“Everybody had left [Cash Money Records], [I] had studio time. I walk in there, just me and the engineer with beats. That’s how you gotta find yourself. ‘Cause I know I can’t do a song like “Back That Azz Up.” That’s [Juvenile’s] style. I can’t do no “Cash Money Millionaire,” that’s Baby. ... What can I do for me? “Straight off the block” [a verse from “Tha Block Is Hot”]. That’s how.
I found myself at 14, though. My first solo album, [Tha Block Is Hot,] I was 14. Fortunately. ... You gotta find yourself in life, period. Once you know who you are, man … I always tell people the only thing that makes my raps good is ‘cause I rap about what I am. I got “reality rap.” I already tested it, man, my truth is so damn good, why would I ever lie? This is my real truth. [When] I leave [this interview], you can follow me with a camera; I do whatever I want.” Wayne told MTV.
Wayne, who has been working on the highly anticipated “Carter 3” which is now expected to be released in the first quarter of 2008 has been releasing a bevy of mixtapes throughout the last six months as well as appearing on numerous remixes.
“I wanna sell 5 million records, man. That’s my goal. Five million, I’m gonna go crazy.”
No more interviews after that, Jack. I’m going bananas. ... Nah, I’m just playing.” He quipped.
When asked if he thinks he can sell 1 Million during the first week of sales, Wayne, however, was doubtful.
“Nah, I ain’t expecting to do all that. I ain’t expecting all that. No expectations, Jack.” He said.
As many guest appearances as he’s done this year, Wayne has no plans of slowing down.
“I done became a little virus now, ‘cause everybody be having me on their song. I was just about to be on [T.I. vs. T.I.P.]. I wanted to be on it bad, and they pulled me, ‘cause I guess I be on everything. But hey, if you make everything you do great, like I do … no lie, man.
It’s like, “You want Michael Jordan on your team?” “Hell yeah! Yeah, I want him on my team, stupid.” That’s how I look at it. That’s why I do everything. Now the only problem I get is people calling me saying, “Universal don’t wanna clear it.” And [the record company] and I do everything. I don’t turn down nothing.”
You can check out the entire interview here.
COMMENTS
no not coppin this wayne is wack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
YEP!!!
Definitely will not cop the album or the bootleg! Fuck Wayne n he can say bye bye to 5 million now! By the time 2008 get here Wayne wont be anticipated anymore!
bitch fuck u and ur favorite rapper cuzz whoever dey iz dey aint fuckin wit wayne and who gives a fuck if u aint coppin da album and wayne will be anticipated 4 a long time 2 come nigga
5 MILLION BITCHES
Wayne not gona sell 5 million....
why yall hatin on the hottest rapper in the game unless ur in ur own lil world waynes been anticipated for years
5 mil? I think he'll sell around 2mil.. 2.5 if he's lucky.
"I don’t turn down nothing."
I guess 50 was right.....
yep wayne even said it his self after fif said it wayne said hes a whore in a new joint he got out as in doing callabo's for money. well who gone turn down money yo? peps kill ova that shit even there own fam.
good point
dont buy his shit people lets piss him off haha
u sound jealous
streetballer93 u sound real jealous hatin on wayne bitch nigga
When asked if he thinks he can sell 1 Million during the first week of sales, Wayne, however, was doubtful.
WHAT A PRICK! lol
if i was him, i'd say YEAH DAMNIT!
he'll go double, but fifty aint even gone do five
and then look...
T.I. co signed Jay to diss Wayne on his new album
NO WAYNE FEATURE...he wants T.I. on his album so he'd fuckin get beat on a track...
