‘Too Much Sauce’ Future, Lil Uzi Vert, DJ Esco (2016) “Too Much Sauce” was released on August 5, 2016, as a collaborative single between Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and DJ Esco, serving as part of the promotional rollout for DJ Esco’s debut studio album Project Esco on Epic Records. The record arrived during one of the most creatively fertile stretches in both Future and Uzi’s careers, Future was coming off the cultural dominance of Purple Reign and EVOL earlier that year, while Lil Uzi Vert was building serious momentum off Luv Is Rage and the viral success of “Money Longer,” making the pairing one of the most energetic and commercially logical collaborations of that summer. Produced by Southside and Lex Luger, the beat is built around a massive, distorted synth melody layered over heavy 808s that created one of the most recognizable trap instrumentals of 2016, giving both Future and Uzi the kind of open, bass heavy canvas that brought out the most aggressive and confident versions of the...