Tha Carter 3 is the most anticipated album of Lil Wayne’s career. On the eve of this, he sat down with XXL to clear a few things up.
I, personally, among others,would like to know what inspired Lil Wayne to up the ante with his lyrics. He attempted to explain his transition from old to new with this:
“Ain’t no transition. I ain’t worried about what people realizing, ’cause if I start worrying about when they gon’ realize, then I’d be crazy. It ain’t about that. I told you who I am. I’m the nigga that creatively do the stuff I want and make y’all realize it. And I don’t give a fuck if y’all realize it or not. I’ma keep doing me. That’s what I am, that’s who I am and that’s why I’m the best.” This doesn’t exactly answer my(or anyone else’s) question, but let’s move on to my next thought.Constantly being accused of having a ghostwriter for his most critically acclaimed albums, Tha Carter 1, and Tha Carter 2, Wayne attempts to dispel the rumors in this quote directed at Gillie: ” I don’t get it. How you could write for me and I don’t write? I’m rich as a muthafucka, and you wrote for me? Then why aren’t you rich? If I wrote for a nigga and this nigga’s on top of the world right now, I’d be like, “Where’s my fuckin’ money? Where’s my benefits?” I heard this nigga do an interview and say he got like $30 thousand a song. Show me one of them $30 thousand checks you got from writing for me. Show me, ’cause I don’t know what you wrote for me. I don’t write nothing, dawg. The only time I touch the pad is for someone else.”
These sound like the words of a man covering up, now claiming that he doesn’t write, just like another famous MC- An MC that he had words for, Jay-Z. Earlier this year in interviews, saying that he is “The Best Rapper Alive”, and “I’m better than Jay-Z”, hear his words for the God now that reality has set in:“I’m glad you brought that up, ’cause I wanna apologize to Jay and his family and friends, because I was asked that question and they put it in there like I was just feeling like, “Oh, you know what, nigga? I’m better than Jay!” They came at me like, “So you say you’re the best. Can you say that you’re better than everybody? Would you say you’re better than Jay?” I was like, “Yeah, nigga, I’m better than everybody!” But I’d like to throw that apology out there ’cause of whatever trouble I caused, I ain’t want that to happen.”
WHAT?! Yes Lil Wayne fans, straight from the horses’ mouth. He’s SORRY. (I know some of you are slitting your wrists right now).
Lil Wayne,at this point in time seems to be trying to figure things out with himself, as he is alienating the very things and people that made him successful. Even stooping so low as to make this remark to DJ Drama via the NY Times, in response to the recent RIAA raid:
“He needs to smarten up. He[Drama] Will have to play the game fair now.”
Weezy is digging a hole so deep right now… that I don’t think he can crawl out of..
Read the interview here: Lil Wayne Interview
COMMENTS
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I told boys...niggas aint wanna listen Jay is God!! Lil Wayne has turned 2 a lyrical beast I dont know if whether or not he uses a ghost writer...but yeah he got lyrics...but NO ONE fuckin with Hov.....apology accepted
fuck REK u asshole.lmao. well I'm the first to say this FUCK WAYNE he a nice rapper but he got too many skeletons in the closet I cant say he aint nice cuz personally I think The Carter was a classic album and Dedication 2 was aclassic mixtape. oh yeah www.mysPace.com/vibemuzik THE DEPARTED my mixtape droppin on Monday March 12th. Read about it at the forums in defsounds under D.t.-The Departed (Mixtape).one
Nigga need a publicist. dis nigga dont think he react... Smart for da streetz, Dumb for da business
Hell Naw Tha Carter was ....So So...and the The Cater 2 Was Hotfire but naw B, Wayne dont got no classics on his belt...and as long as his subject and content be the same he'lll never have and mixtapes cant be classics...they can only b real good for a few months then nobody remembers them...
These sound like the words of a man covering up, now claiming that he doesn’t write, just like another famous MC- An MC that he had words for, Jay-Z.
