Cyrus Langhorne
Atlanta rapper Future and Lil Uzi Vert are going to easily land atop most of their competition in the coming days. The duo's newly released Pluto x Baby Pluto collaboration album is set to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first week.
Future’s First-Week Projections
Based on early estimates, the new joint effort is going to demolish everything in its way. However, the duo due face a possible threat for the top spot courtesy of rock group AC/DC.
AC/DC‘s Power Up (Columbia) will battle Future & Lil Uzi Vert‘s Pluto x Baby Pluto project (Generation Now/Epic) for #1 on next week’s HITS Top 50. While the Aussie rockers will be powered by sales, the hip-hop duo will depend on streaming for the bulk of their total.
A ton of new releases will impact the chart:
- Future & Lil Uzi Vert (Freebandz/Epic/Generation Now/Atlantic) 110-120k total activity, 2-4k albums
- AC/DC (Columbia) 105-115k, 100-110k
- Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 70-80k, 55-65k
- 2 Chainz (Gamebread/Def Jam) 25-28k, 1-2k
- Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 21-24k, 20-23k
- Youngboy Never Broke Again (Never Broke Again/Atlantic) 21-24k, 1-3k
- Pentatonix (RCA) 14-17k, 11-14k
Future’s Pluto x Baby Pluto Album
Following mounted anticipation, Future and Uzi hit the green light on the project heading into Friday. The project comes with nearly 20 songs and executive production by producer DJ Esco.
Clocking in at just under an hour, the project consists of 16 tracks with no guest features. The two also shared an accompanying music video for “That’s It” directed by the revered Hype Williams. The visual sees the pair either working with an all-girls soccer team and in a rainforest. The album was first teased in July 2020 with another Williams-directed teaser that showed the pair talking about the economic ramifications of COVID-19 outside a laundromat. Two months later, Future and Uzi dropped another teaser trailer of their joint “Another Planet.” (HYPEBEAST)
That’s It Music Video Premiere
Along with the new album release, both Future and Uzi Vert dropped their new “That’s It” music video to the masses.
The Future x Lil Uzi Vert Teaser
Leading up to the project’s release, the hip-hop pair went to their social media pages to get fans excited.
The rappers have been teasing their collaborative project for months. On Wednesday, Lil Uzi Vert posted a trailer titled Pluto x Baby Pluto starring the duo. In the clip, Future informs Lil Uzi Vert that they must leave Earth. “We got to go to another planet,” Future says, mysteriously adding, “We gotta go to Pluto.” In September, DJ Esco shared a teaser trailer titled “Astronauts,” which featured Future and Lil Uzi Vert in a recording studio. (Rolling Stone)
