Die Lit

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Die Lit
File:Die Lit by Playboi Carti.jpg
Studio album by Playboi Carti
Released May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
Recorded 2017–2018
Genre
Length 57:39
Label
Producer
Playboi Carti chronology
Playboi Carti
(2017)		 Die Lit
(2018)		 Whole Lotta Red
(2020)

Die Lit is the debut studio album by American rapper Playboi Carti. It was released on May 11, 2018, by AWGE Label and Interscope Records. The album features guest appearances from Skepta, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Pi'erre Bourne, Nicki Minaj, Bryson Tiller, Chief Keef, Gunna, Red Coldhearted, Young Thug, and Young Nudy. The production on the album was mainly handled by Pi'erre Bourne, with assistance from Don Cannon and IndigoChildRick, among others.

Die Lit received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200.

Background and release

In December 2017, a video showed Playboi Carti behind a mixing board, presumably listening to new material with the caption "Album Mode".[2] In March 2018, Pi'erre Bourne teased that the project had been finalized via Twitter.[3][4] On May 10, 2018, Carti announced the album's release date via Twitter.[3] On the same day, ASAP Rocky revealed the album's artwork.[5] Upon release, the album was briefly released exclusively via Tidal, before showing up on other streaming services.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 71/100[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[8]
Exclaim! 6/10[9]
Highsnobiety 4.0/5[10]
HipHopDX 3.0/5[11]
HotNewHipHop 79%[12]
Pitchfork 8.5/10[13]
Spectrum Culture 3.5/5 stars[14]
Sputnikmusic 3.8/5[15]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5[16]

Die Lit was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on seven reviews.[7]

Evan Rytlewski of Pitchfork stated that Die Lit is "an album that works almost completely from its own lunatic script. It is a perversely infectious sugar high, rap that fundamentally recalibrates the brain's reward centers", praising the production and simplicity: "At its best—which is to say almost the entire thing, really—the album almost seems to suspend gravity. How does a rapper this basic pull off a project this electrifying? No, Carti's rapping isn't any better this time out. And no, it really doesn't matter. When the carnival itself is this magnificent, there's no need to nitpick the ring-leader."[13] Corrigan B of Tiny Mix Tapes said, "Like its predecessor, it's an album of party records; these are songs that will be played ad infinitum at functions until the hooks, the breaks, and, of course, the bass are burned into the brain of every attendee."[16] Maxwell Cavaseno of HotNewHipHop concluded that Die Lit "feels like the closest to a fully realized album as Carti is ever going to come close to achieving" and that it "should, at the very least, be respected for doing so much while doing so very little."[12] Online publication Sputnikmusic stated: "A lot of the gratification of this record is in the production, which takes the age-old hip-hop trick of taking a fractional melodic idea, barely a song by itself, and spinning out of it a thick sonic weave."[15]

A. Harmony from Exclaim! criticized the album for having a lack of variety, saying "It's fun enough but, save for a few keepers, has the lifespan of a mayfly. Rock to it for the summer and forget most of it by September."[9] Riley Wallace of HipHopDX stated, "Through a more respectable body of work—is unlikely to win over any naysayers."[11] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said, "Like Rae Sremmurd and Migos, these big-bass trap anthems owe much to their club-friendly vibe, but offer little in terms of substance or lasting impact."[8]

Accolades

Year-end lists
Publication List Rank Ref.
Complex 50 Best Albums of 2018
45
[17]
Fact The 50 Best Albums of 2018
35
[18]
Highsnobiety The 25 Best Albums of 2018
17
[19]
Noisey Noisey's 100 Best Albums of 2018
23
[20]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2018
25
[21]
Spin 51 Best Albums of 2018
18
[22]

Commercial performance

Die Lit debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 61,000 album-equivalent units of which 5,000 were pure album sales.[23] On July 31, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streams in excess of 500,000 units in the United States.[24]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Pi'erre Bourne, except where noted.[25][26]

Die Lit track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Long Time (Intro)"   Art Dealer 3:31
2. "R.I.P."     3:12
3. "Lean 4 Real" (featuring Skepta) IndigoChildRick 2:57
4. "Old Money"     2:15
5. "Love Hurts" (featuring Travis Scott)
3:00
6. "Shoota" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) Maaly Raw 2:33
7. "Right Now" (featuring Pi'erre Bourne)   3:27
8. "Poke It Out" (with Nicki Minaj)   4:29
9. "Home (KOD)"     2:42
10. "Fell in Luv" (featuring Bryson Tiller)   3:26
11. "Foreign"     2:22
12. "Pull Up"     3:36
13. "Mileage" (featuring Chief Keef)   2:29
14. "FlatBed Freestyle"     3:13
15. "No Time" (featuring Gunna)
3:39
16. "Middle of the Summer" (featuring Red Coldhearted)   2:17
17. "Choppa Won't Miss" (featuring Young Thug)   3:37
18. "R.I.P. Fredo (Notice Me)" (featuring Young Nudy)   2:41
19. "Top" (featuring Pi'erre Bourne)   2:13
Total length:
 57:39

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an uncredited co-producer

Sample credits

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Die Lit
Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[24] Gold 500,000

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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