Rolling Stone lists PLAYBOI CARTI “whole lotta red” as the best hip hop album of 2021

[ISO]

Is this the machine behind Carti at work? Trying to shift the narrative? Trying to plant the seeds of the album being some misunderstood masterpiece?

The album was trash not even Carti fans liked it. His first two projects were way better. This shyt flopped commercially too huge disappointment after years of teasing.

OK, sure, Whole Lotta Red came out at the end of 2020. On Christmas Day, to be exact. But the week between its release and the start of this year is irrelevant when you think of what a seismic shift the album represents. Carti stakes ground in the current generation’s sonic sensibility and delivers one of the most forward-thinking rap records since Kanye West’s Yeezus.“That’s my job as of right now. This sound is something that’s going to be regular and relevant in the future,” he told Rolling Stone earlier this year. “That’s just part of creating something new. If this is something that people accept right away, how different is it?” He was right. The album’s fingerprints are all over everything we heard in 2021. —J.I.

What seismic shift? What makes this album so forward thinking and groundbreaking that he appropriated some bullshyt punk rock aesthetic?

The albums fingerprints are all over everything in 2021? Nikka what?! Fingerprints where? This didn’t influence the game at all it came and went.

To top it off it technically came out last year.

This is why rap journalism can’t be taken seriously too many hipsters, too much hyperbole in the writing, too many posers and try hards.

 

[cartierhoe]

nikka fell of after 2015

Facts

 

[010101]

look at that shyte

know the vibes

shyte is for that same astroworld stanbase

not wavy

*

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

And the craziest part is that there are actually tables where these folks are really sitting around discussing this stuff with serious faces

“You know Bob, I’m going to agree with you. I think Cardi Red is really making a statement here, I just feel a really Walt Whitman-esq aurora about him”

 

[RaspberryFitted]

Facts

When this song dropped, it felt like the end credits. Spent my entire HS career stanning bruh, and it finally dropped my senior yr

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

how out of touch is the coli?

Whole lotta red probably won’t even get 1 vote in our annual “What’s the best album of the year, besides whatever Nas project came out?” Poll thread

Rolling Stone is wrong as hell and whole lotta red was kinda middy compared to die lit.

And thecoli is outta touch. Both can be true

 

[Chip Skylark]

Yoooo this album was horrible. Every time I heard that Dracula song I couldn’t help but laugh cause I know he’s trolling his fans. I just know it.

but new neon is the shyt

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

The album grew on me but it’s far from being better than Tyler’s record, Ye’s record, or even Drake’s lackluster record

 

[Kenny West]

look at that shyte

know the vibes

shyte is for that same astroworld stanbase

not wavy

*

This.

The machine got his back and he's legit popular. But it's a internet/cac ass fanbase overall. nikkas don't fukk with Carti like that, people un aux'd me over his music lol. He's got a ironic meme rapper/travis scott-like stanbase tho

I shyt you not, this is the most popular Carti merch from this year

 

[colicolicoli]

nikkas heated in here

 

[Kenny West]

So what happened was. This album was flames but the o.g broke boy carti fans wasn't feeling it because he switched his style from one terrible way of rapping to another one.

Me personally I'll like whatever Playboy drops for the most part because in my eyes dude is a parody rapper. I mean i know he be dead ass serious but thats what makes it funny/fun to listen to.

This explains me perfectly. Its catchy and has good beats but I wouldn't argue with a nikka that calls it wack

Also he's the best example of the "Bad rappers loved by fantastic producers" phenomena.

 

[hex]

This. And I’m not even hating on Carti as I haven’t listened to this album and I’m not up on his music. it just seems dumb strange to use Rolling Stone as a barometer of what’s relevant/dope for rap fans.

People on The Coli use whatever is convenient at the time.
Let Rolling Stone shyt on their favorite artist and they're right back to calling them culture vultures.

Fred.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

That album was ass and it had maybe three songs that I consistently went back to. Die Lit was an amazingly produced album and WLR was a far cry from it.

 

[Cadillac]

Another thing they doin for buzz


RS be just doing " best" and "top 10s" for attention it's best to just ignore them and pay them no mind.

They desperate

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Cac ass op