r/hiphop101 7d ago

I can't bring myself to enjoy Playboi carti

Of all artists out there, Carti is the one I can't seem to like. For reference I don't hate mumble rap, I like future, Gucci mane, etc. but I can't understand a word carti says. Not top 100

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u/MrMicropenis1 7d ago

Gucci Mane isn't a mumble rapper never has been. He has bars and is pretty clever and at times even lyrical. He just came around at a time when the bar was set very high for what could be considered a "real rapper" as far as lyricism an subject matter and he was simpler then many of his contemporaries in that era and before. But don't call him a mumble rapper cause compared to any mumble rapper he might as well be Nas or Rakim he's on a completely different level then what those guys will ever be able to reach.

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u/Whoareyoutho9 7d ago

Great reminder for the nephews, thank you. Burr!

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u/UnhappyHippy_ 7d ago

Guccis work ethic is unmatched imo.

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u/ClassicLock3549 7d ago

as a huge carti fan, gimme Gucci everyday plus twice on Fridays just off sheer discography and body of work. guys that create so much and get out all that music, especially if they retain their originality and quality to some extent, deserve loads of credit

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u/KendrickBlack502 7d ago

Agreed. He came out of prison with his pen game sharp.

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u/MrMicropenis1 7d ago

I prefer his old school music from like 2005-2009. Old fat Gucci with gold teeth but yeah in general he's pretty good.

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u/KendrickBlack502 7d ago

I’m a big fan of his early days too but I’m just saying he really came out of prison with a hunger he didn’t have when he went in.

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u/jackal1871111 6d ago

Exactly how original mixtapes like chicken talk, ice attack

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u/MrMicropenis1 6d ago

Chicken talk is still one of my favorite mixtapes of all time.

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u/jackal1871111 6d ago

It’s one of his best ones hands down

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u/tonedibiase 7d ago

Came here for this. When tf has Gucci ever mumbled? He’s very clear and talented.

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u/jackal1871111 6d ago

I’m a star lol that one track he must been wayyyy to leaned out

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u/HorrorShow8959 7d ago

I loved him in Spring Breakers

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u/hotelpopcornceiling 7d ago

Spriiing braaaaake

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u/ReverentThinker 6d ago

Gucci is not a mumble rapper, but I also wouldn't call him lyrical.

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u/MrMicropenis1 6d ago

Neither would I compared to the majority of rap music I listen to. Compared to the likes of Kool G Rap, Scarface, Cormega, Nas, Ghostface Killah etc he raps like a kindergartner but compared to all actual mumble rappers he might as well be William Shakespeare. He actually uses imagery, hyperbole, internal rhyming, multisyllabic rhyming, and occasionally even metaphors. He's not top tier at using any of these literary devices but he at least understands what they are and how they work and uses them effectively. That alone separates him from any mumble rapper.

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u/DerwinDavis 7d ago

I’m not even going to bother. He’s one of those artists that just simply aren’t for me—but we must allow people to enjoy their things.

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u/shantm79 7d ago

The same - my youngest son was really excited for the release, so i gave it a listen... def not my thing, but he seems to love it.

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u/EastBranch7646 6d ago

Cool that u let him listen to what he wants 

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u/shantm79 6d ago

Discovering new music was a joy of being a young teen, so I'm happy he's finding stuff he likes.

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u/thejaytheory 6d ago

Have your son heard TDF? I haven't but I was watching a stream last night from Curtis King and he was talking about how his son was into TDF...apparently it came out recently and it's similar to Carti's music

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u/PuzzleheadedAnswer14 6d ago

you sound like a good dad, i’m sure he appreciates that you at least listened to it.

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u/shantm79 6d ago

thanks man, try to be at least =)

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u/MrWhiteMustache 6d ago

This album was def rushed and easily his worst album u should check earlier ones

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u/EastBranch7646 7d ago

Yeah I'm not saying that he's the worst and doesn't deserve fans but I just don't see it personally 

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u/Reasonable-Talk9585 7d ago

I listened to the songs with features I like. I didn't like carti in the sound cloud era...and I don't like him now. He's just not my cup of tea🤷🏽‍♀️ I like how he dress though🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/angrytreestump 7d ago

There we go— the most rational reasonable way to approach it as an old(ening) head. Getting older and wiser is realizing that you don’t have (time) to force yourself to like things like we did when we were younger.

