this was an obvious troll thread that got 9 pages
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Lil Wayne Fans Are Rewriting History
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The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Dude was a generic run of mill wanna be East Coast rapper for a good minute before 06 or so. This whole "Lil Wayne was always good" revisionist shyt is really pissing me off lol
Is what you said right??
So he was not a wanna be east coast nikka on his first 3 albums... So that's dead... He wasn't one UNTIL the carter 1, when he switched up his flow in 04... And everyone knew he'd blow by then... in 2004... Long before 2006
What exactly didn't I refute would be the better question.. As I said, it was ass backwards
Going platinum in 1999 =/= people thinking Wayne was going to be a star at least not of the magnitude of what he became. It would be like saying everybody saw Kast in 1994 becoming as big as they were from 2000-2004.
2008 Wayne was bigger than every rapper and one of the biggest artists in music. Nobody in 1999 could've predicted that.
Yes. Said nothing about BIG or popular he was going to be, but how "good" he wasnt at the time. Again, youre refuting nothing I said because youre trying argue over some shyt I DIDNT say.
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Well according to OP, he never argued his popularity..
My point was people saw Wayne pre Carter, as a good rapper... Just good. But he was a southern rapper, making southern type hits, and going platinum was still going platinum. He wasn't a mega star, but The Hot Boys only wen plat one time, themselves.. So him equally solo on his first one, showed promise
My main point was, he wasn't seen as some fake ass east coast wannabe and terrible artist... He was mid then the Carter came in 04 and he switched his style and IMMEDIATELY blew
Well I don't know anyone walking Earth who said they knew Wayne was going to be a great LYRICAL rapper one day.. Yea you got that
But I do know a lot of people thought he was a GOOD RAPPER, like he made good music..
He was terrible. Generic as shyt. Forced rhyme structure and all.
African Peasant
Veteran
Going platinum in 99 did not mean you were supposed to be the next Hip-Hop Messiah. Cats were going 5x times plat like it was nothing in that era
JerseyFinest!
All Star
I don’t know about every where else
NY/NJ/PA
Wayne wasn’t taken serious as an MC till after Carter 1
NY/NJ/PA
Wayne wasn’t taken serious as an MC till after Carter 1
Lil Wayne was always viewed as a talented kid but he had a very generic image, long white tees and baggy jerseys. Besides his age only thing that differentiated him from the rest was kissing Birdman 
He blew up to another level when he linked up with Juelz, around that Skullgang bullshyt, and stole their whole style
He blew up to another level when he linked up with Juelz, around that Skullgang bullshyt, and stole their whole style
All of Luda’s single as in his whole career? You didn’t like stand upHow about we compare the quality and impact?
Carter 1 still gets love to this day. Nobody listens to red light anymore.
All those Luda singles were commercial garbage.
Meanwhile Go DJ a certified blassic
Release therapy did more the first week than the Carter 2 and had bigger records. It also went plat quicker
And it’s also kinda hilarious Wayne fans clinging to it’s not about sales bro in this argument with Luda
Everyone went platinum in 1999Going platinum in 99 did not mean you were supposed to be the next Hip-Hop Messiah. Cats were going 5x times plat like it was nothing in that era
Apparently Going platinum in 1999=Biggest artist in the world in 2008
Supreme365
Superstar
Not if they paid attention to the work he put in from 03-07. C3 was the victory lap, Wayne already had the streets and internet on lock by 05/06. Dedication 1/2, Drought 1/2/3, the suffix, like father like son, Carter 1/2, I can’t feel my face, endless guest verses, squad up tapes. Wayne was going crazy
Supreme365
Superstar
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