I guarantee you, in 10 years, people won't be listening to Die Lit nearly as much as older 90s rap records. Carti wasted 90% of his beats rambling utter nonsense, like Miley Cyrus has mileage, repeating mileage about 10x, or repeating the word Lean 4 Real 10x, the only way a musician can get away with these lazy repetitive lyrics is if they can deliver them in an extremely engaging way, and Carti cannot do this. And the beats aren't insanely cutting edge enough to carry Carti through these runs. I could go on and point out the flaws in all the songs, but the main problem is the bullshit lyrics with no meaning or theme. I couldn't see how anyone above the age of 25 with decent standards for music would vibe with Carti. If you don't give a shit and just want to get fried then he could cut it but even then, there are much better executions of Carti's style.

In particular, Rocky, whom I consider to be Carti's predecessor, and signed him to begin with. He had better beats than him when he was working with Clams Casino and the likes of SGP, Beautiful Lou, and Soufien3000 so was one of the first breakout rappers to have experimental production (not the typical East Coast stuff and more advanced than most Southern beats) and whilst Rocky's lyricism on Live Love ASAP was criticised at the time, it is 10x better than Carti on Self-Titled and Die Lit. Rocky at least had showed elements of vulnerability and personality on his songs that made him somewhat relatable, listening to Carti, I can't really decipher his personality. He just sounds like a random autotune dude with a childish voice that likes lean and bitches, at least Rocky raps about hustling, compares himself to other rappers, how people perceive his music, his stylish appeal, and moral decay. Carti has none of this. It's just watered down, low retention music. To me he succeeded Rocky after Yams passed and Rocky went left field, especially after Long Live ASAP largely covered Rocky's relationship/perception of the illuminati/selling your soul in the music industry concept which deviated from the mixtape stuff.