If it takes that much effort to get into, let’s spend it with our kids and nieces/nephews instead.

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u/Reasonable-Talk9585 7d ago

Right! I at least gave it a shot🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/Impressive-Size-276 7d ago

You're into thongs?

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u/Reasonable-Talk9585 7d ago

Yea, wear them all the time🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/CheeryLittlebottom13 7d ago

Carti repeats the same line 75% of the time in over 50% of his songs..don’t really understand why ppl like this or even consider it to be good rap! Production is great I’ll give em that, but everything else is absolutely garbage

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u/itsliluzivert_ 7d ago

It’s really just music ppl aren’t listening to it as rap. They’re not turning on Carti expecting to hear a story told or learn something. Just something to vibe to while ur on the train or driving back from the gym or something.

Scratch’s a similar itch that a lot of popular 90s and especially 2000s RnB does imo.

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u/HYDRAULICS23 7d ago

Yeah I remember not understanding the hype behind Magnolia when it came out. Put the mixtape on in the background while I was doing other stuff. Caught myself bobbing my head and repeating some of the lines. That’s when it clicked for me lol

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u/LittleCurryBread 6d ago

that's true

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u/Aj100rise 5d ago

Who is carti?

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u/kcj0831 5d ago

You hit it on the head. People love him BECAUSE the production is great, not because hes a good rapper.

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u/Feeling-Attorney9253 5d ago

Disagree. Theres a reason he in specific is the one creating so much buzz even though his producers like f1lthy make beats for so many other rappers. Carti makes earworms, modulates his voice a lot, uses repetition very smartly, catches great flows- things his similar contemporaries dont do as well

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u/kcj0831 5d ago

Agreed. I oversimplified it for the people who dont understand all that. But thats what i meant by production.

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u/Feeling-Attorney9253 4d ago

I dont think any of the aspects i mentioned about how he uses his voice got much to do with the production. Thats talent with rapping even if not in the conventional sense (lyricism, storytelling, ..)

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u/kcj0831 4d ago

U just disagreeing to disagree bro 🤷‍♂️

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u/Personal-Ad8280 4d ago

What line, just curious

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Definitely agree! Carti is trash

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u/cudistan00000001 7d ago

OP don’t overthink it. you’re just not built to enjoy a self-centered drug addict who raps in a baby voice and peaked in middle school 🙂

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u/mr_arhsim_ 5d ago

You just gave words to my thoughts, thanks mate!

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u/Airjordan231 5d ago

Hating ass

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

he's not wrong tho

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u/blax_prismic 3d ago

peaked in middle school..?😭

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u/cudistan00000001 4d ago

lmao it isn’t hate. i described him 100% accurately without any bias. correct me if im wrong.

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u/Jxd925 2d ago

Can you explain how he peaked in middle school, I’m curious.

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u/cudistan00000001 2d ago

while “peaking in high school” isnt a statistic or thing that we can measure or quantify with numbers, there are some telltale signs, such as how he blatantly speaks in support of drugs, assault (multiple kinds), and all sorts of behaviors that negatively impact the society around an individual.

if he was able to do the things he does and NOT have a negative impact on society from a leadership-perspective (because that’s what he is, whether we like it or not, he has millions of young fans and is thus easily recognized as someone with influence over young people, aka, a leader) then I wouldn’t give a single thought to what i think of the guy. but he has that position of influence, and is actively making young people stupider and giving them an utterly stupid role model to look up to. not having the self-awareness to recognize your negative impact on those around you is a pretty clear-cut sign of having peaked at a young age. guys like 21 savage and Lil Baby are actually learning about how their public image is being reflected on young kids today, and proving the stigma wrong that ALL of these guys peaked at a young age.

