Playboi Carti is one artist that pushes the extremities of what people consider "mumble trap". Feels like Carti took a cue from Yeezus (Kanye exec produced this album) moreso than 100 Gecs from many songs from the first half like Rockstar Made, Stop Breathing, and On That Time!.
I think its similar to Yeezus in that it fails to achieve what it's after by being too self unaware and showing its ass too much. That see thru cover for Yeezus was perfect bc it represented the album: shocking at first grasp until you realize how transparent a rebellion it is, and then youre just waiting for Bon Iver. The WLR cover is perfect too, in that it's a copied version of an underground style that is disappointingly black and white in its attempt to break boundaries.
@@boejudden9011 reasonable way to think abt it well articulated thats like the opposite side of how i feel that i understand the most if that makes sense, again i dont agree with it but i get it haha
Carti only had Future, Kid Cudi and Ye as features because he considers them his 3 biggest inspirations. Travis Scott was going to be a 4th feature but Carti took him off because he only wanted to have his absolute biggest idols rapping with him
help me. i havent stopped listening this album from the day of the release... in the car, on my bed, with my girlfriend... it doesnt matter . REGGIEE CARTTER REGGGIE!!!
“Is this a joke” there are tons of old rock albums where this question applies even in 2020. I don’t dismiss simplistic music like that unless it’s overproduced in the studio. Playboi carti and lil uzi are rockstars man... they don’t go for shock value, they are actually listening to slayer and other rock bands and emulating it in the form of trap music.
I think WLR has notable flaws but I'm not disappointed at all because of how enjoyable and out-there it is. Die Lit established carti as a visionary to me so it's exciting to know hes not getting comfortable and is continuing to experiment
@@reapdiki I watched the video. I've also been making music for 16 years. What part of my comment indicated I did not watch the video? Could it possibly be that Carti's music is not boundary pushing to people who have seen said boundaries pushed farther and better?
@@boejudden9011 he gives a bunch of reasons why it is boundary pushing in the video. I think that’s why they asked if you didn’t watch the video. I think this album is kind of what hip hop/trap has been building up to for some time. Noisy repetitive distorted synth trap production with vocals being pushed past their limits. Everything comes from somewhere, but I think the way the album blends different things is kind of unique for its time.
I initially hated the album, but it really grew on me. As a carti fan, this album was initially a disappointment, but once I stopped expecting Die Lit 2.0, I came to realize how good the album is. I still enjoy Die Lit more, but I’m glad that carti is growing as an artist, expanding his sound, and setting trends which are likely going to be expanded on in the future by other artists.
In all the reviews I have seen on YT for Whole Lotta Red, this has to be one of the most profound breakdowns if not the best! Thank you so much for this review.
This was a pretty surprising release for me. Die Lit cane out in 2018 and that album is pure trap bliss, it has a carefree attitude and is very pleasant on the ears (listen to tracks “Shoota” or “fell in luv”). This on the other hand is extremely discordant, and messy. You make many great points throughout this, and while i do prefer die lit, i can appreciate the progression that carti went through. This does, like you said, feel like the culmination of many styles of music from the past 60 years.
Another element of wlr that is way different from die lit is the mixing. On die lit the vocals were mixed pretty quiet, and were about the same level as the beat, almost like carti himself was an instrument in the beat. Carti on wlr is so loud he practically drowns out the beat. Weird man.
@cloutt skii I’m a fan now. Seriously from the first song it feels like an assault of sound. I love how dumb it is. The only point where I feel like the comparison to gecs kinda has some holes in it is that one of the biggest appeals about 100 gecs (at least for me) is how you really never know what to expect on their next song genre wise. Even within a song, they might completely change it up at the end of a measure and do a hard left turn. That wasn’t so much the case with WLR, where you could pretty much predict where a song was going by the beginning. Still a great record though
I feel like calling this anti music implies that music has rules. To me art is just about expressing a feeling and u certainly can feel his energy on this. And as a rap fan I just gravitate to the production style. So to me it’s a valid expression of a feeling w dope beats
26:35 i do think it is true! tbh, even more so regarding his earlier work (2018 and 2019). Playboi Carti is dadaist poet. Listen to "Cancun". To day, for me, this the best example of how he can break down language. The words lose their meaning, if they ever had any. But just the way he makes every word SOUND is sooo good and impressive, I think he is incredibly artistic and I think he totally knows what he is doing!
