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Lil Wayne - The Leak

Album Review by: Michael Ivey
Monday, January 7, 2008


Lil Wayne - The Leak

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The unapologetic Lil Wayne jogged through his remix zone in 2007 and is incubating within the Carter’s basement as we speak. ‘The Leak,’ a precursor to ‘Tha Carter 3,’ seeps through the Internet and streets now, and this fourteen song mix is evidence of a pending re-birth. “Dying,” dope infested prose that laments and celebrates Wayne’s epic pain killing, is a “Bottom Of The Map” sort of breakthrough for him. Bass-chunky doom grips you into Wayne’s current genius-unpredictably patient flow and a smart eye for production.

In “Love Me Or Hate Me” exhilarating strings score big with his diligent rap style. “Did It Before” shows off the young emcee’s critical word play over Kanye West’s big beat; lusting hasn’t sounded this fun and melodically juvenile since Jay-Z’s “Face Off” (1997). “Oh that’s ya best friend? Yeah y’all kick it I know/ y’all prolly did it befo, she prolly licked it befo like it was liquid befo.” “Kush” is pure drug money, guaranteed to keep Itunes ringing with it’s screwed up chorus overdub (“Yeah we smoke that Kush/ and we ball like swooosh); the final twelve bars are vintage Lil Wayne and prove he’s not running out of metaphoric fuel: “Lift off Crys-stal, nig*a please, crackers wit cheese/ nig*a please we on J-E-Ts like Curtis Martin in white and green.”

Slip-ups from ‘The Leak’ are few, but that’s too many for the self proclaimed best rapper out. “The Only Reason,” (feat. T. Streets and Sizzler) seems to trump Wayne’s last reach at Reggae (“Mo Fire,” 2005), but T. Streets’ rap verse just gets in the way, and Wayne’s West Indian pitch sounds forced by the end. More Sizzler would’ve been a better order.

Wayne oozes Ropeadope-style confidence throughout ‘The Leak.’ The twenty-something human tattoo canvas audibly flares his nostrils between defiant verses like a child denied his favorite toy; “It rains a lot in my city cause my city cryin/ and still I emerge from all that, I am a living pion-eer close to Zion/ fear God not them,” (“Gossip”).

Though Wayne’s newest work laps most official albums released in the past two years, it’d be a disappointing surprise if any of its’ songs end up on ‘Tha Carter 3;’ it’s no secret that Wayne had and/or has co-writers, so there’s no room for recycled songs. From the looks of it ‘Tha Carter 3’ will stand as a watershed moment in the Louisiana natives’ rapidly burgeoning career.






