It was Lil Wayne at the peak of his moment, his time on the top, he could do no wrong.....I saw Wayne twice in concert that year....and so of course all the younger fans, the white fans, the casual bandwagoners heralded it as some amazing album, the hype was very heavy, the delays and leaks only added to the anticipation....I know guys that loved Wayne and thought 'The Carter' was his debut....I was about 22 at the time, and I had been listening to Lil Wayne since 98, and I was a fan, but never a rabid follower type man.....and I knew, as did anyone else who followed the music, that 'The Carter 3' was trash, esp. compared to the 'The Lost C3 Sessions' from 2007....The Carter 3 ws unfocused and while I liked a handful of the songs, it was a muddled, confused album that saw Wayne assuming the new identify he ran with for years afterward...confused, random lyrics, that personified him as a less a dope boy, and more a 'rock star', sex crazed and drug addled.....it was dull, it lacked real creativity....Of course songs like 'Lollipop' ushered in a whole era of production and songs in that vein.....I liked a few songs, but it was evident Wayne was about done at this point, for me personally....'Shoot Me Down' was my favorite, and on the level of tracks like 'Something You Forget', 'Scarface', and 'I'm Me'.....'3 Peat' had a dope beat, flow, and energy, but Wayne was stumbling all over that track....
In Hindsight Tha Carter III Was Mediocre at Best
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That's the exact same argument young dudes use to discredit anything from before their era though. "Oh, it's just nostalgia".
I wasn't a pre-teen or teen when it dropped so I thought it was the wackest shyt he put out, up to that point in his career. Then he came out with "C4".
You couldn't tell anybody anything though. It was like when 50 dropped "Candy Shop".
Fred.
That's one of the problem of some of these wordplay heavy rappers. You often get corny lines like this."I'ma do it again like nikka backwards"
wingstop
Superstar
i seriously think they paid to get some great reviews
EASTATLJERU
All Star
100% truth. Album is mediocre. I been saying this for years. The hype wore off in a year. listening to it now its like 4-5 good songs. Waynes albums are all mediocre besides c1 abd c2. Maybe block is hotI can believe I've heard people try to claim this as a classic
There are really only three tolerable songs on this album
Lollipop played anywhere but a party
Mrs. Officer
Mr. Carter was carried by great production and Jigga
Who let p*ssy Monster even make the final cut
This album was fire when I was like 12 and saying "Lil Wayne is the greatest rapper of our generation" didn't sound retarded
I'd rather listen to No Ceilings on repeat than this waste of $9
T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
gatdamn, that bar is flabby as hellyeah not even in hindsight.
"I'm rare like me clean with hair"
"imma do it again like nikka backwards"
the general consensus with everybody i knew was the album was meh and fab had the best verse in the thing. dude got outshined by every single guest.
Dwight Howard
Superstar
Shoot me down was an incredible song tho"I'ma do it again like nikka backwards"
Dwight Howard
Superstar
I agree with everything except for 3peat...that shyt went hard as fukk
The Carter 3 was the beginning of Waynes decline.
Hindsight??
shyt was average and a huge dissapointment from day 1..anybody who heard the leaks would tell you that.
exactly. Anyone who had been listening to hip hop for some time before Carter 3 knew it was trash on arrival. I always find it funny when Weezy stans force it as some sorta classic. It's cool. Time reveals all.
Just like it'll reveal that Wayne's entire discog is
That realization may come in 2026, but it's gonna come.nah man. it's just hype. Record labels are fantastic at this.
It's the same Twilight Zone I'm in when it comes to Kendrick's music. nikkas is swearing it's up there with Illmatic and his shyt is genius, and I'm thinking:
I wasn't born yesterday. I lived through the 50 Cent hype. I was in college when that GRODT came out. You can fool kids but you can't fool an adult.Hell, if you want a sign of the times as to how over rated this album was Rosenberg was calling it a classic as soon as it came out.
Fred.
Is this the same guy declaring TPAB being up there with Songs in A Key of Life?
wingstop
Superstar
Dwight Howard
Superstar
Breh he ate that shyt with the flow though man...the beat was dope but those bars were