@@fluhmix6786 totally! I agree. I think he is amazing at making all these lyrically extremely simple chants so catchy. His songs are just hook after hook, its really good The complexity of his music is the rhythmicality of everything! imo
this video of him just dissecting wlr just mesmerized me. Never thought of it this way but now i like it even more, and yes, it is very different. I love this professor guy, just subscribed
One of the funniest side affects of this album is that people now somewhat unanimously consider Die Lit a classic, now that it's not as divisive or experimental in comparison lmao
Dude. You hit everything right on the head! Hilarious seeing someone this removed from the scene interpret all of this. Your insights are great. PLEASE try out After Hours from The Weeknd. Ykno the Blinding Lights guy. Very dope album for deeper analysis
Skye this such a fantastic take, I personally loved the album on release date (Christmas day) I was so excited to hear such an abrasive yet innovative take on something familiar yet so out of this world. His incredible energy and vocal inflections on these booming almost "video gamey" beats were some of the infections ideas I've heard in a long time. It's so much fun, this album feels like it is the freest music can be.
you know when i first clicked on this vid, i was like, he’s probably gonna slander the album given that it was released on Jan 2 of 2021, but as fan who fell in love with WLR on christmas eve, seeing this perspective, is so eye opening, whole lotta red aged so well it truly is musical masterpiece after a year later, its one of the very few trap albums that we’ve got in the past 4 years that has fully immersed itself in the aesthetic and on top of it the music is boundary breaking, WLR always leaves me speechless even after a full year, that first “Wake up Filthy” still gets me.
I think you hit the nail on the head regarding WLR, admittedly I became a huge Carti fan after Die Lit and expected WLR to be an evolution of that sound with more “Baby Voice” Carti which initially led to me being dissapoinyed. instead we got a quantum leap forward into the punk ethos/aesthetic he barely flirted with on Die Lit.I fucking love this album now
Just discovered your channel a few days ago, it appears your son must have done a complete 180 on this album! I watched your concert review first so I was surprised to hear he didn't enjoy Whole Lotta Red on the initial release.
i think the concept of intellectualising WLR is so fucking funny and the fact that you put so much time and effort into doing exactly that is genuinely amazing i love this vide0
hey dude this is awesome that you don’t do negative reviews! also your family must be crazy if they can’t believe this can’t even be not ironic! i love th album so much!!
Carti is a artist that knows he is capitalizing on the clichés and quirks of its genre, but he will NEVER refuses FOLLOW simple-minded standards to bring is something MOREEE
wlr is so polarizing that it’s amazing like as some one who loves punk rock and ambient soundscapes. Carti puts it all together with the qualities of trap auto tune and mystique. Review an album by JPEGMAFIA that would be awesome !!
Really would love for you to review his last album and debut mixtape, Die Lit and Playboi Carti respectively, it's very different from WLR but its still Carti
This is almost a year later, and considering how it has aged, and how many people are using this style of minimalistic experimental hip hop, not only is it extremely enjoyable, I believe in the next years it will prove itself to be pretty influential
The album took long to make because a lot of the tracks leaked in 2019 so he scrapped it a bunch of times and he apparently made 15 versions of the album.
I hated it at first because i mistaked it weird abrasive off beat production, with Underpolished, though it doesnt have much meaning to the lyrics even for Carti but it does embrace more amthospere and expermention than Any Carti project before, theere are a few stupid songs like Vamp Anthem sure but none are boring and The best songs like Sky are magnetiftic and perfect overall solid ass album, im gonna give it a 8/10
What really helps is not listening for lyrics or their meaning just thinking of the voice as an instrument and feeling the album instead of trying to tear it apart
It's an album that grows on you. a really unique style you can't get anywhere else. i really hope his next album will be just as ground-breaking. it's more of an album you just vibe out with not listen for amazing lyrics(although those aren't so bad either for what it is). its experimental, but good. The way he uses adlibs and vocal inflections on the album is insane. He effortlessly rides the beat and gets the vibe across. People switched real hard when he started performing it and they re-listened. You just have to have the modern generation's mindset when listening to music. I say it's a 9/10 but a few songs feel like they were randomly thrown in there. They're not bad, but not amazing. The album is genre-shifting and has great influence on other rappers. I respect Carti for doing what he wants instead of being 'normal'.
I love the post it note on the back all I can think of when I’m looking at it is “Post-It wit my brotha, he got a mop” get it?? Bc it’s a post it note and he says posted 😂😂 haha I’m so witty
Glad to see your review, to be honest, most people just hated it for the iggy drama which i don't really know anything, but music wise, i was excited as fuck since i just discovered carti like 2 months ago and loved it and the mario juda drama just hyped this more for me, when this dropped i loved some tracks but even for carti standars it was weird, i just couldn't figure out what was going on and couldn't really decide if i liked it or not, and still can't decide, loved the kanye mention bit in control, but then music starts and i just get lost, can't agree more with you, keep up the good work.
This is just a bigger more blown out version of his other work. The verses are even more disjointed, the hooks shouted in place of verses at times. This is an even louder version of the last album, it also did not have any of the songs fans anticipated from the sessions, due to them leaking. It's definitely going to be looked at in a fonder light after the hype dies down.
man everytime i come back to ur videos im always so infatuated with what u have to say. i spend most my time on youtube just half listening to stuff in the background while i play games but i love taking in everything u have to say with music. its amazing how well you can break down left field artists like carti and bladee and see why they have such a cult following
I'd really like to see you review …Because I’m Young Arrogant and Hate Everything You Stand For by Machine Girl. After seeing this review and your reviews on artists such as 100 Gecs and Arca, a review on Machine Girl would be equally as interesting.
