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Tarfumes.com - Tha Carter III
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Manufacturer: Cash Money Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517655188
Label: Cash Money Records
Manufacturer: Cash Money Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Cash Money Records
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Studio: Cash Money Records
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Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum artist Lil Wayne is once again taking control of the airwaves and breaking records in both with "Lollipop," the first single from his highly anticipated album Tha Carter III. This is the biggest add week that a hip-hop artist has received at Rhythm Crossover and the biggest any artist has received at Urban Radio including Beyonce and Mariah. "Lollipop," is being well received at key radio stations across the country including: New York (Hot 97), Los Angeles (Power), Seattle (93 KUBE), Miami (99 Jamz), Philadelphia (Power 99), Atlanta (Hot 107) and Detroit (Hot 102). Lil Wayne's MySpace page received over a million unique views this week giving him the #1 Top Artist profile on the site. The video is currently in heavy rotation at MTV, MTV2, BET's Rap City and MTV Jams, where it appeared as the Jam Of The Week. The "Lollipop" video is also in medium rotation at MTV Hits and on BET's main playlist. Lil Wayne will also appear on BET's annual Spring Bling and will be only the 2nd artist in the event's history to perform for an entire episode! Since the release of his last CD, the platinum selling Tha Cater II, Lil Wayne has guest appearances on over 70 songs for other artists including Fat Joe's 2008 Grammy nominated single "Make It Rain," DJ Khaled's "We Taking Over," and Wyclef Jeans' "Sweetest Girl." He also released a duet CD with Bryan "Birdman" Williams titled Like Father, Like Son in 2006 which was a critical and commercial success.
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Summary: THA CARTER III
Comment: I LIKE THIS ALBUM. ITS TIGHT!! NO WONDER WHY IT HIT NUMBER ONE ON THE CHARTS. This album will be a classic! This album is an eclectic collection of songs that range simply brilliant to sheer genius. This album has also proved why he is the best rapper alive and to me, he is. This album sold over a million in its first week. This album will be multi-platinum.
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Summary: Haters are suckers in my opinion
Comment: Wayne is a genious for a couple of reasons. One he creates music now not caring what people think about him which makes this album very unique. He also gets attention by saying he is the best rapper alive, to me thats genious. Because it attracts attention from people, even if you don't like him you'll listen at least once to see and if you end up liking his music then he's got you. Its been great seeing this crazy guy grow. One last thing great album my favorite track is DONT GET IT and then LA LA ("I don't give f?!# if you understand me. I love being misunderstood, why cause I live in the suburbs and I come from the hood")....Classic
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Summary: Good/Strange Album
Comment: This album was hard to like at the beginning, but eventually I grew into it I believe this album isn't for everyone because at times Lil' wayne makes little or no sense to some folks. Well I recommend you take a listen you just might like it. No harm done doing such an act. But you got to be a Lil' wayne fan point blank period.
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Summary: Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III- Worth the hype? You be the judge.
Comment: Tha Carter III, long awaited, several times pushed back and because of that, highly anticipated. Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III had not only the streets but the world hypnotized and locked in for when it was to come out. I have not quite seen as much anticipation for an album in some time. Even people who are not quite fans of his were drawn in because of the hype that has been built up by his previous albums, all the work he has put in and being seen everywhere as the most sought after artist in years as you have heard him on numerous tracks and remixes (i.e. Wyclef Jean's Sweetest Girl, Playaz Circle's Duffle Bag Boy, Shawty Lo's Dey Know remix with Luda, Jeezy and Plies, Kanye's Barry Bonds on Graduation, Jay-Z's Hello Brooklyn from American Gangster, Fat Joe's Crack House, Rick Ross's Luxary Tax, so on and so on) as well as his mixtapes, and his boasts as The Best Rapper Alive. All of these aspects contribute to the boiling over readiness of the world. Then you add the phenomenon Lollipop, and the pot blew off the stove! Lil' Wayne had the world at his feet and his fingertips. All this was no doubt going to have a major impact on his sales. And it has as it pretty much is at platinum status in under a month if not the first couple of weeks. That wasn't the question. The question would be would Tha Carter III be worth the hype?
