Had this convo with two of my boys the other day
one of the few real hip hop convos I have and he is a devout Wayne stan
you can't call me a Wayne hater, was listening to Hot Boys in 1998/1999 when I was like 12/13, bought everything up to Carter 3
saw him live twice in 2008
but he hasn't matured at all since like 2007. And it shows. he sounds like he is 22 years old, like he stopped maturing at some point. He did experiment and try different things but he never seemed to develop like an adult world view, he sounds like the same child star/fake trap boy/playa still. There's no perspective in his music.