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The Real Uzi - Lil Uzi Vert

The Real Uzi

Lil Uzi Vert

2014

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The Real Uzi is the debut mixtape by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, released on August 5, 2014. It was hosted by Don Cannon and released to DatPiff. The mixtape features guest appearances from Lee Mazin, A$AP Ant, Gillie da Kid, and Kur. According to Orbit Records, the mixtape shows a young, raw Lil Uzi and includes the track “Uzi”. It was released shortly after their Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1 EP. According to Lil Uzi Vert Wiki, in a July 2014 interview with HipHopSince1987, Lil Uzi Vert stated that his new mixtape would be dropping the following week and named its features. On March 21, 2021, Uzi shared the possibility of a sequel, The Real Uzi 2, though there was some doubt that it would be released anytime soon.

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The mixtape was released on August 5, 2014. Production was handled primarily by Don Cannon, Charlie Heat, and Maaly Raw. Other producers include JnatBeats, Ernest Brown III, Leland Wayne, Adam Kirkman, Jordan Ortiz, Charles Singleton, Daniel Pollard, Beau Jackson, Jamaal Henry, Ducko McFli, Metro Boomin, OOGIEMAN, and HXV.

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The Real Uzi helped establish Lil Uzi Vert in the underground rap scene. A$AP Ant's feature on the mixtape would bring Lil Uzi into the familiarity of A$AP Ferg, which led to collaborations with Rich the Kid and Carnage. According to Lil Uzi Vert Wiki, after Don Cannon heard Uzi's song on Philly radio and passed it along to Drama, the DJs gave Uzi the resources to make his second tape, The Real Uzi, that led to a deal with Atlantic Records and the DJ's personal label Generation Now.

Lil Uzi Vert signed a record deal with Atlantic Records through DJ Drama, Don Cannon's and Leighton Morrison's imprint, Generation Now, after the release of The Real Uzi.

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