Sir, I think you are correct about the sky and over song having the same synth, there is a video I saw where someone in the studio says he recorded another song first before Scott
A friend recommended this album to me and I hadn't heard any of his music beforehand but I loved it. Equal parts goofy and badass in my eyes and the beats are great. Maybe the emo raps being hinted at at the end and only a couple vampire references reinforce your theory that this album is destroying music. It was enough to get you a little frustrated even though you like it otherwise so maybe it worked lol
Started listening, but couldn't finish it, because it made me think of my nephew who lived a dark "gangster" life and got shot last month. He was only 30 years old. This artist made me think of him. I think he would have liked this music. Yes, I agree. Rap can be a death cult. My nephew lived it, and thus this music comes too close to my experience to enjoy.
You are good at capturing the essence of albums. Good review! Positive feedback: Edit some fat off these videos to make them a bit shorter and more potent
@@Boogalyhu he literally said that he’s not cutting anything from this video in the spirit of the album itself, makes perfect sense with that context right?
Nah bro as a big carti fan I don’t think hip hops a death cult like homie is just depressed he has so many songs where he’s singing about how sad he is like Buffy the body “smoking all this dope by myself I’m alone” and also like I got where he says “I’m so addicted to drugs” about 30 times in a row same with juice world I love him too because he kept it real bout how he felt but sadly these boys only kno how to cope w their emotions w drugs
you should listen to hyperpop people like glaive, Kurtains, Ericdoa, p4rkr or juno. I know. Quite a lot of people but im sure you'll be able to choose wisely
when i first heard WLR i instantly knew it was my favorite carti album. but i had the exact same reaction others had with it when i first heard die lit, completely hated it but it randomly just clicked. i believe the most important thing in music is being creative/original and carti and the producers were 100% that for WLR. the production on that album was unlike anything ive ever heard before and it genuinely blew my mind
Awesome and wholesome review. Nice catch on the sky chords being reversed on over. The first few listens of the album my only issue was with the track sequencing but when you start paying more attention you notice a lot of thematic and sonical links between the tracks. Definitely a lot of intention behind it, it's not a mixtape like most rap albums usually are today
Playboi Carti is NOT trying to be bad! He was active, changing his sound, making older "soundcloud rap" mingling with A$AP Mob, Awful Records, and more underground to eventually mainstream artists (see his solange knowls and tyler the creator features from 2019) and producers long before 100gecs (they also have a background on the platform soundcloud, known for it's overcompressed lossy nature)- listen to some of playboi's work from 2014 (see "luh Da Feeling feat. slug christ)! On this album he taps the most cutting edge producers from these subcultures. He's selective about the features (only legacy rap), he's tapping into cyclical structure, overcompressed sound- reflects the platforms which he grew big on. His fans leaked extremely low quality rips of his music, only one of those leaks making onto this album "NEON," surprising the fans. Clearly reflecting drug use, ecstacy and euphoria are what the music is meant to emphasize. I could go on for days. I love this album and was not disappointed as a long time fan of this artist. I think there is meaning to alot of the bars that carry weight for me. I think the aesthetic that he chose with his music is purposeful, the deconstructed nature (simple loops, sure, but the timbre of the samples is extremely unique in every song, the bass occupies different spaces each track) of his older most popular songs multiplied by copycat producers and fans trying to emulate that feeling. Sorry for rambling, but I'm not a professor, and editing was never my favorite thing to do in school. Enjoyed your video - @GBMystical everywhere
it’s ironic because he went for mostly copycat producers for a lot of the beats. not that they’re that bad or anything, but i feel the concept of the album and the vibe he was going for would have absolutely been elevated by having more songs produced by pierre bourne. pierre made standout tracks on the 2017 mixtape and pushed his production to another level when he executively produced die lit. so many standout songs on that album, and so many of them are waaaay different from the style of self titled. RIP and magnolia were both produced by the same guy, so he can obviously make punk-ish beats for carti. but for whatever reason he’s not on WLR much. i think the funniest thing about WLR is that for all the beats that blatantly copy the style of pierre, the two of his that are actually on the album sound nothing like the others. iloveuihateu and place compared to the first half of the album almost sound out of place. so those end up standing out way more. again, i don’t even dislike the album, i think there’s some good stuff on it. but i wonder what a punk style album from pierre and carti would sound like in full.
