Lil Wayne has become one of the most controversial rappers of his day. A lot of critics and even rappers have an issue with Lil Wayne.
To say the name can provoke many reactions in the hip hop community, many of hate, many of praise and enjoyment of his music.
Let me start off by saying, I am a wayne fan, and I listen to his music more so than any other rapper, why it appeals to me, there are many answers..
I enjoy the freestyle, style, where it sounds like he just bs’in in the booth, high or not. Talking about what ever comes to mind, the bragging, the claims of being the best, the humor, the outrageous similes and pop culture references.
It can be argued, that he is not as deep or as knowledgeable on tracks as some other rappers i.e. late Eminem, immortal technique, lupe, nas, but the way I see it, he is a different character or player in the game than these others, like, in my terms, it would be like blaming a soccer defender for not scoring enough, or in U.S. terms, blaming a quarterback for not making game saving tackles, being overly deep is not the man’s style or job, he has his own duty, to rap about what he feels, and to be who he is, though, imo, he has shown he can be deep on many tracks, particularly when describing love and emotions and death, such as “its killing me”, “cry out”, “gangsters pray”, then more of his political stuff, “Georgia bush”, where he talks about the floods and the government.
To say, right now, he isn’t the hardest worker, in rap, or in music, full stop will be dismissed without a second thought. No one has produced anywhere near the amount of material in the past few years, or appeared on more features, or gained more notoriety. Appearing on Countless rappers, hip hop stars, and pop artists tracks, have all been brilliantly executed plans to gain popularity from more than one genre. One reason why he sold a million in the first week.
Now, its been said in the past few years, for an album to sell over 300,000 in the first week has the industry doing cartwheels, now times that by 3 and then some, and it gives you some understanding of what the Carter 3 has achieved. Despite the numerous set backs and leaks, he still does it and sells twice as much as the next best selling album this year, and what does he do afterwards?.. does he get big headed and stop.. na.. a line from his 3rd “a millie” remix lol, which shows how hard he works, he states……
“A million sold, first day I went gold, how do I celebrate?..work on tha Carter Fo’”
Pretty much sums dude up, who can’t admire that work ethic, sold a million, and still thinking about working, stating with diddy on his blog, about his success, “if they ask you why you work so hard… you ask them, why not?”..
Lil Wayne is still only 25, that’s crazy, still a kid really, nas, jay z, all have been around, wayne seems to have been around something similar, but he still has that energy to produce and produce and produce, tha reason he came up with the moniker “best rapper alive” is cause jay z “retired”, but he doesn’t show any disrespect to these rappers, he’s the first to say thank you for inspiring and paving the way for rappers like him, the man is genuine class, the outrageous swag on tracks is a side effect of his talent and hard work.
Your favorite rapper and artist, seems to be giving wayne praise, jay z says on mr carter.. “mic time, with my heir”, clearing stating his thoughts that wayne is the future of the game, while nas is proclaiming hip hop Is dead, (even though he still is able to produce great music), Wayne took that upon himself like no one else, as a challenge, to resurrect and give life again, to the hip hop/rap genre, and I and many others believe he has been successful.
The problem being with wayne’s swag, means it passes on to some of the more impressionable fans, leading them to portray him as the best ever, the best alive, and the hip hop heads hate this, so they denounce him, and it is now seen as “cool” to hate wayne, or like that makes it seem like you know something about rap, just cause he don’t always talk about politics, or don’t like his style or voice. Like his voice lol, I can understand if you think he hard to listen to, but his voice shouldn’t effect your opinion or make you claim he’s garbage, he just using what he giving, and claiming he’s high doing most tracks, I doubt he’s gonna have the clearest voice on every track.
The dude is lyrical. Full stop. Whether its your type of lyrics or not, he has clever lines, great similies, great references, outrageous swagger, and surprising meaning behind most of his lines. To say he a garbage rapper is jumpin on the band wagon, I admit he can go off talking ass about one thing or another, but that’s part of the charm, like he just bs’in in the street or the booth.
