He gasps and sputters as though his windpipe has withered into a dried-out husk. The album opener “Rockstar Made” roars into gear with blown-out 808s and writhing, barbed synths that promise violence as Carti gets into his routine of varied repetition and aggressively clipped syllables, the beat pushes his voice into uncharted territory. Though Baby Voice Carti does pop up a handful of times on Whole Lotta Red, on songs like “Teen X,” “JumpOutTheHouse,” and “New N3on,” he mostly rides the bench, as the album is more preoccupied with realizing Carti’s Lost Boys fandom and fleshing out his identity as a rockstar vampire.
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