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\n\tWith his first new album since being released from jail a year ago, Young Thug<\/a> has successfully done precisely what he\u2019s best at: getting the entire rap world talking. It was only a few weeks ago that Thug\u2019s social media tirades, ill-advised as they were, seemed to put the entire industry\u2019s dirty laundry out in the open, but in Thug\u2019s all-out honesty seems to have paved a way for an inventive new album, Uy Scuti, <\/em> that manages to mend some past conflicts and chart out a way forward. With features from Future, Ken Carson<\/a>, Mariah the Scientist<\/a>, and 21 Savage<\/a>, the record is a well-crafted comeback, reminding listeners of the kinds of dazzling lyrical acrobatics we\u2019ve come to expect from Young Thug.<\/p>\n \n\tLike with so many of Thug\u2019s projects, it starts with the cover. Carrying on a tradition of fearlessly provocative covers that Thug\u2019s made a career of, Uy Scuti<\/em>\u2018s album art features a close-up of Thug, head in his palms, looking pretty much as you\u2019d expect, except he\u2019s been transformed into a white person. On Instagram, he shared the cover art with the caption: \u201cIF YOU WANNA BE THE BIGGEST\u2026.GO WHITE!!\u201d which fans are reading as either subversive irony or, for those who think more literally, as some sort of betrayal of character. And some people think transgressive art is dead.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom the internet\u2019s reaction to a white Young Thug, to a surprising feature spot for YFN Lucci<\/a>, here are six takeaways from Young Thug\u2019s latest album Uy Scuti.<\/em><\/p>\n