the smooth, midtempo trap blast "Drankin N Smokin," however, there are no complaints about how
Pluto X Baby Pluto keeps the party going. ~ Fred Thomas