Kanye West and SZA Are Not on Playboi Carti’s New Album, ‘Music,’ Contrary to Rumors
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s often said that one downside of streaming is the lack of traditional album artwork, like you get with vinyl and CD releases — and a side-effect of that is the lack of full credits.
It’s crazy, but there is no official source for full album credits. Sure, you can find songwriter and producer credits on Spotify if you dig for them (move your cursor to the far right of a song’s title, click on the “…,” scroll down to “View credits,” click, and voila! — easy, right?); Tidal has nearly full credits but you must be a Tidal subscriber; other sources, like Genius.com and Wikipedia, are usually accurate but not always.
Consequently, rumors fly — like the ones that say Kanye West produced “Good Credit,” a song featuring Kendrick Lamar on Playboi Carti’s blockbuster new album “Music” (yes, the official title is just “Music,” even though the artwork reads “I Am Music”).
A rep for Carti confirms to Variety that West did not produce or contribute to the song, even though it features a sped-up sample similar to songs from his 2004 debut “College Dropout.” In fact, West even tweeted on Friday morning, “I don’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music.
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