Is Playboi Carti the Devil? “All Red” track analysis

[@shingielee]

The end killed me, Unc reading the Carti lyrics like a children's book 😂

[@Boni_Bmx]

😂😂😂😂

[@fissionabledolphin]

it’s ironic how everyone is saying it sounds too much like future when the reason it was scrapped in the first place was because carti thought it sounded too much like future

[@nickdistef1072]

Yup and the label made him put it out because it was such a hyped snippet, this song 100p would not be out as the lead single for this album if it wasnt so hyped and pushed by his label

[@broderickdumas7059]

Stop the cap he loved the song and so did the fans that’s why he dropped it stopped w these false narratives like you work for his PR team get off his sack bro

[@broderickdumas7059]

@@nickdistef1072🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ y’all act like y’all know everything shut up and enjoy the music the song is fye

[@JustZaccai]

@@broderickdumas7059 he didn't say it was bad

[@Batamn777]

@@broderickdumas7059 insiders said carti didnt wanna drop it but idk

[@therealest444]

is genuinely insane how a such well spoken 47 year old white professor is insanely tapped in to carti lmaooooo ur my goat skye... YVL DOUBLE 00 shit

[@huealexg3068]

for real it's beautiful

[@kunx104]

its extremely rare to see that people take modern rap art serious, so thx for analyzing

[@soarsoverearth]

i think with the mark rothko description you perfectly captured the opium craze AVAA

[@shauryagoyal4788]

Hey what does AAVA mean?

[@monobloom]

@@shauryagoyal4788 Awesome Video As Always

[@Copedawg_340]

She can’t be my beach, YES! 💀 Thanks for the breakdown professor!

[@Luciano.blonds]

AVAA! Long time viewer, first time commenter. I’m an art/art history educator and oil painter, and I’ve never liked Rothko, but this video has changed my mind because of the way you compare his work to Carti. I also would never have thought to classify Carti as a color field painter but it makes perfect sense. Thank you professor 🙏

[@shauryagoyal4788]

Hey bro what does AAVA mean?

[@chillyoil528]

​@@shauryagoyal4788Awesome video as always

[@juju-vl7oj]

I appreciate you addressing this. I wrote a long comment on your Kendrick video saying Carti represented the devil in his music and I didn’t mean that in a way like I literally think he’s satanic or representing a larger evil in hip hop but just it seems he’s trying to evoke thoughts of the devil in his art perhaps? I don’t know anything about Carti as a person but I’m a fan of his art and agree that he’s probably closer to Kendrick in artistic integrity than he is to Drake , even though on the surface the subject matter isn’t “conscious” I think Carti’s approach to making music/art is most similar to Kanye’s .

[@islabee94]

Yes, Kanye is a good comparison. Kendrick is just such a lyrics based writer, for Ye or Carti the lyrics are secondary to the sound and vibe

[@kenjihideyori9713]

Since the lyrics are pretty consistent throughout hi music, I think its more so evoking emotions attached to the infliction and tone of the lyrics and therefore memories as well. If were going all red weve got a very violent masculine aggressive and "rage" emotion that some enjoy. If were going location weve got a very serene feminine spacey and "psychedelic" emotion that others enjoy. However, I will note no matter which way he goes about it the lyrics arent necessarily the most positive even if we get to cash talk which can be negative in gluttony. I also think he plays monopoly with art, anything the younger generation sees now that is slightly goth or emo is now "opium". He monopolized the flow he had in the beginning now anyone that repeats a triplet is "biting carti", he monopolized the baby voice now anyone that would even want to do a squeaky high pitched voice is now "biting carti". His looks have also taken him a long way as it contributes to influence and you can see that very clearly if you look at how his fanbase acts.

[@kenjihideyori9713]

furthermore, Carti only plans to expand his influence and this is where the emotion comes from for his artistry. There is no restriction in the self to make music for the sake of making music - without ego - without trying to appeal to the masses like kanye has.

[@justmustard3338]

i think it’s an aesthetic that makes you think beyond the common rap tropes of money, women, drugs and murder, and in a way it also encompasses all of those things (i’m not saying rap music is demonic i just find it interesting the time we live in allows those things to become mainstream but the devil aesthetic remains a niche that many look down upon and don’t give a second thought) three 6 mafia was ahead of their time representing these ideas. on the song In-2-Deep lord infamous expresses being tricked by the devil into worshipping him. $crim is a good example of someone who used the aesthetic and has evolved since. kendrick did a great job of representing being damned without appearing to worship the devil. i don’t know what carti will do in the future but whether he sticks to it or evolves or pivots he sets himself up for success.