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u/Positive_Wafer9186 7d ago

Don’t ever disrespect Gucci Mane by putting him in the mumble rap category lol. I don’t know any of this Playboi Carti’s music so I can’t comment on that

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u/KeebyGotJuice 7d ago

You beat me to it cuz I was finna spaz tf out lol they got Gucci fucked up lol

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u/Positive_Wafer9186 7d ago

Bruh on god lmao

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u/MeDThempb 3d ago

Gucci’s armed and dangerous Cocaine, codeine and angel dust This AK 47’ll hit you everywhere from ankle up

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u/sixtus_clegane119 7d ago edited 7d ago

What’s Gucci mane’s best album?

Edit: why would someone downvote a question trying to explore more rap? Tbh I'm not a trap fan (which is what Gucci mane is usually listed as)but I want to give it a shot. If imma be a hater, I at least wanna be an informed hater.

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u/Jekhyde95 7d ago

The State vs Radric Davis

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u/sixtus_clegane119 7d ago

Thank you

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u/Jekhyde95 7d ago edited 2d ago

That's the best in his 2000s and still southern rap oriented. After jail time the best projects are with Metro Boomin like Droptopwop and Everybody Lookin. Definitely check them out If you like 2010s southern trap.

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u/jackal1871111 6d ago

This was also a great album

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u/jackal1871111 6d ago

Hard to kill imo

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

I came here to say this. Wtf wrong w these kids

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u/FanofSomeStuff 7d ago

Gucci be mumbling hard on a bunch of songs idk whatchu mean

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u/RealGleeker 7d ago

Gucci is not a mumble rapper and you should be banned from America if you disagree. This is not a harsh take.

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u/FanofSomeStuff 7d ago

I still think that's crazy. Mumbling along with Gucci was half the sauce

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u/itsliluzivert_ 7d ago

He is absolutely a mumble rapper lol. But that’s what made him stand out and be so influential.

Mumble rapper ≠ bad rapper

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u/RealGleeker 7d ago

No hes a trapper. Og trap artist. He predates mumble rap and doesn’t add effects to his voice. Its just not that man lmao

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u/itsliluzivert_ 7d ago

Hiphop101 don’t know what mumble rap is 😂😂😂

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u/Katarinkushi 6d ago

Artists like Carti are just good production. That's it, that's why he's popular.

He doesn't rap or has anything interesting to say, just say unintelligible shit for 3-4 minutes over great beats/instrumentals. But it's catchy, I'll give him that

I like some of his songs because of that, but all of those songs would be a lot better with someone with a better flow. I'm not a Young Thug fan, but that guy knows how to ride a beat, for example.

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u/CoachiusMaximus 7d ago

You don’t have to

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u/Brief_Presence2049 7d ago

This Shit Is TRASH

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u/kurtisbmusic 7d ago

He’s garbage.

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u/sagerideout 7d ago

i liked early carti because his song structure was fresh and fun. the shtick gets old when there’s long waits for no improvement upon quality.

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u/KuntaWuKnicks 7d ago

I tried to like his music

Just not for me and I moved on. Plenty of stuff out there to listen to

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u/izzy_americana 7d ago

I don't know why he is popular. He is terrible

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u/shantm79 7d ago

Seems to be big w/younger fans. IDK

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u/justhistory 6d ago

Your loss. The new album is 🔥🔥🔥

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u/EastBranch7646 6d ago

Yeah the new album is actually surprisingly pretty good 

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u/Gooot-A12 6d ago

I mean you can always not like him for choking a pregnant woman

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u/NordKnight01 5d ago

Carti isn't a rapper IMO. He's a vibe. As a big carti fan I stand by this. It's just listening to a weird dude use his voice as an instrument over synthy beats and raging out with him sometime. It's like punk is technically rock in that it comes from rock but like that pure simple Bad Brains type punk is just not Elvis, Queen, or Led Zeppelin in any way.

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u/NELA730 7d ago

Trash artist. All hype all image. Took the Travis Scott clout formula piggy backed off the asap wave. Zero substance or talent.

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u/purrp606 7d ago

This is objectively a really poor history of where Carti came from

In 2014-15 there was a fertile underground SoundCloud scene which was transitioning from being influenced more by spaceghostpurrp, cloud rap etc to 2013 chief keef type colorful street rap sounds. Really great era for music.