Wayne said that he didnt write a few yrs back when the carter 1 was released. he admitted that once he heard jay-z aint write, he stopped writing. so he aint tryin to cover up nothin. stop hatin 4 once and give dude props. if gillie was writin for him, he aint writin 4 him now, and dediation 2 and like father like son was both hot. so how do u explain that? wait i kno...somebody else is writing for him now....riiiight
Oh Yeah! Cop that Mixtape The Departed I jive like hwta I heard...
I dont he uses a writer especially now but if he did its just tha priciple you aint tha best even if somebody wrote one song in ya catalog just aint real fuck dedication its a CD with hot beats and amazing verses...niggas gotta understand the average mixtape life is like 3 or 4 months wayne was no different Classic Albums last forever!! keep it a hundred
yall can't hate on you want but Gille wasn't there for the Carter 2 or the Dedication 2, and Chaos, for you to say that The Dedication 2 isn't a classic mixtape, is crazy. Track for track there wasn't a mixtape better in 06. And to go a step futher, I would bump that mixtape before any other I've ever heard. Take it for what you want....
Lol, his fans come to the rescue. If Dedication 2 was a classic mixtape, then Young Jibbs is the greatest rapper alive.
He's an average MC to me. Period.
I guess it shows hes a man for apologizing
fuck jay-z and lil wayne. all the same. just lames. i got my reasons so don't feel the need to ride the jay and wayne cockcoaster extra happy b/c this post.
FUCK LIL GAYASS WEZZY....BEST RAPPER ALIVE MY ASS LMFAO
When I wake up tomorrow this topics gunna have like 100 posts haha..
Ok He apologized, He took back a statement we all knew was false shouts to Wayne for MANNING up... lol... Shouts to SoLoIsT, Weezy needs a publicist.. And shouts to Fullmetal I don't see what all the fuss is about when Wayne is brought up... Average Rap dude no doubt..
Oh and last but not least, I wonder how long its going to take till someone brings up the "Kiss"...? oops... LMAO.. Niggas is gunna go wild on that too.. ONE
Gillie is a broke ass bitch...he didnt write shit for wayne...
Dedication 2 = best mixtape of '06..i dunno about a classic
Gillie got more money than u, nigga!
Shouts out to ...Ghost1N...for stating tha truth which is this post is gonna have hundreds of comments, but that's what it is when you talking about tha best or tha self proclaimed best. People love drama, and this website feeds off of it, but i can't hate you gotta do what you do to make money, i wish i would've thought to make a website where talkin sh** and bringing up rumors would make me money. I think tha funniest thing about all of this is people will keep saying good for Wayne for apologizing because he shouldn't have said he was better then Hov, but if you really look at his statement he's apologizing for tha way it came out. Like he said they was comin at him like good reporters do and trying to make a story, and he was simply saying like most artist say, "i'm tha best, or i'm tha king you know stuff like that" And they threw Jay's name in there and he was like yea i'm better than everybody" But of course they twisted it like he was saying i'm better than Jay, and Jay can't see me, or basically whatever it would take for them to make a story out of it. Did they need to throw Jay's name in there in tha first place, of course not, but they always gotta make it a who's better just like how they do wit Jordan or Lebron, or Jordan and Kobe. So it is what it is, but before you go thinking Wayne's all soft or suddenly realized his mistake, he was simply recognizing tha fact that him making that statement during tha interview might have caused unintentional drama...plus he got a cd coming out, he don't need no more haters than he already got, ya feel me...and for tha last time when another man give another man some advice and it's good advice it's not being disloyal, so all yall who think that, yall need to smarten up...real talk
Peace up
Lol..... do you understand the context of which I said that? Lil Wayne got his BUZZ from those mixtapes. Now he's saying "smarten up"?... COme on now. That's ludicrous.
You must be a Lil Wayne fan, for you took everything, and twisted it to make him seem not at fault (which is what they do)
The question I have for you sir,is, How come Wayne didn't give him such "smart advice" when he was DOING HIS MIXTAPES?! That is being a hypocrite, and disloyal after the fact. Everyone, and I mean everyone, said simple words: "we support Drama".
