Only Built for Infinity Links

{{Infobox album

| name = Only Built for Infinity Links

| type = studio

| artist = Unc & Phew

| cover = Quavo and Takeoff - Only Built for Infinity Links.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2022|10|7}}

| recorded = 2021–2022

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap}}

| length = 59:14

| label = {{hlist|Quality Control|Motown}}

| producer = {{hlist|Atake|Budda Beats|Buddah Bless|Cloud|DaySix|DJ Durel|Dson Beats|Duce|Evertime|Eza|Fabio Aguilar|Joseph L'Étranger|Keanu Beats|Larzz|Mars|Mike Dean|Money Musik|Murda Beatz|Mustard|Nic Nac|PHIL|Pyroman|Quavo|Rott|Sean Momberger|Sluzyyy|Zaytoven}}

| chronology = Quavo

| prev_title = Quavo Huncho

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Rocket Power

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Takeoff

| type = studio

| prev_title = The Last Rocket

| prev_year = 2018

| title = Only Built for Infinity Links

| year = 2022

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Singles

| name = Only Built for Infinity Links

| type = studio

| single1 = Hotel Lobby

| single1date = May 20, 2022

| single2 = Us vs. Them

| single2date = July 29, 2022

| single3 = Big Stunna

| single3date = August 26, 2022

| single4 = Nothing Changed

| single4date = September 30, 2022

| single5 = See Bout It

| single5date = October 7, 2022

}}

Only Built for Infinity Links is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Unc & Phew, consisting of Quavo and Takeoff. It was released through Quality Control Music and Motown on October 7, 2022. The album contains guest appearances from Mustard, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Young Thug, Gunna, Summer Walker, Birdman, and Gucci Mane.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/takeoff-quavo-album-only-built-for-infinity-links-stream-1235152034/|title=Takeoff & Quavo Release 'Only Built for Infinity Links' Album: Stream It Now|magazine=Billboard|last=Rouhani|first=Neena|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}} 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.

Background

Quavo and Takeoff worked on the album over a two-year period and "modeled elements of the cover art" on Kanye West and Jay-Z's collaboration for Watch the Throne (2011) as well as Outkast’s album Stankonia (2000). The title is a reference to Raekwon's 1995 debut album Only 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. The album was notably made without input from Offset of Migos 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/quavo-and-takeoff-tease-future-of-migos-without-offset-3323858|title=Quavo and Takeoff tease future of Migos without Offset|work=NME|last=Geraghty|first=Hollie|date=October 6, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Akanido |first=Don |date=October 19, 2022 |title=Quavo & Takeoff – Only Built For Infinity Links Lyrics and Tracklist |url=https://naijmusic.com/lyrics-album/quavo-takeoff-only-built-for-infinity-links/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014211246/https://naijmusic.com/lyrics-album/quavo-takeoff-only-built-for-infinity-links/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |access-date=October 12, 2022}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 70/100{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/only-built-for-infinity-links/quavo|title=Only Built for Infinity Links by Quavo|website=Metacritic|language=en|access-date=November 1, 2023}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/only-built-for-infinity-links-mw0003828144|title=Only Built for Infinity Links - Quavo, Takeoff|publisher=AllMusic|last=Staff|first=TiVo|access-date=October 7, 2022}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/quavo-and-takeoff-only-built-for-infinity-links/|title=Quavo and Takeoff – Only Built For Infinity Links|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = 3.7/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3924/title.unc-phew-only-built-for-infinity-links-album-review|title=Quavo & Takeoff 'Only Built for Infinity Links' Soars in Spite of Offset's Absence|website=HipHopDX|last=Berry|first=Peter|date=October 14, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2023}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/quavo-takeoff-only-built-for-infinity-links/|title=Quavo / Takeoff: Only Built for Infinity Links|website=Pitchfork|last=Green|first=Dylan|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022}}

| rev5 = Slant Magazine

| rev5score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/quavo-takeoff-only-built-for-infinity-links-album-review-migos/|title=Quavo & Takeoff Only Built for Infinity Links Review: Two-Thirds of More of the Same|website=Slant Magazine|last=Attard|first=Paul|date=October 10, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2023}}

}}

Only Built for Infinity Links received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

AllMusic praised the album, writing that the duo "delivers the unfazable personality and triplet flows that made their group famous." Robin Murray of Clash 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". 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."

