Playboi Carti (mixtape)

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Playboi Carti
File:Playboi Carti - mixtape.jpg
Mixtape by Playboi Carti
Released April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
Studio
Various
Genre
Length 46:50
Label
Producer
Playboi Carti chronology
Playboi Carti
(2017)		 Die Lit
(2018)
Singles from Playboi Carti (mixtape)

Playboi Carti is the debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Playboi Carti. It was released on April 14, 2017, by AWGE Records and Interscope Records.[2] The mixtape features production from Pi'erre Bourne, Southside and others, and guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert, ASAP Rocky, and Leven Kali.[3] The physical version of the mixtape was released on October 6, 2017, and a vinyl edition was released on November 17, 2017.

The mixtape was supported by three singles – "Lookin'", "Woke Up Like This," and "Magnolia", the third peaking at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Carti's highest-charting single to date. It received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, but was included on 2017 year-end albums lists by various publications, including Fact and Pitchfork.

Release

Two singles were released prior to the mixtape’s release. These included “Lookin”, which featured Lil Uzi Vert, released on March 17, 2017, and “wokeuplikethis*”, which also featured Lil Uzi Vert, which released on April 7, 2017, one week before the mixtape’s release. The single “Magnolia” was later released on June 13, 2017.

Playboi Carti debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, with 28,000 album-equivalent units, of which 21,000 were streaming units and 7,000 were pure album sales.[4] As of September 2017 the mixtape has moved over 367,000 units.[5] The mixtape was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 10, 2018 for sales over 500,000 units.[6]

A music video was released for "Magnolia" on July 10, 2017. It was directed by Hidji Films and features cameo appearances from song producer Pi'erre Bourne, ASAP Rocky, Slim Jxmmi, $quidNice, x.mofe, Southside, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Don Q, Nav, Casanova Smooky Margielaa and Cash, one of the XO members.[7]

A music video was released for “wokeuplikethis*” on August 9, 2017. The music video features Lil Uzi Vert, and has amassed over 28 million views as of September 2019.[citation needed]

A music video for “New Choppa” was released on August 31, 2017. It features A$AP Rocky, and has amassed over 18 million views as of September 2019.[citation needed]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100[8]
Review scores
Source Rating
HipHopDX 2.9/5[9]
Pitchfork 7.3/10[1]
PopMatters 6/10[10]
XXL 4/5[11]

The mixtape received generally positive reviews from critics. In a positive review, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called the project "erratic, sometimes transfixingly so," stating that "Playboi Carti’s album takes hip-hop’s ad-lib era to its logical extreme — everything sounds like an ad-lib, even the main lyrics."[12] In a more negative review, HipHopDX critic Narshima Chintaluri described the record as "simply a glorified beat tape with ad-libs", stating Carti "need[s] to further develop his songwriting in order to maintain this allure alongside his more successful contemporaries."[9]

Brian Duricy of PopMatters described the record as "the sonic equivalent of the stereotypical laissez-faire worker who breezes through presentations on sheer personality alone," stating that "over the production, however, you’re not getting particularly much."[10] Pitchfork's Briana Younger wrote that "Playboi Carti feels like a break from life, the soundtrack to a mindless good time," and adding that "Carti is tactful in discerning where and when he can get away with letting the instrumental ride and when he needs to rise to the occasion."[1] The single "Magnolia" was awarded Best New Track by Pitchfork.[13]

Accolades

The mixtape appeared on 2017 year-end album lists by publications such as Fact,[14] Pitchfork,[15] and Tiny Mix Tapes.[16] John Twells of Fact stated that the project "adeptly taps into a widespread youthful malaise and the genre-fluid playlist culture that has come to dominate rap’s mainstream [...] Sad and restless but also party-ready, Playboi Carti doesn’t need political rambling or conscious posturing to get its message across."[17] Corrigan B of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that "of everything that 2017 promised about rap’s future, Playboi Carti felt the most like a real path forward, a crystallization of the SoundCloud underground’s zeitgeist in a format built to transcend the scene’s messy adolescence."[16]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Fact The 50 best albums of 2017
25
[14]
Gorilla vs. Bear Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017
7
[18]
Tiny Mix Tapes 2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases
9
[16]
Rolling Stone 40 Best Rap Albums of 2017
8
[19]
Cult MTL's Mr. Wavvy Best Music of 2017
9
[20]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
35
[15]
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
150
[21]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[22] and ASCAP.[23]

Playboi Carti[24]
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Location"   Harry Fraud 2:49
2. "Magnolia"   Pi'erre Bourne 3:02
3. "Lookin" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) Roark Bailey 3:04
4. "Woke Up Like This" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) Pi'erre Bourne 3:56
5. "Let It Go"   Pi'erre Bourne 3:35
6. "Half & Half"  
3:47
7. "New Choppa" (featuring ASAP Rocky) Riera 2:06
8. "Other Shit"   Hit-Boy 2:50
9. "No. 9"   JStewOnTheBeat 3:19
10. "dothatshit!"   Pi'erre Bourne 3:05
11. "Lame Niggas"   Pi'erre Bourne 2:50
12. "Yah Mean"   Pi'erre Bourne 2:45
13. "Flex" (featuring Leven Kali)
  • KasimGotJuice
  • J. Cash Beatz
 4:00
14. "Kelly K"  
4:30
15. "Had 2"   MexikoDro 2:20
Total length:
 46:50

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an uncredited co-producer
  • "Woke Up Like This" is stylized as "wokeuplikethis*"
  • "Do That Shit" is stylized as "dothatshit!"
  • "Let It Go" features uncredited additional background vocals by MexikoDro
  • "Kelly K" features uncredited additional background vocals by Blakk Soul[25][26]
  • "Lame Niggas" is stylized as "Lame Niggaz"

Sample credits

  • "Location" contains samples of "Endomorph", written by Allan Holdsworth and Rowanne Mark, as performed by Holdsworth.[27]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[22]

Technical

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  • Hector Delgado – mixing (tracks 1, 7, 13), recording (tracks 7, 13)
  • Frankly Kastle – mixing assistant (tracks 1, 7)
  • Harry Fraud – recording (track 1)
  • Tatsuya Sato – mastering (tracks 1-3, 5-15)
  • Kesha Lee – mixing (tracks 2-5, 9, 10, 11, 15), recording (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9-12, 14, 15), mastering (track 4)
  • Roark Bailey – recording (track 3)
  • Max Lord – recording (track 6, 7)
  • Finis "KY" White – mixing (tracks 6, 12, 14)
  • Dan FryFe – recording assistant (track 7)
  • David Kim – mixing (track 8), recording (track 8)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[33] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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  28. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Playboi Carti – Carti Playboi" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Illegal name entered Playboi Carti/Playboi+Carti/chart?f=309 Playboi Carti – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Playboi Carti. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  30. ↑ Illegal name entered Playboi Carti/Playboi+Carti/chart?f=305 "Playboi Carti – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Playboi Carti. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Illegal name entered Playboi Carti/Playboi+Carti/chart?f=333 Playboi Carti – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Playboi Carti. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
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