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Weezy we waitin for the carter 3.
Posted by BWS
"it’s no secret that wayne had and/or has co-writers, so there’s no room for recycled songs." bullsh!t. I'm not a big wayne fan, but i dont think nobody wrote his sh!t. Just bcuz somebody claimed to write his stuff, dont make it so.
Posted by IAMD
From what i seen on little waynes tour bus (shakes head in digust) yes ladies... He is "little" wayne!
Posted by 300 pound queen
^^^^^ lmao!!! wtf!
Posted by Spoken Truth
This really good review. And very tru the few mistakes he makes could have been avoided by the self proclaimed "best rapper alive" the carter 3 is on the way tho.
Posted by DA K I BABY
Enough of the bullsh!t! we need a soundbombing 4 mixed and hosted by d.j. Premier & pete rock! its time! the campaign begins tonight 1/7/07 kingjames 313 you with me???????????????????? this ya boy degenerate lets go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by SOUNDBOMBING 4
Lukie baby! i'm with you all the way degenerate! premo & rock hosting a soundbombing would make me feel like a 6 year old on christmas day! especially if the beats we're all premo, pete, just blaze and 9th wonder! omfg!
Posted by KingJames313
^ imma float a boat to these n!ggaz and see what type of response i get.hopefully you and others do the same.sh!t i feel like sh!t, we supported n!ggaz for uteen! preem & pete should grant the peoples request one time on some historic sh!t.flood they e-mail.imma put the squeeze on em!
Posted by SOUNDBOMBING 4
Lol! i love u guys. Truly. Only on this site would a conversation about the most popular rapper in america (arbuably, lol) turn into a campaign 4 soundbombing 4. Im with it though. Lets be strategic and c if u folks are just talkin or really bout it. Somebody respond if u really wanna push 4 it. God bless.
Posted by mivey
^mivey i came up with this idea this morning after this clam head n!gga tried to argue with me,duke was ready to fight and sh!t talkin bout soundbombing 2 was the first one. D.j. Evil dee mixed the first one,not the beat junkies. 08 im done arguin wit these dudes so i threw on that old premier & d.j. Rondevu realness mixtape and the idea popped out my dome. Word this sh!t is long overdue.what you wanna do? add on.....
Posted by SOUNDBOMBING 4
Who is sizzler? sizzler!! do you mean sizzla aka sizzla kalongi? sizzler is dat seafood spot with the tight biscuits!
Posted by J
“it rains a lot in my city cause my city cryin/ and still i emerge from all that, i am a living pion-eer near zion/ fear god not them,” *corrected and the leak has 5 songs, none of which are dying, did it before, and the only reason
Posted by RSX
"thanks 4 the information" rsx 1 love. Where can we get those 5 songs?
Posted by mivey
The 5 songs are i'm me (1000 degrees) gossip kush love me or hate me talkin bout it (we come and see about it)
Posted by RSX
Li wayne: cant remeber this one...wtf...oh well.. Enjoy mafucckas
Posted by Antibullshit
^^^haha,,lmfao!!!!
Posted by samurai
Im feeling a lot of his music no lie. Im me (who...) that sh*t is bangin. It go hard in my camry lol...
Posted by janaya renae
I love weezy f baby. He is real and his sh*t is hott! " most likely imma die with my finga on the trigga." sky is the limit is tight as hell and the fireman is keepin it real. His sh*t is hot, and he is stuntin just like his daddy the 5* stunna. Keep it hot gangsta!
Posted by J Dizzle
Um is there a carter 3 cd out? i have'nt heard about n e thing new. I mean sure i could download online but id rather go out and buy the real deal.
Posted by kyle
Wayne is my favorite rapper's favorite example of how not to over saturate the game. Dude take a F*ck*ng vacation..... Now ur just being greedy.
Posted by Troublesome 1
Hold up, are there seriously people actually believing that sh*t bout wayne having ghostwriters, you gotta be joking, or just the dumbest muthaF*ckers to walk the earth, lets start with the facts, according to gillie himself, he specifically quoted saying "i was very much involved in the creating of the carter 1" he said it himself countless times that he was there for carter 1, but wasn't there for carter 2, and am i mistaking but doesn't it seem a little odd that someone who possibly has ghostwriters would not only come back with an album that was better lyricism, but constantly released sh*tloads of mixtapes and guest appearances mainstream and underground and doing all that (for those that look at his guest spots on the tv, that aint a fraction of his total of just guest spots, let alone other sh*t) and have you ever heard of a rapper who uses a ghostwriter but puts out all that material and always seems to get better and better, even will smith/dr. Dre/diddy who are known for ghostwriters, even they cant manage to get that much material out, even with the fortune they have to afford it paying the writers, and have you noticed a pattern of scenarios that everytime someone gets famous, theres always hating and people getting in these interviews saying they did this and that etc., well let me ask you something, this gillie dude, if he did all that and hes as talented as he claims as he is, why is it that literally the only time anyone hears anything about him, its always him dissing other peop
Posted by dammage829
