Die Lit
by Playboi Carti
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 225 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 203 out of 225
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 225
  3. Negative: 14 out of 225
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  1. 21Park
    Mar 22, 2023
    10
    My favorite anime. right next to Drake and Josh and ICarly. Truly the best thing ever
  2. captainfall
    Mar 5, 2023
    9
    one of the greastest and best produced albums of all time,
    carti is genuinely a revolutionary when it comes to the trap rap genre and that is why this album is considered his magnum opus, this album is incredibly well produced and the majority of the songs are absolute bangers.
  3. KacperSz
    Feb 17, 2023
    9
    Old Carti vibe. The best Playboi Carti album! My favourite song is Shoota .
  4. aayyk
    Jan 29, 2023
    9
    better than illmatic or kendrick or beethoven or whatever. also i want carti to top me
  5. notaelnerd
    Dec 4, 2022
    8
    GOAT album of mumble rap, packaged with bangers like R,I.P or Foreign, with some misses like poke it out but still manages to be pretty consistent,in the production side this album its outstanding and if you are looking for memorable lyrics, you might found some,but not specially because they are good,and that is not bad and it doesn't rest any point to this album.
  6. DatBoiJanith
    Aug 24, 2022
    9
    Banger! My second favorite trap album of all time, first one is obviously been Rodeo by travis
  7. All_ButTrU4
    Nov 10, 2021
    7
    A light fun experience embellished with beautiful production from Pierre bourne,heavenly features and trap gold. A personal best. Favourites:fell in luv,poke it out,shoota won't miss,old money,flatbed freestyle
  8. kostopoulos_
    Sep 1, 2021
    9
    I understand why some people may not like this album, but for me, it's in my top 10 ever. I kid you not when I consider this album experimental. You won't find anything that sounds like this. Its vibe is intoxicating and addicting. Keep in mind even I didn't like it at first. Give it a few listens, give it some time so that you get used to the sound.
  9. tommcgoatald
    Jul 31, 2021
    10
    i NEEEEEEED this carti x uzi tape to drop ASAP. i guess 16*29 would be cool too tho
  10. Cumball
    Jul 10, 2021
    8
    Carti's simplicity is what makes his music so addicting and intoxicating. The beats made by Pi'erre bourne are pretty amazing. Most features worked out pretty well and yeah, really enjoyed it.
  11. SpartanBlood_17
    Jun 6, 2021
    8
    Easily Carti's best project.
    Not perfect but very good.
    Only a few skips but theyre not even that bad.
    8/10
  12. Hendo250
    Apr 6, 2021
    8
    this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8
  13. Faugustas
    Mar 27, 2021
    7
    I am entertained. It isn't anything deep or lyrical, but not everything has to be. The production is really good and Carti has a good flow. The features are good. Has great replay value. I do get annoyed with Carti's voice on some tracks and I feel like Die Lit could be a tad bit shorter, but I still really enjoyed this.
  14. clem666
    Mar 4, 2021
    2
    8.2/10 on average according to the users. This must be a nightmare. Can you stop creating fake accounts in order to over-rate this thing please?! The fact that the press also likes it (71/100) is another kick in the brain. This is actually worrisome.

    I was expecting a project with poor lyrics but I have to admit that I however was appalled by the overall level. I rarely heard such    8.2/10 on average according to the users. This must be a nightmare. Can you stop creating fake accounts in order to over-rate this thing please?! The fact that the press also likes it (71/100) is another kick in the brain. This is actually worrisome.

    I was expecting a project with poor lyrics but I have to admit that I however was appalled by the overall level. I rarely heard such violent, abrasive, shallow, disruptive, childish and disrespectful lyrics from such a popular and appreciated artist. I couldn't act like if I didn't notice it.

    Production is decent: too few tracks to be definitely impressed about it but on this side 'Die Lit' has some interesting surprises. As I said I tried to approach this album by focusing my attention on sounds and rhythms more than lyrics but I had no other choice than to recognize that it didn't even tried to be innovative. All the tracks sound pretty much the same. I guess Playboi Carti is original by all the sounds he surprisingly manages to broadcast with his mouth and his particular voice but it is far from the originality I expected. These songs have absolutely no replayability.

    The numerous featured artists were unexpected. I wasn't surprised by the presence of Lil Uzi Vert, Gunna, Young Nudy and Chief Keef, but what are Skepta and Bryson Tiller doing in here? Are they also trying to sell their soul to the devil of the shallow and mercantile approach?

