After a 5 year hiatus from music, Playboi Carti returned on March 14th 2025 with his release of I Am Music. The launch of this album gave hints to the horrors that would take place soon afterwards. Carti’s fanbase was left in the dark for 3 hours after the announced release time of the album. The excitement from Carti’s fanbase was at an all time high at this point, after 5 long years Playboi Carti had made new music.
The only issue: it was not good.
Playboi Carti launched I Am Music with a stunning 30 tracks and as the community began to listen, the excitement shifted into a heart shattering disappointment. Every single song on the album was subpar to average at best. The popular and respected music reviewer Anthony Fantano gave I Am Music a 4/10 saying, “There’s no dynamics and the album is incredibly one dimensional”. And as for the general public; many have claimed the album to have “double digit skips” as well as being overall very underwhelming, none of the songs have that old Carti flare. The production is not at the same level as his previous work, and the features are lackluster. Playboi Carti and his writers managed to make a Kendrick Lamar feature bad. How that happens is truly a testament to the overall performance of this album; it is not good.
With everything considered, yes, Playboi Carti did go 0/30 and has fallen from his past grace. Carti is washed.
