2022 studio album by Unc & Phew
Only Built for Infinity Links Studio album byReleased October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07 ) Recorded 2021–2022 Genre Length 59 :14 Label Producer Quavo chronologyTakeoff chronologySingles from Only Built for Infinity Links "Hotel Lobby " Released: May 20, 2022"Us vs. Them" Released: July 29, 2022"Big Stunna" Released: August 26, 2022"Nothing Changed" Released: September 30, 2022"See Bout It" Released: October 7, 2022
Only Built for Infinity Links is the only studio album by American hip hop duoUnc & Phew , consisting ofQuavo andTakeoff . It was released throughQuality Control Music andMotown on October 7, 2022. The album contains guest appearances fromMustard ,YoungBoy Never Broke Again ,Young Thug ,Gunna ,Summer Walker ,Birdman , andGucci Mane .[ 1] It was the last project released in Takeoff's lifetime as he was shot and killed just 25 days after the album's release on November 1, 2022.
Quavo and Takeoff worked on the album over a two-year period and "modeled elements of the cover art" onKanye West andJay-Z 's collaboration forWatch the Throne (2011) as well asOutkast ’s albumStankonia (2000). The title is a reference toRaekwon 's 1995 debut albumOnly Built 4 Cuban Linx... , with Takeoff claiming that Raekwon approved of the title, as well as a reference to the "unbreakable bond" that Quavo and Takeoff have as uncle and nephew, respectively.[ 1] The album was notably made without input fromOffset ofMigos despite no formal split of the trio; Quavo also stated in an interview that he would like to see his and Takeoff's career "as a duo".[ 2] [ 3]
Only Built for Infinity Links received positive reviews from critics. AtMetacritic , which assigns anormalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received anaverage score of 70, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[ 4]
AllMusic praised the album, writing that the duo "delivers the unfazable personality and triplet flows that made their group famous."[ 5] Robin Murray ofClash praised the album's variety and the two artists' creativity, describing it as "packed with highlights" and calling it a "record that blazes with life".[ 6] Similarly,HipHopDX ' s Peter Berry wrote, "Offset or no Offset, Quavo and Takeoff's stylistic DNA holds steady. It's home-grown. It's theirs, and it's as potent as ever."[ 7]
Commercial performance [ edit ] Only Built for Infinity Links debuted at number seven on the USBillboard 200 chart, earning 33,000album-equivalent units (including 2,500 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.[ 10] The album also accumulated a total of 41.1 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.[ 10]
Only Built for Infinity Links track listingNo. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Two Infinity Links" 2:09 2. "Tony Starks" 2:28 3. "Hotel Lobby " Marshall Ball Fabio Aguilar Lindstrom Keanu Torres Aguilar Keanu Beats Murda Beatz 2:22 4. "Bars into Captions" 2:47 5. "See Bout It" (withMustard ) 3:00 6. "To the Bone " (withYoungBoy Never Broke Again ) 4:43 7. "Not Out" 2:57 8. "Chocolate" (withYoung Thug andGunna ) 3:28 9. "2.30" Zaytoven 3:26 10. "Look @ This" Marshall Ball McPherson Lindstrom Dotson Murda Beatz Zaytoven DJ Durel 3:16 11. "Mixy" (withSummer Walker ) Marshall Ball Nija Charles Jeremy McIntyre Lindstrom Summer Walker Murda Beatz Joseph L'Étranger 4:30 12. "Messy" Marshall Ball McPherson Aaron Tanarasoo Philipp Lindworsky 2:57 13. "Nothing Changed" Marshall Ball McPherson Marcel Korkutata 3:19 14. "Integration" Atake, DJ Durel 3:27 15. "Big Stunna" (withBirdman ) 3:37 16. "Us vs. Them" (withGucci Mane ) Marshall Ball Radric Davis Alexander Monro McPherson Mohkom Bhangal Pepijn Baltus DJ Durel Duce Eza Money Musik 3:36 17. "Hell Yeah" Marshall Ball Nicolas Zita Jason Constantin 3:33 18. "Tools" 3:39 Total length: 59:14
Performers
Quavo – rap vocalsTakeoff – rap vocalsYoungBoy Never Broke Again – rap vocals (track 6)DJ Durel – keyboards (7–10, 12, 15, 16, 18),programming (7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18)Gunna – rap vocals (8)Young Thug – rap vocals (8)Summer Walker – vocals (11)Birdman – rap vocals (15)Technical
2022 year-end chart performance forOnly Built for Infinity Links Chart (2022) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )[ 20] 97
2023 year-end chart performance forOnly Built for Infinity Links Chart (2023) Position USBillboard 200[ 21] 188 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )[ 22] 64
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