Now look--bring in the 18 year olds that are going to say "he makes party music, who cares." But go sit in the f*cking corner young one, I've been listening to this guy since you were sucking on your mommy's tit, so its time for the grownups to tell you why this album sucks. Just shut the f*ck up and listen, maybe you'll learn something.
I've listened to every Lil Wayne song that he's ever put out.
Every Cash Money album--from True Story to Let Em Burn.
Every Young Money mixtape.
Every Sqad mixtape.
The hour long freestyle session.
His rock projects.
Everything. And not after the fact, but as it was happening.
This album is complete, effortless, sub-par music.
It continues the run he's on these last few years of, in my honest opinion, listening to the people like ME who always said he was great, instead of listening to the people in this thread that always said he was garbage. I've been defending that young man for damn near a decade and a half, and as his fame grew, so did his hunger--until he leveled out and lost that drive.
So where does that leave this album: it's just so far beneath where he should be right now if he still wanted to be "the best rapper alive."
The only 2 tracks that stood out to me on the entire album were Days and Days, and Back to You. Not because they were good, but because the samples that were lifted came from such amazing tracks, they only highlight how lackadaisical Wayne is as a musician right now.
Back to You: Jamie Lidell - Compass - YouTube
How can HE take THAT track... how can HE rap over THAT sample...
and he's rapping about girls hair cuts?
- This is a man whos father was killed when he was a kid
- who was a millionaire before he was 18
- who was touring the country and had fame and fortune, for all intents and purposes lost it when the hot boys split, rebuilt his image and his brand, and became the biggest celebrity in the world.
- been to jail
- almost died TWICE now--from drugs, and yes, shooting himself
- has done every drug on the planet
- has been to every continent 10 times over
- has had a kid since he was a kid
and he gets that sample laid at his feet, and he's talking about women's hair cuts? at this point in his career?
I would kill a close family member to produce a Lil Wayne album.
And I don't mean "produce" like make beats, I mean produce like come in the studio, drop his 80 garbage songs that he made that week in the trash, hand him a notebook, and say, write about your father, and I don't mean Baby.
It's never been about him being the BEST lyricist, it's been about his unique voice, the way he can make any song come alive. But since Mannie left Cash Money, I feel like Wayne has never felt truly comfortable in the studio--enough to talk about crazy sh*t on records.
Whatever man. PM me if you want to make a historic concept album Wayne, I can get you the album you need so you can ride off into the sunset on a handful of percs and a fifth of jack
God damn this man went in just now
Someone forward this to Wayne in some way
I feel like Wayne is one of the most wasted careers in hip hop history especially since starting with the Carter 3. From the Carter 3 onwards........I seriously and honestly believe this man has released 5 garbage solo records in a row.
The sad thing is that he seems to be getting worse when you think it cannot get any worse.
If he had died in the hospital, THIS ALBUM would have been what he would have left as the last peice of work as his legacy. One of the few rappers if not music artists in history who left the earth on 5 consecutive subpar albums. Does Wayne care anymore?
, but then youd write the lyrics down (or at least i would) to post them on here, and it was like "
i guess it doesn't look that good, now that i type it out." he never said anything earth shattering, he just said it the best, the weirdest, with passion. the reason he became the biggest artist in the world had nothing to do with people analyzing his lyrics, it was because he had that passion as an artist. like jay, like kanye, like biggie, like pac, like eminem--all different, all global pop-super stars, all for very different reasons. like or hate each and every one of them, anyone that sits here and types up a response about why a multi-platinum artist is "awful" is likely a child--they dont understand how the world works, and think that their opinion is based on fact, and therefore everyone else is wrong.
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I just skimmed this dissertation but the idea that Wayne is an example of wasted talent is nonsense. If anything it's the exact opposite. Wayne is minimally talented but he's been extremely fortunate. If you look at his success, he's made the most of out his "talent" and then some.