Commercial performance

Only Built for Infinity Links debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 33,000 album-equivalent units (including 2,500 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.{{Cite magazine |date=2022-10-20 |title=Quavo & Takeoff's 'Links' Launches at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/quavo-takeoff-built-for-infinity-links-debuts-number-1-rap-albums-chart/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |magazine=Billboard}} The album also accumulated a total of 41.1 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Only Built for Infinity Links track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Two Infinity Links

| writer1 = {{hlist|Quavious Marshall|Kirsnick Ball|Arem Schefrin|Michael Zager|Tyron Douglas}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Buddah Bless|Quavo|}}

| length1 = 2:09

| title2 = Tony Starks

| writer2 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Adam Janecek|Shane Lindstrom}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|DaySix|Murda Beatz}}

| length2 = 2:28

| title3 = Hotel Lobby

| writer3 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Fabio Aguilar|Lindstrom|Keanu Torres}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Aguilar|Keanu Beats|Murda Beatz}}

| length3 = 2:22

| title4 = Bars into Captions

| writer4 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|André Benjamin|Antwan Patton|Patrick L. Brown|Raymon Murray|Rico Wade|Douglas}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Buddah Bless|Quavo}}

| length4 = 2:47

| title5 = See Bout It

| writer5 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Dijon McFarlane|Nicholas Balding|Sean Momberger}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Mustard|Nic Nac|Momberger}}

| note5 = with Mustard

| length5 = 3:00

| title6 = To the Bone

| writer6 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Kentrell Gaulden|Ant Tuan Antoine Tran|Chi Nhan Trieu|Lars Engelbarts}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Atake|Larzz|Sluzyyy}}

| note6 = with YoungBoy Never Broke Again

| length6 = 4:43

| title7 = Not Out

| writer7 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Daryl McPherson|Eeti Eratuli}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Evertime}}

| length7 = 2:57

| title8 = Chocolate

| writer8 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Jeffery Williams|Sergio Kitchens|McPherson|Raymond Herring}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Rott}}

| note8 = with Young Thug and Gunna

| length8 = 3:28

| title9 = 2.30

| writer9 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|McPherson|Xavier Dotson}}

| extra9 = Zaytoven

| length9 = 3:26

| title10 = Look @ This

| writer10 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|McPherson|Lindstrom|Dotson}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Zaytoven|DJ Durel}}

| length10 = 3:16

| title11 = Mixy

| writer11 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Nija Charles|Jeremy McIntyre|Lindstrom|Summer Walker}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Joseph L'Étranger}}

| note11 = with Summer Walker

| length11 = 4:30

| title12 = Messy

| writer12 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|McPherson|Aaron Tanarasoo|Philipp Lindworsky}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Cloud|PHIL}}

| length12 = 2:57

| title13 = Nothing Changed

| writer13 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|McPherson|Marcel Korkutata}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Mars}}

| length13 = 3:19

| title14 = Integration

| writer14 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Tran}}

| extra14 = Atake, DJ Durel

| length14 = 3:27

| title15 = Big Stunna

| writer15 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Bryan Williams|McPherson|Zachary Thomas}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Budda Beats|DJ Durel}}

| note15 = with Birdman

| length15 = 3:37

| title16 = Us vs. Them

| note16 = with Gucci Mane

| writer16 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Radric Davis|Alexander Monro|McPherson|Mohkom Bhangal|Pepijn Baltus}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Duce|Eza|Money Musik}}

| length16 = 3:36

| title17 = Hell Yeah

| writer17 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Nicolas Zita|Jason Constantin}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Dson Beats|Pyroman}}

| length17 = 3:33

| title18 = Tools

| writer18 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Tran|McPherson|Mike Dean}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Atake|DJ Durel|Mike Dean}}

| length18 = 3:39

| total_length = 59:14

}}

Personnel

Performers

Quavo – rap vocals
Takeoff – rap vocals
YoungBoy 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

Colin Leonard – mastering
Larry Anthony – mastering (15, 16)
DJ Durel – mixing (1–17), engineering (all tracks)
Quavo – mixing (1–17)
Mike Dean – mixing (18)

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\| Nigeria Albums (TurnTable){{cite web \|title=Nigeria Top 50 Albums\|url=https://www.turntablecharts.com/charts/2 \|website=www.turntablecharts.com \|publisher=TurnTable \|access-date=9 November 2022}} \| 34
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Weekly chart performance for Only Built for Infinity Links ! scope="col"\| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Flanders\|167\|artist=Quavo & Takeoff\|album=Only Built for Infinity Links\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Wallonia\|119\|artist=Quavo & Takeoff\|album=Only Built for Infinity Links\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|20\|artist=Quavo\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 18, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|87\|artist=Quavo & Takeoff\|album=Only Built for Infinity Links\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 15, 2022}}
{{album chart\|France\|82\|artist=Quavo & Takeoff\|album=Only Built for Infinity Links\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 17, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|35\|artist=Quavo & Takeoff\|album=Only Built for Infinity Links\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 16, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|7\|artist=Quavo\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 18, 2022}}
{{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|3\|artist=Quavo\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 18, 2022}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Only Built for Infinity Links ! scope="col"\| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=December 10, 2022}} \| 97

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Only Built for Infinity Links

! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2022}}

| 97

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for Only Built for Infinity Links ! scope="col"\| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/\|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 23, 2023}} \| 188
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 23, 2023}} \| 64

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for Only Built for Infinity Links

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2023}}

| 188

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2023}}

| 64

References

Category:2022 albums

Category:Quavo albums

Category:Takeoff (rapper) albums

Category:Albums produced by DJ Durel

Category:Albums produced by Mustard (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Mars (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Murda Beatz

Category:Albums produced by Zaytoven

Category:Quality Control Music albums

Category:Motown albums

Category:Capitol Records albums