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88
HipHopDX

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.

83
Pitchfork
The Atlanta rapper’s third record is both wildly innovative and strikingly consistent. It’s hard, melodic, experimental, and unlike anything else happening in mainstream rap.
80
Rolling Stone

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.

80
AllMusic

While losing some of the pop appeal of his previous work, Whole Lotta Red represents Playboi Carti coming into a new phase of his artistry, however jagged and disorienting the process may be.

80
Spectrum Culture
Carti comes into his own by stepping into the coffin of a vampire, scoffing at every critique tossed towards his vaudeville fangs.
70
PopMatters

Whole Lotta Red demonstrates Playboi Carti's commitment to dynamic growth and experimentation. However, it's painfully apparent that Carti needs more features.

60
NME
The rapper hoped to give fans a Christmas treat with this surprise release. It wasn't quite a lump of coal, but doesn't reach the dizzying highs he's capable of.
50
The Needle Drop

Whole Lotta Red will probably be appreciated more for its boldest ideas than its overall execution.

27
Beats Per Minute

Whole Lotta Red is certainly the hip-hop album of the year. What could represent 2020 better than something so grating that feels like it’s never going to end?

Nightwing734
40

trap? more like crap! music was better when john lennon was beating his wife 🦆

Chode
90

FINAL FINAL EDIT: The greatest album ever made no contest
FINAL EDIT: Life's good.
EDIT 2: (79 -> 85): Don't care anymore fuck you. One of the best trap projects OAT.
EDIT: SHAWN CEE CALLED THIS WEBSITE A CESSPOOL LETS GOOOO

Phew… this is my fourth attempt at this. I can now say with certainty that this album is one of the year’s most polarizing albums. Yes, I’ve rewritten this review 4 times now; first time was a meme review, second was a half-assed review I wrote at 3 ... read more

BradTasteMusic
74

Wtf is this

QuillManGallery
70

This is so fucking weird, and it kinda gives me a headache, but I really like it.

arian_duraku
55

Overrated as.

Favourite Track: On That Time

Least Favourite Track: M3tamorphosis (feat. Kid Cudi)

76

I'm gonna get named and shamed because of my worst tracks, but hold on. Every song on here (except JumpOutTheHouse) is better than a 4/10.
Best Tracks - Vamp Anthem, On That Time, Sky, Over, Punk Monk
Worst Tracks - Go2DaMoon, Stop Breathing, JumpOutTheHouse, M3tamorphosis, New Tank

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Track List

1Rockstar Made
3:13
84
2Go2DaMoon
1:59
74
3Stop Breathing
3:38
88
4Beno!
2:33
74
5JumpOutTheHouse
1:33
69
6M3tamorphosis
5:12
feat. Kid Cudi
79
7Slay3r
2:44
78
8No Sl33p
1:28
73
9New Tank
1:29
83
10Teen X
3:25
feat. Future
75
11Meh
1:58
71
12Vamp Anthem
2:04
79
13New N3on
1:56
80
14Control
3:17
76
15Punk Monk
3:49
72
16On That Time
1:42
84
17King Vamp
3:06
74
18Place
1:57
72
19Sky
3:13
86
20Over
2:46
80
21ILoveUIHateU
2:15
82
22Die4Guy
2:11
75
23Not PLaying
2:10
74
24F33l Lik3 Dyin
3:24
77
Total Length: 1 hour, 3 minutes
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Added on: March 3, 2019