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WINNING ALBUM REVIEW BY lostsoul89 for RAPCENTRAL



Artist: Lil' Wayne
Album: Tha Carter III
Label: Cash Money Records, Universal Records, Young Money Records
Release Date: 10th June 2008
Main Site: http://www.rapcentral.co.uk/lil-wayne-A ... III-3.html
Album Lyrics: http://www.rapcentral.co.uk/lil-wayne-A ... r-III.html


Track listing:
1. 3 Peat - 3:19
2. Mr. Carter ft. Jay-Z - 5:16
3. A Milli 3:41
4. Got Money ft. T-Pain - 4:04
5. Comfortable ft. Babyface - 4:25
6. Dr. Carter - 4:24
7. Phone Home - 3:11
8. Tie My Hands ft. Robin Thicke - 5:19
9. Mrs. Officer ft. Bobby Valentino - 4:47
10. Let The Beat Build - 5:09
11. Shoot Me Down ft. D. Smith - 4:29
12. Lollipop ft. Static Major - 4:59
13. La La ft. Brisco And Busta Rhymes - 4:21
14. Playing With Fire ft. Betty Wright - 4:21
15. You Ain't Got Nuthin' ft. Juelz Santana And Fabolous - 5:27
16. Don'tGetIt - 9:52

RAPCENTRAL REVIEW:



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ROLLING STONE REVIEW
OK, it's true: he really is the best rapper alive. Lil Wayne made that claim on his last official CD, in 2005, and since then, he's unleashed an astonishing torrent of mixtapes, leaks and guest appearances to back up the boast. So his long-anticipated "legit" album follow-up feels a bit gratuitous. Still, Tha Carter III is useful as an exclamation point. It establishes beyond a doubt that the zeitgeist in 2008 belongs to one artist: a dreadlocked dadaist poet from New Orleans with a bad weed habit and a voice like a bullfrog. As Wayne croaks in the woozy "3Peat," "Get on my level/You can't get on my level/You will need a space shuttle/Or a ladder that's forever."
Wayne has taken the task of album-making seriously: This isn't a mixtape, it's a suite of songs, paced and sequenced for maxaqimum impact. He's collected sleek, powerful beats from top producers (Kanye West, Swizz Beatz), enlisted A-list guest stars (Jay-Z, T-Pain) and served up a range of textures and moods, from the elegiac Hurricane Katrina protest "Tie My Hands" to the bubblegum bumper "Lollipop," in which Weezy has a laugh at selling out by creating the most outrageously pumped-up sellout single in history. Thematically, Carter III is a victory lap. In the hilarious "Dr Carter," he boasts about resuscitating hip-hop: "As I put the light down his throat/I can only see flow/His blood's starting to flow/His lungs starting to grow."
As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun. He shouts, gasps, tries a Caribbean patois, sings snatches of "Umbrella" and "Irreplaceable," and impersonates E.T. He loves that brother-from-another-planet stuff —"I am a Martian," he raps —but it's clear he's also thinking about his worldly legacy. The album cover links Carter III to Biggie's Ready to Die and Nas' Illmatic, and he makes no bones about coveting a spot in hip-hop's pantheon. "Next time you mention Pac, Biggie or Jay-Z/Don't forget Weezy Baby," he advises on "Mr Carter." It's sound advice. -- RollingStone.com
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[HitEmUpRobbo]

Congrats to lostoul89 for winning the Carter III Album Review competition, a RapidShare premium account will be passed on, ill send a PM with details.

Here are the 2 runner up reviews, in NO ORDER. Thansk to everyone who entered, and sorry if your review didnt get a mention but there was some good entries. BOTH RUNNERS UP WILL RECEIVE A RPAIDSHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT IF THEY ENTER THE NEXT REVIEW COMPETITION, EVEN IF THEY DONT WIN! As a thank you for your work!



CLEAR'S REVIEW:
After all the hype building up to the release of this highly anticipated release from Lil Wayne, I bring you a review to Lil Waynes – The Carter III!

The first track 3 Peat is one of the best sounding tracks on this album as it has a great beat and Lil Wayne uses it to his advantage. This track introduces the album in a perfect way. The next track featuring Jay Z is at the same level at 3 Peat with another good beat and both rappers using it to their advantage Weezy’s level drops in track 3. It doesn’t sound as good as the first two tracks.

The next two tracks however sound good because they are smooth with two R&B singers introduced (T-Pain and Babyface). Both tracks have beats of a higher tempo and the two singers voices are far better sounding than Lil Wayne’s which makes the track just OK to listen to.

I’m not sure why Wayne bothered making tracks 6, 7, 8 or 9 or what went through his mind when putting them on the album. They are terrible and drop in terms of quality in every way possible. They aren’t good to listen to as they have terrible beats and Weezy sings over them more than raps which sounds terrible.

