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EPISODE · Mar 20, 2025 · 1H 37M

Is Playboi Carti's 'Music' Pure Aura? | REVIEW

from Album Mode · host Demar Grant & Adriel Smiley

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Playboi Carti’s third studio album “Music”, his new deep voice, the album’s incredible production, and how Carti’s aura and influence is pivotal to his fandom.P.S. SWAMP IZZO!!!!Démar’s rating: 7 / 10 Adriel's rating: 4.5 / 10The Love List: POP OUT, RATHER LIE, MOJO JOJO, WAKE UP F1LTHY, OLYMPIAN, OPM BABI, LIKE WEEZYTimecodes:6:00 - Hip-hop Christmas song9:16 - Features / narrative wise12:42 - Most famous but hasn’t released an album in 4 years15:15 - His fan base is so loud17:40 - Super fan and musicians think he’s amazing18:22 - His fans create the conversation around his music20:35 - Production is the star23:01 - Has legit vision23:50 - Progression of his sound26:11 - Real artistic vision27:05 - Does the production a disservice29:23 - This whole album is “if so and so is on this”30:30 - Underrated in their production33:00 - Deep voice36:01 - Don’t know if he found the thing in the experiment36:25 - Choir vocals40:10 - Song structure we developed  40:44 - Demar is doing the things fans do41:25 - Kendrick combo42:07 - Roles flipped with adlibs and verse   44:49 - Drake declined to be on the project49:12 - Interested in seeing where this is going49:52 - Pitbull comparison53:10 - Rod wave comparison55:41 - His lyrics sound like when you freestyle in college1:05:25 - His music isn’t as good, but his aura is higher1:12:18 - What is important to his genre is not the same as the rest if hip-hop1:19:42 - His career1:22:10 - SGA is a taller Allen Iverson1:23:40 - Has hip-hop split1:27:08 - The cover1:31:50 - The score Follow us:YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumModeTikTok:Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter:Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrantPlayboi Carti - Music / 2025 / Hip hop, rap, rage, trap

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Playboi Carti’s third studio album “Music”, his new deep voice, the album’s incredible production, and how Carti’s aura and influence is pivotal to his fandom.P.S. SWAMP IZZO!!!!Démar’s rating: 7 / 10 Adriel's rating: 4.5 / 10The Love List: POP OUT, RATHER LIE, MOJO JOJO, WAKE UP F1LTHY, OLYMPIAN, OPM BABI, LIKE WEEZYTimecodes:6:00 - Hip-hop Christmas song9:16 - Features / narrative wise12:42 - Most famous but hasn’t released an album in 4 years15:15 - His fan base is so loud17:40 - Super fan and musicians think he’s amazing18:22 - His fans create the conversation around his music20:35 - Production is the star23:01 - Has legit vision23:50 - Progression of his sound26:11 - Real artistic vision27:05 - Does the production a disservice29:23 - This whole album is “if so and so is on this”30:30 - Underrated in their production33:00 - Deep voice36:01 - Don’t know if he found the thing in the experiment36:25 - Choir vocals40:10 - Song structure we developed  40:44 - Demar is doing the things fans do41:25 - Kendrick combo42:07 - Roles flipped with adlibs and verse   44:49 - Drake declined to be on the project49:12 - Interested in seeing where this is going49:52 - Pitbull comparison53:10 - Rod wave comparison55:41 - His lyrics sound like when you freestyle in college1:05:25 - His music isn’t as good, but his aura is higher1:12:18 - What is important to his genre is not the same as the rest if hip-hop1:19:42 - His career1:22:10 - SGA is a taller Allen Iverson1:23:40 - Has hip-hop split1:27:08 - The cover1:31:50 - The score Follow us:YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumModeTikTok:Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter:Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrantPlayboi Carti - Music / 2025 / Hip hop, rap, rage, trap

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