fakerickhoodie

6d

nigga said jumpin is mid

dont do that my nigga

Orangutan

7d

Essay warning: It's got great songs, I've listened to it endlessly, but since release day my overall thought that it's by far his worst album still hasn't changed

Whole thing just feels "compromised" to me. Two AI tracks, shoehorned Kendrick features (said as a kendrick fan), handful of tracks that sound half-finished, a ton of songs that seem like some unreleased from another artist he took and slapped a verse on so he could say those feats were on his album, weird additions to the initial singles that only make the songs worse, bloated, tracklist flows like s***.

Whole thing is just messy. Front to back listen is a chore. I also miss when feats sounded like they had to adapt to Carti's sound, and not the other way around.

I sound like I'm being hard on it, but believe it or not I actually like most of the songs on there. I kinda split the good songs up like this:

The OG singles: K Pop, Evil Jordan (besides that horrendous intro), HBA (snare roll doesn't ruin it for me, but I prefer version without. The missing lines throws me off tho), Different Day, 2024, Backrooms. Toxic fits in with the sound of these. Different Day and 2024 are the stylistic outliers, but still good.

These two stylistically on their own: Pop Out FOMDJ

Radar, Crank, Walk, Dis 1 Got It, Overly

Muyun, Like Weezy, Olympian & Opm Babi

All good songs, but they sound like they came from different versions of the album made over the last 5 years. I don't mind variety, and if the album was made up of just the previously mentioned songs, I don't think it would bother me nearly as much. Its the stylistic differences in addition to all the mid/bad songs that messes it up for me.

AI: Rather Lie, Fine S***

Half-finished/empty/lacking something: Crush, Twin Trim, Charge Dem Hoes a Fee, Cocaine Nose

Shoehorned Kendrick: Mojo Jojo, Good Credit, Backdoor

Sounds like a song he took from the feature: Philly (ok), Rather Lie (bad), Backdoor (pretty good), We Need All Da Vibes (bad), Trim (pretty good)

Just mid/hasn't clicked: Jumpin, South Atlanta Baby, I See You Baby Boi

Demoitis: Wake Up F1lthy

So if I'm being generous with the issues I have with the "good songs", that leaves me at 19 good, 16 not. Which isn't terrible, it just makes it more of a playlist grab bag for me, whereas his previous albums have all been basically front to back classics.

Carti himself said he changed MUSIC in the last few months to make it more suitable for grammys and radio play, and not only does it show, it was also executed poorly, which makes for a messy, disjointed listen. I'm being a harsh critic because I've been a huge carti fan for ages, and this was the first one to not hit the bar that made him special. And even tho he's bigger than ever, you can see the fallout of MUSIC in everything surrounding Carti discourse. ngaf about his new snippets or leaks, fans costantly dogging on him when he might as well have been god for that entire December 2020 - March 2025 stretch.

idk 6/10

nbasnitchboy

6d

terrible music

Orangutan

7d

Essay warning: It's got great songs, I've listened to it endlessly, but since release day my overall thought that it's by far his worst album still hasn't changed

Whole thing just feels "compromised" to me. Two AI tracks, shoehorned Kendrick features (said as a kendrick fan), handful of tracks that sound half-finished, a ton of songs that seem like some unreleased from another artist he took and slapped a verse on so he could say those feats were on his album, weird additions to the initial singles that only make the songs worse, bloated, tracklist flows like s***.

Whole thing is just messy. Front to back listen is a chore. I also miss when feats sounded like they had to adapt to Carti's sound, and not the other way around.

I sound like I'm being hard on it, but believe it or not I actually like most of the songs on there. I kinda split the good songs up like this:

The OG singles: K Pop, Evil Jordan (besides that horrendous intro), HBA (snare roll doesn't ruin it for me, but I prefer version without. The missing lines throws me off tho), Different Day, 2024, Backrooms. Toxic fits in with the sound of these. Different Day and 2024 are the stylistic outliers, but still good.

These two stylistically on their own: Pop Out FOMDJ

Radar, Crank, Walk, Dis 1 Got It, Overly

Muyun, Like Weezy, Olympian & Opm Babi

All good songs, but they sound like they came from different versions of the album made over the last 5 years. I don't mind variety, and if the album was made up of just the previously mentioned songs, I don't think it would bother me nearly as much. Its the stylistic differences in addition to all the mid/bad songs that messes it up for me.

AI: Rather Lie, Fine S***

Half-finished/empty/lacking something: Crush, Twin Trim, Charge Dem Hoes a Fee, Cocaine Nose

Shoehorned Kendrick: Mojo Jojo, Good Credit, Backdoor

Sounds like a song he took from the feature: Philly (ok), Rather Lie (bad), Backdoor (pretty good), We Need All Da Vibes (bad), Trim (pretty good)

Just mid/hasn't clicked: Jumpin, South Atlanta Baby, I See You Baby Boi

Demoitis: Wake Up F1lthy

So if I'm being generous with the issues I have with the "good songs", that leaves me at 19 good, 16 not. Which isn't terrible, it just makes it more of a playlist grab bag for me, whereas his previous albums have all been basically front to back classics.

Carti himself said he changed MUSIC in the last few months to make it more suitable for grammys and radio play, and not only does it show, it was also executed poorly, which makes for a messy, disjointed listen. I'm being a harsh critic because I've been a huge carti fan for ages, and this was the first one to not hit the bar that made him special. And even tho he's bigger than ever, you can see the fallout of MUSIC in everything surrounding Carti discourse. ngaf about his new snippets or leaks, fans costantly dogging on him when he might as well have been god for that entire December 2020 - March 2025 stretch.

idk 6/10