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Playboi Carti (commonly referred to as Self Titled) is the debut 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 American rappers Lil Uzi Vert, ASAP Rocky, and Dutch singer 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.[4]

Playboi Carti
Mixtape by Playboi Carti
Released	April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
Recorded	2016 - 2017 (2016 - 2017)
Studio	Various Surf School Studios, New York Means St. Studios, Atlanta Ricci Studio and House of Hit Studios, Los Angeles Downtown Studios, Soho
Genre	Hip hop trap cloud rap[1]
Length	46:50
Label	AWGE Interscope
Producer	ASAP Rocky (exec.) Chace Johnson (exec.) Harry Fraud Hit-Boy J. Cash Beatz Jake One JStewOnTheBeat K-Major KasimGotJuice MexikoDro Murphy Kid Pi'erre Bourne Roark Bailey Ricci Riera Southside
Playboi Carti chronology
Young Misfit (2012) Playboi Carti (2017) Die Lit (2018)
Alternative cover
Cover art for physical versions
Singles from Playboi Carti
"Lookin" Released: March 17, 2017 "Wokeuplikethis" Released: April 7, 2017 "Magnolia" Released: June 13, 2017

The mixtape was supported by three singles – "Lookin", "Wokeuplikethis", and "Magnolia", the third peaking at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was Carti's highest-charting single at the time.

Release

Two singles were released prior to the mixtape's release. These included "Lookin", which featured Lil Uzi Vert, released on March 9, 2017, and "Wokeuplikethis", which also featured Lil Uzi Vert, which released on March 10, 2017. The single "Magnolia" was released on April 14, 2017 prior the mixtape's release

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.[5] As of September 2017, the mixtape has moved over 367,000 units.[6] The mixtape was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 10, 2018 for sales over 500,000 units.[7]

A music video was released for "Magnolia" on July 10, 2017. It was directed by Hidji Films and features cameo appearance from the song's producer Pi'erre Bourne, as well as cameo appearances from Southside, ASAP Rocky, Slim Jxmmi, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Don Q, Nav, Casanova, Smooky Margielaa, Squidnice and Cash, one of the XO members. It has amassed over 170 million views as of September 2022.[8]

A music video was released for "Wokeuplikethis" on August 9, 2017. The music video features Lil Uzi Vert, and has amassed over 80 million views as of September 2022.[9]

A music video for "New Choppa" was released on August 31, 2017. It features ASAP Rocky, and has amassed over 30 million views as of September 2022.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	2.9/5[12]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[1]
PopMatters	6/10[13]
Vice	A−[14]
XXL	4/5[15]

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."[16] 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."[12]

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."[13] 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.[17]

Accolades

The mixtape appeared on 2017 year-end album lists by publications such as Fact,[18] Pitchfork,[19] and Tiny Mix Tapes.[20] 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."[21] 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."[20]

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Fact	The 50 best albums of 2017	25	[18]
Gorilla vs. Bear	Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017	7	[22]
Tiny Mix Tapes	2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases	9	[20]
Rolling Stone	40 Best Rap Albums of 2017	8	[23]
Cult MTL's Mr. Wavvy	Best Music of 2017	9	[24]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2017	35	[19]
	The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s	150	[25]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[26] and ASCAP.[27]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an uncredited co-producer
• "Wokeuplikethis" 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[29][30]

Sample credits

• "Location" contains samples of "Endomorph", written by Allan Holdsworth and Rowanne Mark, as performed by Holdsworth.[31]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[26]

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[38]	Gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)[39]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Playboi Carti (mixtape) at Discogs

На других языках

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[ru] Playboi Carti (микстейп)

Playboi Carti (также известный как Self Titled) — дебютный микстейп американского рэпера Playboi Carti. Он был выпущен 14 апреля 2017 года на лейблах AWGE Label и Interscope Records. В микстейпе представлены работы Пьера Борна, Саутсайда и других, а также приглашенные выступления американских рэперов Лил Узи Верт, ASAP Rocky и голландского певца Левена Кали. Физическая версия микстейпа была выпущена 6 октября 2017 г., а виниловая версия — 17 ноября 2017 г.

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