    I can't stand the popularity of this album because it demands you to voluntarily bleed out of your ears to be acceptable. Everything is so shrill especially Carti's voice. And Pi'erre Bourne's productions don't help at all. Even sonically 'Die Lit' doesn't try to propose something we don't already have heard more than a thousand times before. Repetitive, with a classic structure and without any decent message to carry. Sad but true: the only moment where I vibed during this hole thing were during 'Long Time', the intro. I guess Carti couldn't make better than a strong start.    … Expand
  15. chickensusu
    Feb 24, 2021
    9
    best trap album of all time??? 9/10
    best trap album of all time??? 9/10
    best trap album of all time??? 9/10
  16. slurpeemom
    Feb 7, 2021
    9
    The album that made me appreciate the new wave in a different light. It took me a while to understand just what makes it float, but there's one line in this album that I think captures it: "Bought a crib for my mama off that mumbling **** It isn't intended to stay within the conventions of lyricism and structure, it's intended to blow the roof off and stir up a frenzy. Pi'erre did his jobThe album that made me appreciate the new wave in a different light. It took me a while to understand just what makes it float, but there's one line in this album that I think captures it: "Bought a crib for my mama off that mumbling **** It isn't intended to stay within the conventions of lyricism and structure, it's intended to blow the roof off and stir up a frenzy. Pi'erre did his job perfectly on this album, and Carti spins every song in a style that's unlike anything ever heard by humans. There are a few clunky filler songs, but the rest captures a psychedelic, exhilarating, addictive feeling uniquely well… Expand
  17. xDaViId
    Jan 30, 2021
    9
    Sehr gutes und auch etwas anderes album. Carti hat halt seinen eigenen style der sehr gut und abwechslungsreich ist
  18. boondocks
    Jan 7, 2021
    9
    Another great record by Carti. The same vibes and fun of his mixtape, "Playboi Carti", but expanded upon and supported by great production from Pierre Borne. Only 1-2 misses on this album and the best tracks are "Long Time", "R.I.P.", "Lean 4 Real", "Shoota", "Fell In Luv", and "No Time".
  19. Anke51
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    Lame and bland, it would have done us all a favour if it didn't see the light of day.
  20. Yobyoni
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    A hollow, empty album with close to no replayability. Production is decent, nothing too out of the ordinary, but different enough to satisfy in that regard, but lyrically, this album is a 0/10. Completely void of any kind of substance and Carti should be embarassed by how dreadful his rapping ability is.

    People giving it anything above a 7, why? What can you possibly say that can    A hollow, empty album with close to no replayability. Production is decent, nothing too out of the ordinary, but different enough to satisfy in that regard, but lyrically, this album is a 0/10. Completely void of any kind of substance and Carti should be embarassed by how dreadful his rapping ability is.