This album to me as a mild Carti fan is not amazing but not terrible. I feel like there are just too many tracks that just don't do it for me. I've always loved Carti's ad-libs but he sort held off on that and used that energy to go completely insane of the primary vocals. My favorite track personally was Vamp Anthem, I just love that horror sample, it's a beat that could be so universal in Hip-Hop, anyone from MF Doom (RIP) or like Eminem (in the early 2000s) could have a lot of fun with that beat. And the fact that Vamp Anthem is less than 2 minutes doesn't bother me because that track just hits so hard to me. In a way it reminds me of 100 Gecs' song "Stupid Horse" that fuses a more traditional almost "classical/folk" sound of Polka with weird glitchy techno trap production.
17:05 I’m anti-everything. I’m not going out my way to have people like, ‘Oh, what the fuck’s Carti on? Is he gay, or is he trolling?’ No, bro-I don’t give a fuck. I’m being myself.” - Playboicarti
there's more good songs than bad songs, so i like it! also i agree- why do people get so up in arms when an artist takes a while between albums? take your time!
It’s funny how you say “Jackson Pollock could have painted a flower if he wanted to” because Carti’s very early raps were very technical and well though out like on his song Holyfield
Wow, halfway through the review I listened to the first few tracks of the album and I just had to stop. It might be the worst thing I've ever heard and while I am not able to appreciate it the same way Professor Skye can that is something. Some amateur recordings I heard are technically worse but there was something to appreciate like being funny bad or made by friends when we were teenagers. This isn't funny bad, it's just aggravating. It actually pisses me off now that Carti is successful but I know that that's stupid. If people connect to him, who am I to tell them they're wrong? Well, it's another thing I'll just have to live with and I think I'll manage.
long time Carti fan here. this album is fucking amazing.
Yes Ik it’s a new sound I’ve been needing
Oh i get it... "long time"
i just think is funny how some people that believe they know about music and hate this album... oh the lack of vision in society...
@@yahard42 i come back 6 months later to my comment and find some real gems. absolutely agree!
Long time
wlr is such a great album. i already liked carti, but this one has made me a fan.
Never expected this album to be flawless, but am very happy with what we got. Only 4-5 songs out of 24 that I would fully skip.
I‘m glad to read comics by ppl like you who got a clue about music
@@aaronsmith9823 literally his best album 10/10
@@aaronsmith9823 0 I would skip, but 2 that I would consider
Carti was trying to go in a different direction, trying to progress as an artist. And it completely works.
Playboi Carti is one artist that pushes the extremities of what people consider "mumble trap". Feels like Carti took a cue from Yeezus (Kanye exec produced this album) moreso than 100 Gecs from many songs from the first half like Rockstar Made, Stop Breathing, and On That Time!.
listen to black kray or anything produced by F1LTHY in the last 5 years, playboi carti just brought an old idea to the mainstream
This is def cardi’s yeezus
I think its similar to Yeezus in that it fails to achieve what it's after by being too self unaware and showing its ass too much. That see thru cover for Yeezus was perfect bc it represented the album: shocking at first grasp until you realize how transparent a rebellion it is, and then youre just waiting for Bon Iver. The WLR cover is perfect too, in that it's a copied version of an underground style that is disappointingly black and white in its attempt to break boundaries.
@@boejudden9011 reasonable way to think abt it well articulated thats like the opposite side of how i feel that i understand the most if that makes sense, again i dont agree with it but i get it haha
Carti only had Future, Kid Cudi and Ye as features because he considers them his 3 biggest inspirations. Travis Scott was going to be a 4th feature but Carti took him off because he only wanted to have his absolute biggest idols rapping with him
thats cool.
spaceghostpurrp is playboi cartis biggest inspiration
As a playboi carti fan who loved the album it’s interesting to see the perspective of someone who knows nothing about him or his music. Fair review
I find this so fucking funny because he said it destroyed music and you agree 🤣
Reading comprehension ain't your strong suit, is it?@@lucass4158
help me. i havent stopped listening this album from the day of the release... in the car, on my bed, with my girlfriend... it doesnt matter . REGGIEE CARTTER REGGGIE!!!
THATS MY BROTHAAA
jordan carter.... CARTI
IM YA BROTHAAAAAAHHHHH
IM GON DIE BOUT MY GUYS YUH
“Is this a joke” there are tons of old rock albums where this question applies even in 2020. I don’t dismiss simplistic music like that unless it’s overproduced in the studio. Playboi carti and lil uzi are rockstars man... they don’t go for shock value, they are actually listening to slayer and other rock bands and emulating it in the form of trap music.
@@godsent2000 he really grew up on Marilyn Manson and a bunch of other alternative music and it definitely shows
@@godsent2000 I believe that Uzi used to listen but Carti didn't for sure
@@YunTino nah he got tattoos of a punk / rock bands before whole lotta red, back in self titled days
@@Vilevv he could’ve done that for aesthetics but he’s around a lot of people that are more into that
@@godsent2000 bro have you seen that unreleased die lit teaser
It’s incredible how well skye predicts how people will feel about an album 6 months later
Spot on
"A successful attempt to destroy music." Only 8 minutes in and as a standalone sentence thats hilarious. Pretty interesting takes as always Professor.
