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Whole Lotta Red
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red.png
Studio album by
Playboi Carti
ReleasedDecember 25, 2020
Recorded2018 – November 2020
Studio
  • Carter's home studio
  • Means Street (Atlanta)
Genre
Length62:12
Label
Producer
Playboi Carti chronology
Die Lit
(2018)		Whole Lotta Red
(2020)		 TBA
(2024)

Whole Lotta Red is the second studio album by American rapper Playboi Carti. It was released through AWGE and Interscope Records on December 25, 2020. Production was executively handled by Kanye West, who appears on the song "Go2DaMoon" and was primarily handled by F1lthy and Art Dealer alongside several other record producers, including Pi'erre Bourne, Maaly Raw, Lil 88, Ken Carson and Wheezy. The album consists of 24 tracks and features guest appearances from Kid Cudi, Future and Kanye West. Work on the album commenced in late 2018 and concluded in November 2020. The album serves as a follow-up to his debut studio album, Die Lit (2018).

Contents

Whole Lotta Red received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The album appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of 2021, with Rolling Stone ranking it on their list of the 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200, earning 100,000 album-equivalent units of which 10,000 were pure sales, becoming Carti's first US number-one album. In January 2022, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Background and release

In August 2018, following the release of Carti's debut studio album, Die Lit , a video surfaced of him discussing his next album and calling it Whole Lotta Red. [4] In November, he performed unreleased songs at a concert in Seattle. [5] In March 2019, during an interview with GQ , Carti said that Virgil Abloh would be the album's creative director. [6] [7] In May 2019, he featured on "Earfquake", the lead single of Igor by Tyler, the Creator with fans noting his "baby voice". [8] Later that month, a song titled "Pissy Pamper" with Young Nudy leaked and went viral on social media platform TikTok. "Pissy Pamper" also reached number one on Spotify's US Viral 50 before being removed. Several other songs would go on to leak via YouTube and SoundCloud as well, reportedly causing Carti to remake the album. [9] In June 2019, he revealed in an interview with The Fader that he began recording Whole Lotta Red towards the end of 2018, recording at DJ Drama's Means Street Studios in Atlanta and at his own home. [6]

On April 14, 2020, Carti tweeted the cover to "@ Meh", which was released as a single two days later. [10] The song was noted for Carti's usage of the aforementioned "baby voice". [11] In May, Carti was featured on the track "Pain 1993", from Drake's mixtape, Dark Lane Demo Tapes , which continued his use of the "baby voice" and became his first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number seven on the chart. [12]

On November 23, following a social media hiatus, Carti posted on his socials, blurry photos of himself, while revealing that the album was turned in to his label. [13] The same day, in a GQ profile, he called the album "alternative" and "psyched out". [14] In the following days, Carti announced collaborations with several other rappers including Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, and Future. [15] [16] He also tweeted at Post Malone and Pharrell Williams. [17] DJ Akademiks posted on Twitter and mentioned on a livestream that the album was to be released Christmas Day and would be executively produced by Kanye West; he mentions in both the stream and Twitter that he "nearly sold his soul" to obtain said information. [18] On December 21, Carti announced the cover art, release date, and pre-orders for merchandise on his social media accounts. [19] The album was executively produced by Kanye West. [20] [21] It was the highly anticipated follow up to Die Lit. [22] [23]

Composition

Whole Lotta Red sees Playboi Carti showcase "a unique depth that has developed since the release of Die Lit", with him minimizing the use of his "baby voice". Instead, as noted by Hypebeast's Nicolaus Li, the album contains a "frenetic vocal styling that ... defines Whole Lotta Red". [1] Latesha Harris of NPR also noted how Carti trades in his baby cadences for a more aggressive sound, as he "continues with his signature unearthly sound. He opts out of being a traditional lyricist and instead acts a conductor of fun. His bars bounce among synthy, fractured beats from various producers [...], the end result showcasing how comfortable he is toeing the line between riveting and repetitive". [24] The album features production by Pi'erre Bourne, Art Dealer, Outtatown, Star Boy, F1lthy, Juberlee, Richie Souf, Maaly Raw, and Wheezy, among others, all of whom help deliver a contemporary trap sound. [1]

Artwork and aesthetic

On December 22, 2020, Carti announced the cover art for Whole Lotta Red via social media. It was designed by Jung "Art Dealer" Chung. [25] The cover is a black and white image of Carti with a white outline and the word Red in large red letters on the top of the cover. The cover is based on and pays homage to a cover of late 70s punk-rock magazine Slash ; featuring David Vanian of the Damned. [26] [14] On the left side of the cover, next to the parental advisory label, it reads "Volume One Number One" Of Red", the fictional magazine from Carti's Opium imprint. [14] [22] The album's imagery and merchandise designs have been noticed by journalists to be drawn from heavy metal imagery. [27] [28] Carti portrays himself as a vampire rock star in the album and uses his signature "baby voice" throughout the album. [29]

Promotion

On April 16, 2020, the album's expected lead single, "@ Meh", was released. [30] The song peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it became his second top 40 entry on the chart as a lead artist. [31] Its music video debuted on the same day as the song's release and was directed by Carti himself and Nick Walker. [32]

On December 25, 2020, on the album's release date, a music video for the track "M3tamorphosis" featuring Kid Cudi was released. [14] It was directed by Nico Ballesteros. [33]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10 [34]
Metacritic 75/100 [35]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [36]
And It Don't Stop Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [37]
Beats Per Minute 27% [38]
HipHopDX 4.4/5 [39]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [40]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [3]
PopMatters 7/10 [41]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [29]
Spectrum Culture80% [42]

Whole Lotta Red was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on seven reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [35] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [34]

