Let's anticipate Lil Wayne, "The Carter III"

i'd be curious to know this:

do even the most ardent wayne fans actually think this is going to be close to a classic by now?

i mean, is it even going to be an above average major label rap record?

executive producer: george lucas

i don't think there is any way he has it in him to top tha carter II or even dedication 2. i think you define his career on those two, and since i'd say carter II is the best rap album of the decade and dedication 2 almost (almost) as good, it's obvious where i stand.

will he even ever have a single as good as "go dj"?

i don't think there is any way he has it in him to top tha carter II or even dedication 2. i think you define his career on those two, and since i'd say carter II is the best rap album of the decade and dedication 2 almost (almost) as good, it's obvious where i stand.

-- J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 5, 2008 2:56 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

how the fuck do you define Lil Wayne's career without a single Mannie Fresh beat?

do even the most ardent wayne fans actually think this is going to be close to a classic by now?

i mean, is it even going to be an above average major label rap record?

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:29 PM

not classic, but possibly above average.

how the fuck do you define Lil Wayne's career without a single Mannie Fresh beat?

-- Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 2:02 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

i love mannie to death but wayne's first great album was also post-mannie fresh. but what i meant was, i think general consensus (besides a few outliers either way) is that his albums up to tha carter II range betwwen okay and good but not great and he either elevated himself to the next level with tha carter II/dedication 2 or he kinda continued on that "yeah but where is his classic?" plateau

btw i should have said "defines his solo career" bcuz cash money group stuff is a different issue

lol @ 2 good-song-having-ass The Carter II being the pinnacle of rap

-- The Reverend, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 12:08 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

wrong thread?

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 12:08 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

wrong thread

-- The Reverend, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 12:09 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

lol @ 2 good-song-having Graduation being the pinnacle of '07

gtfo

carter 2's got at least, like, six good songs.

Okay, maybe, but "Fireman" and "Shooter" are the only songs there I've ever given a damn about and I'm not even sure I still give a damn about the latter. "Fireman" fuckin slays, tho.

Carter 2 = too long, improves the closer you get to the end

I think I bought that CD at the wrong time (i.e. after hearing tracks from Da Drought 3 + other mixtape stuff) because to me Lil Wayne sounds better on other people's jacked tracks.

you probably don't like rap if you think "tha mobb" isn't fire

i'll revisit C2 tonight, who knows, i might feel differently

I can't even remember what the rest of the album sounds like, I just don't remember enjoying it at all, so I'm not going to argue about individual songs.

fair enough

Hustler Music, Receipt, and Best Rapper Alive are probably tops for me. And Shooter, but I played that one to death.

The backbeat on Tha Mobb is kind of distracting to me, I think it's jacked from the last note of Heart of the City?

"Hustler Music" = zzzzzzzzzz

appros of nothing, i'm thinking of starting an Infamous Mobb thread

I have to say I'm glad that Swizz is supposedly gonna have some production on Carter III. Wayne was so good on the "It's Me Bitches" and "Just Fine" remixes that I really wanna hear them do a proper collab.

"Hustler Music" = zzzzzzzzzz

-- The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:22

does it take great effort to be this rong or does it come easily to you

i know right

Tha Carter is so clearly the pinnacle of Wayne's career.

nothing about it holds any point of interest for me, the lyrics, the production, the performance, nothing xxp

lol at rev

er i mean HOOS

it justs sounds like a completely forgettable album track that was picked as a single for who knows why

i wish his voice still sounded like it did in tha carter era. also "bm j.r." is probably one of my 3 favorite wayne songs ever.

it justs sounds like a completely forgettable album track that was picked as a single for who knows why

-- The Reverend, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 3:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

i agree w/ the last half of this

although i actually heard on the radio more than 4 or 5 times

it was my favorite song on the album before it was a single, but yeah, not a great single choice (although still wayyyyy preferable to "Grown Man" or "Shooter")

Was "Grown Man" a single? I didn't hear it at all except for on the album.

best track on carter 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsTmtTyXDM

yeah, weezy dub.

"Grown Man" was slated to be the 2nd single before it was swapped out for "Hustler Musik," I think a video was even shot but never released, hence the comparison.

Ah, alright

http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/images/wayne-strapped-ad.jpg

http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/images/wayne-strapped-ad.jpg

http://realtalkny.rawkus.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/LilWayneStrappedCondomsAd_14FE1/lw.jpg

l,r: jordache sargent, weezy f baby

is that christopher hitchens

"dwayne, feel how smooth my sac is"

this has to be fake

yeah, no way chris hitchens would agree to that

this has to be fake

-- J0rdan S., Friday, March 7, 2008 4:19 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol @ jordan sargent brought in to determine the authenticity of a dude bending weezy over the hood of a car from behind

"weezy's buttfucking expression isnt even close to that face"

http://www.solidentertainment.com/images/current_affairs/bodyslam_sm.jpg

and what from the turnbuckle

porn star meme sparks a comeback

"comeback"