[@evanauger6574]

I’ve never been super into Carti, but the Rothko analogy was what I needed!! Thank you Prof.!! AVAA

[@LilsniperMf]

AVAA I never really comment, but I love your videos so much, honestly your takes are very intresting and nuanced

[@jovannibelot8395]

I LOVE YOU AND YOUR MIND PROFESSOR! I really do appreciate your ability to distinguish between an artist who is attempting to push music and an artist who makes music for money!

[@dex373]

Thanks for great video. Seeing some artworks in other's viewpoint always gives me good considerations.

[@adamcanedy9523]

“Dry Lit” 😈🏜️

[@flbr44]

Thank you so much for another brilliant video professor! I absolutely adore how your opinions and reflections helps me to think differently and out of the box, presenting a myriad of new, fresh perspectives. Fantastic work! Could we please get your reaction to Carti's and Weeknd's recent newly presented song? I'd be very interested in hearing your opinion. All the love to you, greetings from Cornwall! :)

[@CompletelyInadequate]

never change professor skye

[@joshposhrosh]

good stuff boss, keep the reviews up. Also great to see an older generation listening to new music

[@countyfacts6920]

My favorite Future song released in the last few days.

[@rodrigocortezalvarez4477]

Playboy Carti > Future

[@cazh666]

@@rodrigocortezalvarez4477 no, Rodrigo Cortez Alvarez, keep listening to taco music 🙏

[@islabee94]

Not really

[@coldramentpm1013]

this has been funny for two years

[@Mogahid-wu8nl]

@@rodrigocortezalvarez4477yes bro big respect 😊

[@loudibird]

You hit it on the nail, Arguring with my friends about this topic last week , and from a face level I can see why they think carti is just another mumble rapper talking about the same themes money,woman,drugs but he's clearly no in the same universe as them when you dig deep. The Rage scene is heavily heavily influenced by carti , its safe to say he's the leader and everyone replicates or makes slight tweeks to his style. Carti only pushes forward with every project never looking back, each album couldn't be more different then the next and each time a sub genre and a culture tries to replicate. its clear carti doesn't chase money or main motive is to make money off his music if so he would drop music on services and not IG or go to his tours instead of canceling them or even be in the publics eye and do sponsherships such as drake with stake or 99% of these mainstream artists. Point is its very easy to look at carti and say he's just like everyone else but in reality he's in his own world

[@koleking2519]

I never really comment, but as a 22yo zoomer, seeing you calling Carti a top 5 currently active rapper mandated that I let you know you're a hero for what you do here. Love the content, will continue too 💜

[@TalkingHip-Hop]

AAVA, I listened to the song while looking at the painting and it illicited an even stronger feeling of joy from me, it has nothing about the degenerate lyrics to do with that. Like you said Carti is truly a master at evoking emotion and creating feeling and atmosphere, without using his lyrics to do so

[@jodyisthatyou4296]

AVAA I feel you'd benefit greatly from listening to 2014-2015 Future, specifically Monster through Dirty Sprite 2. Kind of hard to throughly evaluate Carti right now without that base knowledge. If Carti is Rothko, Future is Rembrandt and Picasso simultaneously.

[@callmekady2731]

Ngl professor once u said carti and Kendrick are on the same level i knew u where based!!!!😂❤

[@clockworkmello]

You should take a look at what A$AP Rocky is doing with his music videos like Highjack and Tailor Swif more specifically, recommended. I’d recommend you take a deep dive of Rocky before watching them, if you’re really trying to appreciate the development of the production. I am also an art scholar, so i really enjoy your videos and moments like this one 15:01

[@yale_21]

I wish more people listened to Carti the way this man does. Good stuff unc

[@bobweiram6321]

I remember making a similar analysis about Flavor Flav. His "Cold Lampin" to the uninitiated sounds like catchy nonsensical ramblings, but contained lush meaning through his use of clever word plays, rhymes, and alliterations. For that reason, the song is not only a rap classic, but a literary masterpiece on par with anything written by James Joyce, Yeats, and Butler.

[@nklfootball]

YESSSS! Carti is rap abstract expressionism!! I have thoughts (a thread... youtube is tripping right now and some comments got lost, please forgive me and follow the numbered order 😭😭):

[@nklfootball]

3. It makes me so happy that you brought up Rothko because last night when I saw that this video was going to premier this morning, I was thinking that in this painting-to-rap comparison Playboi Carti would be Polluck or Rothko (perhaps another abstract expressionist idk). If paint is the beat, as something must tie the art to a common practice/medium, then the use of voice and language is the characteristic of the brush stroke/color choice etc.

[@nklfootball]

4. Traditional representational paintings, while trying to capture some sort of realism, were also trying to tell a story. They had a focal point, a trajectory for the eye to follow. Abstract expressionist works are devoid of focus, of narrative. There is no start or end.