As far as tracks go, he’s producing heater after heater, remix after remix (and then another remix), constantly bombarding everyone with a new song, that has quotables, a high end feature star and a bumping beat. Everyone realizes wayne is hot now, so they all giving him the best beats, everyone looking to work with him, and with his dedication and determination, he is sure to make good on all these proposals and continue to make great music.
The more people hate, the more controversy, the more exposure, the more popularity, the more sales he gets, it all adds up, wayne is a smart guy, he aint claiming to be the best rapper alive, to be an arrogant ass, he doing it to create a storm, to create a topic of conversation, he says it, and he believes it, no one is doing more than him in hip hop now.
Now I would give you a list of wayne tracks to go and listen to for yourselves, but ya’ll know the deal, (I would recommend da drought 3), the small time haters on rap sites and ya’ll small time emcee’s doing there thing, check youtube, check myspace, over 100 millions views, millions of views on every video, millions of plays, dude is on another level.
So for a “talentless, garbage” rapper, he doing pretty well for himself
and he gonna keep doing till he cant do it no more…
Written By: MagicMark - This Article Does Not Express The Opinions Of IllestLyrics.com
Omg I can’t believe most of u dumb mutha fuckas is hatin on lil wayne so hard. Obiviously u must think that he’s doin gud , if u takin time out 2 listen 2 his music, read about him on the internet n magazines, and leave comments! Why comment on some1 if u feel as though he’s nt worth it?! Please get a fuckin life! He still gne gt money n he’s still goin 2 have fans! If u don’t like him, 2 fuckin bad, but just stop wasting ur time leaving comments if ur goin 2 say negative thingz!
and watch this shit. its hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ji6qekcLxM
Fuck lil wayne, fuck all you fags who love him. His lyrics make no sense whatsoever, he sounds like a little bitch when he raps with his high and whiney voice, and honestly he is borderline retarded along with all of you fags who support him by buying his cds and paying money to see him in concert. He would definatly be on my top ten list of worst rappers ever, down there with vanilla ice. Fuck lil wayne and fuck you guys who praise him. end of discussion.
lol.Wayne a hog
i love Lil Wayne!!!
haha what a clown.. too bad his new \”rock\” cd will never be released because the quality of the music is SHIT…bhahahahaha
btw lil wayne is a cry baby and will fall off as soon as em’s new cd comes out. jus watch people will forget bout the carter 3. wtf is lollipop in the first place? im sure a hard ass ‘gangsta’ wouldnt be rappin bout lolipops haha
i completely agree w the comment below this one. lil wayne puts out repeatative slop and he’s starting to ruin rap. he claims to be the best rapper alive but im pretty sure that eminem, dre, snoop r still alive. and those r jus names i can think off the top of my head. he expoits rap to get rich and he even raps about it. if tupac were still alive lil wayne would be nothing. period
Wow, touching a lot of nerves with this article Mark.
Man All yall can go to hell That nigga wayne is sick so bitches can quit hatin a be real Cuz!
Lil Wayne is the shit
All I got to say is
if u think he suck
why the fuck is u looking him up on the Internet
His name should not even be in the fucking address bar address bar
Lil wayne is fake, lol he made me laugh when he said that he is the best rapper in the world. His succes is based on his producers and probably his ghostwriters. What i dont understand about lil wayne is his behavior. This guy: he has an unique position in te world: Everyone listens to him; the lil kids probably listen more to him then to barack obama. His influence is so huge… Instead of acting so gay and making gay music and saying/acting that being gangster is good; he could also just do good things and make the world aware of the all the fucked up thing that happen in the world. There are rappers who are just trying to do that like lupe fiasco who actually raps about all the the fucked up thing in the world. He is in his position to make some changes in the world… But he is such a fool.
listen to some z-ro, geto boys or pac for some real shit. dont jam some weak ass computer voice thug wit tear drops on his face when he knows he aint never knocked nobody off.
wayne is the most OVER RATED rapper of all time. he even said himself he catering alot of his new tracks to “the suburban white kids”. i mean who you think LOLLIPOP was made for? them weak ass rich kids in ds clubs and them dumb chicken heads jus waiting to toss them their money. it sure wasnt made for none of the g’s and hustlers out there. 90% of his lyrics are wack. he repeats da same shit. yea he got some tracks that are decent. but did you ever see pimp C or PAC changing their style to some weak ass-computer voice-bullshit? hell nah. they stayed da same and dint have to change wit da times like wayne. they put the same real shit out for the people out there that still want it.
