#4 things we learned from Playboi Carti’s MUSIC

#4 things we learned from Playboi Carti’s MUSIC

Our first impressions of Carti’s just-released new album. Playboi Carti. Photo via Rolling Loud/Sara Irvine   The internet was starting to panic. Playboi Carti had promised that his album MUSIC would drop on Friday, March 14. After weeks of buildup involving advertisements, rap gossip accounts promising new music, and errant Instagram comments from Carti himself,…

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#Listen to Playboi Carti’s new album MUSIC

#Listen to Playboi Carti’s new album MUSIC

Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, and Future all appear on the long-awaited project. Playboi Carti. Photo by Rolling Loud/Henry Hwu   Nearly four-and-a-half years after his third album Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti has released his long-awaited new project MUSIC. The album spans 30 tracks and includes features from Kendrick Lamar, Future, Travis Scott, Young Thug,…

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#Xang gives ambient trap room to grow

#Xang gives ambient trap room to grow

The Maryland rapper on his new project WOMB, his crew DPM, and staying hungry to innovate. Xang. Photo via artist   Before becoming an ambient trap pioneer, Xang was content to be a loose thread in the tapestry of DMV hip-hop. “I felt like I wasn’t the main character, like I don’t really need rap,”…

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#Watch Yung Lean’s Stockholm concert in full

#Watch Yung Lean’s Stockholm concert in full

Yung Lean Live at Globen was filmed on March 1 at Lean’s headlining hometown arena show. Yung Lean. Photo by Nils Carmel.   At the beginning of March, Yung Lean performed a headlining show at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena (also known as Globen). For over two hours, Lean celebrated his decade-plus rise from Swedish internet meme…

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