Lil' Wayne - Da Drought 3

Who's got this?

Breathtaking. Believe his self-promotion I say - he IS the best rapper alive. If not him, then who? Trim in the UK...Weezy in the US, thus, the world. Bars, voice, flow, charisma, intelligence, craziness, versatility...the works.

Used to rate Jay-Z the highest, but not for a few years now unfortunately, Weezy destroys him...he just gets hungrier.

I've always liked Wayne, but back in Hot Boys it was never really him that stood out, at least lyrically. He's definitely on a different level now...which probably led to all these 'ghostwriter' rumours. Apparently Gillie Da Kid, ex-Major Figgas, used to write for him. Hmmmmm...I dunno about that, but I certainly don't believe anyone's ghosting for him now... If someone is, then who?

Yes, seen, Juvie was my favourite too back in the day, closely followed by BG. Juvenile's "Ha" is one of my favourite hip hop tunes, and you can't underestimate how much Cash Money blew up the game, how revolutionary they were. The video to "Ha" is about the best 'hood video' ever, IMO, dusty 'Nolia projects, some gully locals, real alien kinda vibe to it...if you haven't seen it, Youtube it coz it's great. Recently, only "Get Your Hustle On", his post-Katrina political tune, is really any good...quite a departure for him too. Shame, coz I love old Terius, with his fully gold mout'.

BG's "Chopper City In Da Ghetto" is an incredible album, Mannie Fresh kills it with every track. Recently BG has been worthy, but lacks the old magic...a sturdy, workmanlike rapper but not like the old days. Fuck knows what's happened to Turk...

see how gully their origins were: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Boys

and there's no fuckin way T.I. or Young Buck should fill Wayne's shoes in a Hot Boyz reunion...I don't mind T.I., but just NO! the beef between Wayne/Baby and the rest of them is a real shame.

but yeah, Da Drought 3 is amazing. "Like Father Like Son" was a great album, too. Weezy kills it with lines like "Desperado coming straight out the grotto/I'm so bad, my shadow chooses not to follow" and "I done ran the streets, check my bio/I started high wit' 2 O's, just like Ohio". I mean, what can you say to that, really? THAT is fucking MCing!

(Who's up for a No Limit Records thread? Love that shit too, the groundbreaking South shit. there's a torrent of their ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY lurking about on the web somewhere...which is excusable, in my book, as a lot of those old albums are very rare/expensive now...crazy really, when they ALL went gold at least)

mos dan said:

thank you so much, i just did and it is great. any other similar recommendations for someone totally ignorant about this period?

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hmmmm...in my book, just about anything on Cash Money Records from that period is fire, as Mannie Fresh did all the beats. Juvenile "400 Degrees" and "Tha G-Code", BG's "Chopper City in Da Ghetto", the Hot Boys albums, Big Tymers "I Got Dat Work", the soundtrack to "Baller Blockin'"...just pick up what you can, it really is all good.

Also, get some No Limit Records, even if it's just for the awesome productions by Beats By The Pound...Mystikal's "Ghetto Fabulous" is a good start...Master P is one of the worst rappers ever (but he is funny as fuck), but all the albums have guest spots by most of the other artists on the roster from that time, so they're kinda interchangeable.

I still like Southern rap but the excitement isn't really there for me nowadays, it's a little too predictable. I really like Jeezy I must say, but there seems to be a million and one rappers coming out every month and AIN'T NO-ONE SAYING NUTTIN. I know the Cash Money/NL artists were talking that (same old) thug shit/fuckin bitches/smoking weed/etc, but there was a lot more grittiness and reportage, and genuine CHARACTER to what they were doing, compared to, say, Jibbs...