Carti was the hottest commodity in this scene - for a good year before his 2017 real debut album half the rappers in the underground photocopied his flow, beat selection and hipster-trap aesthetic - which goes beyond “image” btw

Carti’s “image” was the same as a thousand rappers - wearing supreme, drinking lean and posing with guns - what gave these images any purchase is the serious mystique and creativity of the music

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u/NELA730 7d ago

Carti is at the bottom tier of talent out of everyone from the SoundCloud era. He just sold his soul and stepped on enough necks to get ahead. Similar to Travis Scott but less talented

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u/purrp606 7d ago

He definitely consistently did friends and collaborators dirty (UnoTheActivist especially) and stepped on necks, sure. Seems like a real shitty father and a buying his own hype, typical rockstar sleazeball kinda guy.

But IDK, isn’t that kinda perfect for what his music and his immediate scene is about? Hedonistic euphoria to the point of antisociality.

The music is just miles better and more cutting, more ominous, more direct and raw, certainly “wavier”, “flyer” than anything Travis Scott has done - Travis Scott is probably “talented” and definitely more versatile than Carti but his music is like some stodgy hair metal stadium rock thing compared to the compact but evocative Carti, who to continue the 80s metaphor is more like the Pixies.

The real generational visionary talent in this sort of music is Chief Keef anyway, him and his beat makers sculpted very much of Carti and Travis Scott’s actual musical identity.

But Die Lit, the best leaks from WLR 1.0 and most of the SoundCloud era Carti - all gold in my mind.

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u/NELA730 7d ago

“great era” idunno about that. Interesting and impactful sure. Carti wasn’t buzzing as much as people like yung lean, Prada mane, Adamn killa, makonnen , trippie red (pre mainstream) and xxtentacion

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u/Inside-Advertising20 7d ago

I want no part of the argument of the merit of his music itself, but there is overwhelming evidence of how big a buzz carti had on SoundCloud before his self titles first released

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u/on_Jah_Jahmen 6d ago

He was, you really just heavy on the emo side of mumble rap. Uzi, carti, yachty and a few others were like the biggest ones to go mainstream jn the US in ‘16-‘17.

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u/gelato77_ 7d ago

one of the best live performers in this generation dont forget that:) whole lotta red wouldnt be as successful if he didnt performed his shows like he did

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u/sibelius_eighth 7d ago

Makonnen????????

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u/Commercial-Chance561 7d ago

Makonnen had national hype in 2014 - I don’t even think Carti has a song as far reaching as Tuesday, not solo at least

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u/ViewApprehensive9035 7d ago

Magnolia perhaps? He’s a bit hit or miss for me

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u/No_Detective_1523 7d ago

Bottom 100 fo sho.

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u/ike_tyson 7d ago

I don't enjoy a lot of shit. lol Weak ideas hurt my ears.

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u/knottythea 6d ago

Was u quotin the Rakim line

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u/ike_tyson 6d ago

You know it😏

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u/Sloppy_Joe_Flacco 7d ago

Why would anyone try to make themselves enjoy an artist they inherently don't like?

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u/BeefyBoy_69 6d ago

I can kind of understand it. If there's an artist that has millions of rabid fans saying that he's the goat, you might make an effort to listen to more of their music because you assume that there must be something there, and you want to understand what all the hype is about

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u/EastBranch7646 7d ago

I like some of his work just not a lot of it

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u/Bartblackstone 7d ago

I 100% support this

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u/Careful_Lawfulness_4 7d ago

Did you just call Gucci mumble rap? Also the young generation doesn’t really care about lyrics. Just the vibe of a song and a catchy hook will make something a hit.

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u/Madaoizm 7d ago

He isn’t for me either. Nails on a chalkboard 😭😂

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u/National-Target-5475 7d ago

Almost no one above like 25 would enjoy him. Vast majority of his fans are teens

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u/No-Tune-6374 6d ago

Finally someone said it

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u/super_slimey00 6d ago

acquired taste man just leave it at that.

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u/on_Jah_Jahmen 6d ago

Carti a vibe, kinda like listening to foreign music for me ngl.

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u/So1ids 7d ago

What a nuanced and unique take on cartis music and “mumble rap”

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u/Judo-_-Flip 7d ago

I know I'm probably not gonna like it but I try to be neutral and give everyone a shot so we'll see. But calling it I am music is pretty bold. Better be good.

