Even before Playboi Carti’s breakout single, “Magnolia”, early fans were expressing an insatiable demand for new music from the rapper. Die Lit comes a year after the self-titled album that brought us that hit, with 19 tracks to make up for the wait. Having joked openly about being called a “mumble rapper,” Carti aggressively leans into the distinction here, thickening his Atlanta accent and even pitching up his delivery on songs like the spacey “Fell in Luv” and “FlatBed Freestyle”, where his couplets devolve into rhythmic yet indecipherable vocals. On the whole, Die Lit is a collection of earworms built on minimal and bass-heavy production from Pi'erre Bourne, assisted occasionally by contributors like Lil Uzi Vert, Skepta and Nicki Minaj.