Lil Wayne : Tha Carter III
 

Lil Wayne is fucking prolific, the problem with prolific artists is the amount of filler. Now maybe it's his need to make money and be a mainstream artist that makes him record some banal stuff or maybe it's just filler but if this album was half the length it is it really would be Excellent worthy. But whatever, Lil Wayne's still releasing (and sometimes not releasing just giving) more music worthy of my time than every other mainstream hip hop artist (yet I've heard Kanye West.) I'm voting Very Good and I'll just ignore the filler.

Okay I'm not going to ignore the filler, I find Got Money kind of lame but the Ella Ella Ella Rihanna call made me smile and when he went "I'm the bomb like tick tick tick" I couldn't help but smile more. Sure some of this is just club hip hop but it's not serious and there's the appeal. Okay back to the worthy tracks.

Lil Wayne compares himself to Tupac he compares himself to Biggie is he as great? No, is he getting up there? Well if he follows up on some of the ideas and stylistic oddities he hints at (Phone Home, Let the Beat Build, etc.) and stops recording crap like Comfortable he very well could be mentioned in the same breath, even if he is of a different era.

This albums best moments are probably the very touching Katrina inspired Tie My Hands, a track that could make even haters admire him slightly. Dr. Carter which is an ironic follow up to Comfortable but a great song nonetheless and finally Let the Beat Build is excellent. I love how his voice carries the track. Phone Home is I think my favorite song on there, it's so spacey and it's such an excellent use of the piano. I'm saddened by the lack of I Feel Like Dying though not going to lie.

Okay so this isn't the Lil Wayne album I've been waiting for and that kind of disappoints me but at the same time I enjoyed it. That probably wasn't clear given my review but I'm dead tired to be honest (which is why some of this is probably incoherent) and I did even find the more mediocre moments completely entertaining and he's still got the most amusing pen in hip hop.

I'll have something to say about this album real soon.

Regarding Wayne though, I think one review I read of Da Drought 3 put it best: when Lil Wayne claims to be the greatest rapper alive, the claim isn't all that controversial - he's one of the only rappers alive. The majority of mainstream rappers are not rappers at all. They just throw out a few lines here and there on top of some lame generic club track and then get back to what they are really about, which turns out to be selling merchandise, acting and whatnot. At least Lil Wayne is TRYING to actually BE a fuckin' rapper.

I'll give him props for dr.carter, although that does not excuse the rest of the record. It sounds like everything else I've heard from this rut, even though he does it 10 times better than most it's still insipid and not the least inspiring. Maybe if I was a fan of this type of music I'd probably think it was the greatest thing since the BJ I got from my dad yesterday in the attic but I don't so he must be a camel.

This album is kind of dissapointing. Maybe it will grow on me, but this album is much softer than his previous albums. It feels much more poppy, and their are less times in this album where I sit back and say, "wow he's really spitin."

Having said that, I like 3 peat, Dr. Carter and Phone Home are good songs, and I love Don'tGetIt. Common's misunderstood was probably one of my favorite songs, and Wayne was creative on the track.

I just would like Wayne to drop all the *** sythesizers and all the extra ****, and just rap with a basic beat. If you are going to put your baby picture on the cover of your album (Ready 2 Die, Illmatic) you better be cooking a classic, and this isn't a classic.

Edit: Mr. Carter is a sick song. Somehow I missed that

i am in no way a rap or hip hop fan, but that song a millie is so good. i had never heard it until me and my friends were driving around, and his car has an amazing sound system so they had the bass all the way up, and i honestly have a heightened interest in rap. i just might have to get some.

Talk about the most overrated hip-hop album to ever come out...

I would recommend a lot over Lil Wayne.


Definitely.




I liked his first Carter album. I can't stand anything he releases now.
Millie is one of the most annoying track's I've ever heard.
I listened to this album, and did not like it. At all.

Sorry to say, but Lil Wayne isn't even worth illegally downloading (which I did with this album). Better artists out there, better albums, etc.

The Recycle Bin is your friend. ;)

I liked it. nd my all time favorite song onthe whole cd is Mrs. Officer

Carter I is probably my least favorite of the series. I liked Carter II better, and Carter III a little better than 2.

