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My Thoughts: Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne....Mr. Carter is lackluster now?


            Yes, the time has come…for me to blog about Lil Wayne. Of course I don’t think he’s a bad rapper by any means. In fact from 2006 to 2008….. he was one my favorite rappers. I’m going to give you my thoughts on Mr. Carter…

            Okay first of all I and most people didn’t think a whole lot of Lil Wayne when he was just coming up on Cash Money Records. When the song Fireman came out, it was official that Lil Wayne was going to be a major rapper in the game. In fact, the Carter II cemented this notion. The album was dope from front to back.

            In 2008 before Wayne dropped Carter III came out, it was obvious that Wayne was now one of the best(if not the best rapper)..>_< I know I kwow what about Kanye, and Jay-z??? I think the latter was still the best until about …..well this isn’t about Jay-z…but then again I think Wayne copied a lot of Jay-z’s style to propel himself to superstardom. In his words, “I feel big right now, not like weight …COLOSSAL”.

            After the Carter III came out ,Wayne slowly but surely started to fall off, not so much in popularity but more so in skill, and lyrical dexterity. I really think he tried to add different elements to his style. I am referring to the poor album called Rebirth. It was a Rock/Rap album that just straight up sucked. It had a few good songs on it….but that’s all. So I know Wayne was in jail in 2010. Ironically that’s the year that Drake and Nicki Minaj dropped their debut albums. Both of their albums were dope…so yea Young Money which was recently formed in 2009 was looking good.

            In 2010 Weezy did drop I AM Not a Human Being 1. It was decent but not near his previous 2 albums. Okay then Wayne gets out and releases Tha Carter IV in 2011. A pretty damn good album, but it showed a lot of Wayne’s weaknesses. Someone even told me that Wayne wasn’t even on the 2 best tracks, and that is true! Wayne continued to be dominant….In fact I once compared him to Lebron James but that comparison is so false since LBJ is the best NBA player who seems to get better every season. This was true of the rapper Weezy F. Baby, but now he just gets worse.


            Proof of that is I Am Not a Human Being II. Sure it has catchy songs, but its no better than the first. Its just a bunch of bad punchlines and horrible metaphors. So where would I rank Wayne right now? 3rd best rapper in YMCMB. Behind Drake and then Nicki Minaj. Lets hope Wayne picks up the effort and comes back hard on the next Carter….Carter V. Wow Jay-z only had 3 Blueprints…all 3 were good, I guess you could say that about Carter 2-4….I wasn’t really a fan of Carter One. Anyways, YOUNG MULA BAYBAY…
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