In August 2018, following the release of Carti's debut studio album, Die Lit, a video surfaced of him discussing his next album and calling it Whole Lotta Red. In November, he … See more

Whole Lotta Red sees Playboi Carti showcase "a unique depth that has developed since the release of Die Lit", with him minimizing the use of his "baby voice". Instead, as noted by Hypebeast's Nicolaus Li, the album contains a "frenetic vocal styling that ... See more

On April 16, 2020, the album's expected lead single, "@ Meh", was released. The song peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100, … See more

Whole Lotta Red debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 100,000 album-equivalent units (including 10,000 pure album sales) in its first week. This became Carti's first … See more

On December 22, 2020, Carti announced the cover art for Whole Lotta Red via social media. It was designed by Jung "Art Dealer" Chung. The … See more

Whole Lotta Red was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from … See more

Sample credits
• "Go2DaMoon" contains an uncredited sample from "Soul of Bobby Theme, Pt. 2", written by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal … See more