I think WLR has notable flaws but I'm not disappointed at all because of how enjoyable and out-there it is. Die Lit established carti as a visionary to me so it's exciting to know hes not getting comfortable and is continuing to experiment
what is "out there" about this project? like what is the unique thing that it does that other contemporary projects aren't doing? genuinely asking
@@boejudden9011 did you not watch the video or something?
@@reapdiki I watched the video. I've also been making music for 16 years. What part of my comment indicated I did not watch the video? Could it possibly be that Carti's music is not boundary pushing to people who have seen said boundaries pushed farther and better?
@@boejudden9011 he gives a bunch of reasons why it is boundary pushing in the video. I think that’s why they asked if you didn’t watch the video. I think this album is kind of what hip hop/trap has been building up to for some time. Noisy repetitive distorted synth trap production with vocals being pushed past their limits. Everything comes from somewhere, but I think the way the album blends different things is kind of unique for its time.
That’s “He got a Mop” post it got me 💀
I initially hated the album, but it really grew on me. As a carti fan, this album was initially a disappointment, but once I stopped expecting Die Lit 2.0, I came to realize how good the album is. I still enjoy Die Lit more, but I’m glad that carti is growing as an artist, expanding his sound, and setting trends which are likely going to be expanded on in the future by other artists.
Thanks for the genuine reaction. Thought I was the only one that enjoyed the album (:
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In all the reviews I have seen on YT for Whole Lotta Red, this has to be one of the most profound breakdowns if not the best! Thank you so much for this review.
My first Carti album and it's stunning, I LOVED IT IMMEDIATELY
This was a pretty surprising release for me. Die Lit cane out in 2018 and that album is pure trap bliss, it has a carefree attitude and is very pleasant on the ears (listen to tracks “Shoota” or “fell in luv”). This on the other hand is extremely discordant, and messy. You make many great points throughout this, and while i do prefer die lit, i can appreciate the progression that carti went through. This does, like you said, feel like the culmination of many styles of music from the past 60 years.
Another element of wlr that is way different from die lit is the mixing. On die lit the vocals were mixed pretty quiet, and were about the same level as the beat, almost like carti himself was an instrument in the beat. Carti on wlr is so loud he practically drowns out the beat. Weird man.
lol you're describing Kids See Ghosts, not WLR
No girlfriend on this planet gave you as many chances as I gave WLR
Your better than fantano
fantano is a hater.
No need to anchor Fantano just to uplift Prof. Skye.
You're*
I seriously don't understand how people don't know the difference :/
@@Desmondleewx How is he a hater? He rated die lit a 8. But yeah, he sometimes don‘t know anything about music
Your and you’re are interchangeable, grammars a construct
I’ve never listened to playboi carti but you’ve made me very excited to listen to this record
@cloutt skii I’m a fan now. Seriously from the first song it feels like an assault of sound. I love how dumb it is. The only point where I feel like the comparison to gecs kinda has some holes in it is that one of the biggest appeals about 100 gecs (at least for me) is how you really never know what to expect on their next song genre wise. Even within a song, they might completely change it up at the end of a measure and do a hard left turn. That wasn’t so much the case with WLR, where you could pretty much predict where a song was going by the beginning. Still a great record though
@@diego_wagner glad you loved it
I feel like calling this anti music implies that music has rules. To me art is just about expressing a feeling and u certainly can feel his energy on this. And as a rap fan I just gravitate to the production style. So to me it’s a valid expression of a feeling w dope beats
26:35 i do think it is true! tbh, even more so regarding his earlier work (2018 and 2019).
Playboi Carti is dadaist poet. Listen to "Cancun". To day, for me, this the best example of how he can break down language. The words lose their meaning, if they ever had any. But just the way he makes every word SOUND is sooo good and impressive, I think he is incredibly artistic and I think he totally knows what he is doing!
cartis lyrics are actually underrated imo
@@fluhmix6786 totally! I agree. I think he is amazing at making all these lyrically extremely simple chants so catchy. His songs are just hook after hook, its really good
The complexity of his music is the rhythmicality of everything! imo
The new Carti fans hate it.. the ones from tik tok. As an old Carti fan I like it & im sure the old fans like it as well.
Fax, they're not even carti fans
You are absolutely right,Cartis whole energy is ruining norms,mumble rap was that back in 2015 and baby voice and this new sound is that now
No old Carti fans hate it too.