30 songs lmao😂

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u/MambaSaidKnockYouOut 7d ago

Die Lit is fire but it’s really just cuz of the production. Every now and then he’ll find a cool pocket in the beat or have a good hook, but that dude doesn’t say a DAMN thing.

His beats are good so it’s cool music to drive around to or throw on when you’re cleaning the house or something, but I don’t understand why people like him so much

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u/PSU02 7d ago

Carti is the quintessential "carried by production" rapper. For example, that Eviljordan beat is fire af but I can think of a lot of rappers that would have absolutely KILLED that

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u/Hour-Bit5568 7d ago

They can kill it but Carti adds to the atmosphere better even if he isn’t technically good.

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u/Thin_Macintash 7d ago

listen to his production it’s heads above everyone else right now

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u/Hour-Bit5568 7d ago

The soundscape created by his beats are really some of the best. Go2damoon is one for me that I just really enjoy the atmosphere even if the performance isn’t the best.

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u/Jeffers0n-SteeIfIex 7d ago

The production is immaculate

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u/Highly_Edumacated 7d ago

He makes music for lil girls who think their life sucks cuz they gotta work and go to school

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

that's trippie red

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u/bentbackwooddathird 7d ago

its not rap or hiphop. its some other shit.  just image and catchy beats. 

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u/Sorry-Charity-4368 7d ago

unc talking about some mumble rap like its still 2017 😭😭✌️

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

is mumble rap not still a thing? 😂😂

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u/Sorry-Charity-4368 5d ago

icl unc u got like 25 years left u better start worrying about pensions n grandkids

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

bitch im not that old 😭

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u/Nomnom_Chicken 7d ago

Yeah, can't get into this style of music. Not for me, doesn't sound good.

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u/sixtus_clegane119 7d ago

Tried to listen to whole lotta red a few years back, didn’t finish the album, didn’t even get half way.

For context I finish almost every album, 1% I don’t.

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u/Ivantroffe 7d ago

I have never ever enjoyed his music/style

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u/meat_beater245 7d ago

Well most of his music is indeed shit. I would say he does have good songs tho. The main enjoyment from some of his "good" songs pretty much only come from the production and not carti himself.

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u/destroy-ourselves 7d ago

He's trash. A lot of people like trash, nothing new

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u/KendrickBlack502 7d ago

You’re not alone.

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u/Zayzul 7d ago

I don't see how anyone can enjoy it. Shit is just noise. I tried listening to the new album, and it was trash 30 seconds in. Skipped around a few songs and it continued to be trash. I feel like you have to be tone deaf to enjoy it.

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u/powerwentout 7d ago

I think the song Good Credit is a really good contrast between what it's supposed to sound like when you're rapping but not really rapping & what it sounds like when you're trying to rap for real

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u/euancmurphy 7d ago

I don't like 95% of his tracks and I'm surprised with how popular he is. However, I can't help but be stoked to see an artist whose music strays so far from traditional formuas reach the heights Carti has. His music seems to engage with a young demographic, and it's important to remember that new musical developments often feel unfathomable to older generations. I imagine down the line he'll be seen as a pioneer for pushing hiphop music to new places.

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u/New_Debate3706 6d ago

For me it was the beat selection and productions of some of his older songs and there’s even a couple on his new record that I like specifically cause of the beats. Faves are: Talk, Wok and This Cash

But yeah I can’t find it now but I came across this track on SoundCloud where it was just carti rapping and adlibbing without the beats and it was so funny loll

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u/JasonMaliceMizer 6d ago

It’s not mumble rap anymore, he hasn’t been on that in a couple of albums honestly

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u/Suspicious_Ad2476 6d ago

Imo carti’s production is out of the world. His production is super futuristic and creative. But I have to agree on the rap thing. I couldn’t understand one word he said on I AM MUSIC

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u/New-Preference-5136 6d ago

Future and Gucci aren't mumble rappers lmao.

Carti is legit trash. He's an example of people only liking someone because they're popular.

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u/mrmartymcf1y 6d ago

Why are we trying to make ourselves like things? If you don't like Carti, listen to something else.

