Comments on: Lil Wayne Tha Carter III Review

By: Gibz

Gibz — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:56 +0000

I thought it was a good review. You were on the ball for most of it, although I thought you were a tad harsh on “Milli.” That song is sizzling. You wrote even in this review that Wayne sounded vicious on “You Ain’t Got Nothing” making the beat sound appropriate.
When you listen to his verses in Milli (particularly the first two) it sounds like he’s brutally murdering the beat. It’s a great track because it makes you feel powerful when you listen to his flow. His lines are as witty as ever (maybe not as witty as in Drought 3 but that was an epic mixtape that probably marked Lil’ Wayne’s pique) and they’re delivered well. “He’s a beast, He’s a dog, He’s a motherfucking problem/ Okay you’re a Goon, but what’s a Goon to a GOBLIN.” It’s simplistic and there’s nothing beneath it when you analyze it but it sounds amazing! That’s the main reason why this song (and Lil’ Wayne in general) is so fun to listen to.
As for Lollipop… IT’S CATCHY, not shitty. It’s well produced and makes you feel promiscuous and has delivered many BJ’s to many men. The remix is great, you should hit that up if you haven’t already (Kanye and Wayne both tear the beat apart and make it sound sexy with the Vocoder).
Lastly, “Not Good Music” is a matter of opinion because there are no criteria to be met by music in order to be “good”, it’s just whether you enjoy listening to something or not.
Your review is one of a true Hip Hop Head, and I respect that, but Lil’ Wayne is not a Hip Hop artist. He’s a Rapper. The difference is that he does not represent the love of the music, he represents money, power, women, and most of all, himself. A dedicated hip hop fan is not the right person to write a review on a Lil’ Wayne album. The reason is that Hip Hop fans are biased against the things that Lil’ Wayne represents and would never write a satisfied review about him.
This album will go platinum multiple times and the reason isn’t because he’s a shitty musician and people like shitty music. It’s because people like to be entertained, and Lil’ Wayne is probably, one of the best Entertainers alive (not the best, but one of…)
Anyway, dude, just leave me my precious “Milli” and go easy on the Lil’ guy. He’s barely as tall as your kneecaps. A little taller and he could Li li li lick you like a lollipop, haha. Great review though, I liked it.

P.S. T-Hz rocks my socks as well.

By: E

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:17:08 +0000

I think the production credit corrections should be:

3 Peat (Maestro)
-he even shouts out Maestro in the first verse: “I get the beat from Maestro”

Mr. Carter (Drew & Infamous)
-funny that this isn’t a sample…

-Phone Home (Cool & Dre)

-Tie My Hands (Robin Thicke)

-Mrs. officer (Deezle)

-Shoot Me Down (D. Smith)

-DontGetIt (Rodnae & Mousa)

I got this all from the XLL feature: http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=22149

By: daddyL

daddyL — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:51:30 +0000

The prodcution credits were as accurate as I could find. I’m pretty sure will.i.am did dontgetit. If I am wrong, please correct.

props to T-Hz. you rock my socks

By: T-Hz

T-Hz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:44:27 +0000

By: JK

JK — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:42:03 +0000

Good breakdown. The only thing is, those are the production credits from one of the leaked versions of the album. To my knowledge Just Blaze and Will I Am didn’t contribute tracks to it. But good summary.

By: Becca

Becca — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:23:19 +0000

let the beat build is serious…

and dr. carter is my favorite track on the album…. FIRSTLY – wayne stayed on topic the whole song… of course there was some stream of consciousness, free-word association type stuff going on there (wouldn’t be wayne w/o it)… then again, swizz built the metaphor into the production so…..

anywho – the production is cuh-razy.

good album. i actually BOUGHT it – even tho i downloaded it… so that’s sumthin