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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: pootypooty on June 11, 2008, 08:24:34 AM
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http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/15563
Despite Tha Carter III leaking on the Internet over a week ago, New Orleans, Louisiana rapper Lil' Wayne is expected to sell between 850,000 and 950,000 albums in his first week sales.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the album is set to surpass both of 2008's highest-selling first week albums, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 and Usher's Here I Stand which sold 463,000 and 433,000.
Executive VP of sales for Universal Motown Republic Group Pat Monaco explained the unexpected number of albums sold and why the leaking is helping rather than hurting Weezy's prospected totals.
"The sales the first few hours were exceeding the rate that the Kanye album sold a year ago," he said. "[Tha Carter III] was one of these records that, because it was so highly anticipated, with the leaks and everything, it caused more people to go out at eight in the morning to buy the CD."
With first week sales looking to possibly beat both Carey and Usher's albums combined, Monaco also explained the impact bootlegging unfinished recordings on mixtapes and Lil' Wayne's non-stop recording habit had on the album.
"[We] were like putting a traditional set-up and street date on a guy that was just nontraditional," he affirmed. "It changed dates, changed titles, changed songs, changed the people that were working on it. But sonically, the record bears out."
If the reports hold true and Lil' Wayne is able to pass Carey, Tha Carter III will not only be the biggest album of the year but will also regain the top spot for a hip-hop artist since Kanye West last September.
As previously reported by SOHH, Tha Carter III was intentionally leaked by various mixtape djs including DJ Chuck T due to negative statements made against them by Weezy.
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props to Wayne!! Huge numbers if this is accurate.
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He deserves it. He put out a lot of bullshit verses through the past 2 years but Carter 3 is pretty dope, cohesive. And he delivered the big single with Lollipop.
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I copped a copy.
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I'm still thinkin bout buyin this..I got C1 n C2 so why not finish off the series, C3 is pretty dope but I only have bout 30 cuts left n I wanna get faded on friday n saturday.. :-\
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i can't believe it
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That's impressive.
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I was disappointed by the album and I'm not gonna buy it, but that's wassup... propz to Wayne, I didn't think he was gonna put up that many numbers, especially in the first week
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the dumbening of America...
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He better hope so. Otherwise I think his career is pretty much gonna come to a screeching hault.
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props to Wayne!! Huge numbers if this is accurate.
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Incredible if this is true!
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not really a fan, but congrats goes to him
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props to Wayne!! Huge numbers if this is accurate.
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He deserves it. He put out a lot of bullshit verses through the past 2 years but Carter 3 is pretty dope, cohesive. And he delivered the big single with Lollipop.
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not really a fan, but congrats goes to him
Yeah big time. Those numbers are insane in this market considering how much this album has been bootlegged already.
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im more interested in the drop between first and second week, and that and third.
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And 50 said Wayne over saturated the market. ;D
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the dumbening of America...
This is the only post worth reading in this thread. Quoted for truth!!
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
lmao he doesnt have THAT many fans. Its just that hes hot and the kids thinks hes the best because of the amount of records he put out, they dont care about quality. And then BET and all that riding his dick biggin him up so Wayne can make some more money to the business thats why. We'll see how many fans he has in about 1-2 years. Look at 50 Cent. That dude sold like 1,4 mil after what 3 days? now look now aint that many fuckin with G-Unit.
These fans are gullible and follow trends because they afraid they wont fit in in school or be called a hater if they dont like Wayne.
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
lmao he doesnt have THAT many fans. Its just that hes hot and the kids thinks hes the best because of the amount of records he put out, they dont care about quality. And then BET and all that riding his dick biggin him up so Wayne can make some more money to the business thats why. We'll see how many fans he has in about 1-2 years. Look at 50 Cent. That dude sold like 1,4 mil after what 3 days? now look now aint that many fuckin with G-Unit.
These fans are gullible and follow trends because they afraid they wont fit in in school or be called a hater if they dont like Wayne.
Alright chill, jesus.
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Nah he does have that many fans, LOL at the haters :D
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Nah he does have that many fans, LOL at the haters :D
I aint hating. I've got Carter 1 and 2. I just don't think he's that amazing, I've said this shitloads of times.
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but dude pushed 423,000 units on 1st day! That is alot of records to sell and plus he said it himself he would beat Mariah Carey and Usher on 1st week sales and he going to do it if he sold that many in 1 day.
Distribution better start making more.
P.S. Never been a fan but this is just over the top man!
Peep.......
