I was watching the moon bleed on Thursday as midnight EST became midnight PST became 2 am, 3 am, falling asleep with the lights on, waiting for MUSIC.
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, or worse, glazing, Playboi Carti is among the few musicians big enough to make fans wait years between albums without losing relevance, and may be one of the only willing to practice the restraint this necessitates.
In recent years, even music’s biggest stars (Beyonce, Taylor Swift) have taken to a much brisker clip of releases; in absentia, Carti has become a figure akin to Frank Ocean or Rihanna for his followers.
Overstuffed, overwrought, overproduced, overly trim — the sprawl of MUSIC suggests an artist determined to mean something to everyone.
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