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DJ Akademiks Insists That Playboi Carti Will Drop Before 2024 Ends Despite Fans’ Skepticism

December 21, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Playboi Carti fans are still waiting on his new I AM MUSIC album, a process that they grew uncomfortably into over the past four years. Many of them think that we are still far away from the LP given his evasiveness and broken promises before, whereas a few still believe that it could drop before 2024 ends in just a little over a week. The leader of this latter pack is DJ Akademiks, who let off multiple recent tweets alluding to the Atlanta rapper dropping before the year is out. Very few people actually believe this, but Whole Lotta Red was a 2020 Christmas gift, so it’s not an impossibility.

In fact, fans hold out more hope at press time than they have throughout Playboi Carti’s entire rollout, as I AM MUSIC preorders are now “ready to ship.” It’s unclear what this website update for vinyl box sets actually means, or if it will reflect the product that fans will supposedly receive on digital streaming platforms. Regardless, it’s a step in the right direction in fans’ eyes, and one that points to a very prompt release, albeit in a vague way.

DJ Akademiks Claims Playboi Carti Is Dropping Soon

In addition, Playboi Carti also recently linked up with Metro Boomin, which also excited fans who continue to demand a drop. Of course, we doubt that any hypothetical new collab between the two will make the final tracklist given the timeline, but you can never be too sure. Sonically, the St. Louis producer typically falls well outside of Carti’s usual pallets these days, but “Type S**t” was welcome proof that they can find common ground. As such, fans expect another banger on the way, although the question of when it will actually arrive becomes more cumbersome each week.

Meanwhile, Playboi Carti at least gave fans a taste of what to expect during his Rolling Loud set earlier in December, playing and performing many presumably upcoming I AM MUSIC tracks. They garnered big fans, especially for another teased collab with The Weeknd. We truly hope DJ Akademiks is correct, and our skepticism of his assessment has nothing to do with him and everything to do with what history has taught us.

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Playboi Carti Trolls Fan Who Begs Him To Drop “I AM MUSIC” Album

December 21, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Playboi Carti went years without engaging with fans on social media. We are in a different era, however. The rapper has been active on Instagram and Twitter for the past few months. Fans initially took this to mean he had a new album coming. The social media return has only yielded one single and one collab with The Weeknd, though. Playboi Carti has yet to release I AM MUSIC, his anticipated third album. He has, however, decided to troll fans who are directly asking him for a release date.

Playboi Carti posted photos of himself on Instagram. The comments were mostly positive, with many praising the rapper’s “cool” appearance. There were more than a few fans, however, who were tired of the photos. They want music, after waiting years for I AM MUSIC to drop. “Good fit but pls drop,” wrote one particularly incensed user. Playboi Carti decided to respond to said user, but his response was more confusing than anything. Instead of proving a date or a flippant response, he simply wrote: “BET.” It’s not clear what Carti meant here.

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Playboi Carti Randomly Commented “BET” On Instagram

Playboi Carti has done everything but provide concrete details since the release of the “ALL RED” single. He has claimed to be releasing I AM MUSIC on a Thursday evening, only to have nothing release by the time midnight rolls around. He claimed to want to handle the album’s production and rapping solo, then has gone on to tease collabs with superstars like Mustard, Lil Baby and Metro Boomin. Playboi Carti also said that Kanye West is producing songs for the album. There is, however, a few promising hints that we will get the album sooner than later.

Eagle-eyed fans noticed that the I AM MUSIC bundles, which pair vinyls of the album with shirts and/or hats, have been updated. While the bundles had been put on hold while Playboi Carti finishes the album, they now read “ready to ship.” This has many fans believing that he is actually done with the album, and is simply waiting for the right time to drop. Playboi Carti has dropped, out of the blue, on Christmas Day before, so anything is possible. Or maybe “BET” is the secret that unlocks this whole rollout. We doubt it.

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Playboi Carti’s “I AM MUSIC” Gets Promising Pre-Order Update

December 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

You know the drill by this point. Playboi Carti is the rapper who needs to be taken with the biggest grain of salt in terms of release date or album details. We’ve been waiting to hear I AM MUSIC for the majority of the 2020s. It seemed like we were in the home stretch when Playboi Carti dropped a lead single. But the wait has not gotten any easier. There has been no updates with regard to a release date or a second single. There has, however, been a significant update with regard to the album’s pre-order option.

