My List: Lil' Wayne

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Jay-Z "Lucky Me"
Wayne -- who was born Dwayne Michael Carter -- connects with this track from Jigga's In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. "He refers to his mom, 'Mrs. Carter,' which is also my mom's name," he says. "I always felt like that song was talking about me."
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Scarface Feat. Tupac "Smile"
This surprisingly sunny track, the last of many collaborations from two of hip-hop's top lyricists, was recorded just before 'Pac died: "They were always going at it. It was incredible to hear it one last time."
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Big Pun "It's So Hard"
"Pun's wordplay used to be crazy," Lil' Wayne says of the late Latino MC. Wayne, who hails from New Orleans' Uptown neighborhood, digs the lyric "Where my niggaz at?/Uptown! Uptown!/You know you feelin' that."
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Notorious B.I.G. "Ten Crack Commandments"
As an ex-dealer, Wayne respects Biggie's practical list of rules ("Number six: That goddamn credit, dead it/You think a crackhead payin' you back?/Shit, forget it"). "That's the realest shit right there," he says.
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