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Lil Wayne Turns Out Otherworldly Rhymes on Leaked “No Ceilings”

10/28/09, 5:54 pm EST

Photo: Martingdale/WireImage

Lil Wayne’s new mixtape No Ceilings has hit the Web four days before its planned Halloween release — and less than a week after Tha Carter III rapper pleaded guilty to gun charges in New York City. With a prison sentence looming, rhymes like “T.I., hold your head” in the opener “Swag Surfin’ ” feel pretty weighty. But overall, it’s a stellar mixtape that features Wayne rapping over beats from some of the biggest hip-hop cuts of 2009. Nah Right has the goods.

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Wayne is in full alien mode on No Ceilings, weaving together pop culture references from all over the map into his lyrics. He name checks three football players alone in his version of Jay-Z’s “D.O.A.” — Deion Sanders, Tim Tebow and former Saints QB Aaron Brooks — carves similes out of 300 and Nicole Kidman and conjures up lines that only a mad scientist like Tha Carter could concoct.

Jigga’s “D.O.A.” and “Run This Town,” The-Dream’s awesome “Fancy” and even the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” get Carterized on No Ceilings. “Young Money baby, and the building grows. As we look up, where did the ceilings go,” Lil Wayne raps in “Wasted,” giving the mixtape its title. No Ceilings looks like it’s the first phase of what promises to be a prolific Weezy in the months before he’s sentenced to prison, with Rebirth reportedly due out December 15th and Tha Carter IV possibly on the horizon.

No Ceilings track list:

1. “Swag Surfin’”
2. “Ice Cream Paint Job”
3. “D.O.A.”
4. “Interlude”
5. “Wasted”
6. “Watch My Shoes”
7. “Break Up [ft. Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda]”
8. “Banned From TV”
9. “Throw It in the Bag (Remix)”
10. “I Think I Love Her [ft. Tyga & Shanell]”
11. “Interlude #2 [ft. Shanell]”
12. “Wetter”
13. “I’m Good [ft. T-Streets]”
14. “Poke Her Face [ft. Jae Millz]”
15. “Run This Town”
16. “I Gotta Feeling”
17. “Outro ”

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Mixtape of the year? | 10/28/2009, 6:31 pm EST

I think so.

C.Wodie | 10/28/2009, 6:37 pm EST

I was once a HUGE Lil’ Wayne fan. I personally believe Tha Carter 2 was his best work. It’s getting to the point now , though, where he is almost oversaturating the music industry with himself. We all know he is going to say crazy, funny, off the wall things …. I’m to the point to where I want more from him. I’m getting a tad bored, honestly.

Don’t get me wrong, he is very talented. But too much of anything will kill you.

VOR | 10/28/2009, 7:43 pm EST

Mixtape Weezy is a beast. It’s kinda unfair for him to be killin these songs, it makes me not want to listen to the original.

VOR | 10/28/2009, 7:43 pm EST

Oh, yeah. First and second.

Anonymous | 10/28/2009, 7:51 pm EST

Is he wearing a shirt that says ‘Fuck My Life’?

Classy. But yes, for once, me and Lil Wayne are on the same page. Fuck his life, indeed.

dreadhead | 10/28/2009, 8:44 pm EST

wayne is tha best goodluck in prison i know ur gonna have some hot tracks when you come out!

youngtit | 10/28/2009, 10:34 pm EST

Wayne honestly has the sickest flow fuck all that autotune shit this is that pre carter 3 flow

AT | 10/28/2009, 11:24 pm EST

no talent a## clown

ElusiveEagle | 10/29/2009, 12:33 am EST

I got this MT(Mixtape) this morning and it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

COCOCHANEL | 10/29/2009, 1:13 am EST

iiii LOVE THE MiXTAPE HE GO’S HARD ON ALOT OF SONGS AND i LOVE WASTED

COCOCHANEL | 10/29/2009, 1:20 am EST

HE iS THE BEST RAPPER ALiVE =D
LiL WEEZY BABY =D

Anonymous | 10/29/2009, 8:26 am EST

You know he’s really deep, man, when he’s got teardrop tattoos under his eyes.

(Fucking pathetic waste of human organs.)

frb | 10/29/2009, 8:52 am EST

And the full mixtape isn’t even out yet lolz This is gonna be the biggest release of the year…and its a mixtape!

Anonymous | 10/29/2009, 8:54 am EST

Lil Wayne looks like the offspring of Flavor Flav, and a giant turd.

MrNiceGuy | 10/29/2009, 9:34 am EST

He should be doing otherworldly rhymes (whatever the hell that means) from a jail cell. He is nothing but another drug dealing wannabe gang banger. F him and the drug filled bus he tours in.

brown sugar | 10/29/2009, 10:05 am EST

what a negative bunch!! must be nice to be above all!

Mr.Keep that Flame on Decc | 10/29/2009, 11:23 am EST

Yea weezy dats da muffuckin man.dis mt goes mad hard..im ready for da carter 4 though..i dont think it will b as good as the carter 3 cuz that cd was one of the bests ive ever heard.he killed all them songs.

damn | 10/29/2009, 12:12 pm EST

shit go hard you can’t deny that

YyoungMoneyYBoyY | 10/29/2009, 12:22 pm EST

Yall Niggas Be hating.. No Ceilings Fool~ Its Money or nothing… Getting Superdome

MrNiceGuy... hah! | 10/29/2009, 1:03 pm EST

“F him and the drug filled bus he tours in.” give me your top 5 favorites in music (any genre) and I guarantee 3 out of the 5 are drug filled. moron.

