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Monday 26 September 8:06 a.m.
"You can’t compare any other artist out there to me,” the charismatic Lil Wayne rightfully declares. “They are them, I am me. Nobody can do what I can. I am the best at what I do and that’s everything.”
Lil Wayne is hip-hop’s biggest name, deadliest lyricist, the genre’s most flourishing touring act, one of the industry’s great successful label moguls and the most versatile, in demand performer in all of music. Now Lil Wayne finally releases the most anticipated LP of the past three years, Tha Carter IV on Cash Money/Universal Republic Records. Tha Carter IV, as Weezy has aptly nicknamed the project, is the explosive follow-up to his 2008 multi-platinum chart dominating classic Tha Carter III. Tha Carter III, is widely regarded as one of the top rap albums of all-time, is the last hip-hop album to sell one million copies in its first week of release and spawned timeless hits such as ‘A Milli,’ ‘Mrs. Officer,’ and his first solo number one single ‘Lollipop.’
Like its predecessor, Tha Carter IV is unyielding in the amount of hits on its tracklist with songs such as ‘6’7’ featuring Cory Gunz, ‘John,’ the massive single ‘How To Love’ and the brand new single ‘She Will’ featuring Drake. Guests on the new album include Jadakiss and Drake on ‘It’s Good,’ while T-Pain joins Lil Wayne on ‘How To Hate.’ Rick Ross, Bun B, Nas, Shyne and Busta Rhymes all round out the guest list. The latter three appear on the triumphant outro. “I wanted to make sure the LP went out with as much intensity as it begins with, so I assembled some of the best spitters in all of world to beat the track up,” Wayne says of his album’s ending.
Lil Wayne’s adventurous life started out in New Orleans, LA. He was born Dwayne Carter in the Uptown section of Hollygrove. Outside of his family, little Lil Wayne had two loves; sports and music. At age eight, Wayne, wrote his first rhymes and immediately had aspirations of being a professional MC. The next year, Wayne caught the attention of Cash Money Records Co-CEO Bryan ”Birdman” Williams and his brother Ronald “Slim” Williams, who were just starting their musical empire independently and had gained a swell of support in their hometown.
Tha Carter series (Tha Carter in 2004, Tha Carter II in 2005, Tha Carter III in 2008) has seen Wayne, a four time Grammy winner, elevate artistically and his status as the biggest name in music continues to grow. This year Lil Wayne alone was named one of Forbes Magazine’s top earning rap stars, Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Hip-Hop Kings,” and he recently performed on MTV Network’s coveted and legendary “Unplugged” series.
“Every time you hear a Carter album, just know that it is a culmination of my life both musically and professionally up to that point. I’ve always been honest since my first recordings as a child, but on the Carters, I open up like never before and I feel like I’m at my most ferocious on the mic.”