Album: Eternal Atake (2020)
Charted: 37 11
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  • P2 ("Part 2") serves as a direct sequel to Lil Uzi Vert's 2017 hit "XO Tour Llif3." Uzi replicates the flows and uses the same melody as the original track, but inserts new lyrics. However, the subject of both songs is the same - his fractured relationship with ex-girlfriend, Brittany Byrd.
  • Although the beat isn't exactly the same on the two songs, producer TM88 worked on both of them. The collaboration was done via FaceTime. TM88 recalled to Rolling Stone. "We were on the phone for a couple hours — he was like, 'bro, we've gotta make something legendary today. Can you send me something like XO? I'm in the studio right now. Same drums, whole different melody.'"

    It took the producer about 45 minutes to come up with the beat, then for the next few days he spent multiple hours on the phone with Uzi working on the track. "He kept telling me what he didn't like about the beat and what he liked," TM88 explained. "He's like take that out, do this, I'm doing it right now, sending it back. I'm telling him what I don't like about the lyrics, what he should change and take out. The whole time I was babysitting my daughter, she's in the back playing."
  • "XO TOUR Llif3" and "P2" both occupy the 16th and outro spot of their respective albums. There are two additional tracks on Eternal Atake but "Futsal Shuffle 2020" and "That Way" are both marked as bonus songs.
  • After multiple references to how he messed with his girlfriend's head, Uzi concludes the track with a note of gratitude to his fans.

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