As we reported yesterday, Lil Wayne's new album Tha Carter III is set to sell 850,000 to 950,000 copies the first week of its release. According to Billboard Weezy sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release and will out sell Mariah Carey's E=MC2 and Kanye West's Graduation combined. The nine merchants that have reported Lil Wayne's sales to Neilson Soundscan make up 80% of the market and include Best Buy, CircuitCity, Starbucks, iTunes, Target, and Borders.
Weezy is starting his 5th straight week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his hit single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. "Lollipop" isn't the only song that Lil Wayne has on the charts. Wayne has five other songs from Tha Carter III on this weeks charts plus he also is featured on songs from Usher and Lloyd.
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they sell tht shit at starbucks
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
lmao he doesnt have THAT many fans. Its just that hes hot and the kids thinks hes the best because of the amount of records he put out, they dont care about quality. And then BET and all that riding his dick biggin him up so Wayne can make some more money to the business thats why. We'll see how many fans he has in about 1-2 years. Look at 50 Cent. That dude sold like 1,4 mil after what 3 days? now look now aint that many fuckin with G-Unit.
These fans are gullible and follow trends because they afraid they wont fit in in school or be called a hater if they dont like Wayne.
Alright chill, jesus.
u obviously a white boy. u act like i got mad and shit i just told u whats real and this nigga acting like a old lady and shit..."myyyy gooooooshh, oommmmmg". i wasnt even heated so i dont know wtf u talking about
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they sell tht shit at starbucks
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you gotta be kidding me lol
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the question is "why"?
what does wayne have that other dont have?
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the question is "why"?
what does wayne have that other dont have?
well when you sell your soul, anything's possible
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what the fuck.... how the fuck do people find what he calls music good?????
im fuckin clueless.... dude is just fucked up whining non sense in the booth... and mufuckaz like it?
i must just be too old school for this shit
Props to him gettin his money tho
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They sell albums at Starbucks, wtf?
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oh no hip hop is doomed!
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
lmao he doesnt have THAT many fans. Its just that hes hot and the kids thinks hes the best because of the amount of records he put out, they dont care about quality. And then BET and all that riding his dick biggin him up so Wayne can make some more money to the business thats why. We'll see how many fans he has in about 1-2 years. Look at 50 Cent. That dude sold like 1,4 mil after what 3 days? now look now aint that many fuckin with G-Unit.
These fans are gullible and follow trends because they afraid they wont fit in in school or be called a hater if they dont like Wayne.
Alright chill, jesus.
u obviously a white boy. u act like i got mad and shit i just told u whats real and this nigga acting like a old lady and shit..."myyyy gooooooshh, oommmmmg". i wasnt even heated so i dont know wtf u talking about
You are the 1 with attitude :laugh:
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i hope t.i. outsells him.
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what the fuck.... how the fuck do people find what he calls music good?????
im fuckin clueless.... dude is just fucked up whining non sense in the booth... and mufuckaz like it?
i must just be too old school for this shit
Props to him gettin his money tho
His shit is garbage. And the only people buying this crap, are simple minded teenagers.
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
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I'm shocked he has that many fans personally. But fair play to him. I probably will buy it eventually as its not top of my most wanted list.
lmao he doesnt have THAT many fans. Its just that hes hot and the kids thinks hes the best because of the amount of records he put out, they dont care about quality. And then BET and all that riding his dick biggin him up so Wayne can make some more money to the business thats why. We'll see how many fans he has in about 1-2 years. Look at 50 Cent. That dude sold like 1,4 mil after what 3 days? now look now aint that many fuckin with G-Unit.
These fans are gullible and follow trends because they afraid they wont fit in in school or be called a hater if they dont like Wayne.
Alright chill, jesus.
u obviously a white boy. u act like i got mad and shit i just told u whats real and this nigga acting like a old lady and shit..."myyyy gooooooshh, oommmmmg". i wasnt even heated so i dont know wtf u talking about
You are the 1 with attitude :laugh:
that's a nice progression messi, you've expanded your act to the outbound section :raisetheroof:
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
lol @ comparing lil wayne to soulja boy. lil wayne said allah in one of his tracks. shouldn't you be on his nuts?
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
lol @ comparing lil wayne to soulja boy. lil wayne said allah in one of his tracks. shouldn't you be on his nuts?
I put him in the same category as Soulja Boy, BowWow and the rest of them... all their songs are the same.... "Shawty dis, Shawty dat, Shawty Shawty, blah, blah, blah, in the club, in the club Shawty want to blah blah blah... " That ain't fuckin rap man. That's straight up bullshit. If 2pac was alive this dude would not even be allowed to exist in the rap game.
