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Here Weezy Go Again

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Posted September 3, 2011 by in Album Reviews
Lil-Wayne

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3/ 5

Artist: Lil Wayne
 
Album: Tha Carter IV
 
Release Year: 2011
 
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There are some good songs on this album, as expected. Just not enough to make this a great album like Watch The Throne which just came out.
 

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It's hard to take Lil Wayne seriously when he's talking about kidnapping Beyonce one moment and then singing love songs that Justin Bieber would call soft the next.
 

So, I’ve been sitting on this review for about a week.  I wanted to let this album simmer for a little while before I did an actual review.  I was really excited about Tha Carter IV.  I’m a Lil Wayne fan and the prospect of him following up Tha Carter III after being in prison [...]
by J.R.
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So, I’ve been sitting on this review for about a week.  I wanted to let this album simmer for a little while before I did an actual review.  I was really excited about Tha Carter IV.  I’m a Lil Wayne fan and the prospect of him following up Tha Carter III after being in prison seemed like a no brainer.  I was wrong.

I really wanted to like this album but it falls short in so many ways.  The best way I can think of to describe it, is uninspired.  Outside of a few moments on this album, we don’t see the typical Weezy passion that we’ve seen in previous efforts.

There are a few tracks on this album that I can fuck with but not many… My favorite track on Tha Carter IV is “Blunt Blowin’”, with a beat that reminds me of 80′s video games I grew up on and then comes in hard with Donkey Kong-like drums which give a lot of energy to the track.

Outside of “Blunt Blowin’”, there’s just not many tracks that I care to listen to.  Lil Wayne sounds downright depressed on some songs, and apathetic on other.  The number one performing single on the album “How to Love” also happens to be where this album Jumped the Shark on me.  This is probably the point when I realized I flat out wasn’t a fan of this album.  Lil Wayne performing a love song?  Now I know Wayne loves to talk about the ladies, but never like this.  Come on man… one minute you’re talking about what a bad ass Blood you are, you’re talking about kidnapping Beyonce, and now you’re singing this sappy love song?  Make up your mind, are you a thug or are you Bruno Mars?

Sure, Weezy had love songs before but nothing like this.  “Mrs. Officer”?  Wayne was talking about fucking a hot female cop that pulled him over…  “Lollipop”?  She wanna lick me like a lollipop?  Hardly the cuddly love ballad we hear on Tha Carter IV.

As a Lil Wayne fan, I’m confident he’ll come back better and stronger but as for Tha Carter IV, I’m just not a fan.


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  • Joe Cook

    I could not agree more. Weezy just doesn’t bring the same energy that he did on his previous albums. The Carter III brought straight heat from track one, and didn’t stop. Although I haven’t given up on Weezy f. baby, the carter iv isn’t up to his standards. I expect wayne to shit on fools, and throw out sports metaphors like a new age Pharoahe Monch. I guess I’ll just listen to that Jay-Z/Kanye CD instead.

  • DBrown

    After a long drive from San Diego to Lake Tahoe and back, I’ve finally had enough time to give this album a fair chance.

    I was stoked to bump this album for many reasons. Lil Wayne has always brought it hard and loud and it is his first album out of prison. Plus, Jay-Z and Kayne just dropped Watch the Throne and I was really starting to get back into the hip hop stride I’ve been missing.

    Maybe it’s because Watch the Throne was so good that Carter IV seems so weak. I can’t explain it. There is really no replay factor for me on this album. I literally don’t care if I ever listen to it again, but I don’t hate it. It’s just eeeehhhh.

    JR and Joe said it perfectly. There is no fire. It’s like this album was made simply to just make an album.

  • Todd

    Maybe it is the fact I have been a Lil Wayne fan since his days with the Hot Boyz where he would get on each track having to share verses with Turk, but I like this CD. Lil Wayne hasn’t put out a CD that is worth playing all the way through since the Carter ONE! There are sleeper tracks on Carter 2, 3 and now this one, but the CD in whole is great in my opinion. He has something for everyone.

    The Carter One is when people started to recognize Weezy for his true talent. He did something in that CD that he had never done before. His metaphors and similes were amazing. He had an intro that went with a middle track that then went with his outro. That CD was a piece of GENIUS! The problem is that most people became Lil Wayne fans after Carter 2. I have been there since he started out when he was 15 years old and talking about money every other line. I have seen the evolution of Lil Wayne. The problem with a lot of people who are critiquing this album is that they haven’t.

    Lil Wayne is smart. He realizes that he has become WAY mainstream. He attracts both guy fans and girl fans. He has something for everyone in this CD. The tracks that are worth bumping are ridiculous and you should not let the other ones over shadow the CD in its entirety.

    If you are looking for a full CD that you can bump to pump you up before your lackluster workout in the gym, I would suggest buying one of his mixtape CD’s if this one isn’t doing it for you. But don’t be surprised if you pull up next to me at a stop light with my windows down playing the CD as loud as my speakers can handle it.


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