what's happening these days is that a good writer writes and reads, changing the words as he goes through it live in revision, whereas wayne just considers his offtop good to go at all times
― Arms, Saturday, 19 January 2008 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
he has too much faith in his sanity maybe
― Arms, Saturday, 19 January 2008 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
not to say when he shines he doesn't shine bright
― Arms, Saturday, 19 January 2008 06:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i respect his resignation of violence, and his far left lean-- but why does he abuse old symbols for wordplay or whatever you all thought camron did
― Arms, Saturday, 19 January 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
la la la was real dope though cuz he maintained lyricality and relative meaning throughout the song, which is painfully rare for him
― Arms, Saturday, 19 January 2008 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Remember that picture of the dog and the old man? Yeah, that.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:22 (sixteen years ago) link
^^otm
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:30 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Arms, Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:23 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
-- Arms, Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:24 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
-- Arms, Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:27 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
^^this actually has relative merit to it
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
laffing so hard @ this thread i'm shitting rum out my auns
― am0n, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm shitting rum out my auns
this could conceivably be a lil wayne line
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:41 (sixteen years ago) link
haha I read that as "shitting rum out my ARMS"
― The Reverend, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:43 (sixteen years ago) link
leel gayne
― am0n, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's anticipate how long before his next arrest...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080123/en_nm/rapper_arrested_dc
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 24 January 2008 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link
http://articles.citypages.com/2008-01-09/music/the-efron-scandal/
i still don't totally buy this, wtf
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
dude
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean:
"What's up, my nigga?'" Efron says, giving Wayne a pound, a hug, and then, to my astonishment, a full-on kiss reminiscent of the one Wayne famously gave his surrogate father Baby last year. (Needless to say, it's clear that Efron is going to have to work harder to squelch those rumors surrounding his sexuality.)
this was proven to be fake a while ago
i actually WANTED it to be real! oh well.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
is "ben westhoff" ethan's pen name?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
still, it was funnier than this:
http://voguingtodanzig.blogspot.com/2007/06/political-song-for-paris-hilton-to-sing.html
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
where's Arms when you need him?
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=567285
Although Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III has been delayed numerous times in the past six months, it is finally expected to come out in March or April. The new album's official single, "Lollipop," features Static and reportedly will be serviced to radio shortly. And while Wayne is always in demand to do collaborations on other people's records, his own album is loaded with special guests too, including Hurricane Chris, Corey Gunz, Tyga, Jibbs, Shanell, Kidd Kidd, Mack Maine and Lil Mama.
"It's one of those albums people are really waiting on, so I made it so that whatever is on it will stick with you forever," he told Billboard.com. "I'm taking my time with it. And I'm giving artists I respect and people I want to do songs with -- not songs the label fixed -- an opportunity to collaborate... I think this album is going to be one of my best albums. I'm a true perfectionist. I might have to work out a deal with Universal to shoot a video to for all these songs, that's how crazy they all are. Every one of them is a movie."
Yet another report w/ a different lead single title, and a really weird guest list. Still, giving all the features to one-hit kiddie rappers would be in a weird way honoring his roots, and would probably still be better than the usual "anti-climactic song with Jay-Z, anti-climactic song with Eminem" formula that you get with most would-be blockbuster rap albums these days.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
corey gunz!!! hahahe he must read bronxrap.com too
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
he's missing skyzoo and papoose though
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
that's the same guest list that was in the billboard article, but the billboard article made it seem like those were other ppl in the "lollipop" (<-this is gonna suck so much, esp. if it's anything like "grown man") video rather than ppl on the album
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf @ guest list
i read that when it came out in the city pages and it was just like...what? it seemed like something you'd read in one of those local college onion clones or something, just dumb and a waste of a page
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
nah, Billboard article doesn't say they're all on that song:
The new album's official single, the Deezle-produced "Lollipop," features Static and will be serviced to radio shortly. A video for it was recently shot in Las Vegas. Other guests on the set include Hurricane Chris, Corey Gunz, Tyga, Jibbs, Shanell, Kidd Kidd, Mack Maine and Lil Mama. Jim Jonsin, the Alchemist and Cool and Dre contributed production.
I'm not gonna assume the song is garbage just because it's called "Lollipop," but yeah that's not an encouraging title. But I still kinda like the idea of Wayne embracing his role as the first "Lil" rapper to make the A-list and going back and encouraging the current ones coming up.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
lil mama is great
― j. brooks, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
save it for the teenpop thread.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
OR FOR THE "SHAWTY GET LOSE" THREAD
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
"SHAWTY GET LOOSE" THREAD TOO!
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I only save Yankovic.jpg for the "Shawty Get Loose" thread.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
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?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
executive producer: george lucas
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
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, 5 February 2008 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
will he even ever have a single as good as "go dj"?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
-- 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?
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
-- M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:29 PM
not classic, but possibly above average.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
-- 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
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ 2 good-song-having Graduation being the pinnacle of '07
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
gtfo
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
carter 2's got at least, like, six good songs.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
you probably don't like rap if you think "tha mobb" isn't fire
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll revisit C2 tonight, who knows, i might feel differently
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
fair enough
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link