I have never been a huge Lil Wayne fan, truth be told I haven’t heard much of what he has to offer outside of his guest spots on other Rappers’ tracks. However, I have sworn myself to a vow of objectivity. I am not going to hold any previous judgments of Wayne and will review him completely fairly.
Each track will be given a rating and I will average those ratings to get the Cd’s overall score.
I now present
Tha Carter III Review.
1) 3 Peat- A simple, entertaining beat with a well executed flow, but the lyrics tend to jump from being surprisingly thoughtful, to rehashed “ I’m so great. Bitches. Fuck fuck fuck.” 6/10
2)Mr. Carter- The first verse by Wayne on “ Mr. Carter might be on of the best verses I Have heard from Him. His second starts out strongly but sputters off near the end as he falls into his typical pattern of sexual dominance. However in all of this, Jay Z kills him on this track. He raps, essentially about the same thing as Wayne but does it with so much more creativity that he leaves Wayne behind. The songs wraps up nicely with a fading beat and a rather creative few bars by Wayne. Great Beat. 8/10
3)A Milli- Quite Possibly the one of the worst 10 beats I have ever heard. Trying desperately to cash in off the success of the “ Still Tippin’” This one just manages to be nothing more than an annoyance and distracts from Wayne Flow and Lyrics. Luckily You don’t miss much. This is one of the weaker flows I have Heard From Wayne coupled with sub par lyrics for any professional rapper. How ever he does save it with a few clever one liners. 3/10
4)Got Money This is definitely single material. Even though it is the fourth straight song following the who ,” I’m so great because of how much money I have and how many women I sleep with,” he manages to do a little something extra with this. The beat changes periodically taking out and adding strings as well as adding in a temp hand clap. Why it still does not show much versatility in his lyric writing ability, he does manage to add a tad bit more creativity to the “ I’m so great” spin. 7/10
5) Comfortable- Finally Lil Wayne shows more creativity in every facet of this song. First off, baby face delivers a catchy, smooth hook you’ll be humming well after the song ends. The basic concept about the song manages to combine Wayne’s “ I’m so great theme” But make it charming and appealing. It is, in essence, a love song with a Wayne twist. While this doesn’t sound like a winning combo it is and I would not doubt it if was the one of the singles off the album. 9/10
6)Dr. Carter- A short one minute verse by Wayne. The beat catches you off guard at first, sounding like a live, smooth, jazz band more so than a studio beat. And the verse isn’t too bad. Creative and funny if not predictable. 7/10
7)Phone Home- Well I was complaining about a lack of creativity and Wayne delivered with this peculiar track. Wayne takes an interesting concept, ( Lil Wayne is an Alien) and manages to stick to it, mostly. Probably three of his strongest verses in the cd thus far. He falters and stumbles in this track a few times, using his “ I said on word, oops I meant to say this one but it doesn’t rhyme so Ill use the other one first” trick. Only other issue is the sub par chorus. 7/10
8)Tie My hands- Wow. Wayne manages to take this over the top ego and turn it into confidence and then uses that confidence to create one fantastic song. While it feels out of place with the album thus far, it still showcases a different side of Wayne with Lyrics he clearly put more effort in and Robin Thick backing him up some soulful vocals. This will probably be the sleeper track off the album, never reaching hit single status but still being a great song. 9/10
9)Mrs. Officer- A better name for this song would have been, “ Wee Oh h Wee Ohh Wee,” or,” When I get all up in ya.” This is a song about having sex with a female cop. All save for one one-liner, Wayne’s lyrics take a regression taking a concept with few options and, coupled with Bobby Valentino’s repetitive and annoying hook, make it the trashiest, laziest, song on the album. 3/10
10)Let the Beat Build-This was dangerous. This track could have very easily have ended up in the same realm as “ A Milli” But manages to narrowly avoid it. The track does as its name implies and allows for a sort of rising action with the beat by Kanye. Wayne delivers a mixed bag of lyrical selection. While the first two verse work very well with the beat and for the most part are solid, the final verse sees Wayne simply trying to hard. He went an entire 9 tracks with out the phrase “ I’m the Best rapper Alive.” That streak dies with this song. 6/10
11) Shoot me down-Put it bluntly, this is my favorite beat on the Cd. Very dark, very sinister, haunting vocals by D. Smith and decent ones from Wayne. The entire song is well submersed in this dark, heavy mood. Lyrics do the typical rise from the ashes and fall to the ground style of quality other tracks suffer from, but this is a better outing by Wayne. 8/10
12) Lollipop- Fear the synthesizer. It seems as if both Wayne and static major are speaking through ha voice synthesizer. This is not a compliment. My issue with this song is not the song itself but rather we have already been subjected to at least eight songs that mention or are focused on Wayne Sexual prowess and exploits. Why do we have to sit through another song of equal or lesser quality to hear him brag about it some more. I mean congrats, we get it, you get it a lot. But around the sixth track on this cd with lyrics talking about it, it just becomes gratuitous. How ever the song itself has its strong points, primarily a catchy beat, hook and s very well executed flow. Shame this song suffers from Wayne’s one dimensional Lyrics. 5/10
13) La La- When I saw Busta on this track I got excited. I had hoped Busta would offer some diversity to the song, but sadly this is not the case. Both guests ( Brisco and Busta) simply follow Wayne’s flow nearly exactly. While the lyrics aren’t terrible, all three rappers are capable of much better things. The beat is intriguing at first but shortly there after becomes grading on your ears 4/10
14)Playing With fire- This is the biggest missed opportunity for the album. And again what hold it back isn’t the beat, but Lil Wayne’s lyrics. This time though he simply throws all sense of flow out the window and can be best described as rambling. Betty Wright performs masterfully on the hook and intro, but even her and a last minute lyrical surge by Wayne isn’t enough to save this song 4/10
15)You Ain’t Got Nothin- There is no reason I should hear Fabolous’ verse from the beginning and think to myself, “ Thank god for a breath of fresh air.” Fabolous manages to perform a very decent verse over the impressive and immersive beat, but Juelz Santanna doesn’t keep the momentum running. It might have been because Lil Wayne on the chorus is just your Typical Wayne outing. Luckily his verse is much better than his chorus, but this brings me to a bigger problem. This being one of the most anticipated Rap Releases in years, you would think Wayne would be featured more prominently on The Final track of HIS Cd. The final track, like much of the album, leaves much to be desired. 5/10
All in all “ Tha Carter III” was simply not worth the wait and not up to par with the hype. After three years of waiting, I would think he would put out something more solid, more blow your mind, not more of the same. And make no mistake, this is Cd is more of the same. Listening to almost any song on the album will tell you what the album is all about. Sometimes very high and sometimes very low quality of Lyrics, big name guests, and a mediocre flow. To put it simply, Lil Wayne Can do better, the rap Industry deserves better, and the fans deserve better. Tha Carter III has moments of brilliance and flashes of hope for a great Cd but ultimately settles for a cozy resting place in the realm of mediocrity.
6.0/10.0
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