[@nklfootball]

5. Carti's music is the same for me. It's almost like you could play his music backwards and it wouldn't drastically change the impact or sensation of his music.

[@nklfootball]

6. Comedian Zack Fox did a funny video reviewing some up and coming artists a few years ago. One of which was 645AR. I'm not sure if 645AR is deserving of recognition in this conversation but there could be an argument he is kind of the next step after Carti in this evolution of the medium as he is even less intelligible with his words/sounds.

[@nklfootball]

7. Personally I think he probably would still fit into the rap abstract expressionist category. But I really like what Zack said, and I'm paraphrasing "if Carti is the baby voice, then 645AR sounds like the conception of life."

[@maxmarcelin3175]

Yeah really agree on all points made. Articulated how i feel about Carti. Thanks Professor!

[@freespiritdragonmama1909]

Can I just say you’re doppelgänger is my other favorite you tube artist, AJ from the Why Files! (He’s the one that talks to a fish!) lol totally different type shows but similar personalities and sewn from the same cloth! Love it!!

[@joelanderson3798]

This brought me a whole new perspective! You should do a dive into 2hollis especially his new albumI think you would enjoy it a lot

[@Sixteen6]

Just like you said, it's not about the lyrics and if the song has a meaning behind it, it's about the way he says it and what vibe he gives off! Great video!

[@lthecatt9667]

AVAA, this was probably one of my favourite videos of yours, up there with the Swans video.

[@chloeagape4853]

Lol my first reaction to the question, as someone who went to one singular show of his, participated in a mosh pit and survived with my hair pulled and a busted lip: yeah maybe 😂

[@aidans3259]

Then what does that make Travis Scott?

[@davidcremin3837]

Can we get an analysis of the Eusexua song and video by fka twigs i think its really special. The concept of what eusexua is on its own is really interesting

[@Frshcuko]

What would be gold is if we had a professor like this review a hard trap song like this but while they’re listening to it, they’re going hard as shit and acting a fool but the second the song ends, they go back to being a professional

[@vblock_zaza]

im big fan of Carti and Mark, never thought this way

[@vtrlyles]

Thank you, prof!

[@88ngel]

love when you said it’s still art and should be viewed the same way a kendrick record would

[@y2washere]

Great video I'll go check out that song again this time while staring at that painting

[@DivineDao]

This is an amazing review

[@huealexg3068]

Love this

[@CoffinNachtmahr]

Happy birthday professor 🎈🎈

[@Arawadewiseman]

AVAA, I definitely think it’s a guy who’s baked out of his mind doing a future impression but I’m very glad people take this look much away from it.

[@joey69763]

Great review! The misheard lyrics are hilarious

[@HenryChannerMarketingBlock]

Big Impin. I likes it bro!

[@davidjohnson4503]

Big Impin’!

[@Sushi-kb4ey]

skye the camera quality looking good

[@clockworkmello]

I agree with this too, 12:20 ; he’s associating the color with his lifestyle. He identifies with Red passionately, and highlighting its poetry in his life. It’s almost like Red is ironic to him and he has discovered red in almost every aspect of his life. He can’t escape this trip of being surrounded by Red. gg

[@marcofranco42]

AVAA Loved the abstract expressionism comparison

[@ManuelaAlmeidaRamos]

please review Phiik & Lungs' Carrot Season, I think you'll have interesting things to say about their rapping styles.

[@tqnium]

AVAA It's really funny how you stress how distinctive Carti's voice is with this song particularly where everyone says it sounds like Future. I almost wish I hadn't heard the snippet before so I could see if I would recognize i. I've always thought that Carti has a weird way of pronouncing things with the deep voice (which makes him stand out from Future a lot on Type Shit), which is a quirk I really like since it kind of reminds you that it's real and not just artificially pitched down. Makes it that much more expressive.

[@vblock_zaza]

Carti and Mark u got point tho, its true. Carti is abstract, mumbling but its fire kinda like Thug in his blonde hair era

[@trapG0LD710]

First 30 secs absolute W.

[@projectZyr0]

thank you

[@lio5605]

professor you got to check out the weeknd if you havent already. id love to see your thoughts on some of his albums! esp since his new album is on the way. i think he is one of the best artists of this generation

[@88ngel]

Yvl professor

[@Yeff1of1]

The 2 artist I listen to the most is old carti and kendrick and I thought that was crazy but I feel better now 😂

[@jaysemitchells497]

Professor Skye could write auto-gen captions at youtube

[@user-uy1ko9ob5j]

AVAA, amazing video fr. Abstraction always gets confused with degradation. 808 getting louder, lyrics more unintelligible and beats more saturated doesn't mean the music is getting worse artistically. It's just reaching the essence of trap more and more and carti has been doing that since WLR.

