might as well, right?
even tho the new single is just a remake of ross' "i'm not a star" i still think it's pretty good until wayne goes full grocery bag in the third verse
http://hulkshare.com/uqpeddhpzp7m
― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:13 (eight years ago) Permalink
haha i thought you were just exaggerating about the beat being similar but yeah half the song is lines from "I'm Not A Star"...that's actually one of the 3 Ross songs ever that i really fuck with, though, so i think that's kinda dope, even if it seems totally arbitrary and bizarre for Wayne to do as a single.
― some dude, Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:28 (eight years ago) Permalink
ehh his flow's kind of boring and metronomic here. just make the hot boys reunion album already...
― flow (chilli), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:18 (eight years ago) Permalink
i would've liked a hot boy reunion album like 4 years ago but if lil wayne is gonna grocery bag all over an album i'd prefer it to be something i didn't have an intrinsic stake in
― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:23 (eight years ago) Permalink
also i like 'six foot seven foot' a lot (minus gunz of course) but i'd be happy if something else pushed it off radio playlists a bit
― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:24 (eight years ago) Permalink
i'm not sure i've ever heard a hot boyz album :/
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 03:29 (eight years ago) Permalink
"guerilla warfare" is pretty good, the others not so much unless you're a cash money fan. i would settle for a weezy/mannie/juve collabo, though the others are good in their own right. but yeah 6 foot 7 foot is one of his best recent releases, hope he continues in that direction
― flow (chilli), Friday, 25 March 2011 04:07 (eight years ago) Permalink
"get it how u live" is great too
― sisilafami, Friday, 25 March 2011 11:27 (eight years ago) Permalink
lol this song is called "john" apparently, which is an utterly terrible name & so much less awesome than if they could've called it "john lennon"
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 31 March 2011 20:45 (eight years ago) Permalink
haha what the fuck
― dayo technology (some dude), Thursday, 31 March 2011 21:15 (eight years ago) Permalink
also, polow's involvement in this song is puzzling me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 April 2011 05:07 (eight years ago) Permalink
My 11 year old son wrote a story for school entitled "The Best Day Ever" that involved him meeting some friends and one of them giving him Tha Carter IV. The teacher corrected "Tha" to "The".
― death, taxes and (onimo), Friday, 1 April 2011 09:27 (eight years ago) Permalink
lol so the single for ross' new album is ANOTHER ross/wayne re-make -- this time they excised t.i.'s verse from "9 piece" & threw a wayne verse on there
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 April 2011 19:02 (eight years ago) Permalink
breaking news: 30 year old music genre starts to repeat itself
full story at 5pm
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:04 (eight years ago) Permalink
you listen to drone music
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 April 2011 19:06 (eight years ago) Permalink
yes but drone repeats itself over and over and over on purpose (hence the name), not b/c it's running out of ideas :/
― hey ilxor, thanks for contributing, glad you stopped by (ilxor), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:14 (eight years ago) Permalink
"John" (lol) is so damn lazy it's ridiculous.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:28 (eight years ago) Permalink
hey ilxor what about all those genres that are older than rap
― San Te, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, April 4, 2011 3:28 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
aren't you the guy who'd be OK with Wayne rapping the phonebook? at least he's retreading a good song.
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:04 (eight years ago) Permalink
That's a pretty exaggerated take on what I said. And "I'm Not a Star" >>>>
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:07 (eight years ago) Permalink
i like "john" a lot -- i did a mock up of my first quarter top 10 and wayne appears three times so i'm trying to figure out why that is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 April 2011 22:13 (eight years ago) Permalink
What were the other two?
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:16 (eight years ago) Permalink
I still can't get over the fact that the song is called "John"
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:17 (eight years ago) Permalink
he's (obviously) still a far cry away from when he was GREAT but he seems to be rapping w/ more purpose & focus now -- that's a big vague but more specifically it seems like he's at least temporarily dropped a lot of his bad habits (i.e. laughing at his own jokes) (though not all i.e. grocery bagging, excessive "the earth is a girl" metaphors) -- also for the time being at least he's not doing gross 'pop' stuff like the i'm not a human being/young money stuff that immediately preceded his sentence -- seems like he wants to go back to street shit a bit & i dig that
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 April 2011 22:18 (eight years ago) Permalink
"john", "look at me now" & "hustle hard (remix)"
I wouldn't have problems with him doing a pop joint or two if they were more "Lollipop" and less "Bedrock".
I would f/w "Look at Me Now" but fuck Chris Brown.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:28 (eight years ago) Permalink
i'm kinda interested in the way he's now dropped 2 straight up rap singles (whereas w/ C3 he dropped "Lollipop" and "A Milli" simultaneously), i'm assuming he does have some shameless crossover single coming before the album drops but i have no idea whether it'll be a predictable R&B singer(or Drake)-assisted AutoTune extravaganza or something else entirely.
other than the "real G's move in silence like lasagna" slow burner I can't say he's done any rapping I care about at all post-prison, though, he has dropped some annoying tics but he's hardly back to pre-C3 level.
