[2] The mixtape contains 15 tracks and features guest appearances from fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert, ASAP Rocky as well as Dutch singer Leven Kali.

[4] The mixtape's music blends stylistic and production elements from hip hop scenes beyond Playboi Carti's Atlanta roots, particularly drawing from Southern influences.

The mixtape was promoted with three singles – "Lookin", "Wokeuplikethis" and "Magnolia", the third peaking at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which garnered Playboi Carti's mainstream attention.

[13] In a more negative review, HipHopDX critic Narshima Chintaluri described the record as "simply a glorified beat tape with ad-libs", stating Carti "need[s] to further develop his songwriting in order to maintain this allure alongside his more successful contemporaries".

[9] Brian Duricy of PopMatters described the record as "the sonic equivalent of the stereotypical laissez-faire worker who breezes through presentations on sheer personality alone", stating that "over the production, however, you're not getting particularly much".

[17] John Twells of Fact stated that the project "adeptly taps into a widespread youthful malaise and the genre-fluid playlist culture that has come to dominate rap's mainstream [...] Sad and restless but also party-ready, Playboi Carti doesn't need political rambling or conscious posturing to get its message across".

[18] Corrigan B of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that "of everything that 2017 promised about rap's future, Playboi Carti felt the most like a real path forward, a crystallization of the SoundCloud underground's zeitgeist in a format built to transcend the scene's messy adolescence".