Fred Thomas reviewed the album for AllMusic, lauding the "blown-out instrumentals" and "demonic vocal performances". [36] Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork described Whole Lotta Red as "both wildly innovative and strikingly consistent", praising the "bright and serrated beats" and Carti's "soutré, expressive" vocals. [3] Danny Schwartz from Rolling Stone enjoyed the album, saying, "Playboi Carti—Gen Z's answer to Nosferatu —performs emotions, toggles between them, and disguises them with a disquieting ease. He has never been more enigmatic". [29] Reviewing the album for PopMatters , Semassa Boko stated, "Whole Lotta Red demonstrates Playboi Carti's commitment to dynamic growth and experimentation. However, it's painfully apparent that Carti needs more features". [41] Colin Dempsey of Spectrum Culture praised the album, stating, "Carti comes into his own by stepping into the coffin of a vampire, scoffing at every critique tossed towards his vaudeville fangs". [42] Vivian Medithi of HipHopDX said, "Semi-automatic dracos are made in Romania and Dracula was too. Whole Lotta Red is the sound of a new legend dying to be born. It'll be album of the year in 2022". [39]

In a mixed review, NME 's Kyann-Sian Williams said, "Initially, you might be disappointed to have waited two years for what at first sounds like an underworked collection of throwaways. In places, though, the record rewards repeat listens. [...] But there's no getting away from the fact that at 24 tracks long, there's not a lot of variety on 'Whole Lotta Red', and the biggest take away here is perhaps that perennial rap fan favorite: less is most definitely more". [40] In a negative review, Beats Per Minute 's Mimi Kenny stated: "Whole Lotta Red has a vibe the same way a TGI Fridays has an atmosphere; it just rides a wave of different shades of lifeless trap, an endless TikTok dance in purgatory. [...] The problem is Whole Lotta Red hardly ever gives Carti a chance to be real. He puts on vapid personas like 'rock star' and 'vampire' like he's at Halloween Express. Tracks are Seinfeldian in their nothingness." [38] Veteran critic Robert Christgau highlighted "Rockstar Made" and "Punk Monk" while conceding that Playboi Carti "sounds like nobody else", but concluded that he "means as little as any rapper of consequence ever". [37]

Rankings

Select rankings of Whole Lotta Red
PublicationListRankRef.
The Fader The 50 Best Albums of 2021
45
The New York Times Jon Caramanica's Best Albums of 2020
9
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021
9
Rolling Stone The 50 Best Albums of 2021
11
The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
1
The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
129
Stereogum The 10 Best Rap Albums of 2021
5
The Washington Post Best Music of 2021
1

Commercial performance

Whole Lotta Red debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 100,000 album-equivalent units (including 10,000 pure album sales) in its first week. [51] This became Carti's first US number-one debut and his second top 10 album. [51] The album also accumulated a total of 126.43 million on-demand streams for its tracks, in the week ending December 31, 2020. [51] On January 11, 2022, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streams in excess of 500,000 units in the United States. [52]

Track listing

Whole Lotta Red track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rockstar Made"
3:13
2."Go2DaMoon" (featuring Kanye West)
 Wheezy 1:59
3."Stop Breathing"
  • Carter
  • Ortiz
  • Pierre Thevenot
  • Thomas Ross
  • F1lthy
  • Lukrative
  • Ssort
3:38
4."Beno!"
2:33
5."JumpOutTheHouse"
  • Carter
  • Tony Sun
Richie Souf1:33
6."M3tamorphosis" (featuring Kid Cudi)
  • F1lthy
  • Gab3
5:12
7."Slay3r"
  • Carter
  • Roark Bailey
  • Jeffrey Shannon
  • Bailey
  • Juberlee
2:44
8."No Sl33p"
  • Carter
  • Kenneth Pannu
  • KP
  • Abraham
1:28
9."New Tank"
  • Carter
  • Ortiz
  • Abraham
  • F1lthy
  • Abraham
1:29
10."Teen X" (featuring Future)
 Maaly Raw 3:25
11."Meh"
  • Carter
  • Dekker
  • Jung Cho
  • Anton Mendo
  • Outtatown
  • Art Dealer
  • Star Boy
1:58
12."Vamp Anthem"
  • Carter
  • Pannu
  • Jasper Harris
  • KP
  • Harris
2:04
13."New N3on"
  • Carter
  • Henry
Maaly Raw1:56
14."Control"
  • Carter
  • Dekker
  • Cho
  • Mendo
  • Outtatown
  • Art Dealer
  • Star Boy
3:17
15."Punk Monk"
  • Carter
  • Ortiz
  • Thevenot
  • Ștefan Cișmigiu
  • F1lthy
  • Lukrative
  • Lucian
3:49
16."On That Time"
1:42
17."King Vamp"
  • Carter
  • Cho
  • Art Dealer
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
3:06
18."Place"
 Pi'erre Bourne 1:57
19."Sky"
  • Carter
  • Cho
Art Dealer3:13
20."Over"
  • Carter
  • Cho
Art Dealer2:46
21."ILoveUIHateU"
  • Carter
  • Jenks
Pi'erre Bourne2:15
22."Die4Guy"
  • Carter
  • Cho
  • Art Dealer
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
2:11
23."Not PLaying"
  • Carter
  • Cho
Art Dealer2:10
24."F33l Lik3 Dyin"
  • Bailey
  • Richie Souf
3:24
Total length:62:12

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. [54] [55]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Whole Lotta Red
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [79] Gold10,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [80] 2× Platinum40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [81] Gold100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [52] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Whole Lotta Red
RegionDateLabel(s)Format(s)Ref.
VariousDecember 25, 2020 [24]
May 28, 2021 Vinyl [82]

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