― Metal Jennifer Saunders (some dude), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:08 (eight years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I pretty much appreciate him coming out with two rappin'-ass rap songs right away even if I think one of them sucks.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:24 (eight years ago) Permalink
http://cdn.concreteloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lil_wayne_cover.jpg
― PΓ☼LΞG☼ (prolego), Thursday, 21 April 2011 10:55 (eight years ago) Permalink
idk why people were getting all OMG about that cover which is a fairly obvious next step from tha carter iii
― lex pretend, Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:01 (eight years ago) Permalink
It's kind of cute.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:06 (eight years ago) Permalink
kinda feel like people on the internet now are just constantly feigning SHOCK and AMAZEMENT at totally in character album covers like Wayne's and Gaga's
― some dude, Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:43 (eight years ago) Permalink
it's hilarious & awesome
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:52 (eight years ago) Permalink
it's the exact same concept as his album cover from 2008
― lex pretend, Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:58 (eight years ago) Permalink
It's not OMG SURPRISE but it is funny.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:00 (eight years ago) Permalink
It's the facial expression primarily
― Number None, Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:02 (eight years ago) Permalink
Reminds of that poster for The 40 Year Old Virgin, staring hopefully into the future kind of thing
― Number None, Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
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― lex pretend, donderdag 21 april 2011 13:01 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
OTM. It's a kid, smiling. How OMG FANTASTIC is that after his previous album covers?
― Future Debts Collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:15 (eight years ago) Permalink
fwiw i think the OMG thing is about the photoshopped present day Wayne tattoos on the face of child Wayne, but again he did that w/ the last album so it's kinda ho hum
― some dude, Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:43 (eight years ago) Permalink
The same thing can be cute and funny more than once, dudes.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:59 (eight years ago) Permalink
Well in the case of Gaga< I think a lot of the shock comes from the fact that it looks like a bad photoshop job. But maybe bad photoshop jobs are in character for Gaga...
― MarkoP, Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:00 (eight years ago) Permalink
oh it is cute and funny, i agree, it's just not very OMG WTF
― some dude, Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:02 (eight years ago) Permalink
^^ indeed
― Future Debts Collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:59 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 21 April 2011 13:38 (eight years ago) Permalink
yah this is p lol cmon
partly bcuz it doesnt look like a rap album cover
― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:34 (eight years ago) Permalink
would've been funnier with present day wayne wearing that outfit imo
― some dude, Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:35 (eight years ago) Permalink
could not be funnier u are idiots
― flopson, Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:55 (eight years ago) Permalink
OH MY GOD ITS THE NEW BIG BEAR WAYNE IS RUNNING THANGS AMIRITE
― i put that on my sub (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 21 April 2011 17:56 (eight years ago) Permalink
yes it does! it looks like a very specific rap album cover! that sold a lot of copies not very long ago!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 21 April 2011 18:01 (eight years ago) Permalink
when you think about it what *is* a rap album anyway?
― O da Huge Manatee (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 April 2011 18:03 (eight years ago) Permalink
haha yeah kev i thought it was stupid that wayne was on 2 singles called "mirror" in the past year but it's funny that you actually got them mixed up!
j0rd otm
― some dude, Saturday, 13 October 2012 01:25 (six years ago) Permalink
I semi-like the interlude one with Tech N9ne & Dre Ben. Horrible album though.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:48 (six years ago) Permalink
for real, not generally a big Tech N9ne fan but his verse on this album is one of the only good things about it. I sorta liked John when it dropped but already can't remember anything about it beyond it being an inferior remake of I'm Not a Star
― no love spud webb (fadanuf4erybody), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:51 (six years ago) Permalink
rip kyle2trill
― some dude, Sunday, 14 October 2012 11:22 (six years ago) Permalink
did you all hear this cover of "how to love"?
http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/sviib-howtolove
against the odds it's really amazing
― lex pretend, Sunday, 14 October 2012 12:59 (six years ago) Permalink
I liked "Blunt Blowin."
The first several songs on this album are actually pretty good, mixtape-caliber Wayne. But then the curious guests, high concepts and genre experiments come in and it's all over.
― Evan R, Sunday, 14 October 2012 14:39 (six years ago) Permalink
Kinda forget how much I liked "John," though. A perfect love letter to the idea of Rick Ross.
― Evan R, Sunday, 14 October 2012 14:40 (six years ago) Permalink
haha I completely forgot about "John"
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Sunday, 14 October 2012 18:54 (six years ago) Permalink
I am still amused by the title
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Sunday, 14 October 2012 18:56 (six years ago) Permalink
i'm not sure a song's title has so negatively affected my feelings about it
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 October 2012 18:56 (six years ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:59 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
definitely not gonna hear this cover of "how to love"
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 14 October 2012 19:07 (six years ago) Permalink
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:56 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the title's the only thing I like about it!
