Lil' Wayne sells 1 million copies in 1st week
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Lil' Wayne sells 1 million copies in 1st week
First artist to do so since 50 Cent, March 2005.
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It makes me very sad that a person like Lil Wayne sells so many albums. He's terrible. Has always been terrible, but some reason these kids love his crap. Somehow they consider him a genius. I've had numerous talks about it. This world is going to hell.
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Originally Posted by puddytay
It makes me very sad that a person like Lil Wayne sells so many albums. He's terrible. Has always been terrible, but some reason these kids love his crap. Somehow they consider him a genius. I've had numerous talks about it. This world is going to hell.
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Rolling Stone got washed away in the hype too, declaring that he really is the greatest rapper alive and gave the album 4 and 1/2 stars. How is he the greatest rapper alive when he gets overshadowed on every song on the album that features a guest appearance (Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, even Fabolous...)? Start-and-stop, nursery rhyme raps and a grating, annoying voice somehow make Lil' Wayne the best rapper alive.
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Has anyone here even listened to the CD? I'm sure you're all throwing hour hands up and just saying you hate him because of Lollipop. Eminem made crap songs too, but does that mean his albums sucked?
I'm not a Weezy advocate.. not by a long shot, but I gave the album a spin and I really enjoyed it. He did a very impressive job. It wasn't better than Kanye's Graduation, which sold less than this, but it's good to see an actual quality CD take the top spot with over a million sold.
Congrats to him. Just hope this doesn't add to his ego, too much.. I read an article in Vibe two months ago and he's a pompous prick. Maybe even moreso than Kanye.
I'm not a Weezy advocate.. not by a long shot, but I gave the album a spin and I really enjoyed it. He did a very impressive job. It wasn't better than Kanye's Graduation, which sold less than this, but it's good to see an actual quality CD take the top spot with over a million sold.
Congrats to him. Just hope this doesn't add to his ego, too much.. I read an article in Vibe two months ago and he's a pompous prick. Maybe even moreso than Kanye.
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The album is actually pretty good. It's really bloated, and could be trimmed by oh, say... 10 songs. It's nowhere near the "best rap album ever" or whatever, but hey it is a lot of fun.
Good for him.
Good for him.
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Has anyone here even listened to the CD? I'm sure you're all throwing hour hands up and just saying you hate him because of Lollipop. Eminem made crap songs too, but does that mean his albums sucked?
I'm not a Weezy advocate.. not by a long shot, but I gave the album a spin and I really enjoyed it. He did a very impressive job. It wasn't better than Kanye's Graduation, which sold less than this, but it's good to see an actual quality CD take the top spot with over a million sold.
I'm not a Weezy advocate.. not by a long shot, but I gave the album a spin and I really enjoyed it. He did a very impressive job. It wasn't better than Kanye's Graduation, which sold less than this, but it's good to see an actual quality CD take the top spot with over a million sold.
Comfortable and Dr. Carter are my favorites.
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Originally Posted by puddytay
It makes me very sad that a person like Lil Wayne sells so many albums. He's terrible. Has always been terrible, but some reason these kids love his crap. Somehow they consider him a genius. I've had numerous talks about it. This world is going to hell.
The sad thing is when mediocre stuff like this is the only thing that's popular. The entire Hot 100 chart is full of this repetitive nonsense, with a smattering of country and jangly "punk" thrown in for good measure. Truly talented artists play to small but dedicated crowds, never getting the recognition they deserve, while total shit is hailed as the next coming of the Beatles.
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Lil Wayne is by no means a lyrical genius. I'm more of a beat guy in the hip-hop/rap world so that's why the album was great to me. He had some disappointing songs (La La, Lollipop is annoying) and some excellent (Mr. Carter/Dr. Carter) and a few enjoyable (You Ain't Got Nuthin' especially Santana's line "my flow is just slaughter/my wrists look like frozen Poland Spring water") ones.
Some people (like one of my friends) sweat the man calling him the best rapper alive (perhaps but I still think Eminem, Krazyie Bone, Chamillionaire or Bun B could destroy him) but good news for him. He knew how to create the buzz and it worked! Got to give him credit for that regardless how you feel about the music.
Some people (like one of my friends) sweat the man calling him the best rapper alive (perhaps but I still think Eminem, Krazyie Bone, Chamillionaire or Bun B could destroy him) but good news for him. He knew how to create the buzz and it worked! Got to give him credit for that regardless how you feel about the music.
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Eh...a mediocre album with three keepers on it for me (Shoot Me Down, Mr. Carter, & Tie My Hands).
I'm not surprised it sold a million, but it's nowhere near so many albums that have come out this year.
= J
I'm not surprised it sold a million, but it's nowhere near so many albums that have come out this year.
= J
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Originally Posted by mcfly
I'm not a Weezy advocate.. not by a long shot, but I gave the album a spin and I really enjoyed it. He did a very impressive job. It wasn't better than Kanye's Graduation, which sold less than this, but it's good to see an actual quality CD take the top spot with over a million sold.
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Cam'ron doesn't really get much love from the "white press." His last mixtape did, but that was actually a solid effort.
I'm not sold on Wayne. He's improved leaps and bounds since his days of providing verses with such lyrical genius as "DROP DROP DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT WHAT WHAT DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT!" His wordplay is cute, but I still don't think much of him in the way of being able to construct an actual song. I know he's not really trying to be the sort of rapper who tells a story, but you can only dig so much free association before it gets a little tired.
I'm not sold on Wayne. He's improved leaps and bounds since his days of providing verses with such lyrical genius as "DROP DROP DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT WHAT WHAT DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT!" His wordplay is cute, but I still don't think much of him in the way of being able to construct an actual song. I know he's not really trying to be the sort of rapper who tells a story, but you can only dig so much free association before it gets a little tired.
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Originally Posted by Al Padrino
His wordplay is cute, but I still don't think much of him in the way of being able to construct an actual song.
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This "ringtone rap" era is just so weak. It likes these high school kids hear nursery rhymes and puns over a dance beat and it's "clever" to them. I was listening to Chronic 2001 the other day, kind of made me sad to think about what direction rap took after 50 Cent's In Da Club.