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For the last three calendars Lil Wayne has dominated the mixtape circuit and seemingly bodied countless guest appearances on his way to the streets crowning him king. Now with two years since his last studio release, a couple of arrests, concerns of continued abuse of prescription cough syrup, and most recently his disdain for mixtape DJ’s, Tha Carter III (Cash Money) is finally here. While the most anticipated disc of the year is another solid addition to the Hollygrove Hot Boy’s catalog, it falls short of all its titanic expectations.



Wayne makes it clear that his sights are on scoring the Rap album trifecta on “3 Peat.” While you get a couple of hot lines, as an opener it doesn’t do much to set the mood for the disc. Things do pick up with “Mr. Carter.” Weezy connects with Jay-Z as both subtly flow over a soundscape full of light keys and airy horns. Anchored by a sped up soul sample crooning their shared surnames, Hov implements a bit of Young Money’s signature broken flow to appropriately pass on the torch.



Those looking for Wayne in beast mode can look no further than “A Milli.” Weezy blacks out over chant driven production provided by Bangladesh. He not only rides the beat but parallel parks on the track with exceptional delivery.



“Phone Home” finds Wayne tapping into his newfound extraterrestrial persona. Annoying chorus aside, Weezy F. still delivers some nasty verses: “We are not the same, I am an Alien / like Gonzalez / Young college / Student who done just flipped the game like Houston / I’m used ta’ / Promethazine and two cups / I’m screwed up.”



On the flipside “Lollipop” serves as a proper first single with its catchy hook and synthy bleeps. But an attempt at extending that magic with “Get Money” doesn’t fair as well though; as both Wayne and T-Pain get careless with that wretched auto-tune effect over a jarring Play-N-Skillz backdrop. Additionally “Comfortable” misses the mark with its softer vibes and paper thin crooning courtesy of Babyface.



What separates this Carter installment from its predecessors is a heavier focus on artistic direction and varying subject matter. Wayne assumes the role of a swag surgeon on “Dr. Carter.” Wayne wittingly diagnoses three patients over minimal sounds surprisingly provided by Swizz Beatz.



He also digs deeper on the inspirational “Tie My Hands.” The words of motivation coupled with Robin Thicke’s smooth vocals make this a winner. The culmination of this outside the box creativity is “Shoot Me Down.” Weezy comes through with his heaviest bars set against a slow dark guitar.



Real talk Tha Carter III is a respectable effort. But with all of the incessant chatter of being the best, this disc should have been damn near perfect. Wayne went hard but not hard enough. Dwayne Carter's induction into legend status will just have to wait a tad.

Source: http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews.../20001259.aspx

JEarly

generious review once again album was terrible.

YoungGeeza

it's below average imo

AftermathBWS

I thought it was a decent effert, nowhere near classic but far from below average... if u want below average take another listen 2the train wreck that was curtis!!! wayne had sum nice tracks, just went a bit comercial but mr carter was nice as was dr carter, milie, phone home, shoot me down, playin with fire and misunderstood was an ill outro!!

YoungGeeza

phone home was the whackest track I heard in a long-ass time

timskelly

the shits original..its not that lame ass soulja boy shit thats out these days..its not the best cd ever but i think everyones hating on it a little too much..if you listen to the shit he says waynes a pretty smart dude

AftermathBWS

liked the beat and lyrics and flow, the chorus sucked ass though, i would agree there, but aside from the chorus it was a cool track

balling89

the whole cd was good i thought it was really a good album

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Cashvillian

Wayne put together a good album, FACING THE FACT HE HAD SO MANY GOOD SONGS LEAK OUT ON MIXTAPES. I would have loved to see a few songs from the drought is over part 4 on the CD or some of his other tracks.

King_Of_Florida

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G Unit Loyal

how come nobody reviews let the beat build? its the best song on the fuckin cd

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L.A.gunitking

C3 was a waste of my $$$. It has poor production and song writing with the exception of maybe 3-5 songs and thats including the bonus album with like 4 bonus songs. And yes phone home has been the stupidest song ive heard all year. But thats just my opinion.
curtis>>>>C3
I would put C3 on the same shelf as ti vs tip. average at best.

Da_Hook

LMAO Dat Waz Da Worst C.D. Ever I Gatta Say The Doctors Advoacte Waz A Better C.D. And I Don't Even Lyke Da Gayme,Lil Wayne Best Rappers Alive LMAFO Royce Da 5'9">>>>Lil Wayne Don't Be Mad At Da Truth Now I Hope Everyone See's How Garbage He Is Wit' His Lil Weak Ass Played Out Punch Lines...

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D-BLOCK 354

im not so sure about that. i think follow my lead on curtis was the wackest track ive heard in a long-ass time.

creativity and concepts was up, production was good, flow is sharp, delivery good... your a curtis fuck boy so ofcourse u gotta hate, its your duty to booboo

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AftermathBWS

What the fuck?? curtis was better as a drink mat than an album, that was seriously 1of the worst cd's i hav ever bought and i like grodt and thought massacre was ok!! so glad kanye whooped his ass!! get used to the number 2slot curtis!!lmao

Archetype116

The only good song was "Let the Beat Build". The only reason it was good was because of the concept (the beat builds as he's rhyming.). But even then, he could have done such a better job with it. I give it a 2/5 (mostly for the production and guest features).


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realstreethoodnig

for sure this album did not live up to its hype

capn_chronic

the album still was better than most shit released ijn the past few years, liek curtis

Tha Unit On Top

Are you kidding me, go listen to Guns Go Off, Man Down, Still Kill, I Get Money, Come and Go, Movin On Up, Curtis 187, All Of Me, Hands Up High, yeah those arent dope joints, better than this shit Carter 3 by far. This coming from a Game groupie, duh. I dont fuck with Game, and a real groupie of G Unit would say anything is better than Game, like Game stans do with G Unit, but I'll say Games DA shits all over Carter 3 by far, Game is a better mc, drops better albums than Wayne and all that. But a groupie like you says that Curtis is one of the worst albums ever and all this shit, corny ass groupie for real.

lil d3co 2k7

That hoe be jammin