![]() The gambit is clear: Like Cam’ron’s embrace of the color pink or Young Thug’s trailblazing singsong, Carti’s babble is a middle finger to preconceived notions of what it means to be a rapper, and to rap’s general tendency toward masculine tough talk-or, as a line on 2018’s “R.I.P.” went, “Fuck that mumblin’ shit, fuck that mumblin’ shit/Bought a crib for my momma off that mumblin’ shit.” Forget being a voice of authority, there are times it doesn’t even sound like Carti is saying words.īorn Jordan Carter in 1996, Carti got his start in the Atlanta underground, connecting with A$AP Rocky at a festival in 2015-a relationship that vaulted him toward the mainstream and also put him at the emerging junction between streetwear and high fashion. ![]() Punky, exhilarating, and daringly simple, Carti’s music pushes the bright minimalism of 2010s trap to almost abstract extremes, combining twinkly synths with noisy bass and a flow that sounds like one long ad-lib, or-yeah, let’s get it out there-baby talk. "Playboi Carti is one of those rappers who represents a creative line in the sand: Either you’re with it or you ain’t.
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