@@DawryMike Everybody loves WLR now you’re nearly a year late
WLR is what made me a fan
this video of him just dissecting wlr just mesmerized me. Never thought of it this way but now i like it even more, and yes, it is very different. I love this professor guy, just subscribed
One of the funniest side affects of this album is that people now somewhat unanimously consider Die Lit a classic, now that it's not as divisive or experimental in comparison lmao
Dude. You hit everything right on the head! Hilarious seeing someone this removed from the scene interpret all of this. Your insights are great. PLEASE try out After Hours from The Weeknd. Ykno the Blinding Lights guy. Very dope album for deeper analysis
30:30 btw die4guy is about his brother who passed, he " Regy carter....i would die for my brotha "
Skye this such a fantastic take, I personally loved the album on release date (Christmas day) I was so excited to hear such an abrasive yet innovative take on something familiar yet so out of this world. His incredible energy and vocal inflections on these booming almost "video gamey" beats were some of the infections ideas I've heard in a long time. It's so much fun, this album feels like it is the freest music can be.
you know when i first clicked on this vid, i was like, he’s probably gonna slander the album given that it was released on Jan 2 of 2021, but as fan who fell in love with WLR on christmas eve, seeing this perspective, is so eye opening, whole lotta red aged so well it truly is musical masterpiece after a year later, its one of the very few trap albums that we’ve got in the past 4 years that has fully immersed itself in the aesthetic and on top of it the music is boundary breaking, WLR always leaves me speechless even after a full year, that first “Wake up Filthy” still gets me.
I think you hit the nail on the head regarding WLR, admittedly I became a huge Carti fan after Die Lit and expected WLR to be an evolution of that sound with more “Baby Voice” Carti which initially led to me being dissapoinyed.
instead we got a quantum leap forward into the punk ethos/aesthetic he barely flirted with on Die Lit.I fucking love this album now
Its funny, but my family has started to come around on the album as well after being so certain it was garbage.
@@professorskye what’s your son say? Lol
@@professorskye Carti seems to have that effect on A LOT of people I don’t know why..
@@thepeacefulchannel613carti's style is just really abrasive, alot people dont like carti off the rip
I was really surprised at the reception of this. On first listen, I loved it more than his more acclaimed "Die Lit".
Just discovered your channel a few days ago, it appears your son must have done a complete 180 on this album! I watched your concert review first so I was surprised to hear he didn't enjoy Whole Lotta Red on the initial release.
i think the concept of intellectualising WLR is so fucking funny and the fact that you put so much time and effort into doing exactly that is genuinely amazing i love this vide0
My favorite album to drop in the last 4 years.
hey dude this is awesome that you don’t do negative reviews! also your family must be crazy if they can’t believe this can’t even be not ironic! i love th album so much!!
you should listen to Die Lit now and you can see the progression in cartis sound
you mentioned lil uzi. him and carti go way back
Carti is a artist that knows he is capitalizing on the clichés and quirks of its genre, but he will NEVER refuses FOLLOW simple-minded standards to bring is something MOREEE
Unc really saw the plot
watching this after watching your thoughts on the rochester concert def interesting to hear u talk about that kind of embracement of devilish culture
wlr is so polarizing that it’s amazing like as some one who loves punk rock and ambient soundscapes. Carti puts it all together with the qualities of trap auto tune and mystique. Review an album by JPEGMAFIA that would be awesome !!
i didn't realize you had a review of this, i love it. you should've seen my face when you said f1lthy makes better beats than pierre... damn
Man, thank you for much for this Review.
I appreciate this Album a lot more.
This perspective is valuable.
This might be the BEST review i seen , u amazing, this will age very well
Really would love for you to review his last album and debut mixtape, Die Lit and Playboi Carti respectively, it's very different from WLR but its still Carti
I was one of "them" who hated this album so much but I gave it another chance and now it's my favorite album ever 🔥🔥🔥
I was never a Carti fan until this album. Pure embodiment of punk
This is almost a year later, and considering how it has aged, and how many people are using this style of minimalistic experimental hip hop, not only is it extremely enjoyable, I believe in the next years it will prove itself to be pretty influential
Aged like fine wine 🍷 🧛🏿♀️
The album took long to make because a lot of the tracks leaked in 2019 so he scrapped it a bunch of times and he apparently made 15 versions of the album.
I hated it at first because i mistaked it weird abrasive off beat production, with Underpolished, though it doesnt have much meaning to the lyrics even for Carti but it does embrace more amthospere and expermention than Any Carti project before, theere are a few stupid songs like Vamp Anthem sure but none are boring and The best songs like Sky are magnetiftic and perfect overall solid ass album, im gonna give it a 8/10
also i think you would find the new Fax Gang album quite interesting, it was released in january 1st and its called "Aethernet"
What really helps is not listening for lyrics or their meaning just thinking of the voice as an instrument and feeling the album instead of trying to tear it apart
One of my favorite reviews of yours! Keep em coming and I'll keep auditing!
