Wayne sets many different moods during Tha Carter V. Multiple top producers in the rap game such as Metro Boomin on “Used 2”, Swizz Beatz on “Uproar”, Zaytoven on “Problems” and more worked with Wayne to create many different beat styles and moods for this album. The beats and production on the album are great. On the song “Let It Fly” Wayne begins his verse perfectly matching the flow of the beat using and rhyming with the word ‘mind’ at the end of nine different lines without it sounding like he is over using it. For example, on the song “Demons” Wayne hops right into rapping fiercely on a chill slow beat that you may think is meant for a singer. He is one of the few artists today who can rap in any different style he wants to.
He is still the metaphorical genius he has been throughout his entire career. With all that being stated, I looked into the music itself, and Wayne’s lyricism and rap flow are never in doubt in this album. Post Malone was later added to the song “What About Me,” which was released as a single. But in a 23-song album, the absence of features is disappointing considering all of Wayne’s ties within the music industry.
There are still many great contributions from guests on Tha Carter V, with verses from Travis Scott, Nicki Manaj, Kendrick Lamar and the late XXXTENTACION. When the album finally did drop, there were no appearances from long time Wayne collaborators like Big Sean, 2 Chainz, or Kanye West, names which were names that had appeared on the leaked track-lists, adding to the overhype. Leaked track-lists, whether real or fake started to pop up all over social media weeks before the release of The Carter V, with previous mentioned rumors of a two-part album along with multiple features from big name artists. It seemed as though Wayne had too many songs to chose from and this created problems with the final track list. In the end, ‘ Tha Carter V’ would be a one-part 23 song album. Why? Mostly because Wayne had recorded a great quantity of songs over a four year span in which he was reportedly unable to release during the dispute with Birdman. ‘ Tha Carter V’ track-list had been leaked and changed over time, in fact there were rumors that ‘ Tha Carter V’ would be a two-part album. Tha Carter V was so incredibly hyped over the span of four years that it seemed almost impossible the music could live up to the hype.
After listening more I realized that this album was good, but not album of the year good.
My first reaction to this album was that it was incredible, album of the year worthy. At just over 79 minutes in length, it's made evident that the length would actually be just over 89 minutes if a CD could hold 90 minutes' worth of music.“Thank God, Weezy back, order is restored, all is right with the world” -Lil Wayne on “Dope New Gospel”Īfter a dispute with Cash Money Records owner, Birdman, Lil Wayne reached an eight figure settlement and left his former record label and now owns his own, in which dropped his much anticipated album, Tha Carter V. To beat that dead horse one more time, the album is far too long and not concerned enough with the quality control, despite including more than enough bright spots to keep the followers following. Mannie Fresh's stout production is in effect as ever, and to the MC's credit, the rhymes are less measured and are all the better for it. Although much has been made about Wayne's growth and new world view, there's about as much change as you'd expect from a Southern rap star who has been in the public eye from his late teens to his twenties. The title actually refers to Lil Wayne's actual last name (hint: it isn't Wayne), in addition to referencing the apartments run by Wesley Snipes' character in New Jack City. It would be easy to read too much into the title of Lil Wayne's fourth album, especially in light of a mixtape (cunningly titled The Prefix) that preceded this, which featured the MC over a handful of tracks off Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's Black Album.
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