Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V (September 21, 2018) Album • Page 7

Yeah I just saw 475-525K.

And I didn’t like logic’s album but that Wu Tang song is tough

 

I can’t believe these numbers, I take back when I said he won’t go to #1

 

Yeah that’s crazy, I didn’t think he’d beat Eminem’s Kamikaze first week sales. But it’s been 5 years in the waiting so..

 

I mean logic really only had 1 big song right? Not that surprising to me.

 

Happy that the wait paid off for Wayne. I hope he’s able to start a new chapter of his career off right now that he’s free

 

Snoop sounds so good on this, peak Snoop is really god-like

 

Mess is a fucking amazing track

 

I cut it down to this, which is about how long I want an album to be these days anyway:



I'm less enthusiastic after a couple of real listens. I wish there was more straight rapping. I know that sounds like a weird thing to say given the tracks I did cut, but here we are.

Oh, and even though there are lot of good songs on this, this really shouldn't be your first Lil Wayne album because I feel like that would make you fundamentally misunderstand the point. Please, please listen to Tha Carter III.

 

Carter 2 is still my personal favorite

 

When I went to make an abridged version this, I thought I'd have a bunch to take off but I only ended up getting rid of "Don't Cry", "Let It Fly", "Can't Be Broken", and "Famous".

I'm sure I could be a bit more selective but there are very few songs on here that I outright dislike and that's a triumph in its own way.

 

I still don’t think I can bring myself to listen to this entire thing. I used to love Wayne but what I’ve heard from this is just fucking boring and feels uninspired.

 

I've been listening to this all weekend. Right now the only songs I'd cut for an abridged version would be Don't Cry, Let it Fly, Open Letter, Problems and Demon.

 

Songs I would cut are Perfect Strangers, What About Me, Don’t Cry, Famous and Demon.

 

if you try and listen to this in one sitting youre gonna have a bad time. if you take it in 5-6 song chunks at a time its much better.

 

Mona Lisa is altogether to Tech N9ne for me

 

Yeah I get that, both are really great, it's just most of my favourite Lil Wayne songs are on III. That being said I also hate some songs on 3.

 

For some reason "Oh No" has just always been one of my favorites. Between that and "Fly In/Fly Out", I dunno, I just really like it. I was also probably at the peak of my Wayne fandom right when C2 was coming out, so that has a lot to do with it.

 

I'm what Ty Dolla Sign eloquently described as an R&B bitch so my favorite Weezy song has to be the Babyface one. That or La La La which is on The Drought Is Over 2 but was supposed to be on Carter 3. After that probably Let The Beat Build, Mr. Carter, Mrs. Officer and, uh, Stuntin' Like My Daddy. Maybe that's an unusual list, haha.

 

I was into R&B in the early 90s as a child (oddly enough) but as I got older, I got into heavier music in general and gravitated to hip hop with more bass, etc...

As time has gone on, and the culture has shifted a little bit towards more sing-songy hip hop, I've started to appreciate R&B again. But yeah when I was hot on Wayne, I was definitely into his harder stuff.

 

I've always loved both. It's what happens when your gateway into the culture is LL Cool J. Interestingly enough I'm not a huge fan of the sing-songy trend that is currently going on (hence why I said Carter 5 needs more rapping), even though I liked the 00s version (Ja Rule, Nelly etc.) of it. In my mind they used "singing" quite differently from say a Drake, but I'm not sure if others hear that too.

I also in general still like "real rapping" with "real singing" on the hook (the Wayne x Babyface song being a good example, as opposed to many sing-songy songs on Carter V). I'm a simple boy.

 

Even as a baby I was listening to my parent's music, and by age 3 I had sought out Michael Jackson and The Beatles. So by the time I was like 8-9, I was getting my friends mom to buy me 2Pac and NWA tapes. Around 12, I discovered Metallica and became a huge metal head and as I got into heavier music I kind of ditched R&B outside of the mainstream popular stuff, but still remained a hip hop head.

 

Somehow it always starts with Michael, haha. I never got into metal, but I turned a metal head friend of mine into a rap/R&B fiend at 13, haha.

 

Metal is not for everyone, but it has more similarities to hip hop that most would think.

 

Also, it started with Michael because Thriller

 

the best song on carter 3 is dontgetit