Eagle-eyed fans noticed a crucial change on December 19. Playboi Carti released pre-order links for I AM MUSIC months ago. But they were delayed indefinitely as a result of the album’s continued tweaks. Fans were frustrated by the fact that they were allowed to pay for an album without a release date in sight. We might be closer to a date than we realized, though. I AM MUSIC bundles have been updated on the Carti site, and are currently listed as “ready to ship.” This update suggests that the album is complete, or close to being complete. Playboi Carti’s bundles include a shirt, hoodie, or hat depending on which bundle you selected. It also includes, crucially, a vinyl copy of the album.

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Playboi Carti’s Album Bundles Are “Ready To Ship”

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It’s exciting to see I AM MUSIC seemingly inch closer to a release date. The shipping update, however, does conflict with the collaborations that Playboi Carti has been teasing over the past few weeks. He’s been all over social media, hinting at future sessions with the likes of Lil Baby, Mustard, and even Metro Boomin. He posed for photos with Metro Boomin the day before the I AM MUSIC bundles were given an update. This could mean a few different things. Either Carti is trolling listeners, and he doesn’t plan on including these collabs on the album. Or the pre-order bundles are not as close to release as we think.

It’s impossible to tell what qualifies as a legitimate album update or wishful thinking on the part of fans. Especially since Playboi Carti seems to enjoy spreading misinformation about his own rollout. Time will tell if the bundles prove to be a true indicator of I AM MUSIC‘s release. We can only wait and hope.

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Playboi Carti Fuels Album Rumors By Reuniting With Metro Boomin

December 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Playboi Carti is the most unpredictable man in hip hop. Which is saying a lot, since Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar exist. Carti is a cut above the other two when it comes to saying one thing in relation to an album and then doing the complete opposite. He has been teasing the release of I AM MUSIC for a few years now, and it doesn’t feel as though we’re any closer to it becoming a reality. Or maybe it will drop over the holidays, like Whole Lotta Red. Playboi Carti delights in confusing his fans, and he did so once again on December 18.

Playboi Carti decided to post new photos of him alongside Metro Boomin on Instagram. The two posed in front of a jeep, while Carti used a hat to cover up his face. There wasn’t any mention of a collab, but Carti did write “Me N Tro 2 Tough Fr.” We all know Playboi Carti is working on a new album, so the decision to link up with Metro Boomin feels very intentional. The rapper knows that it will drum up attention for I AM MUSIC. Playboi Carti and Metro Boomin have proven to be a formidable duo in the past. They worked on “Minute” with NAV and “Type Sh*t” with Future and Travis Scott. Carti was also featured on “Popular,” a song that was scrapped from Metro’s Heroes vs Villains album.

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Playboi Carti Posed For Photos With Metro Boomin

Metro Boomin is the latest superstar to be teased as an I AM MUSIC collaborator. Playboi Carti took to Instagram last week to hint at upcoming collaborations with the likes of Lil Baby and Mustard. He posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Lil Baby’s manager, implying that the rappers plan to connect in the near future. Playboi Carti also posted a screenshot of an Instagram DM from Mustard. The man who made “Not Like Us” suggested that he and Carti link up to make some magic in the studio.

Then there’s the aforementioned Kanye West. Metro Boomin announced that West will be producing all over I AM MUSIC during a recent Las Vegas performance. “Shout out to my n**ga Kanye, you know what I’m saying,” the rapper stated. “He over here making beats and sh*t. That album gonna be [wild], I can’t wait to show y’all n**gas.” Playboi Carti previously claimed that he wanted I AM MUSIC to be something he made on his own, he’s clearly changed his mind and gone the collaboration route. At least, it looks that way. Who really knows?

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Playboi Carti Previews New “I AM MUSIC” Tracks To Close Rolling Loud: Miami 10

December 16, 2024 by newhiphopnews

“I am music is here,” said Playboi Carti‘s DJ as the rap star previewed the long-awaited album during his closing set at Rolling Loud: Miami on Sunday evening (Dec. 15). As promised, Carti allowed fans to hear the upcoming album, I AM MUSIC, in it’s purest form at the festival’s 10th-anniversary. Carti sporadically previewed new songs throughout his set of hit songs. Rolling Loud founder Tariq Cherif revealed plans for Carti to play the album earlier in the day on Instagram. The title of the track remains unknown, but it was produced by F1LTHY. The second new track is produced by Metro Boomin. He closed out the headlining performance with the last new song titled “Drugs Got Me Numb.”

