For a top rapper,Lil Wayne has to have one of the WORST discographies...right?

[Reggie]

I think Carter 1 and Carter 2 are very good albums that are close to classic status. With Carter 2 being a little better because it was Wayne at his best. Carter 1 was nice but C2 is when it looked like he found himself and had mastered his flow down to perfection. And he proved that he could down an album without Mannie Fresh beats. But those are the only two great albums he has mad to me. Though his first two were nice and 500 degreez had a few tracks i used to bump.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Carter 1 is near classic
Carter 2 classic

But you forgot about Dedication 1 and 2?

And lets not even get started on The Suffix.

 

[William Bassington]

C1, C2, & C3 are all classics in their own ways.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

carter 2 doesnt even have a classic single

 

[LOUDaffair]

carter 2 doesnt even have a classic single

Hustler Musik

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Hustler Musik

Gin and juice NUTTIN BUT A G THANG California love BIG POPPA i need love DEAR MAMA back that ass up MAKE EM SAY UGH ruff ryders anthem HARD KNOCK LIFE it was a good day U CAN'T TOUCH THIS all about the benjamins C.R.EA.M. oh boy MOVE bytch in da club HATE IT OR LOVE IT push it REGULATE

THese are classic singles^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hope you see the difference

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

I couldn't disagree more, I think it's a disservice, especially the way the music business is, to just disregard mixtapes as part of an artist's catalogue.

In the old days, mixtapes used to be the leftover tracks that didn't make the album. So instead of them going to waste, they'd just be put out along with a few freestyles over popular beats or whatever.

I know people hate to give him credit for anything, but Mood Muzik 2 kinda changed all that. After that, the whole "album was okay, I liked his mixtape better though" phenomenon seemed to get a lot more prevalent. Labels run a tighter ship these days and are trying to maximize every penny out of an album because of the decrease we've seen in sales, so a lot of quality shyt doesn't get used. Mixtapes have become an artist's own representation of their product rather than the album, which a label heavily dictates. Plus, you don't have to clear samples for mixtapes and can collab with whoever you want rather than being required to get label permission, so it just makes for a better product IMO.

With that being said, even taking Wayne's mixtape catalogue into account, he's just not a "top" rapper. Yea he was popular, but so was Luda, Nelly, Biz Markie, Vanilla Ice, etc. Obviously not for the same period of time or to that extent, but popularity doesn't equal legacy.

Dude just isn't as good of a rapper as the all time greats. As large as his discography is, how many concept songs does he have? How many crazy storytelling songs, etc? His substance is just not there to be held in the same regard as the Nas, Jay, etc. of the hip hop pantheon.

The way i see it, Albums>>>>>Mixtapes

i don't count mixtapes in terms of discography, cause then you'd start to run into shyt like how "mixtape rapper #1" is better than somebody, cause his mixtapes are flames...even when his albums are weed plates.

 

[stealthbomber]

c1-c3 are classic, fukk what u think. his mixtape run is GOAT. since 2010 his careers been a shyt pile but 2000s wayne was unfukkwitable

 

[villain]

a person's discography includes mixtapes, friend

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

C1, C2, & C3 are all classics in their own ways.

nah breh.

C1= solid album, proved he wasn't just a product of being hot cause his whole team was hot at the time.

C2= critically acclaimed, but not exactly classic

C3= more known for how well the songs fared on the radio, and selling a million first week....than how great the album was

 

[Ohene]

for real though, Carter IV has bangers. Dont sleep

Carter 3 is 2/5

 

[Feed-Me]

Wayne is like 50. He won't be remembered as an all time great MC in hip hop but they'll always be remembered because they both dominated long time periods in the game, released a lot of dope stuff and posted huge numbers.

 

[Ohene]

Gin and juice NUTTIN BUT A G THANG California love BIG POPPA i need love DEAR MAMA back that ass up MAKE EM SAY UGH ruff ryders anthem HARD KNOCK LIFE it was a good day U CAN'T TOUCH THIS all about the benjamins C.R.EA.M. oh boy MOVE bytch in da club HATE IT OR LOVE IT push it REGULATE

THese are classic singles^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hope you see the difference

Nonetheless....Hustler Muzik is a classic. Let us 90s babies eat.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

a person's discography includes mixtapes, friend

My Thread, My Rules

 

[Ineedmoney504]

wayne will be looked at as better than 50, to think about it 50 has worst

grdt - classic
mass-3.5/5
curtis- 1/5
bisd- 1.5/5

and his next album that will never drop is going to be trash