(continued)...people, and that we never actually hear any music from him, except for a couple diss tracks at wayne, i mean sh*t, thats literally the only time we see his face or hear anything from him is when hes dissing people, you think im bullsh*tting, go to youtube and you aint gon get sh*t but interviews of him just dissing people from wayne to cassidy, etc., doesn't it by now seem obvious that this aint nothin other than a typical case of somebody blowing up with fame and wealth, and people who were somewhat, if at all associated, gets all pissed and gets in the interviews and magazines, and starts talkin sh*t and dissin and hatin, to get him some fame, sh*t i'd be pissed 2 if i knew someone who got as big as wayne even a lil bit, and i still aint sh*t, im out
Posted by dammage829
Everybody needs to stop tip riding wayne and listen to some real hip hop like jay, nas, lupe, scarface, and beanie
Posted by fuck weezy
I think lil wayne should do it
Posted by Bout it
I feel u n*gga F*ck weezy u right they to stop giving him all this praise like hes lyrical hes not lyrical all he does feed of other people like example new york rappers so get the F*ck out of here
Posted by HarlemHustler
I cant' beleive people really like lil wayne, how is that possible, i guest most of people that like him are very young and don;t know what real music suppose to sound like, but if they wanna have and gud ex they can listen to sytles p new album. Most young catz like lil wayne, we older catz know real n*ggas an real music...remember dmx, jay, big, nas, luda, jezzey, buck, trick daddy, styles, jada, pac,, i hate lil wayne, besides how can you like someone that kisses an man and think he gansta,
Posted by Mac 11
Tha Bia'ch came to my home twn and da corn ball woundnt perform b/c he wanted 64grand instead of wat he had agreed upon 60grand, so he stayed on tha bus and cried about 4 thousand more when he suppose to be super rich, and have love 4 da hood, F*ck lil wayne that Bia'ch fake ass sh*t
Posted by jay blood
All these damn N*gg*rs sound alike. F*ck em all.
Posted by Gmentality
Lil wayne rules the game
Posted by Murda game
Man fu*k lil wayne. People dont realize any more wat real hip hop is. If u want trash, go buy soulja boy album along wit the carter 3 (wen ever it drops). But for me, ima go and buy scarface new album, ima go buy lupe new album, sh*t, ima buy nas album again b/c the first damn song on the fukn cd has more lyricism in it then all of lil waynes tracks and guest apperances combined. So fuk wat u heard. Best albums of the past 2 years (hip hop is dead..nas, american gangster..jigga, the cool..lupe fiasco, made..scrafce, doctors advocate..the game) so fu*k lil wayne, fu*k 50 cent, fu*k soulja bot for ruining hip hop, fu*k birdman for sayin the same bs in every song and for kissin wayne. Only mc's that are good that are out right now (joell ortiz, joe budden, tru life, immortal technique) go listen to these ni**as and i guarentee u, u will have a mean mug on ur ugly a$$ face. Im out
Posted by Illmatic
Yeah he doin it and nobody can't stop his vibe for shyt in the world so i love you wayne keep doin it for your family and what you love the most~~~~~
Posted by RINA F BABY
I mean, i kinda agree with illmatic..... Weezy is my n*gga honestly!!!! im mad as F*ck a n*gga like solja boy is F*ck*n up the hip hop scenery.... Ayy body wanna dance now!!! what the F*ck?? im from detroit and i aint wit it! hip hop is F*cked up... The east coast (and west) need to do somethin about this sh*t..we lettin the south take over.... Every video be a mu F*ck*n down south n*gga! all that sh*t gettin wack as F*ck.... But that sh*t gon definitely die down illmatic..watch!!!
Posted by Staxxx
Word to illmatic! lil wayne's a good rapper. U'll be nothing but a hater to deny that. He has a good flow and he's delivery is outta this world. But his lyrics are cheap. Anyone who's a true raphead will tell u that. 75% of what he says makes no sense absolutely. He needs to step he's sh*t up! and as far as that "best rapper alive" sh*t he keeps talking, it's just something he's aslseep dreaming about, high as F*ck!
Posted by medmo
... He is 21st century rapper. Yo ma men, i'll waiting till we meet.
Posted by Godfather - Cameroon
... He is 21st century rapper. Yo ma men, i'll b waitin' till we meet.
Posted by Godfather - Cameroon
Think about it this way,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,wat if the south rapped the same way the north does,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,think,,,,,,,,,th ink,,,,,,,,,,,,keep thinkin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i mean can u imagine how lame hip hop would be,,,i dont even know wat real hip hop supose 2 sound like,,,,,,,but if the north rappers r da ones singing real hip hop,,,,hell,,,i can kiss hip hop goodbye,,,,north rappers r so lame,,,i mean all of dem,,,they need 2 take notes from the south,,,4real,,,cuz i cant sit n listen 2 dat sh*t,,,,as far as lil wayne,,,,,,lil wayne?????? he da best rapper i done heard so far,,,i will neva put a north rapper in front of any south rapper,,,
Posted by cordevaro
in the next few years i have a feeling we will be hearing about how weezy got F*cked out of most of his money. Hes not the best rapper alive. Who gave you 10 hot ones?
Posted by still pushin
Lil wayne is for homos. Real gangstas like west coast rap like dre snoop warren g eazy-e mack 10 dj quik and mc eiht. Also check out bone thugs n harmony. Lil wayne ti and south rap is for homos.
Posted by kev

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