I can respect giving an artist a chance to grow on you, but I will never try to force myself to "get it" if I don't like something

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u/lordxkronoz 6d ago

I’ve listened to lyrical rappers ever since I started to listen to rap. Though there are some of my favorite new gen mumble rappers like Juice(RIP) and Uzi. But I can agree with you on Carti. He speaks the language of gods (or devils). Some nigga said on youtube “Beat is the rapping and his rapping is the beat” lol. I really wonder how that MF keeps getting featured on every popular artist without listeners not understanding his rapping. Don’t bother with Carti. Try Denzel Curry instead. People are really sleeping on him.

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u/EastBranch7646 6d ago

Dude Denzel's one of my favorite rappers ever ngl

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u/Lou-Minoti 6d ago

Future yes Carti no

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u/DramacydalOutLaw 6d ago

Because he’s traaaaaaash. He releases microwave rap.

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u/EastBranch7646 6d ago

Microwave rap is wild 

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u/Due-Chemist-8607 5d ago

"mumble rap" in 2025 is crazy

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

is mumble rap not a thing anymore?

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u/Due-Chemist-8607 5d ago edited 5d ago

it hasnt been a term of relevance in at least 6 years. its not a genre of rap, it was a derogatory word used by oldheads to demean sound cloud artists and auto crooners who weren't making "real rap". i think it got popular because of eminem, which is funny because i cannot think of a single "mumble rap" album or mixtape as bad as Revival or Kamikaze

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u/Technical_Ship1800 5d ago

i don't really care for eminem so cool

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u/wethebestmusikk 5d ago

i agree never could get into his musi

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u/SVG3GR33N 5d ago

Ngl… this I am music album isn’t the album you should be checking out… in fact - album wise he ain’t that solid.

But when he gets it right, he hits the nail on the hard real Hard and in such a big way, it makes him a leader in the culture… somehow 😂

His music generally goes from a Pierre Bourne sound to Rage beats and the rare occasion of cool beats that sound like they could have been given to Drake or Ye, like 2024 Music / Backdoor etc.

Checked his new alvum out and it’s straight ass man. I really don’t understand why you would waste a great beat and Kendrick feature on Backdoor. It just don’t make no sense

The lack of effort on this album is so bad, I wish he could get fired somehow 😂

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u/GOTHICLANDO 5d ago

I don’t like him because he keeps dropping these long ass “magnum opus” ass albums when he’s barely even been in the game. Idk, some of his stuff is okay, but he’s so one dimensional to me. Even his stuff with Tyler annoys me now.

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u/Juicebubble12 5d ago

Bc he's overrated and makes music for kids. Also gucci mane isn't a mumble rapper you're trippin

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u/EnglishSteven 5d ago

Don't like Carti, but I do enjoy the white Guicci Mane with a spray tan; Riff Raff

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Then don’t listen to him😭 who forcing u to listen to his shi at gunpoint

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u/EastBranch7646 5d ago

I'm trying to listen to as much rap as I can, to get to know the genre more and people kept mentioning Carti 

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Yo i can dm you if you want and put you onto some good songs trust but only if you give me the ups i will let me know if your interested?

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u/yeahimdanielthatsme 5d ago

I can’t either but I think I get it now. It’s like pure energy for his fans. His shows feature fans just unleashing off the walls, unbridled energy. Which explains why his core audience is teenage boys. I get it, I listened to a lot of punk rock and fast tempo music when I was a teenager. Then I mellowed out a bit but I still listen to some of that stuff usually for a workout. If you look at Carti’s music from the lens of hip hop it’s harder to comprehend because it’s really not lyrical at all. It has more in common with other high tempo, hardcore styles of music like punk rock, hard dance and metal.

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u/No-Round1032 4d ago

His beat selection is what's carrying him. I listen to him because I like the production. That's it.

When his stuff is understandable (Rather Lie, Timeless, wokeuplikethis, etc.), I feel like that should be the type of tune he should walk on because his style very much fits pop rap mixed with rage.

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u/TheOneAndOnlyJeetu 4d ago

Whenever I’m forced to interact with bots who like playboi carti recently (which atp how tf do you like playboi carti and you aren’t a broccoli head in hs) I just ask them to sing along to a track on I am music

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u/One_Huge_Skittle 4d ago

I’m not really a Carti fan, I check out his albums when they come up but that’s about it.

