Playboi carti is back: did it be worth waiting for 5 years?

Playboi carti He had the great ability, mixing the entrepreneur’s clothes with those as an artist, to transform the wait into a marketing tool. Five years have passed since “Whole Fight Red”his second album, a manifesto of his mix of styles ranging from mumble rapor an almost biascinated way of rapping, to trappassing through contamination dark, electronic and crookedwith nihilistic texts that have no lyrical ambitions, but are More at the service of a dirty and pounding sound. In short, a world that either loves or hates it, and this being his being “Divisive”paradoxically, as happens for all the relevant artists, he has increased his fame.

Three hits

In these five years the rapper of Atlanta, who already from appearance It looks like the character of a video gamethrew petrol, creating continuous hype on what could have been his next moves and exits, meal to the public Videos, spoilers and snippets of possible new tracks, but never really published. In 2024 he was one of the great protagonists of the world urban scene by inaneing individual central and hit for the albums of some colleagues: “Fe! N” with Travis Scott, “Carnival” with Kanye West and “Timeless” with The Weeknd. A devastating triptych. For this reason, around “Music”, his new album, a spasmodic waiting was created. Now that this third record chapter has come out, dismantling it from pressure, expected and easy enthusiasm, it is legitimate to ask a question: Did it really worth waiting for playboi carti five years? For an entire generation of very young people who follow him yes, and this is a fact that cannot be neglectedbut indeed it is understood why. Carti is primarily a musical “phenomenon”. Why? For his not being aligned practically nothing.

Creative confusion

Has no particular technical skills, His (not) way of rapping can almost be considered an affront to the genreis a swing of emotional states whose meaning is often not clear, changes its rumor continuouslyin fact, is known for his technique of “Baby Voice”, characterized by a voice that flows from childhood tones to frenetic cadences and rochehis music is based on flows of words, In some situations it is badly mixedis scratched, repetitive and disturbing. Carti’s is magical creative confusion more than music made and finished. “Music” is a disc of atmospheres, it is more an electric and floating cloud than something concrete. It is music that melts, that does not remain, useful for creating chaos inside and outside the listener.

The feat with Lamar

The album, made up of a total of thirty tracks, really too many, boasts the collaborations of The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Future, Skepta and Ty Dolla Sign. Kendrick, the man and the rapper of the moment, appears in three songs: a fiery verse in “Good Credit”, sings the refrain in “Backd00r” and adds “Mojo Jojo” improvisations. When he enters, in some steps, he is a blade and feels the technical abyss that separates Lamar from carti. All this could not fail to turn the nose to someone: Kendrick, in fact, has not been a guest of any other rapper for a year now. And does it do, ask some delators, in the album of an artist who is almost his opposite at the level of approach to music? It is the magic of rap and its infinite nuances. What Carti proposes tells us something on acceptance and passion On the part of a young generation of unconventional music, who wants in his own way to refuse rules, even when these are those of the genre you love. And this is what Lamar likes the bizarre colleague who looks like a vampire.

Involvement

“Music” is a long, tiring album, of which perhaps half of the songs are saved, but offers a cross -section, an unconventional journeya hurricane. Makes you turn over yourself, jump, it is disconnected from the rest, abrasive. And it is significant that to the very young this interests, that listen to it, do thousands of reaction, debate it by putting it in relation to the previous discs by finding under-trame and references. This is what makes you really carti a star: the involvement that creates, before, during and after the exit of a project. Is it hype? Is it fashion? Is it followed the trend? Is there a trick? It may be all or nothing, but now as it now makes you feel alive.