With Wayne it might not be fully hitting for you cause that run he was on in the 2000's was a "you had to be there moment" at that moment hip hop was in a big lull and transitioning period and Wayne stepped up with this new electrifying style and became the new face of the game
"Floss on him" - basically means youre showing up somebody through your materialism. If you drive a nice car and then you start to chirp at someone else for having a not so nice car. "Look how I'm doing and look at you" effectively
@1:45:00 Even with 1996 tech and CDs & Cassetes....this Album was sonically 'awkward' to everyone back then. His lyrics just powered past it. Its a RAP Album😊
The Crazy thing about wayne is you will never TRULY understand his greatness without listening to the leaks and MIXTAPES. He has a ton of introspective and deep meaning songs but sadly mpst leaked, i think youll love carter 5
On the just like Daddy... when they say Young age dont forget 2pac was 25 n outlaw were 17 -18 years... It's easy to forget how old PAC was coz of his mind.
The confusion is because you haven’t tapped in to his mixtapes. His mixtapes are better than his albums But you should react to Tha Carter 4 and Tha Carter 5 also too
Bob, really hit the nail on the head with this album. Its not generic, its straightforward, but its fun, and has so much variety in styles, even though they may be done simplistically. 💚
Keep in mind a lot of people may stream these songs off the greatest hits album, so you gotta add the two together to get the more correct total for to Live and Die in LA, Hail Mary etc. Listen to the 2Pac+ Outlawz 1999 posthumous album that the Outlawz finished
Its funny that you say that he doesn't need a beat, Pac saw beats as just backround noise. even this album was produced by the "Worst" producers at death row.
Great review. I suggest you check out Death Row East by Nas and watch a few of the interviews with him, Snoop, and others explaining their version of what happened. They all slightly differ but you can piece together the truth from everyone’s account. As far as Pac’s vocals and delivery, it’s actually one thing that turns me off about him. He’s overly animated and whether or not his energy was brought on by the situations that happened to him, he was just extra. That’s why that line from Death Row East “we the smartest not the loudest” always sits with me because Pac didn’t understand that. He was overly emotional and ultimately ended up achieving the opposite of what he really claimed to want.
I'm a 2Pac fan but "Just Like Daddy" is by far my least favorite song he's made. I hate it, and it's a blemish on the classic album. It's creepy. I'm just thankful that it wasn't 2Pac who wrote the creepiest lyrics. The Outlawz were teens mostly but still the 1st verse is one of the creepiest I've read.
As a GEN X Tupac fan, the part with Kendrick rapping “ Not Like Us” was spooky. There was a vibe. This was more than just Drake .Yes Kendrick wore red for his hood but Tupac spirit was in that moment/ red hoodie. That red hoodie had me in an all types of feeling traces. I wasn’t paying attention to this Kendrick vs Drake beef until that concert.
As others have said you do have to check out a couple mixtapes of his. Theres a few others could say it for but for lil wayne its literally quintessential. Id recommend no ceilings its arguably his best and inarguably came at a time when wayne was THAT DUDE. But all his stuff ia great the dedications and droughts are all good but over time they blended together i cant pinpoint which number of either to listen to the way i can the original no ceilings. A mixtape isnt an album but for real when it comes to wayne please check one out.
I first heard this album when i was 15, i locked myself in my room for 2 days replaying it. Especially Krazy, the song always hit me deep in my soul till this day.
You might want to watch the entire concert. It’ll make things more digestible. It gave a huge spotlight to West Coast artists. The night had more to do with revitalizing west coast hip hop than Drake. You’ll remain lost without seeing the full show.
Lil Wayne is considered the best mixtape artist of all time, so definetely try listening to his best mixtapes (Da Drought 3, No ceilngs, Dedication 2).
If you play phantom regret into Dawn FM, you hear the same birds at the end of phantom regret transitioning into the birds at the beginning of Dawn FM. This album is about the Weeknd being stuck in a loop and stuck in purgatory. The only way he could be freed is choosing to leave and freeing yourself, like The Weeknds love for this girl, the album is too enticing that you keep listening to it.