WHAT A DUMMY!
all truth he can do at least 2 mill! NO 5...no rapper will do that but Eminem again!
naw brah, wayne dnt get no one else on his albums cept him n maybe ppl 4rm his record label like he said "Nigga cum up 2 to me talkin bout he wana b on my album im like nah nigga thats my album, save yo shit for yo album... my album is a reflection of me"
eminem? shut the fuck up. he aint selling 5 mil either. his last album was wack. your stupid to think he could sell 5 mill. its 2007 aint nobody doing that shit
Wayne is hott right now you cant deny but he got so many hates I dnt know about 5 mill
i meant haters
tha hattas gone be tha first in line so they can know whats what before tha fans so they can talk shit(hate) because if u dont know wayne how u gone hate on him?
thats the thing that wayne is confused of his mixtapes are so different from his albums his album are okay , i just see no depth and lyricism is his upcoming albums, just for the wayne dick riders he'll prolly rap about making it rain, slick punchlines verses on why he thinks he is the best in the game and how he's rich and how he sells "crack"
he ;; prolly sell 300,00 first week , i aint coppin tho, aint worth my money, bootleg maybe
-Infamous Larry Fresh
so basicaly u still coppin? right
ckateboardback dude your great!ahh i enjoy your comments
if anything ....1x plat
Even if you hate the dude he still gone sell. Real recognize real. If he real wack, he still real rich! He gone sell his five million with all the leaks and internet sharing his music. FIF might hit 2plat wit his new shit!
leaks and internet sharing will take away from ur record sells bruh!!! Y go buy da album wen u can download it off Limewire,LOL
5 mil, dont think so
I cosign everything hatemebytch says.
Is it even a coincidence that Mtv puts him on blast after they dick rided and put him at the number 1 hot mc list?
Also, no, he won't sell 5 mill off one album. His shit will be bootlegged so hard its retarded. Last but not least, I think that Wayne is an ok MC, but the reason he gets so much hype is because he's marketable. Papoose isn't marketable, but he's nicer, Lupe is written off even though he's doper because he doesn't give a fuck about Mtv, same for Nas.
Anybody notice how Nas was not on the list, but the last words they say on the show were, "Lil wayne proves that Hip Hop is not dead." I'm not stupid, I know how the biz works, its all fake. These Networks are telling you Whats hot, whats whack, what you should buy, blah blah blah.
As Mos Def said on the Rape Over
Mtv is running this rap shit
They're making us look like silly niggas man, smarten up.
Nas latest cd was trash.....everyone knows that...hip hop wasnt dead until he put that weak shit out.
Umiami...NAS HAD THE BEST ALBUM OF 2006 HANDS DOWN!!
it was a perfect album!
hip hop aint dead completely but its like if u look at it...ESTIMATE IT SAY IT IS!
Co-Sign, HateMe... Hip-Hop Is Dead IS the best album of 2006.
I wanna address something that was said by
Ms. Clark Kent (by the way, we're ALL STILL waiting on your credentials)
yesterday... She said Nas was "hot in the 90s." Ha! Like, QB the Album ain't drop in 2g wit' that Oochie Wally and that The Bridge 2001! Oh, and he ain't drop the CLASSIC Stillmatic in 01-02? Oh and he ain't drop that God's Son, which was average for him, but NASTY compared to his peers' albums. Oh and that NASTY double LP he ripped apart! Oh and he ain't introduce the world to the LOVELY, TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL AMERIE? All in THIS decade. Oh yeah, and his ALBUM TITLE didn't stir up the rap world like roaches when the lights get cut on? NAS IS VERY MUCH STILL RELEVANT AND NASTY.
As for Mookie88,
You and I had some exciting conversation yesterday. I told you that I would go back and listen to that ATLiens just for you. Listen, as an "oldhead" schooling a young boy, Andre 3000 is NOT on Nas' level. AT ALL. It's like comparing Ben Wallace to Sir Charles. 2ndly, 3000 is NOT EVEN the best lyricist IN HIS OWN GROUP! ATLiens is not even Kast's THIRD best album, and you say it's better than arguably the GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME? BLASPHEMY. And, Ms. Clark Kent was co-signing you but I think she's a young girl, too. Anyhow, like Lavar Burton used to say on Reading Rainbow, "... But, don't take my word for it!":
Wiz10l — 24 minutes ago
Wow... After reading the last set of comments in regards to Andre 3000 being BETTER than NAS...In regards to ATLiens being better than ILLMATIC... All I can say is DAMN!
