Playboi Carti (mixtape)

Playboi Carti is the debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Playboi Carti. It was released on April 14, 2017, by AWGE Label 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 Dutch singer from the Netherlands 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.

Playboi Carti
Mixtape by
Playboi Carti
ReleasedApril 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
Studio
Genre
Length46:50
Label
Producer
Playboi Carti chronology
Playboi Carti
(2017)		 Die Lit
(2018)
Singles from Playboi Carti
  1. "Lookin'"
    Released: March 17, 2017
  2. "wokeuplikethis*"
    Released: April 7, 2017
  3. "Magnolia"
    Released: June 13, 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 It was Carti's highest single at the time.

Release
Lil Uzi Vert appears on the album

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 27 million views as of April 2020.

A music video for “New Choppa” was released on August 31, 2017. It features A$AP Rocky, and has amassed over 20 million views as of April 2020.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX2.9/5[9]
Pitchfork7.3/10[1]
PopMatters6/10[10]
ViceA−[11]
XXL4/5[12]

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."[13] 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.[14]

Accolades

The mixtape appeared on 2017 year-end album lists by publications such as Fact,[15] Pitchfork,[16] and Tiny Mix Tapes.[17] 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."[18] 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."[17]

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Fact The 50 best albums of 2017
25
[15]
Gorilla vs. Bear Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017
7
[19]
Tiny Mix Tapes 2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases
9
[17]
Rolling Stone 40 Best Rap Albums of 2017
8
[20]
Cult MTL's Mr. Wavvy Best Music of 2017
9
[21]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
35
[16]
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
150
[22]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[23] and ASCAP.[24]

Playboi Carti[25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Location"
Harry Fraud2:49
2."Magnolia"
Pi'erre Bourne3:02
3."Lookin" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
Roark Bailey3:04
4."Woke Up Like This" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
  • Carter
  • Jenks
  • Woods
Pi'erre Bourne3:56
5."Let It Go"
  • Carter
  • Cameron Pitts
  • Jenks
Pi'erre Bourne2:30
6."Half & Half"
3:47
7."New Choppa" (featuring A$AP Rocky)
Riera2:06
8."Other Shit"
Hit-Boy2:50
9."No. 9"
  • Carter
  • Jonathan Stewart
JStewOnTheBeat3:19
10."dothatshit!"
  • Carter
  • Jenks
Pi'erre Bourne3:05
11."Lame Niggaz"
  • Carter
  • Jenks
Pi'erre Bourne2:50
12."Yah Mean"
  • Carter
  • Jenks
Pi'erre Bourne2:45
13."Flex" (featuring Leven Kali)
  • KasimGotJuice
  • J. Cash Beatz
4:00
14."Kelly K"
4:30
15."Had 2"
  • Carter
  • Pitts
MexikoDro2:20
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[26][27]
  • "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.[28]

Personnel

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

Technical

  • 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 CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[35] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
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  2. Servantes, Ivan (April 14, 2017). "Stream Playboi Carti's Self-Titled Debut Mixtape". Spin. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. Craighead, Olivia. "Listen to Playboi Carti's Self-Titled Debut Mixtape". The Fader. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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  5. "Rumor Mill - TOP 50 STREAMED SONGS, SPS ALBUMS THIS YEAR". hitsdailydouble.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA.
  7. "Playboi Carti - Magnolia". YouTube. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. "Reviews and Tracks for Playboi Carti [Mixtape] by Playboi Carti". Metacritic. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  9. Chintaluri, Narshima (April 19, 2017). "Review: Playboi Carti's Self-Titled Debut Is Simply A Glorified Beat Tape With Ad-Libs". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  10. Duricy, Bryan (April 19, 2017). "Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti". PopMatters. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  11. Christgau, Robert (January 19, 2018). "Robert Christgau on Joey Bada$$'s Timely Consciousness". Vice. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. Glaysher, Scott (April 26, 2017). "Playboi Carti Flexes on Debut Mixtape". XXL. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  13. Caramanica, Jon. "In New Albums, 21 Savage and Playboi Carti Go Against the Flow". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  14. ""Magnolia" by Playboi Carti Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  15. "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Fact Magazine. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  16. "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Pitchfork. December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  17. "2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases". Tiny Mix Tapes. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  18. "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Fact Magazine. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  19. "Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017". Gorilla vs. Bear. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  20. "40 Best Rap Albums of 2017". Rolling Stone. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  21. "These are the best albums of 2017". Cult MTL. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  22. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. October 8, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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  24. "ACE Repertory". ASCAP. Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search". Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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  26. "Instagram post by Snare Jordan • Apr 14, 2017 at 4:18pm UTC". Instagram.
  27. "Instagram post by Eric Keith • Apr 14, 2017 at 8:21pm UTC". Instagram.
  28. "Playboi Carti's 'Location' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.
  29. "Dutchcharts.nl – Playboi Carti – Carti Playboi" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  30. "Playboi Carti Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  31. "Playboi Carti Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  32. "Playboi Carti Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  33. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  34. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  35. "American album certifications – Playboi Carti – Playboi Carti". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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