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View Wayne has taken the task of album-making seriously: This isn't a mixtape, it's a suite of songs, paced and sequenced for maxaqimum impact. He's collected sleek, powerful beats from top producers (Kanye West, Swizz Beatz), enlisted A-list guest stars (Jay-Z, T-Pain) and served up a range of textures and moods, from the elegiac Hurricane Katrina protest "Tie My Hands" to the bubblegum bumper "Lollipop," in which Weezy has a laugh at selling out by creating the most outrageously pumped-up sellout single in history. Thematically, Carter III is a victory lap. In the hilarious "Dr Carter," he boasts about resuscitating hip-hop: "As I put the light down his throat/I can only see flow/His blood's starting to flow/His lungs starting to grow."
As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun. He shouts, gasps, tries a Caribbean patois, sings snatches of "Umbrella" and "Irreplaceable," and impersonates E.T. He loves that brother-from-another-planet stuff —"I am a Martian," he raps —but it's clear he's also thinking about his worldly legacy. The album cover links Carter III to Biggie's Ready to Die and Nas' Illmatic, and he makes no bones about coveting a spot in hip-hop's pantheon. "Next time you mention Pac, Biggie or Jay-Z/Don't forget Weezy Baby," he advises on "Mr Carter." It's sound advice.
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Review 1 of 90
rusanchez88 writes:
A lot of things make sense now, this is the same so called "journalist" who gave Oasis's new one 2 and a half, and yet calls this clown the greatest rapper alive.....shameful.
I just don't get it; Lil Wayne sucks.
Oct 8, 2008 15:40:15
Review 2 of 90
quae writes:
okay check this out you talk alotta shit bout wayne but who's da ghost writer? u talk about the song has no message dats becuz you've neva been in the hood...yeah you u might think u have but you havent there fore you wouldnt understand a damn thing he's said stupid shit
he got talent you hating on him so bad b/c u wanna b him...lmao
futhermore i'l give you credit bout the old skool they where tight as hell but do you see anybody old tryna save hip-hop(yea i went there) yeah they talk about how hip hop has degraded its self but there not doing shit to help save it either so therefore lil wayne, jeezy, tip....gotta carry dis shit on their back
now baby...he's okay he's not that bad of a rapper b/c wort rapper alive is lil flip period. i've said my peace you're a swagga jacker bet yo ass be in the mirror dressed like lil wayne like damn i wish i could be him
ROLLING STONE- keep doing what you do cuz u do it well
Sep 29, 2008 20:06:12
Review 3 of 90
taylaaa7 writes:
ohkay, that lil andrew kid down there, you needa shut the F upp!
dangg,
lil wayne is the shitttt!!!
you dont know what your talkin bout,
hes the BEST rapper EVERRRRRRRR, not to mention sexy as helllll.
so, you can shut up.
and go fall.
thanksss, byee!
Sep 24, 2008 16:33:32
Review 4 of 90
oaksav4000 writes:
This Album had Potential it would have been a good album had he not used auto tune on 4 songs that is garabage lil wayne is not t pain
Sep 24, 2008 05:56:59
Review 5 of 90
pblaket writes:
Andrew27, maybe the point of the album is to laugh out loud. I know I do... because it's ridiculous... and that's why I like it.
Sep 19, 2008 09:56:17
Review 6 of 90
andrew27 writes:
WTF is wrong with you people (including rolling stone). Have any of you even listened to any of his lyrics? I HATE lil wayne with a passion and I gave a good reason for it... b/c he is the worst rapper alive... probably on the same level as SOULJAH BOY... and don't even get me started on that idiot. believe it or not lil wayne took "his style" from the guy that use to ghost write for him and (another horrible rapper) baby (all of cash money is just terrible)... that guy had some balls to rat them out cuz i would never want to take credit for such lil wayne "hits"... i am seriously just sitting here laughing at the reviews given by rolling stone and some of the registered users... seriously, listen to some REAL hip hop... "nigerian hair sicilian hair" WTF is that? i was laughing at this guy the whole time at the vmas cuz he looks like a gremlin and has no message or skills whatsoever... and the sad thing is kids look up to this CLOWN... listen to NAS, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, CLASSIC HIP HOP... before it became the mainstream garbage it is today... underground hip hop is where it's at... as immortal technique puts it.. "if you go platinum, its got nothin to do with luck, it just means that a million people are stupid as f!" .. WAKE UP OVER THERE AT ROLLING STONE... LISTEN TO LIL WAYNES LYRICS.. you will hear no flow or lyrical talent...
Sep 17, 2008 01:19:58
Review 7 of 90
theswing writes:
all of his albums are the same shits
Sep 14, 2008 16:41:29
Review 8 of 90
tjfab writes:
Lets get this straight once and for all!!Lil wayne is good but overratted!!For all d hype about this album..its didnt live up 2 expectations!!Im generally not a lil wayne fan so im gona get critizise 4 dis!!I just dont understand what he is sayin...i mean i had 2 look 4 his lyrics to no wat he is sayin!!Dis 4 star rating is completely wrong!!U sayin he is better dan nas,ice cube,jay-z,the game,common!!I dnt think so dis ppl are lyricist & dis is something lil aint yet!!He culd b mayb in d next 3-4 years but definat8ly not now!!He has d beats dnt get me wrong..but just dont av d lyrics!!He is not d best rapper alive!!
Sep 1, 2008 05:39:18
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