[@MrMattCow]

AVAA! You should talk about FKA Twigs’ new single next 😇.

[@Stitchgamer863]

This is ur best thumbnail

[@POPE.]

carti brings the best out of everyone!

[@nickdistef1072]

I think the upside down cross is j another thing to complete the character of playboi carti, to be a great artist and ENTERTAINER these days u must be the complete and perfext character away from ur actual self while seeming real. Hence a dramatic upside down cross and black eyeliner leather jackets etc...

[@SYE149]

You can tell Carti cares about his artistry to some degree atleast bc he waits years to put out music and isn’t always in the public eye he could easily be marketing his self more by releasing more music and being in the public eye

[@CBK_Sheisty]

OMG MAN my birthday is on the 19th

[@TTE_MEEQ]

Wow this guy gets it…

[@kydwi]

i chuckled at biig impin fs

[@ProdMohEra]

The ending 😭😭

[@codeineskywalka5691]

This is a thought SHE CANT BE MY BEECH I fucking died 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@mandla.]

Pls review Destroy Lonely’s “Love Last Forever” next🙏 AVA!!

[@rafaelvieira4267]

When is your birthday, professor?

[@wids]

AFAV. Houstonians here. Sadly Hurricane Beryl has closed the Rothko Chapel indefinitely :( I believe the building and paintings were damaged. I'm grateful that I went there a handful of times before that. Love the videos man.

[@IconSana]

that's because Cati is the Jordan Person of the new wave.

[@kortq1526]

AVAA Loved the Jordan Peterson impression

[@hertzamok]

Carti sounds like Future in the way that Springsteen’s Nebraska sounds like Suicide’s self titled

[@SYE149]

Just to speak on that Kodak part in the beginning about how ppl view his music as the poster of ignorance, I believe that is true that ppl see it that way but if you rlly listen to what he be saying in his music you can see he is rlly introspective and is self aware he just is dealing with alot of demons

[@RealZeroKaiba]

Carti has the most hardcore fanbase.

[@Jegarozar]

Can’t believe people like Carti

[@ryszardsikora6894]

I didn't remotely know it was his voice, for the first half of the track I was sure I'm listening to a Future feature, but AVAA

[@Harley_iggg]

i didnt realize i got clickbaited until 16 minutes in

[@Ssj_Cam904]

He dropped trolling future

[@J00hn97]

Well gramps, glad u like carti

[@J00hn97]

@42ceo hey unc

[@militaryman2121]

WE BIG IMPIN

[@tdsnuggz]

AVAA! I liked those initial songs that came out with ASAP Rocky years ago. Now his music is unlistenable to me imo. But I think this is very telling that I am getting older in age, lol.

[@46sirobwolf]

Turned into Dr. Seuss for a second there at the end 😂

[@HowardSkub]

Skye never fails at taking a song so devoid of entertainment, and says good things about it 👍 AVAA

[@Batamn777]

you know music

[@vblock_zaza]

outro reading 😂

[@WizKingSick]

new sub im a fan! 00professor skye YVL

[@PabloHernandez-rr1or]

AVAA, i'm glad carti is back to releasing music but tbh i'm not too happy with this mew direction, that is just my opinion tho

[@emandrifs9204]

All red

[@Eoin-i2k]

AVAA! you should give MJ Lenderman’s new album a spin would be great to hear your thoughts

[@vxncxnzo]

What is your opinion about Yeat?

[@monobloom]

AVAA, at 15:45 you sound like the dog from that one video with the dog in the little propeller plane who meets god or whatever

[@jamasa007]

"Dog of wisdom"

[@ratceo]

likes for that Rxk nephew shout

[@MonsterDeluxe]

Love this!!

[@ikhaatgers]

Screen gate is real.

[@mvekerea4130]

AVAA, what if instead of showing love i just show hate. Kidding, i would never. I didn't agree with most of the video but your perspective made me respect him more which means a lot since I hate Carti. 😅

[@clockworkmello]

Carti treats Red like Yves Klein treats Blue

[@rareGUNDAM_]

what you’re describing is a bit funny to me 7 ish minutes in. i don’t mean to generalize but i would say the average rap fan gives all the credit to the rapper, while many many many times, the production is really the key to the success of a lot of songs. and even everyday people have heard enough rap now to start to pick up on how important the beat, sound selection and arrangement are.

[@rareGUNDAM_]

also just from a production perspective (i could always be wrong ofc) but there is pleeeenty of processing, including autotune, on his voice. he definitely changed up the delivery a bit though and i think even though it sounds future esq it fits him pretty well.

[@Direk091]

I was about to say "you're gonna call your birthday twin the devil?" but you said no immediately lol

[@Babientity]

speaking of yellow