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Sunday, 14 October 2012 21:46 (six years ago) Permalink
song is dope man -- once i got past that it's not "i'm not a star" i grew to really like it
― flaming goon pie included (some dude), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:02 (six years ago) Permalink
also had to get past wayne fumbling w/ a guitar while wearing jeggings during that song at the vmas
― flaming goon pie included (some dude), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:03 (six years ago) Permalink
I never did get past it not being "I'm Not A Star" :/
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:03 (six years ago) Permalink
http://www.manolith.com/files/2012/08/toilet.jpg
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:04 (six years ago) Permalink
nah there's some good stuff here. rebirth is a fucking toilet
― heiswagger (rennavate), Monday, 15 October 2012 15:29 (six years ago) Permalink
nope
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 October 2012 15:31 (six years ago) Permalink
This thread = 1,000x more entertaining that the album it's about
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 10:48 (six years ago) Permalink
nope to which j0rdan?
― heiswagger (rennavate), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:02 (six years ago) Permalink
i think j0rdan was saying carter 4 is a toilet. although rennavate's post seemed to misunderstanding whiney's post re: the song title "john."
as far as unworthy blockbuster rap albums go, you could do a lot worse than carter 4. it's more bland and overly familiar than outright bad.
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:48 (six years ago) Permalink
Yeah. It had some songs but was mostly bland and uninspired. I don't know why everybody hates How To Love though. That's a pretty good song.
― Gelados n cream (longneck), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:02 (six years ago) Permalink
The singles are almost all better than I remember them, and there were a fair amount of them, so by that measure the album did what it set out to do
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:06 (six years ago) Permalink
Also forgot about that closing track where Bun B, Busta and Nas all kind of kill it, but Wayne never shows up and it's just as well
i grew to appreciate "How To Love" over time, as much as i wanted to dismiss it outright
― some dude, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:10 (six years ago) Permalink
CARTER V
― triggercut, Friday, 28 September 2018 13:34 (eight months ago) Permalink
i was a pretty big fan of this dude at one point but to me this shit is unlistenable
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 28 September 2018 15:45 (eight months ago) Permalink
This is what I needed right now.
― Popture, Saturday, 29 September 2018 04:19 (eight months ago) Permalink
what's with the voice, he doesn't sound like himself?
― niels, Saturday, 29 September 2018 08:09 (eight months ago) Permalink
on first listen this is disappointing
― niels, Saturday, 29 September 2018 08:17 (eight months ago) Permalink
That Kendrick verse is possibly the worst thing he's ever done, unless it was tongue-in-cheek, in which case it's only one of the 10'worst things he's ever done
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Saturday, 29 September 2018 14:16 (eight months ago) Permalink
This albums is pretty good, people. What is wrong with you? Lol
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 29 September 2018 22:47 (eight months ago) Permalink
this was a good thread title
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 30 September 2018 01:29 (eight months ago) Permalink
yeah this is far from unlistenable lol
― dyl, Sunday, 30 September 2018 14:23 (eight months ago) Permalink
I dunno, on the collaboration with Kendrick he sounds like himself, albeit older and more weary than in his prime years back
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 30 September 2018 14:47 (eight months ago) Permalink
the flow is super different on mona lisa. but i like it.
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 30 September 2018 14:49 (eight months ago) Permalink
sounds kinda like young thug which is weird bc those guys are not friends
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 30 September 2018 14:50 (eight months ago) Permalink
He varies the flow on it -- some parts sound newer but other verses seem old-school
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 30 September 2018 17:36 (eight months ago) Permalink
otm, even on first listen it's so much better than Tha Carter IV, which was such a letdown after III. it's been 7 years (?) since I listened to a new lil Wayne album and this is good
― flappy bird, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:57 (eight months ago) Permalink
was thinking recently how lucky we are that Wayne is still alive, how lucky he is. so many more rappers OD'ing in their 20s than in decades past
― flappy bird, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:58 (eight months ago) Permalink
yep, I had that exact same thought. It made me appreciate this even more. If you had asked me couple of years ago I would have said the chances of Wayne actually growing old w a certain sense of dignity were close to zero. But here we are.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 30 September 2018 22:40 (eight months ago) Permalink
he's not old though
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 30 September 2018 23:26 (eight months ago) Permalink
*ageing - he was starting to sound old a few years ago. Now it's more like he has matured.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 1 October 2018 00:22 (eight months ago) Permalink
i could live inside the beat for demons
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 13:59 (eight months ago) Permalink
I like 'Mess' a lot. Really the whole last chunk of the record is the best part.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 14:21 (eight months ago) Permalink
totally agreed. there are 5 or 6 tracks that are completely worthless, and most of them are near the beginning
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 14:24 (eight months ago) Permalink
Don't Cry is really good
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 17:09 (eight months ago) Permalink
xp i'm mostly thinking of dark side of the moon, yeesh
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 17:46 (eight months ago) Permalink
wayne comes off real nice here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_o6BmTb48A
― niels, Saturday, 6 October 2018 10:29 (eight months ago) Permalink
“Mona Lisa” is fucking weird & unpleasant, don’t know why people like it.
Overexcited high-pitched Wayne flow is probably his worst stylistic development in the last 3 or so years.
― nova, Sunday, 7 October 2018 21:57 (eight months ago) Permalink