wayne calls himself the best rapper alive…..NOPE…he always sipping alcohol in that whitecup and his lyrics is crazy dope..im not hatin im just sayning that hes not the best in the game….on the other hand people should look at new talent.. wayne did his job already hes a so called “legemd” so he need to fall back b4 he curropts hiself.
correction guy at the top =)
guy below me your an idiot your metaphors suck. that just goes to prove its not that easy you douche. just cause you create a metaphor doesnt mean its good like yours for example. but “i’m rare like mr clean with hair” haha at least his make sense you fag
ight i dont think some of you have been takin your prozac. lil wayne WANTS to be the greatest rapper of all time, but… hes not, he gets an A for effort.
i think its funny that every one gets so pissed wen someone says he sucks or hes ggreat
thad be like me callin someone a cock sucker cuz ther favorite color is green, seriously WHO CARES, if you dont like him great if you do good. no need to get a hard on bout it
hate him cuz hes a bad influence on urban youth not cuz his music
haha weezy thinks hes hip hop well if so nas is right, hip hop is dead. I cant wait for the Lil wayne fad to fade.
lil wayne is wack he is a perfect example of y rap is so shitty currently. to those who say he is the greatest rapper of all time is a slap in the face to hip hop especially to the true greatest rappers of all time Biggie and Pac. Lil wayne is sorry like a vanerial disease like a menstral bleed hahahah he fucken pathetic.
from biggie, pac, nas KrS one to lil wayne ahahahahahaha joke
i think tommy nid 2 go suck a dick, u seriously need 2 stop hatin n start appreciating jus lyk the rest of yall niggas…….
weezy is a mystro in the rap game n he jus gettin betta with tym…..if he so garbage then y erryone wana colaborate wid him…its fuckin clear that the nigga has mad swagger n legitimet flow…n none of u fags can even write a rym n u busy hatin on talent…u bitch ass niggas can continue 2 hate bt it still don make a fuckin difference coz he still gt fans……..thats why he sold 1 fuckin milion in the 1st wik……….get the fuck outta here u niggas jus strait up fagget bitches who hate coz u can do shit!!!!!! bitches
the so called clown rapper “Lil Wayne” is a worthless garbage rapper,he has absolutely good lyricism, his flow is watered down,his themes and topics on his songs do not make any sense are repepitive, his croaky voice is unbearable,he is fake and unreal, this clown heavily uses the Auto-Tune effect to make his sounding better,others do not even need that,he is a disgrace and burden to Hip-Hop & the entire art of music. His verses are worthless trash garbage, “Pop Bottles” for example is complete trash recited as if he was drunk,his meaning of the verse is MEANINGLESS,also he is selfish and idiotic, Static Major was featured on his single “Lollipop”, he died in a hosptial, Lil Wayne was awarded(how did that even happen???) and he didn’t even give credit or even mention Static Major, the only reason the song made it was of Static Major. Lil Wayne is the worst rapper and by far the worst artist in the music industry. The facts of this are unbiased and true.
[R.I.P. Stephen Ellis Garret, Static Major May Your Soul Rest In Peace]
lil wayne sucks he bit all his shit from gillie the kid jay-z lyrics and some biggy, fuck him and everyone on his pipe
nugguh shut the fuck up he can make a milli sayin nothin on a track,stop hatin cuz yu cant do wuh he except talk bout woooly mammoths
Lil Wayne is garbage. Cant wait till he falls off…
just because he has a high volume of music doesn’t mean he works hard. i can write three thousand songs in a year, but someone who takes their time writing and editing one song for two months and only gets an album worth of songs done in a year is technically working harder than me. also, i can’t stand some of the stupid shit Wayne says. just because you made a metaphor doesn’t mean it is good. i can say “i’m a bad case of gonorrhea” meaning “i’m sick” or “ill” or “i’m a muthafuckin’ wooly mammoth” to mean i’m a beast, but that doesn’t change the fact that those lines suck ass, literarily speaking.