New Orleans Boy | 10/29/2009, 2:28 pm EST

If you think wayne aint the shit the you go ahead and challenge him……………….yeah that’s what I thought…..keep doin what u doin wayne!!!

matt in farmers branch | 10/29/2009, 4:58 pm EST

This mixtape is what i’ve been waiting for.

Best mixtape in years. Reminds me of those g-unit radio mixes from 5 years back.

b-breezy | 10/29/2009, 5:16 pm EST

to the dumbass whos name is Anonymous.quit makeing those lame ass comments your just makeing yourself look stupid. no ones is makeing you listen. so keep on hatein but his hits aint never guna stop.

YunqMula | 10/29/2009, 7:29 pm EST

shiit iisz fire! he goes off onn Run This Town…

Rockhophop | 10/29/2009, 8:17 pm EST

Ice Cream Paint Job is definitely a return to form of the old melodic flow wayne from his hot boys days

anonymous | 10/29/2009, 8:44 pm EST

i definitely agree he is kinda killing all the other songs because i rather listen to wayne…fiyya ass mixtape

jACKIEEE(: | 10/30/2009, 8:29 am EST

Heard the mixtapee already, and it murders the Dedication 2. He’s back on his old Wezzy ishh(:

younnngmoney | 10/30/2009, 8:45 am EST

Oh, and I encourage everyone to listen to it.

IVORRRRRRRR | 10/30/2009, 10:58 am EST

real shit, this is mixtape is going back to the drought 3, the flow is so hard, as soon as i thought weezy couldnt get better, he proved me wrong.

christophe1756@yahoo.com | 10/30/2009, 11:55 am EST

this mixtape is hard…..but i think he could’ve added a little better beats…..you can’t blame him tho he was on tour when he created it….10/10 i give weezy he did his shit can’t wait for rebirth…i hope he adds the rock element rite and doesn’t overdo it….peace

hotboyFLAMEUP | 10/30/2009, 7:17 pm EST

I hold the world in my hands, but i keep my hands closed…- by the way the f is for forensics.

aron | 11/2/2009, 12:05 pm EST

this mixtape reminds me of tha drought 3. Im glad he finally went back to his old ways. I was expecting another failure but was real impressed with this mixtape. Still not gonna compete with jay-z lyrics on the blueprint mixes. At least an improvment from his last s*** mixtapes

Anonymous | 11/2/2009, 2:03 pm EST

people need to stop hatin on wayne. jus cuz he better than ur favorite rapper dun mean u gotta act a bitch about it. and ders 4 more songs on the official version. No Ceilings ft. Birdman and Oh Lets Do It are two sick new ones. Others are Sweet Dreams and Single.

my blunts be super thick, im higher than a super kick!

bradon | 11/3/2009, 12:29 pm EST

wayne ur not real…..

D-Rich | 11/5/2009, 4:14 pm EST

I’m not a hater, I used to be a fan of Weezy, until he started getting on every track. Everything before Carter II, I’m a fan of, plus his Carter III track “Tied My Hands.”

NAS IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!

Wayne Fan Boi | 11/5/2009, 4:53 pm EST

Nice track

ummyeah | 11/5/2009, 7:12 pm EST

i love the hater flow. i mean ya’ll really take the time.its beautifully sick.

LMAO | 11/7/2009, 6:58 pm EST

“to the dumbass who’s name is anonymous”

LMAO

*shake s my head @ ignorance*

I agree with C.Wodie….
yeah weezy is hot…but how fulfilling is talking abt nothing on every single one of ur tracks? weezy is the shit…yeah he’s a beast…yeah you’re right he’s the best at making bullshit sound so great….personally i think Drake is well on the way to taking that thrown bcuz dude sings his own hooks…makes great “go dumb” tracks for the club…but also MAKES REAL MUSIC THAT IS ABOUT SOMETHING! …not to mention he gives props to real music groups…like Dead Prez and Little Brother…stuff u actually have to use your brain and think about…

not just taking 3 seconds to figure out a simile or metaphor…i mean real, intelligible thought

Louie | 11/9/2009, 12:31 pm EST

Carter II is his best album, but this new mixtape is very good. Good enough that I can completely forget about Rebirth… yuck. Definitely get it!

Louie | 11/9/2009, 12:32 pm EST

Wayne is the Family Guy of rap

Anonymous | 11/9/2009, 8:59 pm EST

Weezy isn’t the best rapper alive, he’s the best rapper ever!

Shotty | 11/13/2009, 1:08 pm EST

Tha Carter 2 is Weezy best shit, along with dedication 2 and drought 3. I dont listen to too much of his newest shit cuzz on some shit now he dont even be trying anymore, starting with Tha Carter 3 last year . . . Rolling Stone was on wayne dick with that review, cuzz Tha Carter 3 was wack, expecially compared to the first two. I like some of Wayne new shit, but I have to wade through the bullshit to find the hot tracks. He got this song called No Quitter, Go Getta that came out summer on Tear Drop Tune 2, thats hot, and I got to hear this No Ceilings shit, Im actually downloading it right now, but this tracklist is wrong cuzz wikipedia has 21 tracks on it. I was trying to get the shit Holloween but The website I was trying to download it from was trippin, so I just downloaded Limewire. . .

KADAFI_213 | 11/16/2009, 4:13 am EST

Im no hater but the mother fucker is singingthe same shit in every song he still has alot alot more to do before becomming one of the best rappers alive, Drake the new rookie is a better rapper then weezy f baby will ever be his rhymes is to simple and plain. And they almost all the same words , just my tawt, i lov ethe the track wasted cool, Run this Town & DOA Jay-z killed it hands down Wayne spoiled the songs, and wetter Shanall lovly voice but Twista did the song better that just what i think