Playboi Carti sent users watching Twitch and Amazon Music’s live streams into a frenzy while playing the new music. The comment section erupted with fans praising the previews that displayed the evolution of the superstar’s sound. On X, DJ Akademiks tweeted: “We witnessing history.. Playboi Carti headling a whole festival and PREVIEWING new sh*t, not even relying on hits. This n***a Goated” Carti paid tribute to Rolling Loud: Miami turning 10 during his performance. Except for Rolling Loud Thailand, Tariq Cherif shared that Playboi Carti has been a part of every Rolling Loud.

Playboi Carti Performs New Songs From I AM MUSIC At Rolling Loud: Miami

Carti’s set included the performance of “Type Sh*t,” the popular collaboration by him, Future, and Metro Boomin’. “Like Me,” a 2020 cut that features Lil Uzi Vert and A$AP Rocky; “Rockstar Made,” a hit from the Whole Lotta Red album; “Carnival,” from Vultures, which he says is his song, “Timeless,” the new song with The Weeknd and Madonna, and “KETAMINE,” a previously released track scheduled to appear on I AM MUSIC. Carti would perform upside down during the set. The genre-blending superstar headlined an anniversary lineup including Lil Baby, Future, Travis Scott, Bryson Tiller, and more.

Playboi Carti has teased the upcoming album all 2024. Originally announcing it in January, the rap star updated fans with the promise of its arrival all year long. In September, he announced that Ye would produce the new album. Carti shared that I AM MUSIC will be a featureless album. The new album will mark Carti’s first in four years.

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Rolling Loud’s Tariq Cherif Says Playboi Carti Said He Is Going To Play “I Am Music” During Rolling Loud Set

December 15, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The 10th anniversary of Rolling Loud: Miami has delivered several memorable moments, but could deliver its biggest yet in Playboi Carti previewing his anticipated album, I Am Music, during his headlining set on Sunday (Dec. 15). Rolling Loud creator and founder Tariq Cherif mentioned the superstar said he is to preview the album in a new Instagram post. “When I got back from Thailand, Playboi Carti called me … We started talking about the album. He’s like, ‘Yo I’m play that sh*t at Rolling Loud. You saw him post it, I don’t know what he gonna do, he told you he’s gonna play that sh*t.”

During the clip, Cherif says he heard the album via Facetime but hopes to hear it live. He said: “I heard it on FaceTime .. that sh*t sounded amazing. He got another one, with that guy he got another song with, and OUUUUU that sh*t is crazy.”

Rolling Loud’s Tariq Cherif Says He Heard Playboi Carti’s New Album & He Said He Is Gonna Play It On Last Day of Rolling Loud: Miami

Playboi Carti’s Rolling Loud set is scheduled to begin at 10:45 PM EST on Sunday. Carti promoted the upcoming set across his social media accounts. Naturally, the news received excitement from the rap star’s fans. A user commented under NFR Podcast’s tweet: “I can’t wait to hear some of these songs for the first time with some of the worst audio quality I’ve ever heard with Carti screaming over it.” Another tweeted, “What a artist and time to be alive.”

Highly anticipated, I Am Music follows Carti’s third album, Whole Lotta Red, released in 2020. Carti began teasing the album last January. He describes it as the “evolution” of his artistry and his most exciting album yet. He previously claimed that the album would have no features. An official release date for the album has not been revealed yet. In 2024, Carti appeared in new music by Ye, The Weeknd, and Madonna.

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Playboi Carti Teases New Collaborations With Mustard And Lil Baby

December 13, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Playboi Carti is really toying with fans at this point. The rapper and stopped and started the rollout for his new album so many times its hard to keep count. It seemed like I AM MUSIC was going to come out once he dropped the lead single, “ALL RED,” but fans have remained in the dark when it comes to a tracklist or a release date. The last week has seen Playboi Carti drop hints as to what the album could have in store, though. The rapper not only dropped a song snippet, but screenshots of text conversations between him and other superstar artists.

Playboi Carti posted the text screenshots to his social media on December 15. They saw him reach out to the likes of Lil Baby and Mustard for collaborations. The first screenshot appears to be an exchange with Lil Baby’s manager, Cash XO. The manager texted Playboi Carti to confirm new music between the stars. “Wham,” he wrote. “Carti lock each other in family!” Carti texted back: “Yes sir.” These two linking up has worked wonders in the past, as evidenced by the track “Too Easy.” They’ve yet to come together for a hit record, though, which makes the prospect of them back together especially exciting.