Answer that.
(the question is open for anyone to answer)
I can't wait to hear the inane responses to that question.
wow thats all i gotta say....he know jay will tap that ass...and i think hes a bitch 4 saying sorry....no matter how a question is asked u should say what u stand 4 and stick by...now u saying sorry????u sorry 4 that kiss 2???homo rappers!!!
Ayo ThaCahhter Thats not the reason I was saying this is gunna get mad comments but.. appreciate the shouts.. LMAO at Pusha..
I'm officialy done with Wayne, I mean next time I even see his name on a website article like this one I'm not wasting a fucking second on it. People like him and Jim Jones just talk shit to keep their name relevant then fucking come back apologizing 'cause they know they're fucking morons desperate for some media attention. It's sad and pathetic to see "grown men" act like this, and I feel sorry for Wayne fans know, you all look like real idiots, ps. HE KISSED ANOTHER MAN
hey im from australia and every time i read the coments i see the word LMAO. what does it mean??
Laughing My Ass Off is what LMAO stands for. In this case, we're laughing at American rapper Lil Wayne. Join us. =D
I'll just wait for the Carter 3.
I don't even care what he says anymore because HE KNOWS he was lying to himself when he said he's better than Jay. He just wanted the hype.
Same way Nas got people talking with the title of his album, same way Wayne got people talking with his comment. Difference is that Nas actually BELIEVED what he was saying with the title of his album, more or less. Wayne did not, IMO.
I still think he's an good rapper, so I'll cop the album either way. And I DEFINITELY agree with the fact that NONE of his post-wabbly wabbly era albums were classics, but he IS an unique rapper.
HIP HOP RULE #17
"WHENEVER YOU HAVE BEEF WITH A RAPPER, NEVER EVER APOLOGIZE"
TO END THE BEEF EITHER:
A. SHAKE HANDS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THEN DO A PHOTO FOR THE MAGS & WEBSITES
B. PUT OUT A SONG DIPICTING THE BEEF AS NOT ACTUALLY BEEF AT ALL
C. GET ON SOME DJ'S RADIO SHOW AND SAY YOU GUYS HAVE SQUASHED IT
D. ALL THE ABOVE
I DID WAYNE LYRICALLY, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS KIND OF A P**** WAY TO END THE BEEF. NO ONE EVER APOLOGIZES, EVER. THIS IS A CASE OF BIG BANK TAKE LITTLE BANK AND IT'S OBVIOUS WAYNE AIN'T BIG ENOUGH IN THE POCKETS. JAY PROBABLY LOCKED HIS NAME OUT OF THE NEW YORK BUSINESS LOOP. FROM THE FUNK FLEX INTERVIEW TO THE HIP HOP IS DEAD STUFF. I AGREE WITH THE OTHER PERSON WHO SAID THAT HE JUST REACTED INSTEAD OF THOUGHT IT THROUGH. AND I THINK HE'S STILL NOT THINKING IT THREW.
TABARI
Niggas think that Dedication 2 was the greatest mixtape ever cause they are lil ignant fucks that grew up on this "hip hop" circa.... ummmm 2002-2007... Who can disagree and tell me shit wasnt REALLY poppin back in 99 but these kids don't realize that. They didn't grow up on the commercial hits that were actually Good like the Ruff Ryders/ Rocafella/Murder Inc movement. 06 Best Mixtape was Mood Muzik 2 by Joe Budden in My opinion. Wayne could never hold a candle to that nigga... shit, Budden destroyed Jay on the Pump it Up beat... Gimmie that Beat fool, its a full time jack move.