Here is my view on things (yours maybe different, but that is the beauty of the world, we can have different opinions or the same if some of ya'll can relate to me): This is unquestionably a good album. He cleared the fence for that. But however for all the boasting he has done the last couple of years of being the Best Rapper Alive or the game has seen in years and people pumping that hard, the constant push backs, the infinite anticipation and people thinking this album was going to be a classic, I have to say it fell somewhat short of that. And from what I'm hearing from people and reading on some of these sites, he has put out better. There were times in the album where you felt like it was more in the mixtape mode where he really does shine. You give him a mic and tell him to just go and take us whereever you lead us and tie it all together, he is a monster. A hands-down beast! That showed on songs like A Milli (that song BANGS!), Let The Beat Build which is a soulful sounding track produced by none other than Kanye West (love the feel), and a collabo with Fabolous and Juelz Santana with You Ain't Got Nuthin' in which they all put it down HARD to me. But it felt too much in the mixtape ways. Then you got songs that have R&B feels, appearances and hooks like Got Money with T-Pain which is cool and Tie My Hands which is a song that pays tribute to his lost home of New Orleans and how Katrina and the government left its natives crippled and abandoned with Robin Thicke on the hook (kind of a hidden gem, great content). Then you get songs like the ugh song in Comfortable with Babyface which just does not work for me and Mrs. Officer with Bobby Valentino which seems like a playful and fun song, but leaves you thinking, Huh? What was the point to this track and what is with that hook? He definitely shows his creativity with cuts like Phone Home in which he plays like E.T. and how his style is not of this world and the tight one Dr. Carter, themed on him playing a surgeon operating on wannabe rappers and losing them on the table as they don't have what it takes to survive in the game but saving the patient at the end which is hip hop. His opinion, but still a track to look for. You get a couple of other tracks worth the buy in 3Peat and Dontgetit, where after a song he explains himself and what he is about as a person and a rapper he gets into the workings of society with some very interesting thoughts to say the least. That track would've been tighter if Common hadn't used that theme and sample for his album last year.
The track that grabbed my attention for a few reasons was Mr. Carter, featuring the Great Hov, Jay-Z. Of course seeing that Jay-Z was on a cut with Wayne again drew my eyes in and was looking to see how they worked together on this one. Great beat on the song and Wayne put it down with his first couple verses. Then Jay just lays it down and a verse that sorta has the feel of him passing the baton/torch on (I'm right chere/In my chair/With my crown and my dere(dear)/Queen B as I share/Mic time with my heir/Young Carter/Go farther/Go further/Go harder/Is that not why we came/And if not, then why bother and ending the verse with I see euros/Thats right, plural/I took so much change from this rap game/It's your go) in what you would think is one of those incredible moments in the changing of the guard in saying it's your time now. But to me, Wayne kind of bobbled the last verse and took a bit of the luster off of the track when he could have totally brought it home. It was his time to really show people that he has stepped up to be the best rapper as his opinion states. He didn't do that to me. It was as if the pressure of that moment and all the pressure of what he had said led him to try too hard and overdo or whatever it was. Or maybe he wasn't as ready as he and a lot of people thought. And therefore, just leaves me at the thought that he is just not reach that Jay-Z level. Not yet. Maybe we shall see it down the line as this track and album will motivate him to come even harder and better, but as of this moment he is not there. They make a great duo, but Jay just outshines him. Maybe mixtape wise Wayne could stand up to Jay. But as far as lyrics with points, actual songs and albums, no. Add on to that in the fact that some of the beats were not up to par and as people have pointed out, his flow was way too choppy at certain points of the CD and has shown better prior to this.
What's this all add up to? A darn good album, with some impressive tracks. But nothing much more than that. Not the classic everyone was looking for or hoping it to be. Not the album that was suppose to catapult him to the top spot of the game if he wasn't there yet, though it has given him superstar and rockstar status. Maybe we have seen the best of Weezy already or maybe that is on the way. No one knows for sure. I'll tell you that Tha Carter III, even though it is good, does not sway me in his favor in putting him on the throne. There is a difference in being the Hottest Rapper Out and the Best Rapper Alive. Hottest Rapper Out? Lil' Wayne. No doubt. Probably the most sought after rapper in like a decade. Best Rapper Alive? Really can't speak his name for that one. I'll put him in the discussion cause he is up there and you have to respect what he is doing. But to me Lupe might be just as close as he is and he has only put out two albums and the best rapper alive in my opinion is still Jay-Z. That's for another day, though. Anyways, I don't want to persuade you to avoid the album. It is one to bump! Just don't expect more than that.
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Summary: the carter
Comment: This dude so wak it aint even funny lets face it the whole south is garbage west coast garbage down south trash rap music and hip hop
is starting to become a circus and lil wayne is the biggest clown of them all
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