As for this album, I really felt it. I won't go into detail, but he did a great job on it. My favorite tracks would be A Milli (it's raw), Dr. Carter, Phone Home, Let the Beat Build, and 3Peat.

Its bad that many other rappers have done better on A Milli than Lil Wayne, and it's his song.

I don't even think it's arguable that Carter I one isn't the best of the series.

I liked the album, surprisingly. I thought the lyrics were pretty amazing.
Compared to a lot of hip hop that is out there now, at least he is saying something...

Just to clear it up, 99% of rap on the radio is definitely not Hip-Hop.

i can't help it...i like it.

What I liked:
Mrs. Officer
Parts of Got Money
Phone Home
Mr. Carter
What I didn't like:
3 Peat
Dr. Carter
The last 5 tracks, nothing but filler.

Who?

Off the top of the head...

Chamillionaire
V Double O
Charles Hamilton

Just because every rapper's done one doesn't mean they're better. And Charles Hamilton's was good. I couldn't even find the other two.

I didn't say EVERY rapper's version of Milli is better.
But I bet a lot of them are.

V's was really good, Chamillionaire's was average for him. I thought he'd be fast on there like I've heard him do, but no. =/

This is one of the more creative rap albums I have heard in my life. There isn't really a down part. Lil' Wayne is outstanding at being a creative rapper with a unique flow and lyrics unlike anyone else.

"Phone Home" is going to be a cult classic for years to come. There are so many groups of people who are obsessed with this song even though it got very little air-time anywhere.

"P*ssy Monster" is a personal favorite just goofy, obscene track which is one of the more perculiar rap tracks I've heard latelty

"Dontgetit" is a startlingly intelligent political statement from Wayne which is quite admirable in my opinion. It deals with young African Americans, drugs, and the logic behind the police force. Not to mention a genius sample of the Animal's classic "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

Dr Carter, Let the Beat Build, and Mrs. Officer are my personal favorites which I could rant about as well quite easily.

Not to mention the enourmous hits "Lollipop" and "Got Money"

If nothing else, Wayne can appeal the the masses better than almost anyone else in showbussiness.

Sorry to bump this, but since I listened to the Drought is Over 2, which was the Carter 3 sessions, I was thinking that a lot of the songs, if not about all, should've been on the Carter 3. Of course, the Carter 3 is still great, but had he put these songs on there, I'd give it an excellent. It'll be a Very Good, though.

It's very overrated and hyped but I still had to put it at an average.
Compared to most mainstream artists this album shines and I really enjoy his style and his lyricism no matter how much brain damage he's endured from too much pot.
Overall, it's not the best rap album, but it's still pretty raw.

I enjoyed it the first few times. Now it's like :/

You really think so? Maybe he's just stupid (not trying to insult him for kicks or anything). Was there ever a point where he was more articulate?

Probably, but for a very short second.
He's probably not that dumb.

Everyday Mr. Carter supporter. Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive.

*sigh*

It's not too bad, haven't really listened to it enough to really get an opinion. His lyrics are rather interesting though.

Carter 1 and before that.

I've heard he got all A's in school before dropping out, has a GED, and was attending college and reportedly getting good grades before dropping that too. He had street cred to uphold. Wikipedia is a friend of mine.

I'm having trouble deciding between Carter 2 or 3 for the better album.

Wikipedia isn't reliable at all.

At all?

I think it's fairly reliable.
They edit everything right away if it isn't true.

Yeah, although you can see opinionated information sometimes.

Awful?
 

I wish people that didn't like rap would just not vote. I don't know anyone that listens to rap that doesn't like this album. When Wayne tries to release his next album I will understand when it is bashed by rock lovers, I don't like a couple of the songs I've heard either. But when it comes to rap, he's the greatest or one of the top 3 alive.

I like the Carter 2 better, not to take anything away from 3.

I chose Carter 2 also.

The fact that he even has a career boggles my mind.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO WAYNE'S WORLD???


No Wayne. I'm pretty sure it's way too small.