The next track really did amaze me. Track 10 – Let The Beat Build. This amazed me because Lil Wayne has somehow managed to sound worse than ever and has gone and added this track to his album which was meant to be his best ever. This is really disappointing because these tracks have been so bad. Their beats have been terrible and Weezy’s voice is already bad as it is and by making his singing slow he sounds even worse. I Won’t even bother mentioning Track 11 as it is just as bad as Track 10.

The next track however is the track everybody has been playing. The single off the album and the video has been played thousands of times on TV. Lollipop has a good beat and Lil Wayne doesn’t sound too bad on it. This is another of the few decent tracks on this album. Well done Weezy for putting this on the album.
A series of terrible tracks continues with La La. The beat is worse than terrible and he again amazes me by making this track to start with and even putting it on his album.

Playing With Fire is a good track to listen to. He has found a decent beat to rap over. He raps like he is sad and is about to cry but it still sounds like a great track.
Juelz Santana and Fabolous light up the album on Track 15. They sound good over the beat unlike Lil Wayne yet again. It is his album and he hasn’t done much to make it a good album at all. He has sounded terrible throughout.

The last track is the longest track and another of the few decent tracks off the Carter III. It is smooth and has a decent beat. Weezy doesn’t sound amazing but he is good enough to listen to.

Lil Wayne certainly isn’t the best rapper alive as he has barely rapped on his album.
Another strange factor of this album is that his lyrics are stupid. He doesn’t have a meaning for most of what he says and some of his lyrics sound plain stupid. bitch swallow my words taste my thoughts/ and if its too nasty spit it back at me. Seriously? You would put this on your album?

He hasn’t taken his best album seriously at all and he has made something that doesn’t deserve to be in the stores. He has failed to make a good album and if I were to recommend this album I would definitely not. It is a terrible album which has not lived up to the hype in the build up.

I did not like this disappointing album and I certainly am not waiting for any future releases from Lil Wayne.
I disagree completely with the Rolling Stone review of this album (below).


Rating – 2.5/5

Top Tracks
3 Peat, Comfortable, Lollipop, Playing With Fire, Don’tGetIt

[HitEmUpRobbo]

ELEPHANT MAN'S REVIEW

"And next time you mention pac biggie and Jay-Z, dont forget weezy baby" so says lil wayne on the track 'mr Carter' ft Jay-Z,so the question..... will weezy be mentioned in the same breath as the pacs/biggies and jiggas of this world.

In my honest opinion i would say NO but he is gaining a bigger and bigger fanbase and is on most hip hop fans lips at the moment and with albums like this its really no surprise. The thought of listening to this album filled me with a bit of dread,that annoying voice,the silly lyrics i wasnt expecting much if anything to be honest.But after listening to this album i can now say proudly and out aloud i am now a weezy fan.

The infectious 'lollipop' is exactly the type of song a quality album needs I.E. if you want a big selling album it needs a big selling single and with 'lollipop' that is exactly what you get. A lot of 'real' hip hop fans will probably say they hate this song BUT after you listen to it you cant get it out of your brain. As Tupac Shakur once famously said "you gotta rap for the bitches" and lollipop certainly will be a favourite among young ladies and clubs around the world.

Another favourite track of mine is 'A milli' which at first reminded me a wee bit of snoop doggs 'drop it like its hot' with that banging beat.Again on this track weezyd isplays his unique lyrics as only weezy can "A million here, a million there Sicilian bitch with long hair, with coke in her derriere Like smoke in the thinnest air I open the Lamborghini Hopin' them crackers see me like, "look at that bastard Weezy He's a beast he's a dog, he's a motherfuckin' problem" Okay you're a goon, but what's a goon to a goblin" A proper head banging track and weezys voice suits the crazy beat perfectly.

The legendary jay-z appears on the track 'mr carter' and in my opinion is vastly overshadowed by wayne whos flow absolutely destroys the fantastic just blaze beat,its just another case of a head banging track that will get peoples asses shaking in clubs.

Alot of people talk about wayne not being true hip hop and is just a pop rapper but i think he shows that actually hes not just a rapper but a good one at that,
a perfect example of this is his lyrics on the kanye west produced 'shoot me down 'And if I jump Imma fly, and look into the eagle's eye And see I am lookin like you, why? Bitch see, it gets me how nothin' gets me, or get to me And if you shootin' for the stars, then just shoot me But your bullets dont reach mars, pause, claws Because I'm a beast, I'm a dawg, I'll get cha
My picture should be in the dictionary, next to the definition of definition Because repitition is the father of learnin' and son I know your barrel burnin'

I really cant praise this album enough and cant talk about each individual track because i need to get off waynes dick lol. i highly recommend this album and people should listen to it with a unbiased view because if u like good beats that get your head bopping then this album has them a plenty and waynes lyrics have improved greatly. overall this is the album of 2008 and will sell sell sell.

wayne will never be a lyrical great but he is a rap sensation who is using what hes got to the very best of his ability.

rating
4 / 5

top tracks
shoot me down, a milli, mr carter,

[josip-zgb]

lostsoul made good review...