Playboi Carti Previously Claimed No Features On His Album

Playboi Carti and Mustard is an extremely unexpected connection. The two artists could not be further apart in terms of style and musical approach. Carti is all pockets and rage rap outbursts. Mustard, on the other hand, is smooth, G-Funk influenced gangsta rap. Nevertheless, Mustard sees the vision, and made a point of reaching out to the “ALL RED” rapper. “Man let’s cook twin,” he messaged Carti via Instagram. Playboi Carti didn’t show his response, but he did post a screenshot of the message on his IG Stories.

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Playboi Carti Teases “I AM MUSIC” Release With Soulful New Snippet

December 12, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Stop us if this sounds familiar. Playboi Carti hops on social media and drops hints about new music. He then release a snippet that’s less than a minute long. Fans lose their minds, and begin speculating about the release date for I AM MUSIC. It’s happened at least a dozen times over the last few years. Carti’s IG antics have ensured that this routine has played out multiple times in the last few months alone. Well, he did it again. Playboi Carti dropped a new song snippet on December 12. Fans were mere hours away from getting Friday releases, and the rapper decided to hog the attention.

Playboi Carti’s new snippet comes with visuals. The rapper once again filmed what looks to be a music video for a song that we only get to hear a segment of. The new snippet, which is untitled, clocks in at 41 seconds. Admittedly, the snippet sounds fantastic. Playboi Carti has dabbled in different sounds over the last few months. He sounded like Future on “ALL RED,” and went full on electro-pop for The Weeknd bop “Timeless.” The new snippet sees Carti hopping on a gospel flavored soul sample. It’s the sort of thing a hip hop would expect to hear on a Kanye West song. It was the visual at the end of the snippet that drew most of the attention, though.

Playboi Carti Hops On A Surprising Instrumental

The snippet comes to an end, before transitioning to a white graphic that reads “I AM MUSIC.” The title for Playboi Carti’s album has been circulating since 2021. So has the font, for that matter. This is the first time I AM MUSIC has been tacked on to the end of a song snippet, though. Fans flocked to social media to speculate what Carti’s graphic could mean. Does it mean the new album is around the corner? Is this confirmation that the song will be included on the final tracklist? Will snippets without the official graphic be excluded?

Like we said at the onset, we’ve been here before. It’s exciting to see Playboi Carti pop back out with new music. Especially music that sounds so different from his usual rage style. Kanye West has been confirmed to be involved in the making of I AM MUSIC. Carti claimed that West has sent him multiple beats, and it’s not a stretch to infer that the snippet could feature one of them. Playboi Carti and West are two of the least reliable rappers of their generation, though. Enjoy the snippet, but it might not be a good idea to hold your breath.

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Playboi Carti Shouts Out DJ Akademiks While Dropping More Delusional New Album Teases

December 5, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Playboi Carti fans pretty much subject themselves to constant gaslighting, delusion, and rabid hype all for the sake of the moment. But with all the amazing music he shared with fans as of late, it’s hard not to fall into that hype and grandeur and just feel the aura. Sadly, the Atlanta creative broke many promises in the past, and he seems well-aware that whenever he finally drops his follow-up album to Whole Lotta Red, it will be a massive moment. He recently reposted a tweet from DJ Akademiks on his Instagram Story that read: “Music will be restored to its natural order once NBA Youngboy is Freed and Playboi Carti drops.”

Many fans relate to this sentiment, even if fewer and fewer of them believe that Playboi Carti will actually drop an album soon. Still, none of that skepticism could fully stop the hype train dead in its tracks. Apparently, he will play his new album at Rolling Loud Miami during his performance on Sunday, December 15. Who knows if we hear some actual new material or if it’s just what we’ve already heard in singles and snippets.

Playboi Carti & DJ Akademiks Fuel More Album Hype

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What’s funny is that the fervent demand for a new Playboi Carti album even transcended hip-hop into more broad and mainstream pop culture fare. Multiple NBA teams begged him to release an album via social media earlier in 2024, and the latest celebrity to ask for this new project is none other than Maury Povich. Yes, that Maury. It’s been pretty hilarious to see famous people and entities from wholly random corners of society demand a new rager to lose themselves in. Nevertheless, it can’t really translate into a marketing strategy when there is very little to market…

With all that in mind, we hope that Playboi Carti is a perfectionist continually improving this new album and that he’s not just keeping it in the chamber for whatever reason. At least this recent tease from DJ Akademiks – and the rapper’s repost – give some hope, as the media personality was a big part of the Whole Lotta Red rollout. But considering all the lies and unfulfilled teases, we won’t believe anything until we hear the music for ourselves.

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