Go back and listen to listen to songs and cameo's from 2007 on up or so and this nikka was garbage. Some of the worst raps ever and this nikka was getting praises out the ass.
What's so striking to me is at the height of bamboozle rap he signs to mc's that can out rap him with ease in Drake and Nikki Minaj. The only reason why he starting talking that retirement shyt is because people were finally starting to pay attention to the lyrics.
What's so striking to me is at the height of bamboozle rap he signs to mc's that can out rap him with ease in Drake and Nikki Minaj. The only reason why he starting talking that retirement shyt is because people were finally starting to pay attention to the lyrics.
Now, but 
if you want to pretend he didn't have an amazing run....
to me...I literally can't even think of a song where he was even somewhat impressive. That "best rapper alive" talk back in the day and how much people actually believed it had me like 
I don't understand what people are listening to when they say that The Carter 1 and 2 are classics...I just don't get it. C2 had like two great songs, yes, but it wasn't Wayne's terrible rapping that made them great - it was mostly the choruses and the beats. I feel like I'm completely missing something when people talk about "the old Wayne"...he has always sounded like shyt to me.
at the notion that Wayne lyrically fell off with Carter IV. The previous Carters had some garbage lyrics on them too. Maybe the delivery was more confident and his charisma was more obvious which possibly made the lyrics on the previous Carters passable, but dude was never the caliber of lyricist he was made out to be. 