I didn't like album that much...but it's ok..

3/5

[lostsoul89]

lol @ having 2 copy an image instead copy + paste, props, it was a good album fo sho

[Clear]

nice review lostsoul89
i've listened to the album again since doing my review and i still don't like it
it is a really bad album in my view
only those few tracks i mentioned were decent and the rest were just too bad to listen to lol
i hope wayne doesn't do something like this again. i hope he makes something a million times better than this
still 2.5/5

[ELEPHANT MAN]

yeah i wonnnnnnnnnnnn oh shit no i didnt
lol

whens the next review robbo?and will it be any album we want?

[Shenron]

4/5 ? ele no wonder u didnt win. lol grats soul

[lostsoul89]

the moral of the story is....... i am great

[ELEPHANT MAN]

4/5 ? ele no wonder u didnt win. lol grats soul

lol i am happy to say the album is dope
liking wayne is the first sign of madness

[Shenron]

and liking biggie is the last, you're just doing it backwards. so technically, you're recovering

[ELEPHANT MAN]

and liking biggie is the last, you're just doing it backwards. so technically, you're recovering

u live to annoy me

[HitEmUpRobbo]

nice review lostsoul89
i've listened to the album again since doing my review and i still don't like it
it is a really bad album in my view
only those few tracks i mentioned were decent and the rest were just too bad to listen to lol
i hope wayne doesn't do something like this again. i hope he makes something a million times better than this
still 2.5/5

i agree, for me personally it was downright awful, i enjoyed/tolerated one track, and that was Mr. Carter. The rest i cant even tolerate, thats why i cant review it because my ears fukin hurt!

for me im giving 1/5, for lollipop and Mr Carter, and i hated lollipop at first but the radios have drilled it into my head

[ELEPHANT MAN]

rob whens the next review and what album will it be?

[Clear]

lol robbo everyone around me played lolipop alll dayy everyday
and i started to like it myself otherwise i wouldnt like it either lol

album was appauling
i didnt like mr carter either

[HitEmUpRobbo]

rob whens the next review and what album will it be?

IM THINKIN NAS' NEW ALBUM!

[Shenron]

^ i'd love to do the honors for that but i'll be nice on nas and let someone else do it lol

[markb1]

excellent review by lost,a review by someone who obviously took the time out to listen to the album.

id go along with everything that he said,i like every song,even phone home which sounds extremely weird on first listen.

what i like about the album is its a grower,i didnt start off loving every song,there was a few i hated on first listen(lollipop)

but thats the sign of a good album to me.

ive listened to a lot of albums that ive loved on first listen,and continued to love for a while,but eventually i get bored of them.

tha carter 3 has gotten better for me,songs i wasnt sure about ive grown to love.

i dont care who says what about wayne and im not afraid to give credit when its due,and to me wayne deserves credit for delivering on the hype.

a 5/5 from me.

[ELEPHANT MAN]

i think its a good album also,
dont think waynes great but this album has some nice tunes no doubt

[Shenron]

there is no pattern to the people who like or dislike wayne i think there must be a brain slug problem in some of your home towns cuz its almost like we're not listening to the same album ...

[markb1]

there is no pattern to the people who like or dislike wayne i think there must be a brain slug problem in some of your home towns cuz its almost like we're not listening to the same album ...

i dont like heavy metal,i dont like bands like coldplay,i think there shit.

but someone out there does like heavy metal and coldplay,in fact millions of people do.

and thats the beauty of it shen,we dont all have to have the same tastes,in fact its a great thing that we dont.

me not liking coldplay or heavy metal doesnt actually mean their bad,it just means its not for me.

[ELEPHANT MAN]

wow heavy metal does indeed suck sweaty ass
fat long haired blokes shouting
only my opinion dont cry any1

[Shenron]

lol yeah, anybody who likes heavy metal is like a different species tbh

[markb1]

wow heavy metal does indeed suck sweaty ass
fat long haired blokes shouting
only my opinion dont cry any1

but now that i think of it there is exceptions.

guns and roses made some killer songs,and metallica made a few decent tunes too.

[ELEPHANT MAN]

i dont like that type of music tbh,
closest to that i like is nirvana and they was soft compared to metallica,
just 2 much shouting imo