At first I felt soo violated! BUT........
after a while I had to understand that some people just look for one thing when it comes to songs... and if they get it... they're completely saitisfied... Be it a beat you could "Snap Ya Fangaz" to, or a child singing the hook "Ayy Bay-Bay". As long as they get it they're cool.
So it's pointless getting upset over someone saying something as ridiculous as "ATLiens" is BETTER than ILLMATIC... because maybe ILLMATIC wasn't weird enough to them. Maybe to them it wasn't a classic...or maybe...just maybe...
The Dre3000 lover is right after all... maybe lyrically Nas can't touch Andre!
YEAH FUCKING RIGHT!
charasmatic I cosign all dat shit...obviously dem stupid niggaz dont kno hip hop
My credentials?uhh ill plead the slow card on that one but ill gladly update you once i know what your talking about hun
hahahahahahahahahhahahahaha...so funny how every person that hates him, reads every article about him, and finds it necessary to comment. Every single one of you will hear every song on the carter 3, know every word from the carter 3, then come on here and say it is terrible. He makes more money off people looking to hate on him, than those that enjoy his music. When i dont like somebody music, i dont listen. Yall are just dumb and do not want to admit to liking his music because a lot of people do.....
cosign that shit like a muthafuka
Anything that is presented is going to be heard! No one is saing that he's not gonna sell but Hip Hop sales are at a all time low! n if diddy took a min to get a million Lil Wayne is not getting a mil that quick! Waynea is aight but he dont live up to his hype shit he should have been doing years ago hes doing now! U dont find yaself 5 10 years after you already been in the game thats corny! He saying he's real! Whats real about changing your swagger?
change swagger and got shit to do with being real swagger changes all the time so u tell me u being wearing the same shit like cartoons. but swagger could be your flow of course. well peps grow, learn, and adapt.
I cosign dat shit RavenH20...as for UMiami, u rite about niggaz gonna listen 2 evry song on C3 but niggaz jus tryna hear wat Wayne got 2 say. Yea haters allways comment on his articles n discredit his songs but some niggaz jus dont like Lil Wayne, but dem same niggaz can turn n say that yall Wayne STANS cum 2 dem same pages 2 take up 4 him no matter wat like yall all his bitches or sumthin n really yall dont evn no dis nigga except 4 wat he puts out 2 da public which we really dont evn kno if its tru or REAL!!! Y is it so hard 2 except that sum1 doesn't like a Wayne song. If they cum on this site n b like dat shit is trash or sumthin like dat then they hatin...but evrybody got diffrent taste n music (jus like dat stupid bitch dat said ATLiens was better then Illmatic) wat!!! U dont evn hav 2 b a Nas fan 2 c dat shit...but niggaz dont hav 2 like EVERY Lil Wayne song so if they say sumthin bout it it dont gotta b hatin, yall muthafuckas act like he is god n evrything he say should b carved n stone or sumthin...as 4 da swagger jackin thing I jus wanted 2 add dat u dont hav 2 change ur swagger 2 sell records or expand ur fanbase look at Jeezy, Snoop, 50, T.I., jus 2 name a few.
All u people do on here is hate. Not sayin Wayne is the best rapper ever or even now but the kids doin his thing. His flow is off the hook and everyone wants him on their songs for a reason. I don't see any of u out there with a buzz like he's got. Stop hating and if you don't like wayne then don't commet about him. Im so sick of seein everyone hate, get money or somethin man stop sittin at the computer and go out and get money cuz i kno i am..
