US drill & trap drops: NoCap, Lil Uzi Vert, and PlaqueBoyMax on August 1, 2026

August 1 board

NoCap's "Basic Burner" is the cleanest first play: its new official video went live at 9:23 p.m. on August 1 in the channel's local time. Lil Uzi Vert's EP and PlaqueBoyMax's "Diva" are useful trap-leaning additions, but both carry a date mismatch: HipHopDrops lists August 1 while the platform timestamps land on July 31 locally. 1 2 3 4

Release	Format	Date in UTC-04:00	Reported lane / scene	YouTube signal at check	Direct play
Lil Uzi Vert, "Maverick Almost Forever" 5	EP, 8 tracks / 23 minutes	August 1 editorial date; full-EP upload July 31, 10:42 p.m. 6	Melodic rap with rage / trap context; city not reported 7 5	42,430 views; 2,040 likes 6	Listen on Spotify
PlaqueBoyMax, "Diva" 8	Single + official music video	August 1 editorial date; official video July 31, 4:21 p.m. 9	2010s bounce over a trap beat; melodic rap; city not reported 8	654,051 views; 33,653 likes 9	Watch on YouTube
NoCap, "Basic Burner" 10	Older single + new official music video	August 1, 9:23 p.m.; original audio metadata says 2020 2 11	Mellow trap, soft piano, melodic vocals; Mobile, Alabama appears in official metadata, but no formal scene tag is reported 10 2	33,692 views; 3,508 likes 2	Watch · Listen

The queue

Lil Uzi Vert — "Maverick Almost Forever"

Official artwork for Lil Uzi Vert's "Maverick Almost Forever" EP — *The release page lists eight tracks and 23 minutes; it also prints August 1, 2026 as the editorial date.*5

This is the compact project for a melodic, left-turn listen. The detail page describes floaty melodies and sudden sharp edges, while its release index carries rage and trap tags. No city is reported. 5 7

The date needs a footnote. The full-EP YouTube upload appeared on July 31 at 10:42 p.m. in the channel time zone. That does not erase the source page's August 1 release date, but it does mean the two timestamps should not be collapsed into one. 6

PlaqueBoyMax — "Diva"

"Diva" is the shortest, most visual pick on the board: the official video runs 2:43, and the source page describes a 2010s bounce pushed through a trap beat with melodic rap. It is a good queue choice when you want a quick video rather than a full project. 8 9

Its date is less clean than NoCap's. HipHopDrops prints August 1, while the official video upload converts to July 31 at 4:21 p.m. locally. YouTube's Topic record also says the song was released July 31. Treat this as a source-dated August 1 pick, not as a clean August 1 platform upload. 8 9 12

NoCap — "Basic Burner"

This is the board's strongest date match and the clearest trap fit. HipHopDrops describes a mellow trap beat, soft piano touches, and a melodic vocal performance, then notes that the track received a fresh music video. The official video went live August 1 at 9:23 p.m. local time and runs 4:18. 10 2

The audio is not a new 2026 single: the official Topic record credits Atlantic Records and says the track was released in 2020. The new object here is the visual. Mobile, Alabama appears in the official channel metadata, but the returned records do not provide a formal city-scene label. 11 2

Pick first

Start with NoCap if you want the cleanest August 1 timestamp and a melodic trap record with a new visual. Choose Lil Uzi Vert for the most compact project and the sharpest melodic turn. Put on PlaqueBoyMax when the video matters as much as the track, keeping the July 31 platform timestamp in mind.

No selected first-party detail record confirms a new Chicago, New York, or Atlanta drill release for August 1, and none of these three entries is formally labeled drill. That does not show those scenes had no releases; it shows only what the returned records support. The adjacent labels stay visible instead of turning a trap tag into a drill claim.