First he's your Idol, like your Simon or something. Then you diss him after he hurt your feelings saying you'll never be the best, which you won't be EVER! Now your dick riding again. Lil' Wayne is one of the most OVER-RATED rapper in the history. I know a lot of people are on your jock right now but once everyone has realized Lil' Wayne is a bitch made punk I can not wait till he fades into obscurity.
the man saide dat he was sorry
THIS LIL WAYNE ASS NIGGA IS A SKOOL BOI B
HE APOLOGIES TOO MUCH B
Dedication 2 was not the greatest mixtape ever. I have tones of them that are better so get ur fact str8 lil kids. Raekwon- The vatican mixtape 1 & 2 are so much better in every way, production, lyrics and errything else that comes with it the hell is wrong with u youngins..It was a good mixtape but i seen alot better
Wow... shout out to Lil Loose Lips for the apology to little too late!
Also...ILoveLeannn420 (interesting name lol): u said that Gillie was broke... LMAO!
Definitely not broke... read t he news articles on him... I'm from that area...
Also the dedication 2? Cmon fans.... leave it alone! Why does everyone always try to throw the mixtapes in there? Shit once again.... EVERYONE damn near drops a hott mixtape... shit make a classic album first!
Good fucking point TABARI... never end beef by saying:
I'M SORRY! HA! (probably dying to kiss and make up)
~Be Eazy!
lololololololol I'M SORRY! HA! (probably dying to kiss and make up)
yEAH i READ THIS IN THE NEW XXL MAG....DUDE CAME OUT SPITTIN CANT HATE ON HIM...MOST of the time dude be high as hell poppin pills and shit and talkin nonsense but we all human..I still dont know bout that kissin thing but hay like father like son
ill be back on in an hour to see about 100 to 200 comments
This is the funniest thing I've seen all year. Wait til all the people wake up/ kids get home from school. 500 comments, all looking something like this:
"WEZY CAN SPIT! FUK GILLEY HE AINT WRIT NUTHIN, FUK GAY Z DECIDATION 2 IZ A CLASSIK!"
-Laughs-
Fullmetal lolololololololol true tho...
I can respect that apology comin from Wayne cause thats the right thing to do. He obviously still thinks he is the best rapper right now ( and I agree) but I dont like how dude who posted the story was trying to sneak diss wayne at the same time. I guess he gettin criticized for everything he does from now on, but just wait til the album drop is all I can do.
I don't get it.How you could write for me and I don’t write?
What the fuck??
thas exactly why someones else writes for u u dum motha fucka... if hes tryna say he comes off the top off the head thas a dam lie..
i lmao when he sed he aplolize to jay n his family.. his family dont give two shits bout wayne they somewhere in the bahamas getttin they tan on
Lol @ Fullmetal, that shit is so true. What niggaz gone say now after all that Weezy/JayZ heat now that the dude has apologized? lol
He just being a man about it and keeping it real... apologizing makes you look weak if you do it all the time .. but makes you look smart if you can own up to certain things....
I think it was a smart move...
gotta respect Jgga
You saying it was a smart move.. The nigga made a flat out false ass statement then he wants to retract it like thats the right thing to do.. He's a lame.. Niggas don't end beefs like that.. you do what Tabari said should be done.. Now Wayne looks like a world class asshole along with his dickriding groupies.. and Shouts to Tabari..
Sneak-diss? I thought everyone knew I didn't like Lil Wayne. I don't let that stop me from delivering the news, though.
I'm just finding it funny that people are ACCEPTING him saying SORRY. This is the same "tough guy" that just said he was better...now he re-nigs? (like In Spades) Im just waiting for 3pm, though.
Sneak-diss? I thought everyone knew I didn't like Lil Wayne. I don't let that stop me from delivering the news, though.
I'm just finding it funny that people are ACCEPTING him saying SORRY. This is the same "tough guy" that just said he was better...now he re-nigs? (like In Spades) Im just waiting for 3pm, though.
thats funny....i dont know if he wrote for wayne but he def had gillie chain on ....lol. Without question we all realize that out of nowhere lil wayne changed and upgraded his lyrical content, so there is def something there.
He never did re-nig that statement about being better than Jay he just said that he was sorry for it getting blown out of proportion like that.
