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{{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 music|trap]]}}
| length       = 59:14
| label        = {{hlist|[[Quality Control Music|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 (rapper)|Mars]]|[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]|Money Musik|[[Murda Beatz]]|[[Mustard (record producer)|Mustard]]|[[Nic Nac]]|PHIL|Pyroman|Quavo|Rott|Sean Momberger|Sluzyyy|[[Zaytoven]]}}
| chronology   = [[Quavo]]
| prev_title   = [[Quavo Huncho]]
| prev_year    = 2018
| next_title   = [[Rocket Power (album)|Rocket Power]]
| next_year    = 2023
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Takeoff (rapper)|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 (Unc & Phew)|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 (rapper)|Takeoff]]. It was released through [[Quality Control Music]] and [[Motown]] on October 7, 2022. The album contains guest appearances from [[Mustard (record producer)|Mustard]], [[YoungBoy Never Broke Again]], [[Young Thug]], [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]], [[Summer Walker]], [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]], and [[Gucci Mane]].<ref name="BBR">{{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 (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Rouhani|first=Neena|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="BBR"/> The album was notably made without input from [[Offset (rapper)|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".<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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/ |access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 70/100<ref name="MC">{{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}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{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}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref name="clash">{{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 (magazine)|Clash]]|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[HipHopDX]]''
| rev3score = 3.7/5<ref name="hiphopdx">{{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}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 7.0/10<ref>{{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 (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Green|first=Dylan|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}

''Only Built for Infinity Links'' received positive reviews from critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 70, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="MC"/>

[[AllMusic]] praised the album, writing that the duo "delivers the unfazable personality and triplet flows that made their group famous."<ref name="allmusic"/> Robin Murray of ''[[Clash (magazine)|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".<ref name="clash"/> 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."<ref name="hiphopdx"/>

==Commercial performance==
''Only Built for Infinity Links'' debuted at number seven on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, earning 33,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s (including 2,500 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.<ref name="BB200">{{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}}</ref> The album also accumulated a total of 41.1 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.<ref name="BB200"/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Only Built for Infinity Links'' track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Two Infinity Links
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Quavo|Quavious Marshall]]|[[Takeoff (rapper)|Kirsnick Ball]]|Arem Schefrin|[[Michael Zager]]|[[Buddah Bless|Tyron Douglas]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Buddah Bless]]|[[Quavo]]|}}
| length1 = 2:09

| title2 = Tony Starks
| writer2 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|Adam Janecek|[[Murda Beatz|Shane Lindstrom]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|DaySix|[[Murda Beatz]]}}
| length2 = 2:28

| title3 = [[Hotel Lobby (Unc & Phew)|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 3000|André Benjamin]]|[[Big Boi|Antwan Patton]]|[[Sleepy Brown|Patrick L. Brown]]|[[Organized Noize|Raymon Murray]]|[[Organized Noize|Rico Wade]]|Douglas}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Buddah Bless|Quavo}}
| length4 = 2:47

| title5 = See Bout It
| writer5 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|[[Mustard (record producer)|Dijon McFarlane]]|[[Nic Nac|Nicholas Balding]]|Sean Momberger}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|[[Mustard (record producer)|Mustard]]|[[Nic Nac]]|Momberger}}
| note5 = with [[Mustard (record producer)|Mustard]]
| length5 = 3:00

| title6 = [[To the Bone (song)|To the Bone]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|[[YoungBoy Never Broke Again|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|[[DJ Durel|Daryl McPherson]]|Eeti Eratuli}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|[[DJ Durel]]|Evertime}}
| length7 = 2:57

| title8 = Chocolate
| writer8 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|[[Young Thug|Jeffery Williams]]|[[Gunna (rapper)|Sergio Kitchens]]|McPherson|Raymond Herring}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|DJ Durel|Rott}}
| note8 = with [[Young Thug]] and [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]]
| length8 = 3:28

| title9 = 2.30
| writer9 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|McPherson|[[Zaytoven|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 (rapper)|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|[[Birdman (rapper)|Bryan Williams]]|McPherson|Zachary Thomas}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Budda Beats|DJ Durel}}
| note15 = with [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]]
| length15 = 3:37

| title16 = Us vs. Them
| note16 = with [[Gucci Mane]]
| writer16 = {{hlist|Marshall|Ball|[[Gucci Mane|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 (record producer)|Mike Dean]]}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Atake|DJ Durel|Mike Dean}}
| length18 = 3:39

| total_length = 59:14
}}

==Personnel==
'''Performers'''
* [[Quavo]] – rap vocals
* [[Takeoff (rapper)|Takeoff]] – rap vocals
* [[YoungBoy Never Broke Again]] – rap vocals (track 6)
* [[DJ Durel]] – keyboards (7–10, 12, 15, 16, 18), [[Programming (music)|programming]] (7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18)
* [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]] – rap vocals (8)
* [[Young Thug]] – rap vocals (8)
* [[Summer Walker]] – vocals (11)
* [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]] – rap vocals (15)

'''Technical'''
* Colin Leonard – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* Larry Anthony – mastering (15, 16)
* DJ Durel – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] (1–17), [[Audio engineer|engineering]] (all tracks)
* Quavo – mixing (1–17)
* [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]] – mixing (18)

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Only Built for Infinity Links''
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />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}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[TurnTable Top 50|Nigeria Albums]] (''[[TurnTable]]'')<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 34
|-
{{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}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===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'')<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 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<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>
| 188
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>
| 64
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Quavo}}
{{Takeoff}}

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[[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]]
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