''Only Built for Infinity Links'' is the only studio album by American trap duo

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, consisting of

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. It was released through

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, and YRN the Label on October 7, 2022. The album contains guest appearances from

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, Gunna,

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, Birdman, and

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. 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

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and

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's collaboration for ''

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'' (2011) as well as Outkast. The title is a reference to

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'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

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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".

Commercial performance

''Only Built for Infinity Links'' debuted at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 33,000

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s (including 2,500 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. The album also accumulated a total of 41.1 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.

Track listing

Personnel

Performers *

– rap vocals *

– rap vocals (track 6) *

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– keyboards (7–10, 12, 15, 16, 18), programming (7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18) * Gunna – rap vocals (8) *

– rap vocals (8) *

– vocals (11) * Birdman – rap vocals (15) Technical * Colin Leonard – mastering * Larry Anthony – mastering (15, 16) * DJ Durel – mixing (1–17),

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(all tracks) * Quavo – mixing (1–17) * Mike Dean – mixing (18)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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