MUSIC Album Review: Playboi Carti Becomes The Torch Bearer of The Atlanta Sound

Playboi Carti Becomes The Torchbearer of The Atlanta Sound By Dylan Barbee Courtesy of @playboicarti on Instagram Release date: March 14th, 2025 After four and a half long years of waiting, Playboi Carti’s highly anticipated album MUSIC is finally here. Yes, for real this time. No more delayed release dates and no more disappointed listeners. The Atlanta rapper’s album consists of 30 songs that span across an exhilarating but long 77-minute listen. On MUSIC, Carti pays homage to Atlanta, boasts a dream team lineup of surprise features and most importantly displays his creative versatility stylistically, making the album well worth the wait. MUSIC is Carti’s most accessible album yet as it serves as a canvas for Carti to blend all of his styles together in one project. Carti effectively combines his baby voice simplistic approach from his 2017 self-titled album with the mainstream but brash sound of past projects like Die Lit and Whole Lotta Red to tote the perso...