Die Lit

"Die Lit" is the debut studio album by Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti following his debut mixtape released in 2017. The record was released on May 11, 2018 through Carti's record labels AWGE and Interscope. The album is primarily produced by Pi'erre Bourne and featured a wide range of collaborators, with guest appearances from artists like Chief Keef, Skepta, Lil Uzi Vert, Nicki Minaj, Young Thug, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, Young Nudy, Redd Coldhearted and Travis Scott.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Lit
The record came with one promotional single, being the song "Love Hurts" featuring Travis Scott that was released exclusively on SoundCloud 9 days before the album's final release.https://soundcloud.com/playboicarti/love-hurts-travis-scott The record was met with positive reception from critics and had debuted at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with 61,000 sales being made in the first week of it's release.https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-montrose/playboi-carti-die-lit-no-3 After a year of it's release, the record was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in July of 2019.https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=die+lit#search_section
To this day, Die Lit is admired by many for it's influence on the trap genre and is considered to be Carti's best project.
==Background==
===Pre-Release===
The production of Die Lit dates back to as early as 2017 during the production of the presumably scrapped Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert collaborative record 16*29, the song Shoota with Uzi dating back to these sessions.https://genius.com/Playboi-carti-shoota-lyrics The song Home (KOD) may have also been intended for the record, as it had featured a verse from Uzi as well. This may not be the case, however, as Uzi has recorded his verse on January 3rd of 2018, a month after Die Lit was first hinted at.
The record was first hinted at in December of 2017, a video of Carti sitting in front of a mixing board surfacing on the 7th with the caption reading "Album Mode."https://www.complex.com/v/complex-news/UBNdXHR7 On March 8th of the next year, the executive producer of the record Pi'erre Bourne had confirmed via Twitter (now known as X) that the record had been finished.https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxjoshua-espinoza/playboi-carti-debut-album-is-reportedly-done
On May 2nd, 2018, Carti had released the first and only single for the record, "Love Hurts" (stylized as ++* love hurts ** at the time) featuring Travis Scott exclusively on his SoundCloud page. That same day, A$AP Rocky, a frequent collaborator of Playboi Carti and the head of Carti's label AWGE had revealed the cover art for the record.http://onsmash.com/music/playboi-carti-die-lit-album-stream/
A week prior to the release of the album, 15 songs created during the sessions of the creation of the album had leaked.https://genius.com/Playboi-carti-shoota-demo-lyrics Only few of these 15 tracks actually made the album, however, those songs being Shoota, Love Hurts, Choppa Won't Miss and Foreign.https://genius.com/albums/Playboi-carti/Die-lit
On May 11, 2018, Carti had surprised dropped the album. It was initially only available on Tidal, but was available on all streaming services later.https://exclaim.ca/music/article/playboi_carti_drops_surprise_album_die_lit
===Post-Release===
Upon release, Die Lit was met with very positive reception. The record had charted on #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, following Post Malone's record Beerbongs & Bentleys. The album sold 61,000 units in it's first week (5,000 units being pure album copies).https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46975/title.hip-hop-album-sales-playboi-cartis-die-lit-makes-solid-billboard-200-debut On July 31, 2019, the album was officially certified gold by the RIAA. On the day of Carti's next album release, Whole Lotta Red, Die Lit had officially sold a million total units in the U.S. alone.https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1342334256635326464?lang=en It reached a billion total on-demand streams 8 days before as well.https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1339790539097481217?lang=en
==Track List==
No.	Title 	Writer(s) 	Producer(s) 	Length
1 	"Long Time (Intro)" 	Jordan Jenks, Jordan Carter, Jung Cho 	Art Dealer 	3:31
2 	"R.I.P." 	Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Shirley Murdock, Devell Moore, DeVante DeGrate, Jr., Jordan Jenks, Jordan Carter	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:12
3 	"Lean 4 Real" (feat. Skepta) 	Jordan Carter, Joseph Adenuga, Rick Mullings 	indigochildrick 	2:57
4 	"Old Money" 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:15
5 	"Love Hurts" (feat. Travis Scott) 	Jordan Carter, Jacques Webster, Jordan Jenks 	Playboi Carti & Pi'erre Bourne	3:00
6 	"Shoota" (feat. Lil Uzi Vert) 	Jordan Carter, Symere Woods, Jamal Henry 	Maaly Raw 	2:33
7 	"Right Now" (feat. Pi'erre Bourne) 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:27
8 	"Poke It Out" (with Nicki Minaj) 	Jordan Carter, Onika Maraj, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	4:29
9 	"Home (KOD)" 	Jordan Carter, Symere Woods, Onika Maraj, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:42
10 	"Fell In Luv" (feat. Bryson Tiller) 	Jordan Carter, Bryson Tiller, Jordan Jenks, Isaac Emmanuel Gerasimou, Megan James, Corin Roddick 	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:26
11 	"Foreign" 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:22
12 	"Pull Up" 	Jordan Carter, Onika Maraj, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:36
13 	"Mileage" (feat. Chief Keef) 	Jordan Carter, Keith Cozart, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:29
14 	"FlatBed Freestyle" 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:13
15 	"No Time" (feat. Gunna) 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks, Sergio Kitchens, Donald Cannon, Tjshan Stennett 	Don Cannon & Treshaun Beatz 	3:37
16 	"Middle Of The Summer" (feat. Redd Coldhearted)	Jordan Carter, Dashia Aaron, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:17
17 	"Choppa Won't Miss" (feat. Young Thug) 	Jordan Carter, Jeffery Williams, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	3:37
18 	"R.I.P. Fredo - Notice Me" (feat. Young Nudy) 	Jordan Carter, Quantavious Thomas, Onika Maraj, Jordan Jenks 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:41
19 	"Top" (feat. Pi'erre Bourne) 	Jordan Carter, Jordan Jenks, Cameron Pitts 	Pi'erre Bourne 	2:13
==References==
Category:Albums
Category:2018
Category:Die Lit
Category:Pi'erre Bourne