He can do 4 i dunno about 5. I'm pretty sure his fan base expanded tremendously after Dedication 2, so I suspect he will sell double of Carter II, especially if he has a hot single.
5 mil?lol
this nigga is not international and 5 mil americans dont buy rap music.shit justin timberlake is not at 4 yet cmon.
those days are one with 50 cent and will never be done again
Wayne consistently out shines TI on features you heard stand up he didnt want that to happen again like it did on urban legen
im not even gon read this i get d point, but For lil wayne right now: hes at his prime, n has milions of dick riders and stans, so its not like 5 mill isnt attainable for him
i mean look at him his fan base rides his dick so y not 5 mill if he com hard like he do on da mix tape level he will but jus do it indusrty feel me......
but his albums r neva as hard as his mixtapes as far as the buzz it gets n how many ppl listen 2 it...I mean I heard more niggaz n da hood bumpin Dedication 2 and Drought 3 then The Carter II since it 1st came out n dat was a min. ago...
He gonna sell alot. Maybe not 5 mil. I agree with most of yall saying 2 mill. I could see him pushing 3 by the end of next year. Hes done captured so many fans that his album is pretty much garuenteed to sell. Shit i dont know if i will buy. I know for a fact i will bootleg it. But purchasing is a different story.
ok we got another hater coppin
c das da type of dickriding Im talkin bout, Nigga u a Lil Wayne Cheerleader, how is he a hater jus cuz he said he wont sell 5 Mill. do u actually kno how hard that is 2 do???
im seeing the wayne dickridaz not believing he can do 5 mill...U know why he wanna do 5...cuz Jay did it...3rd album (vol.2-hard knock life)
This is Wayne 3rd (LYRICAL ALBUM)
that other shyt before the Carter 1 wasnt even classics!
besides the wayne fans aint that loyal...they be the ones bootleggin...
i bought carter 1 and 2 (but then i got in to detail that he aint his own writer so now im skeptical!)
AND NO WAYNE DIDNT OUTSHINE T.I. on Stand Up!
Wayne also made up shyt and lied as well
12 years old...i started sellin rocks right after i got shot
(he shot himself at 14, never been shot by NO ONE!
never was a d boy at all and WASNT EVEN A REAL CERTIFIED HOT BOY!)
what u think compared to T.I.! T.I.P. rep is OUT THERE TRUTHFULLY!
ohh yea didnt he get high and shoot himself in the chest
yo survey shows...the average Lil Wayne fan is UNDER 21! WHOA! That means he'd be blessed to do 2 mill! 51 percent is bytches. How many bytches really go buy these albums...?
But if its an article, people have opinions and i myself respect opinions...
The dickridaz always call it HATIN! LOL
get off dude dick sometime!
D Love made it plain and simple! I co sign everyone who think he wont CUZ THE NYGGAZ THATS CALLIN US HATAZ! THEY DONT EVEN FUCKIN THINK HE CAN SELL 5 MILL!
Ask yaself this question...
WHY WAIT ALL THIS TIME FOR AN ALBUM? He must need help putting those lyrics 2gether!
If that shyt thats out suppose to be the Carter 3...it aint MINDBLOWIN! The greatest rappers make MINDBLOWIN AND INCREDIBLE ALBUMS!
Out of 27 new songs i heard from Wayne...only 6 are worth LIKING!
I feel Like Dying
Scarface
1000 Degrees (Im Me)
Shot To The Heart
Prostitute Fling
Diamonds and Girls (feat Curren$y)((((CURREN$Y KILLED HIM LIKE HE ALWAYS DO WHEN THEY GET 2gether on songs!)
if 6 songs make a classic out of all that shyt...(THEN I DONT GET IT!)
The best rapper alive? I think not!