    People giving it anything above a 7, why? What can you possibly say that can justify this being more than a 7? A 3 is generous in my opinion.    … Expand
  21. GabrielPaz
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Desde frases completamente indecifráveis e batidas muito bem produzidas isso é Die LIt, playboi carti é misterioso e excêntrico, pelo menos aq no Brasil quase todos os trappers imitam ele....
  22. thedeserrfox
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    Most people miss the appeal of this album; its easy to enjoy/digest, has tons of replayability while also being fun, exciting, and new. Carti could have easily put out an obnoxious trap album and racked in the sales, but instead, he chose to push the boundaries and foundations to which trap and cloud trap have been built upon. With edgy and catchy flows and clean-cut features; Carti takesMost people miss the appeal of this album; its easy to enjoy/digest, has tons of replayability while also being fun, exciting, and new. Carti could have easily put out an obnoxious trap album and racked in the sales, but instead, he chose to push the boundaries and foundations to which trap and cloud trap have been built upon. With edgy and catchy flows and clean-cut features; Carti takes inspiration from Young Thug and others while creating one of the most underrated albums of the last decade.… Expand
  23. Lance3007
    Apr 3, 2020
    1
    This is the most one sided, boring and overrated album in the history of hiphop. When shoota is your best Song on the album thats how you know, because that song is honestly if im being generous a 5/10. When this album makes his self titled album look like a masterpiece thats how you know too. Everyone who likes this album is either trolling or is deaf and just red the lyrics
  24. JoePapaReviews
    Feb 19, 2020
    5
    My favourite part is when he started rapping the terms and conditions for 3 minutes
  25. JORGEFFC
    Dec 18, 2019
    9
    Amazing trap album, the beats fit perfectly with Carti's vocals, definitely is defining a new genre
  26. ReMark21
    Oct 15, 2019
    9
    Yooo ! This album is flames ! I have been one of the people that was hating on Carti because I heard only Magnolia and that was enough for me. It is not even a bad track. Now I gave a chance to Die Lit for the memes, and **** its great. The intro track is track, so I wanted to turn it off, but I gave an other track a chance. That was R.I.P. Rip is the best trap track I have ever heard NOYooo ! This album is flames ! I have been one of the people that was hating on Carti because I heard only Magnolia and that was enough for me. It is not even a bad track. Now I gave a chance to Die Lit for the memes, and **** its great. The intro track is track, so I wanted to turn it off, but I gave an other track a chance. That was R.I.P. Rip is the best trap track I have ever heard NO CAP. I also love tracks like Lean 4 Real, Old Money, Right Now, Poke it out, Home (KOD) and Foreign. I absolutely understand when someone does not like Carti, but I love this guy.… Expand
  27. jacobfurness
    Sep 29, 2019
    8
    A project with a lot of incredible songs and great features that has just a few too many songs on it.
  28. MOReview
    Aug 7, 2019
    10
    This album is the sound of the future of hip hop. Carti is not the most skilled lyricist and he knows this. This album is not about lyrics , it’s about the experience. This album feels like you’re floating on a cloud of majestic trap beats from the future. The vibe of this album can not be beaten. Where carti lacks in lyrics , he makes up with ad-libs and beautiful production that makesThis album is the sound of the future of hip hop. Carti is not the most skilled lyricist and he knows this. This album is not about lyrics , it’s about the experience. This album feels like you’re floating on a cloud of majestic trap beats from the future. The vibe of this album can not be beaten. Where carti lacks in lyrics , he makes up with ad-libs and beautiful production that makes this album one of the best of 2018.… Expand
  29. erickrp182
    Jun 26, 2019
    9
    Wow... I don't really know how to start this review but I guess I'll begin by saying this album is just a simple mix of instruments, ad-libs, and barely audible language song after song after song after song, and it's one of the most sonically pleasing projects I've ever listened to. The song messages are very ignorant and pretty braggadocios which fit well with the whole trap bangerWow... I don't really know how to start this review but I guess I'll begin by saying this album is just a simple mix of instruments, ad-libs, and barely audible language song after song after song after song, and it's one of the most sonically pleasing projects I've ever listened to. The song messages are very ignorant and pretty braggadocios which fit well with the whole trap banger aesthetic. Speaking of trap bangers, EVERY. SINGLE. SONG. is an absolute banger and a complete experience. The repetitive lyrics, beats, instruments, etc.. Should be obnoxious and annoying and a complete pain to the eardrums but it's this feeling and this rhythm that this album puts out that makes it so enjoyable. I literally don't know how to describe how one might feel listening to this album for a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th time. It's not an album that you can go into the first time and expect to get everything out of it but those repeat playthroughs grow on you. One after another you experience something you might not have experienced on a certain track

    My best example is the track "Lean 4 Real" where I was a little annoyed by the repetitive chorus my first run through the album. Eventually I got into its vibe and all of a sudden I was singing along, nodding my head, then I was dancing to it and doing hand movements and having a blast all on my own. Then I heard Skepta's verse and it just got me hyped, it got me feeling tough, it was all just an experience and this moment repeated itself on multiple songs throughout the album. Many people will dismiss this album as devoid of substance, simplistic, mumble rap at it's lowest form, etc... but they're expecting something like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly or Nas' Illmatic from this album. It'd be the same a listening to Beastie Boys' License to Ill and expecting to get the same lyrical depth and flow of Enter the Wu Tang. It's just not made to be that kind of album or work of art.

    When judged on it's own merit and strengths, Die Lit literally shouldn't be as good as it is. Playboi Carti's vocals and features are perfect in almost every track and they absolutely add even more sounds to the very simplistic, minimalist sound of the album where you think it's full but really it's Playboi Carti and his features filling in the gaps and it leaves you satisfied and full and you enjoy the ride for what it is. It's honestly an anomaly of an album and I definitely think it's a stepping stone to unlocking the full potential of trap music. It's definitely something I can see inspiring future generation of rappers and trap artists the way 808's and Heartbreak influenced Emo Rap and how Lil' Wayne's whole early 2000's discography shaped trap and hip hop in the current era.    … Expand
  30. spenceryang8
    Jun 5, 2019
    7
    Playboi Carti's debut album is intoxicating in its simplicity.

    FAV TRACKS: R.I.P., LOVE HURTS, SHOOTA, POKE IT OUT, HOME, FELL IN LUV, MILEAGE, FLATBED FREESTYLE, R.I.P. FREDO, LONG TIME

    LEAST FAV TRACK: NO TIME
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    Jul 17, 2018
    50
    Like Rae Sremmurd and Migos, these big-bass trap anthems owe much to their club-friendly vibe, but offer little in terms of substance or lasting impact.
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  2. HipHopDX
    May 25, 2018
    60
    Through a more respectable body of work--is unlikely to win over any naysayers.
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  3. Exclaim
    May 23, 2018
    60
    Thanks to the lack of coherence or variety though, nothing on Die Lit really sticks. It's fun enough but, save for a few keepers, has the lifespan of a mayfly. Rock to it for the summer and forget most of it by September.
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