While rappers like Playboi Carti and his cohort of Opium label signees have dabbled in punk and heavy-metal influences, both aesthetic and sonic, Uzi dives all the way into the deep end. The song has the feeling of early Deftones and marks one of the biggest left turns in recent memory for any hip-hop artist. Toward the end of Pink Tape, following the Minaj feature and a remarkably faithful flip of System of a Down’s “Chop Suey,” Uzi lands in full screamo territory with “Werewolf,” featuring the U.K. Regardless of your feelings, it’s made for one of the most exciting releases of the year. As such, reactions to the record have so far been mixed, with traditional rap fans lamenting Uzi’s forays into unknown genre territory and others celebrating the musician’s daring left turns. With features by everyone from Nicki Minaj to New York electro-pop duo Snow Strippers, Pink Tape is as inventive and untethered by convention as Uzi’s forward-thinking fashion sense.

Lil Uzi Vert’s long-awaited album, Pink Tape, arrived last week and found the eclectic MC in decidedly new terrain.

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