MUSIC - SORRY 4 DA WAIT

Carti initially kept his choice of guests close to the vest, as has become custom for high-profile album drops. Yet it would be impossible not to recognize Kendrick Lamar spitting on “GOOD CREDIT,” Future emoting over “TRIM,” or collaborative career mainstay Lil Uzi Vert gliding triumphantly through “TWIN TRIM.” The Weeknd’s prominent feature on “RATHER LIE” makes for perhaps the most overt example of his envelope-pushing here, though appearances by Travis Scott on “PHILLY” and the tag team of Young Thug and Ty Dolla $ign on “WE NEED ALL DA VIBES” make the pivot even more plausible. Even with friends like these, Carti shines brighter on his own, his breathy near-falsetto vocal booming through the escalating video game arpeggios of “I SEEEEEE YOU BABY BOI” and his raspy snarl swerving around the cinematic noise of “COCAINE NOSE.” Not exclusively looking towards the future, there’s an almost nostalgic appreciation for Atlanta’s early 2010s sound evoked on “RADAR,” its beat reminiscent of classic 1017 Brick Squad tapes. This version of "MUSIC – SORRY 4 DA WAIT" serves as the deluxe edition to MUSIC, released on March 25, 2025. Four tracks from the MUSIC – V1- 3 digital albums were added onto the track list. The phrase “SORRY 4 DA WAIT” comes from the album rollout where Playboi Carti would put up many billboards and one of them had the text “SORRY 4 DA WAIT” due to the long wait for MUSIC. It also comes from inspiration from Lil Wayne's 2011 mixtape "Sorry 4 The Wait".