by LLockhart86 » May 30th, '10, 14:27
I knew Wayne was gunna be on Recovery...But I was just as suprised as anyone else that he was the only rappin feature on the album.
Now, Ive always had to back up Lil Wayne here on this site, and finally, in this thread, there is one person that see's the whole lil wayne phenom the same way I do.
When I first started gettin into lil wayne again, everybody I knew told me I need to start listening to him, I thought he was weak cuz the only wayne I knew was the "block is hot" wayne. But, then I picked up I Cant Feel My Face and The Carter 2.
The Carter 2 is an amazing an album..And its perfect to use as a contrast to what he is making now. When Lil Wayne wasn't selling that many records and wasn't all over TV and the radio...He was making rap music. He was just rappin on tracks and all the tracks went hard, nice hard beats to throw in your car stereo to play over your 12's or 15's.
He gets WAYY to much shit now-a-days cuz when people think lil wayne...they think of all the songs that have been on the radio since C3 came out...Which in my eyes, was the down fall of lil wayne. He can still rap, but he gave up rap for the most part and focused on pop music for the radio and shit because it brings in the most money.
He went from being a well known rapper not making much money ( And he said this in an interview, said he's barely sold any records, and he sold more C2 records than most of his others combined ) , to within a year becoming the face of hip hop mainstream. Even 50 cent realized this and was about to try and start a beef with him, then backed the fuck down when he saw how big he got.
At any rate, if you want to find out why people like wayne as much as they do, you need to listen to a few albums.
The Carter 1
The Carter 2
The Drought 3
The Drought Is Over 4
The Drought Is Over 2 ( This mixtape is the Original Carter 3 - All the songs leaked so he put them on a mixtape and re-did the carter 3....This album is better than the Carter 3 that hit the stores imo. I feel like dying is on this and lalala and shit...)
Google and download these albums and listen to them and you'll see why Eminem likes Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne is just suffering from a couple things. People are getting sick of his voice and flow because of how much music he's put out...for a good couple years lil wayne was everywhere. And he's gotten too big, get too big and mainstream and people will start hatin on you all of a sudden.