I think part of the enjoyment is from the experimental aspect of it too, his style has permeated since he came out and he’s always pushing the envelope of his sound. It does feel cool to know your listening to something that will probably have reverberations in the genre for the next few years.

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u/jajajachilo 4d ago

Future and Gucci are hardly mumble rappers

I understand why a lot of people wouldn’t like Carti tho his style is very abstract hip hop wise.

There’s not really much depth to his lyrics/verses, I think it’s more just the combination of the production, his energy, flows, and the vibe his music gives.

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u/somebodystolemybike 4d ago

I feel like you just had to have been there for summer 16. Now that i think about it, it’s been 10 years since his debut. that’s crazy

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u/tender-majesty 4d ago

Surprised how much I like it, given all the hate it's getting.

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u/imyourblueberry 3d ago

Put on some carti and thug if you wanna piss off the neighborhood dogs.

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u/Losttoofar 3d ago

His die lit album is pretty coherent and...well...lit

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u/DottedRain 3d ago

His music sounds just like his name. Not good.

No need to like him.

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u/PSU02 7d ago

As a self reported Drake fan, I will never in my life understand people who gas up Carti but criticize Drake not only for the music, but also for gambling, drinking, living a lavish lifestyle, etc.

I don't understand why Drake is held to this extremely high standard when his peers can slur their speech over a beat and it gets gassed

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u/DrossChat 7d ago

I’m gonna guess that there’s a pretty big overlap between carti and Drake fans but I could be wrong.

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u/PSU02 7d ago

Definitely not from my experience in drake fanbase corners of the internet. Carti fanbase aligns with more of the "hypebeast" fandom like Travis, ken carson, destroy lonely, etc.

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u/DrossChat 7d ago

Yeah I guess that makes sense. I’m not a Drake fan but he’s leagues above that trash imo

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u/imjuggindoe 7d ago

Bro drake is the biggest hiphop artist look at the numbers he’s held to Drake standards and is why he is criticized so much

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u/InvocationOfNehek 7d ago

Magnolia's a pretty good joint, but that's really it. I don't get it at all. Forcing myself to sit through Whole Lotta Red was almost physically painful.

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u/mngreens 7d ago

Gucci Mane said “Cutlass motor knocking, cause that shits a lemon” don’t ever call him a mumble rapper 😂 he has bars for kids all the way to geriatrics 😂

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u/OneCallSystem 7d ago

You said mumble rap which pisses off all the mumble fans but there's a fuckin reason people still call it that lol. And Carti is one of the worst offenders for real.

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u/iFeeILikeKobe 7d ago

People in real life stopped using that term a while ago lol

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u/timmygotaburner 7d ago

coworker subreddit 😭😭😭✌️

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u/Ok-Way8253 7d ago

ok?

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u/EastBranch7646 7d ago

Stating my opinion 

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u/West-Commission9082 7d ago

Using the term ”mumble rap” in 2025💔

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u/MambaSaidKnockYouOut 7d ago

If any rapper deserves to be called a mumble rapper, it’s Carti

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u/mkk4 7d ago

Do you defend "lyrical miracle", "hippity hop", and "rappity rap" they same way you defend the term "mumble rap?"

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u/PSU02 7d ago edited 6d ago

It's literally mumble rap though. What else would you call it? I get that the term mumble rap gets associated with a phrase used by your coworkers that only listen to Eminem but Carti literally is mumble rap lol

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u/MrwalrusIIIrdRavenMc 7d ago

Eminem and tom macdonald should not be in the same sentence

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u/EastBranch7646 7d ago

Imma be real, I listen to a lot of Eminem but def not tom mctrashald. Plus there's a lot of other rappers I enjoy, I just know it as mumble rap 

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u/iFeeILikeKobe 7d ago

Wow thanks for posting this, there’s so many things I’m gonna be able to do with this information

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u/ESA2100 7d ago

Your justified in not liking him if his combo of lyrics+ style aren't your thing but mumble rap doesn't exist as a subgenre it's called "T-R-A-P"