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
lol @ comparing lil wayne to soulja boy. lil wayne said allah in one of his tracks. shouldn't you be on his nuts?
I put him in the same category as Soulja Boy, BowWow and the rest of them... all their songs are the same.... "Shawty dis, Shawty dat, Shawty Shawty, blah, blah, blah, in the club, in the club Shawty want to blah blah blah... " That ain't fuckin rap man. That's straight up bullshit. If 2pac was alive this dude would not even be allowed to exist in the rap game.
LOL. Ignorance is bliss huh? Obviously you haven't listened to any of his albums and are basically describing his single lollipop
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LOL. Ignorance is bliss huh? Obviously you haven't listened to any of his albums and are basically describing his single lollipop
I don't know what he could possibly say on another song that could make me overlook his faggot ass image, lack of skills, lack of integrity, and faggot affiliations.
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LOL. Ignorance is bliss huh? Obviously you haven't listened to any of his albums and are basically describing his single lollipop
I don't know what he could possibly say on another song that could make me overlook his faggot ass image, lack of skills, lack of integrity, and faggot affiliations.
Aww. Did he fuck your girlfriend or something?
Let me ask you something, have you ever gotten laid?
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LOL. Ignorance is bliss huh? Obviously you haven't listened to any of his albums and are basically describing his single lollipop
I don't know what he could possibly say on another song that could make me overlook his faggot ass image, lack of skills, lack of integrity, and faggot affiliations.
Aww. Did he fuck your girlfriend or something?
Let me ask you something, have you ever gotten laid?
Yes, of course I have.....
........and what kind of homo sits around and listens to this Lil Wayne faggot without realizin he just throwin that shit in your face like a lil' bitch, this trash has no artistic value, atleast when Pac talked about material things he did it for a purpose to show people that if he could get it you could get it to, when he came up it was a movement, he brought his people with him.
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
:laugh:
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the dumbening of America...
was it any different in the past, last 10 years ? No.? Ok.
Yes, it was way different. If you could watch a recorded episode of rapcity from 1998 and compare it to an hour long episode of rapcity today you would understand right away.
Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, and all these stooges can even make Master P of 1998 look like the rap version of Malcolm X.
lol @ comparing lil wayne to soulja boy. lil wayne said allah in one of his tracks. shouldn't you be on his nuts?
I put him in the same category as Soulja Boy, BowWow and the rest of them... all their songs are the same.... "Shawty dis, Shawty dat, Shawty Shawty, blah, blah, blah, in the club, in the club Shawty want to blah blah blah... " That ain't fuckin rap man. That's straight up bullshit. If 2pac was alive this dude would not even be allowed to exist in the rap game.
LOL. Ignorance is bliss huh? Obviously you haven't listened to any of his albums and are basically describing his single lollipop
forreal..mann.. think he needs to start at doogie's(b.g.) and wayne true story and go on his wayne course..
see wayne been breakin mic since he was 11 .and soulja boy and bow wow and whomever u wanna throw in the mix aint seein him..
him sayin pac.. pac wouldn've did shit...
pac was alive when wayne was doin it in 93...and pretty sure he had to hear baby nem whenever he came to the south..and the parts he useta be in he had to...cashmoney was floodin the underground with them mystikal disses..
i can name 5 bullshit rappers that was existing when pac was alive that was 20times worse than soulja boy...that made the same kind of music
pac stop them from existin in the rap game hell nall...
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i can name 5 bullshit rappers that was existing when pac was alive that was 20times worse than soulja boy...that made the same kind of music
You sure about that? Souljah boy isn't even music, so I think you'll be struggling there.
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i can name 5 bullshit rappers that was existing when pac was alive that was 20times worse than soulja boy...that made the same kind of music
You sure about that? Souljah boy isn't even music, so I think you'll be struggling there.
not to u... but he's rakim to the niggas he cater to oppose to what niggas my age had to go thru comin up.. when
luke
69 boys
d-shot
tag team
vanilla ice
markie mark
2 in a room
jt playaz
force down our throats..
man i can keep goin...and some of the people i name make soulja boy look like rakim..
it was so much bullshit out then...and people makin a mockery of the game.. nancy reagan and ronald reagan had songs out...
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i can name 5 bullshit rappers that was existing when pac was alive that was 20times worse than soulja boy...that made the same kind of music
You sure about that? Souljah boy isn't even music, so I think you'll be struggling there.
not to u... but he's rakim to the niggas he cater to oppose to what niggas my age had to go thru comin up.. when
luke
69 boys
d-shot
tag team
vanilla ice
markie mark
2 in a room
jt playaz
force down our throats..
man i can keep goin...and some of the people i name make soulja boy look like rakim..
it was so much bullshit out then...and people makin a mockery of the game.. nancy reagan and ronald reagan had songs out...
first off, I respect your post because you tried to come with some knowledge rather than resorting to "you a hater, you probably aint been laid"....
