I'm curious to know, is there anyone who feels like Lil Wayne is the greatest of all time?

[Cuckkleberry Finn]

I’d put him in the conversation way before I’d consider drake

 

[JustCKing]

Nah youre wrong. T-Pain user auto-tune a full 2-3 years before wayne even touched it. No rapper was using it then. The moment wayne toucehd auto-tune years later is when other rappers started using it. This is a fact. You dont have to like dude but trying to discredit dude influence is some lame shyt. Young Thug literally carved his career from auto-tune, as well as migos, and countless others.

These are actual quotes from new rappers:

Wayne the most influential rapper of all time. He was the first rapper and person I ever saw with a face tat, now everybody got one. He was the first rapper I heard using Auto-tune, now everybody use it

"Lil Wayne was the reason I started using Auto-tune in my music. He was the reason why I started trying to learn the art of a punchline. Without Lil Wayne there would be no Nessly."


He revolutionized Auto-Tune in rap (see “Lollipop”), revolutionized constantly using metaphors/wordplay/similes in his songs (see literally every song he’s made since 2005)


Rappers Break Down Lil Wayne's Lasting Impact - Kendrick Lamar

Lil Wayne's Impact On Rap | Genius

You're contraficting yourself. First, why was Wayne using auto tune? I think 8t is perfectly safe to say T-Pain influenced Wayne. No one was using auto tune before T Pain and it wasn't an influx of rappers doing it once Wayne started using it.

I am in no way trying to discredit Wayne, but just because Wayne is the first rapper that Thug heard using it doesn't mean he popularized it. It is the same as dude saying Wayne popularized not writing down lyrics when everyone knows it was Jay who popularized it, but got it from Big.

I could say Wayne popularized face tats, but he definitely wasn't the first rapper with one. Soulja Slim had a grenade (which he referred to as a soulja sign) between his eye brows. There's also tattoo tear drops, which were popular before Wayne.