Die Lit
by Playboi Carti

From awesomness425 04/04/2019 05:55 | #234480 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Why is this so fucking good. I can’t stop listening to this album, I listen to it almost every. single. day. (Edited)

This is fun. How can you not like fun?

The "mumble rap" pejoratively denotes a sub-genre of trap music characterized by the impression of hearing music with incomprehensible text. It is difficult to know if there will be many classic albums of this musical genre (I think that Young Thug's "Jeffery" or Migos "Culture" can, perhaps, represent this new generation.) With the arrival of many "soundcloud rapper", Playboi Carti (falsified "mumble rapper") is by far demarcated by his particular flow style. "Die Lit", his first album, will not be to everyone's taste. The peculiar production of Pi'erre Bourne (already present on the previous mixtape) can push back with its simplicity and purposely soiled appearance, just as the flow of Carti, apart from its category, will leave some on the floor. The attraction of "Die Lit" lies in the bazaar he proposes, a journey halfway between crazy madness and childlike lightness. Is this a classic? Only time will tell, but I think so. This album is really part of my favorites of 2018 and Carti is currently the best soundcloud rapper.

8/10

Best track: "R.I.P."

Die lit is at its best in its beats. The minimalist trap beats are smooth, catchy and cleverly arranged. I also like Carti's soft background oriented voice. It pairs with the beats in a very smooth way. The writing however is kind of terrible. It is neither memorable nor catchy with the exception "Mileage" which is just hilarious. The album is bloated with half of the tracks provably being expendable.

From mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2019 20:40 | #236251 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

An entrancing album on which Carti hones his craft but still falls victim to the problem of filler that seems to be plaguing so many albums these days, granted there is less of it here than on most. There are a few great tracks, a lot of good ones but a few that miss the mark. The production is fantastic and that is not only a credit to the actual producers but to Carti himself. He uses his voice more like an instrument than anything else. The way he ad-libs in and out of the beat gives the entire album a collective aesthetic that does a lot for its overall quality. There aren't many artists (especially in hip hop) so willing to fade into the background of their music the way Carti does. And he takes a strong stance against slut-shaming, he can do it all.