Lil Wayne has made himself a house hold name in recent years. He has come from being a grill wearing southern rapper to a multi million dollar mogul. There are very few tracks that he is not featured on in any genre of music today. His notoriety and fame stem from the fact that Wayne just may be one of the hardest working rappers in the game today. After his recent stint in jail, The Carter IV is set to drop on May 16 with much anticipation. Wayne leaked the single, "6 Foot7 Foot" about a month ago, calling it the sequel to the chart topping hit "A Mili". If the single is to show us anything about the upcoming album, its that jail did the lyrical body good. Instead of having word vomit, which can sometimes happen to rappers that have been memorizing verses for months, Wayne spits as he always did-methodically and melodically.
Recently leaked a few days ago, "If I Die Today" is slated to be the second single off the album. Produced by Polow Da Don, Weezy depicts for his listeners how he would use his last 24 hours of life with a little help from fellow rapper Rick Ross. The track sounds vaguely familiar to anyone that purchased Ross’ album Teflon Don; it almost could be called part 2 of Teflon Don’s first single, "I'm Not a Star". The track has more of Ross’ sound to me then a Lil Wayne banger. And since I’m not a Rick Ross for many reasons(they will be discussed later I’m sure), I don’t necessarily know if I would upload it to my 8 year old ipod nano just yet. There is one thing I can not knock it for though, and that is the fact that Weezy lyrically kills it as usual. What attracted me to Lil Wayne has always been his assault on the English language in the form of rap. And with lines like, "Prepare for the worst but I’m still praying for the best/The game is a bitch and I got my hand up her dress" and "if I die today remember me like John Lennon", Lil Wayne keeps the anticipation for The Carter IV on high.
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