But still, your post is off point. Ya, in 96 we may have had groups like 69 Boyz doin there thing, but that was like a dance album and party album, I even remember getting down to "The Train", that was my joint....
But 69 Boyz sold to a particular audience and it was a specific genre of dance music, but when you talk about Lil Wayne, you are talking about the current King of Rap, and so he is currently the face of rap music throughout the whole world...
So that's like have George Bush as the face of America, it makes America look ignorant throughout the world... well Wayne is ruining hiphops image in the world.
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what the fuck.... how the fuck do people find what he calls music good?????
im fuckin clueless.... dude is just fucked up whining non sense in the booth... and mufuckaz like it?
i must just be too old school for this shit
Props to him gettin his money tho
His shit is garbage. And the only people buying this crap, are simple minded teenagers.
Nigga what artists do you like?!
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The album is ok at best but props to Lil' Wayne for selling that much though. After the whole Kanye/50 thing I didn't expect Hip Hop to pull out those numbers again. It's crazy what HYPE can do for your album.
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when you talk about Lil Wayne, you are talking about the current King of Rap
That's an opinion
If you put aside your opinions of what constitutes rap music and what doesn't you might be surprised at what you discover.
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The magic million is within sight of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III." The Cash Money/Universal album continues to lead Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released today (June 13). Based on the new tally, the album could sell a million copies by the time SoundScan closes out its tracking week on Sunday night.
Unweighted sales of "Carter" through the close of business yesterday stood at 630,000. That's the largest number the Friday Building chart has seen since it began in September.
The last album to rack up a similar number on a Friday Building chart was Kanye West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which posted a 600,000 figure the Friday of its release. "Graduation" would go on to shift 957,000 in its first full week.
The last album to sell a million copies in a week was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), when it bowed with 1.1 million in March 2005.
Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.
billboard.com
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this nigga could sell upto a million first week!?!? DANG!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Say what u want about lolipop and the remix but that shit is played EVERYWHERE! go to a club and even the white cats who dont like hiphop bounce to that joint!
but i had no idea he was about to sell this much still....i didnt think these type of numbers were possible still!!! Thats amazing no matter what and it'll give heart to alot
of other cats out there to release there shit sooner with a hit records...cats like eminem etc...lol
But just in terms of the numbers u gotta give this nigga his props, that crazy digits!! He will have given alot of encouragement to many other cats out there to drop
there shit! lol...thank carter? lol
pz!
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with downloading and everything I never thought he would sell than many but damn!
props to Wayne
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the dumbening of America...
co sign
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i would not call lil wayne wack, he have greated a huge buzz, i have been on many singles many hit. He have been realeasing many mixtapes. He have realesed the leak online... the album have also been promoted in the right way.. His album also dropped at the same time were his single is a number 1 hit in the USA...
personally i dont like all his songs, but some of them are realy good " mr carter" with Jay z are realy great..
gratz to lil wayne selling so much!!! the music busness needs that!!!
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props 2 weezy
ppl need to stop hating
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*LOL* @ err'body comparin wayne to soulja boy! u obviously don't have a clue...
i've never been a wayne fan...but u really have to listen to tha album before u start hatin on this young man! he got his own style/flow, which is unique these days...+ he ain't rappin' bout his gangsta affiliation, cars/rims, evisu/red monkey jeans, jewelery, money stacks or any of these played out gimmick bullshit subjects all tha time...for that alone i'll give him props!
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the 90s had way more skilled rap.... shit has fallen terribly since then,,,, lil wayne is perfect example... he was better when he was in hot boys then now.... now he just crack head that for some reason people like him... i cant figure it out. he's terrible and i bought carter 1 it was ok, my girl bought carter 2 it was fuckin terrible. every feature i hear since then fuckin horrible. his new single even worse... he gets worse n worse over time
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the 90s had way more skilled rap.... shit has fallen terribly since then,,,, lil wayne is perfect example... he was better when he was in hot boys then now.... now he just crack head that for some reason people like him... i cant figure it out. he's terrible and i bought carter 1 it was ok, my girl bought carter 2 it was fuckin terrible. every feature i hear since then fuckin horrible. his new single even worse... he gets worse n worse over time
i disagree. i thought that hot boyz shit was weak