#Lil wayne free weezy album review full#

It all raises the question: What do you want from Lil Wayne in 2015? Because let’s face it: 2007 Wayne ain’t walking through that door. Since 2011 and 'Grove St.

#Lil wayne free weezy album review full#

Across FWA's 15 tracks and laborious 65 minute runtime, I can salvage 'Glory' and maybe 'Without You', but I can’t help but feel like the guy cherry-picking songs from Knocked Out Loaded. The effort and energy are there but the soul is missing, even when Wayne calls back to New Orleans bounce staple sample 'Trigga Man', references TRU, or in the album’s funniest and oddly sweet moment, says 'it’s Lil Wayne, I been this shit since Lil Zane,' which only reminds you of when he was young, hungry, and full of potential. Listening to FWA-which is slight by design and not any kind of statement release-I kept thinking, 'This is what listening to a new Dylan LP in the '80s must have felt like.' You knew you were in the hands of a living great, and you could convince yourself a few songs every few years were worth saving. His last words on this record are 'She said she wanted sprinkles, I said sprinkles are for winners.' Closer 'Pick Up Your Heart', a tedious attempt at channeling protégé Drake, features Wayne pleading 'I don't wanna do it no more' but any kind of emotional resonance is nullified by a goofy spoken-word outro.

The Free Weezy Album, then, has a double meaning.įor every memorable line or couplet (on 'He’s Dead', he flatly admits 'rest in peace to the Cash Money Weezy, gone but not forgotten,' and on 'Pull Up', a clear Young Thug diss song, he pulls some vocal acrobatics, mimicking Thug's percussive, ratatat delivery) there are many clunkers ('she get hard dick and McDonald’s 'cause she so tired of them whoppers,' from 'I Feel Good'). But, as an 'artist owner' of Tidal, no one is telling him he can’t release things for free. The existence of FWA starts to make sense when you realize that Birdman (and by extension Cash Money) has essentially taken what would be Carter V hostage, and Wayne is currently prohibited from profiting from new music. Tidal is already looking like the MiniDisc of streaming services and it’s only been around for a few months. The album follows-up Tha Carter III, the top selling album of 2008 and Grammy Award winner for Best Rap Album, and 2010s I Am Not a Human Being Tha Carter V is the twelfth studio album by Lil Wayne Kanye West’s third studio album, Graduation, sold 957,000 copies in its first week in 2007 Lil Wayne is back, finally Don’t Cry Don’t Cry. Lil Wayne - Weezy Is So Fly (World Premiere) / NEW SONG. Mega Mix Lil Wayne Weezy F Baby By Dj Bad Boy the bad boy premium jocking. Lil Wayne-Weezy F Baby (New July 2010) justmusicmane.

A set billed as a 'Tidal exclusive' doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. Lil Wayne - FWA (Free Weezy Album) Review DEHH.

80 This had some of the best rapping Wayne had done in years when it dropped 6 6mo 40 Lil Wayne's 2015 record FWA continues his fall off and once again shows no hunger from the dude. Fast-forward to 2015 and, after four years of hit-or-miss releases, The Free Weezy Album. Full Review Pitchfork Pretty Much Amazing The Needle Drop Despite its title, doesn't exactly make a case for Lil Wayne's freedom.