He never did re-nig that statement about being better than Jay he just said that he was sorry for it getting blown out of proportion like that.
He never did re-nig that statement about being better than Jay he just said that he was sorry for it getting blown out of proportion like that.
this is a blog from another site and I agree 100%
"Da Lil dude was backed in the corner and came out swangin by given his HONEST opinion. He aint come out statin he was betta that jay, but da magazine asked questions to get that sort of answer out da nigga. And a lot of internet fuck niggaz and nerds blew the shit outta proprotion.
Honestly Is the lil dude betta than Reasonable Doubt Jay-z??? Shiiiiiittttttttt no, but is he betta than Vol 2 Jay-z? Kingdom Come Jay-z?? Without a fuckin doubt dawg!! Shit Jay-z NOW aint even betta than old Jay.. So while the past has passed, Weezy is the future."
That's real but the Game, T.I, and maybe even Chamillionaire are the future as well.
That shit should have stayed on the other site.I disagree 100% with the entire crap piece.Even though I think Kingdom Come was Jay's worst album, there is no way I would put any of Lil Waynes garbage ass albums above it.And lets not get back to his mixtapes, there are many better ones.Jay-Z isn't nearly as nice as he once was, but he could still lyrically murder Weezy.Weezy can never compete with Hov, unless he stops spitting so many garbage punchlines and metaphors.
Example-It's young money and we on like the television
ROC bitches
He just being a man about it and keeping it real... apologizing makes you look weak if you do it all the time .. but makes you look smart if you can own up to certain things....
I think it was a smart move...
gotta respect Jgga
CO-sign wit u hyfee good point.
king72331 — about 2 hours ago
He never did re-nig that statement about being better than Jay he just said that he was sorry for it getting blown out of proportion like that.
well a few weeks ago yall were all biggin him up for that statement and shit and ya still honorin da kid for takin it back...lil lame fans crack me up...well its 3pm fullmental was fuckin right. Wayne just doesnt impress me in any ways. He is an average rapper with average skills with a set fanbase age mostly from age 15-18 that know very little about hip hop. That's what i always thought of him and it hadnt change since even tho some1 (unknown ghostwriter) helped him with his lyrics-claims it is no longer happening...look u know at heart that wayne has no place between the best in hip hop and that's a fact. Dude is not there yet and he might be there one day but i can very well say that for alot of rappers out there.
LMAO.. yo im laughin at dis nigga Evil_Dre...hahaha Waynes Punchlines are Weak??? dis wat he said.."That shit should have stayed on the other site.I disagree 100% with the entire crap piece.Even though I think Kingdom Come was Jay's worst album, there is no way I would put any of Lil Waynes garbage ass albums above it.And lets not get back to his mixtapes, there are many better ones.Jay-Z isn't nearly as nice as he once was, but he could still lyrically murder Weezy.Weezy can never compete with Hov, unless he stops spitting so many garbage punchlines and metaphors.
Example-It's young money and we on like the television
nigga u was prolly watchin tv when he said it.. hahaha..lmao. hahha lol..
To all yall Wayne haters.. go comment on a jay-z topic.. o wait.. there aint none..
its OKAY i give yall permission to hate on Wayne.. like he said.. only way to stop wayne is to shoot him.. hahaha
Wallabee05
if he doesnt shoot himself first lol
but nahh i dont hate wayne but his fans dont like to hear da truh...
Not a Jayz fan either but u have ro reconize who spits better...
wat u mean cuz?? wat truth?? let me kno .. i aint comment'n on dat kissin thang.. dat nigga do wat he do.. i KNO dat nigga aint Gay.. so.. but otha den dat wat?? dat nigga weezy is FIYAAAA.. no one alive dats greater..in my opinion..jay z came out wit "show me wat u got" wayne remixed it and now i dont even wanna hear da one jay-z came out wit.. lmao..
why would u sit up there and lie sayin there werent any transition. dats goes to show u he used a ghostwriter. back then he wasnt dat nice u cant denie dat
Anyone tell me what is it with this error messages i think, lil kids are makin the proxy busier and busier erryday...lol just fuckin with u kids u know we luv to teach yall...only tha teachables that is
Wallabee05 — less than a minute ago
wat u mean cuz?? wat truth?? let me kno .. i aint comment'n on dat kissin thang.. dat nigga do wat he do.. i KNO dat nigga aint Gay..