First time watching your video, highly impressed by the analysis by one of my favorite artist. Good choice of words and articulation. Got a Sub! 👍🏾
“He got a mop” 😂😂
It's an album that grows on you. a really unique style you can't get anywhere else. i really hope his next album will be just as ground-breaking. it's more of an album you just vibe out with not listen for amazing lyrics(although those aren't so bad either for what it is). its experimental, but good. The way he uses adlibs and vocal inflections on the album is insane. He effortlessly rides the beat and gets the vibe across. People switched real hard when he started performing it and they re-listened. You just have to have the modern generation's mindset when listening to music. I say it's a 9/10 but a few songs feel like they were randomly thrown in there. They're not bad, but not amazing. The album is genre-shifting and has great influence on other rappers. I respect Carti for doing what he wants instead of being 'normal'.
I love the post it note on the back all I can think of when I’m looking at it is “Post-It wit my brotha, he got a mop” get it?? Bc it’s a post it note and he says posted 😂😂 haha I’m so witty
Glad to see your review, to be honest, most people just hated it for the iggy drama which i don't really know anything, but music wise, i was excited as fuck since i just discovered carti like 2 months ago and loved it and the mario juda drama just hyped this more for me, when this dropped i loved some tracks but even for carti standars it was weird, i just couldn't figure out what was going on and couldn't really decide if i liked it or not, and still can't decide, loved the kanye mention bit in control, but then music starts and i just get lost, can't agree more with you, keep up the good work.
The vocals and adlibs is especially is what caught everyone’s eye💯
definitely listen to his first project self-titled and his most popular album Die Lit ! very trippy trap and big energy. and less screaming lol
This is just a bigger more blown out version of his other work. The verses are even more disjointed, the hooks shouted in place of verses at times. This is an even louder version of the last album, it also did not have any of the songs fans anticipated from the sessions, due to them leaking. It's definitely going to be looked at in a fonder light after the hype dies down.
man everytime i come back to ur videos im always so infatuated with what u have to say. i spend most my time on youtube just half listening to stuff in the background while i play games but i love taking in everything u have to say with music. its amazing how well you can break down left field artists like carti and bladee and see why they have such a cult following
I think Cancun is def one of his best songs of all time. Based on feel and simplicity.
I'd really like to see you review …Because I’m Young Arrogant and Hate Everything You Stand For by Machine Girl. After seeing this review and your reviews on artists such as 100 Gecs and Arca, a review on Machine Girl would be equally as interesting.
Sir, I think you are correct about the sky and over song having the same synth, there is a video I saw where someone in the studio says he recorded another song first before Scott
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review his other 2 albums
I’ve always liked Carti, but WLR put him in my top 5. AOTY
professor skye can you please do some retrospectives on frank ocean please, id definitely LOVE and enjoy what you'd have to say about his works
A friend recommended this album to me and I hadn't heard any of his music beforehand but I loved it. Equal parts goofy and badass in my eyes and the beats are great. Maybe the emo raps being hinted at at the end and only a couple vampire references reinforce your theory that this album is destroying music. It was enough to get you a little frustrated even though you like it otherwise so maybe it worked lol
Dude ur commentary is fire I can’t wait to see you make more videos
sounds like your family isn’t very vamp
Started listening, but couldn't finish it, because it made me think of my nephew who lived a dark "gangster" life and got shot last month. He was only 30 years old. This artist made me think of him. I think he would have liked this music. Yes, I agree. Rap can be a death cult. My nephew lived it, and thus this music comes too close to my experience to enjoy.
:( i wish you all the best
enjoyed your perspective on this, definitely subscribing! Personally I love the album lol call me crazy
You are good at capturing the essence of albums. Good review!
Positive feedback: Edit some fat off these videos to make them a bit shorter and more potent
Nah his length is what makes it dope because he’s thorough
@@baptisedindirtysprite3593 I agree, but the repetition and empty space doesn't need to be there. You can balance thoroughness and good editing.
@@Boogalyhu he literally said that he’s not cutting anything from this video in the spirit of the album itself, makes perfect sense with that context right?
@@baptisedindirtysprite3593 true, missed that
Nah bro as a big carti fan I don’t think hip hops a death cult like homie is just depressed he has so many songs where he’s singing about how sad he is like Buffy the body “smoking all this dope by myself I’m alone” and also like I got where he says “I’m so addicted to drugs” about 30 times in a row same with juice world I love him too because he kept it real bout how he felt but sadly these boys only kno how to cope w their emotions w drugs
you should listen to hyperpop people like glaive, Kurtains, Ericdoa, p4rkr or juno. I know. Quite a lot of people but im sure you'll be able to choose wisely
STOPSTIP STOP STOP STOP
Okay maybe quinn, he would definitely like quinn, all the others are okay ..
Does that bit about thinking of the best albums of the year mean we might get a yearly favorites video!!!?
when i first heard WLR i instantly knew it was my favorite carti album. but i had the exact same reaction others had with it when i first heard die lit, completely hated it but it randomly just clicked. i believe the most important thing in music is being creative/original and carti and the producers were 100% that for WLR. the production on that album was unlike anything ive ever heard before and it genuinely blew my mind
Awesome and wholesome review. Nice catch on the sky chords being reversed on over.