Nas- Carry on tradition- " Some of you NEW RAPPERS I dont understand ya code/ YOU HAD YA MAN SHOOT YOU like in that soprano episode/ DO ANYTHING TO GET IN THE GAME/ MIXTAPES YOU SPIT HATE AGAINST BOSSES/ hungry fucks are moraless/ you should be tossed in a pit full of unfortuniate vocalist/ niggas i could have wrote you shit/ i had off time was bored with this/ i could have made my double lp, just by sampling different parts of novelists/ still came 5 in the charts with zero audience/ the lane was open and yall was droppin that garbage shit/ yall got awards for ya bricks, it got good til ya/ started telling the bigger dogs TO CALL IT QUITS, what?
3 mil is the most he gonna sell, probably less if bootleggers put in work
its sad that someone like lil wayne will probably sell more then talib kweli even though kweli spits better but im not gonna hate on the man but i dont think hes gonna hit 5 mill unless he goes and permotes over seas
dats hip hop fans nowadays
lil wayne will not sell 5 mill.cant believe people here are saying he might because his fan base has grown but same people say 50 wont sell 5mil.lil wayne will sell 1 mil 2mill max.his days are numbered anyways with all his features hes goin flood the market and people are gonna start hatin even more like with fif.plus wats with all that "i rap bout what i am" everyone must know hes never done 95% about what he raps at least jay jeezy ti 50 and them got a lil bit truth in their lives not wayne.13 yo dont sell keys!!!!
FUCK RAP AND HIP HOP!!! Wait now don't get ahead of yourselves... I am only acting like 90% of the people on this forum. Why is it every time someone in the rap game is gonna drop an album, everyone say he ain't gonna sell fuck that nigga. Man where the fuck has the support for the game gone? Rap is not fucked up and in my eyes has never slowed down creativly. The only problem with rap is all the casual and all the new rap fans are fuckin hatin' ass FAGS!
true dat
anyone who is against him is just hatin because "ehh hes too mainstream for me, everyone likes him" well everyone likes him for a reason, hes releasing a ton of stuff, he has a crazy personality, great imagery, great lines, on everyones tracks, unique voice, and great stage presence. Sure he may not always be the king, but for right now hes runnin it and he knows it. Hopefully he doesn't get too cocky. 5 mil, i don't know about that, but I'm willing to bet that he sells 2 mil +
Anyone that says hes wack is definetly hating, you may not like him but dude can spit with the best of them Period!!!
he aint gon get no where near 5mill lol...theres a few kats in the game now a days who kan put up them numbers...wayne kant
maybe a few years ago he could of sold 5 mill easily if he had the same buzz he has now
2 Mill, I don't think so.
yall niggas is funny man if you dont like wayne dont click on the thread it be the same haters on everyone one of wayne threads hahahahaha
yall some squares
cosign
i feel u dictionary if u don't like the nigga stop listenin 2 all of his songs & reading threads about him.
will not happen but it will b close
Like Pac said Niggas gone hate you fo whatever you do. if he do 5mill niggas gone hate,if he don't Niggas gone hate. Hating is a virus and alot of these niggas got and that's fucked up.
how is sayin wayne wont sell 5 mil hating
he not, dats a fact, not a opinion
t.i aint gonna sell 5 mil. t.i had a great spark, but that shit is goin down faster than a rollercoaster
wayne hasnt established a audience to where he can do that
WAYNE AINT SELLING 5 MILLION HE DA MOST BOOTLEGGED MAN IN AMERICA PLUS HE SUCK
LIL WAYNE WILL SELL 5 MILLION BOOTLEG CDs IN A WEEK........ he might get like 1.5 - 2 mill officaly
I agree
i agree
true..............
YO cass...... sMASH DIS NIGGA AGAIN
Damn Wayne only wanna sell 5 million? Oh I forgot he aint 50!!!!!!LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
DAMN IDK LETS WAIT N SEE IM A COP IT I AINT GONNA LIE THAT SHIT GONNA BE FIRE EVEN THO LIL WAYNE ON SOME OTHER SHIT THESE DAYS NO HOMO
5 Mil??...Nah.