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he turned you down for a date or something?
Wallabee05
da truth dat makaveli just posted i dont think i need futher explanation
Jus a Few qoutes from dat song..
" Tryna tell u i can Kick like Lui Kang nigga..Got dat Sub-Zero Flow, how u want me ma?? make her get ova here like Scorpion.." "i cum through the lane like im dodgin.referee niggas is lame they call Chargin..." "I Hit niggas in da Head like Vonage." hahahah imma stop dare.. i got Qoutes for dayz nigga..
Is dis nigga Jokesta serious?? haha naw nigga ..he fuckin Beyonce lil sis dats how i kno.. and he WAS Fuckin Trina, Nivea.. dem bitches is Bad.. especially Solange fine ass.. so naw nigga.. u wildn..
Wallabee05 Exuse me these are lame
this way hotter told u lil lame is 5th grage metaphore spitter
Squinted-eye gangsta / Live in a skyscraper / Platinum Patron-drinker / Stacking that grown paper / I spit fire God pushed me out his nuts / The Devil swallowed me up / I burnt a hole in his guts /
Right now sonn Jay z dont come close to lil wayne in rapping but from the black album and back no doubt seriously not even trying to argue all yall niggas gone buy the carter 3 and dont even say you not and when it comes out compare it to kingdom come hip hop is dead and whatever dipset puts out for you youngns wayne is the most entertaining rapper out right now jay and nas and beanie gotta hand down a torch and who you thank they gonna give it to
^^^ Cassidy, Papoose, or Lupe would be some good prospects to hand it too
oh and Fabolous
Tigh dude
check it
1- im not gonna buy carter 3
2- Waye never been better than Jay (he copied his style and sum lines 2)
3- Nas and wayne will nver be on da same level even if Nas retires
4- wtf Papoose will lyricaly tear lil lame apart and a lot more new rappers can do it
last but not least wyane lyrics can not make it to the top, Hip Hop king my ass
SJ907 got what i was sayin see...
I'm sorry but I'm finding it very hard to read through a lot of these damn comments.
English guys! Please! Try as best you can...please...
I hear some good points being made. The one that sticks out is Ghost1N. I have to agree that nigga Wayne needs a publicist badly and a speech therapist! LMAO! Im done with this article.
And Wallabee05, you seriously need to get off of Wayne's nuts. Seriously. It's starting to put your sexuality into question.
My bad I forgot that dude SoLoIsT: Nigga need a publicist. dis nigga dont think he react... Smart for da streetz, Dumb for da business.
Well said.
Funiest comment I ever read on defsound_______________"On Lil Wayne Snitched on Drama"
lilwaynesun — about 8 hours ago
"fuck all the people dat do not fuck lilwayne"
Wayne still getting his paper.. jay z need to put the mic down an stay inside the office...da game is getting to greasey for j anyways... wayne paid respects to jay.. jay made his paper now move aside ...jay isn't even relivant with street cred anymore anyways... to many suits and corporate meetings for that...
og's can't stop the new breed they need a new occupation.. there time is ova..
im sorry....but some of yall dickriders and haters need to get a life, Go find yall a female and fuck sumthin. Wayne and Jay z got what everybody wants and dont have..money..they dont give a fuck wat yall say. That nigga say he sorry....u aint a ho for apologizin....thas how u get respect
There time is ova? Son you are smokin' Jay's average tracks are better than Wayne's tightest tracks.
Plus Weezy lost his street cred when he kissed another man, he needs to go and right a book about it now, like John Amechi did.