The first few listens of the album my only issue was with the track sequencing but when you start paying more attention you notice a lot of thematic and sonical links between the tracks. Definitely a lot of intention behind it, it's not a mixtape like most rap albums usually are today
best review by far
I hated this album when it came out, nowadays its my favorite playboi carti album to date
Please do reviews on is older two albums they will suprise you.
First part aged well
HE GOT A MOP !!!
I don’t usually enjoy reviews, but this one was amazing
We turned me into a fan
As always, a very interesting and articulate review!
Playboi Carti is NOT trying to be bad! He was active, changing his sound, making older "soundcloud rap" mingling with A$AP Mob, Awful Records, and more underground to eventually mainstream artists (see his solange knowls and tyler the creator features from 2019) and producers long before 100gecs (they also have a background on the platform soundcloud, known for it's overcompressed lossy nature)- listen to some of playboi's work from 2014 (see "luh Da Feeling feat. slug christ)! On this album he taps the most cutting edge producers from these subcultures. He's selective about the features (only legacy rap), he's tapping into cyclical structure, overcompressed sound- reflects the platforms which he grew big on. His fans leaked extremely low quality rips of his music, only one of those leaks making onto this album "NEON," surprising the fans. Clearly reflecting drug use, ecstacy and euphoria are what the music is meant to emphasize. I could go on for days. I love this album and was not disappointed as a long time fan of this artist. I think there is meaning to alot of the bars that carry weight for me.
I think the aesthetic that he chose with his music is purposeful, the deconstructed nature (simple loops, sure, but the timbre of the samples is extremely unique in every song, the bass occupies different spaces each track) of his older most popular songs multiplied by copycat producers and fans trying to emulate that feeling.
Sorry for rambling, but I'm not a professor, and editing was never my favorite thing to do in school. Enjoyed your video - @GBMystical everywhere
it’s ironic because he went for mostly copycat producers for a lot of the beats. not that they’re that bad or anything, but i feel the concept of the album and the vibe he was going for would have absolutely been elevated by having more songs produced by pierre bourne.
pierre made standout tracks on the 2017 mixtape and pushed his production to another level when he executively produced die lit. so many standout songs on that album, and so many of them are waaaay different from the style of self titled. RIP and magnolia were both produced by the same guy, so he can obviously make punk-ish beats for carti. but for whatever reason he’s not on WLR much.
i think the funniest thing about WLR is that for all the beats that blatantly copy the style of pierre, the two of his that are actually on the album sound nothing like the others. iloveuihateu and place compared to the first half of the album almost sound out of place. so those end up standing out way more.
again, i don’t even dislike the album, i think there’s some good stuff on it. but i wonder what a punk style album from pierre and carti would sound like in full.
Loved this review!! Props for taking on the challenge
This album to me as a mild Carti fan is not amazing but not terrible. I feel like there are just too many tracks that just don't do it for me. I've always loved Carti's ad-libs but he sort held off on that and used that energy to go completely insane of the primary vocals. My favorite track personally was Vamp Anthem, I just love that horror sample, it's a beat that could be so universal in Hip-Hop, anyone from MF Doom (RIP) or like Eminem (in the early 2000s) could have a lot of fun with that beat. And the fact that Vamp Anthem is less than 2 minutes doesn't bother me because that track just hits so hard to me. In a way it reminds me of 100 Gecs' song "Stupid Horse" that fuses a more traditional almost "classical/folk" sound of Polka with weird glitchy techno trap production.
17:05 I’m anti-everything. I’m not going out my way to have people like, ‘Oh, what the fuck’s Carti on? Is he gay, or is he trolling?’ No, bro-I don’t give a fuck. I’m being myself.” - Playboicarti
there's more good songs than bad songs, so i like it!
also i agree- why do people get so up in arms when an artist takes a while between albums? take your time!
i showed my dad 100gecs and deathgrips and it was one of the most cringe moments of my life.
he liked the choe show tho. I would definitely recommend watching that w ur son.
He got
a MoP
It’s funny how you say “Jackson Pollock could have painted a flower if he wanted to” because Carti’s very early raps were very technical and well though out like on his song Holyfield
Please review the new Moor Mother album, I think you’d find it super interesting!
Wow, halfway through the review I listened to the first few tracks of the album and I just had to stop. It might be the worst thing I've ever heard and while I am not able to appreciate it the same way Professor Skye can that is something. Some amateur recordings I heard are technically worse but there was something to appreciate like being funny bad or made by friends when we were teenagers. This isn't funny bad, it's just aggravating. It actually pisses me off now that Carti is successful but I know that that's stupid. If people connect to him, who am I to tell them they're wrong?
Well, it's another thing I'll just have to live with and I think I'll manage.
Weird to see this one. But glad it exists haha
Still would love to see a review for the new Billy Woods and Moor Mother album.
“Not about that life but I’m about that feeling”