Are you serious??
I hear so many people defend Lil' Wayne as one of the greatest lyricists out right now. Ive even heard a few people say hes the greatest rapper of all time????!!!!! to me thats maddening and sickening. If you listened to this album and liked it, your probably too stupid to understand the words I am speaking. I HAVE listened to this album in its entirety and I have come to the conclusion that Lil' Wayne posses NO talent and is NOT a Genius. He does nothing impressive on this album. His record label is laying down his tracks the way they want and he follows orders. I don't care if the guy can make music without writing stuff down, SO WHAT! Just because you can spit off the top of your head doesn't make you good. If you are a terrible rapper, you are a terrible rapper. If you want to hear some REAL hip hop, try some A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang, Dilated Peoples, MC Ave, Supernatural, Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, or Gangstarr. Get rid of the $$$ eyes and stop glorifying the south. There are a few exceptions, but 99.999999999% of southern rappers are terrible, end of discussion and this guy is right on the top of the list of the worst rappers of all time.

Got Money Mr. Carter ?
I wonder with, 2 Mill sold does my word count ???

I trully hope so because they "cant stop me even if they stopped me" the real smart words of Wayne himself.

There are 3 reasons for why this album is selling -

3. Marketing, Marketing and Marketing . . The music industries new face for sales as 50 is out and now Wayne is in .

2. All of the hype from the MixTapes being with his great lyrics and people are finally thinking HipHop could run thru the vains of a new rapper ? But actually that was the lie . . . . . Its just the smoke and mirrors, Mixtapes where CRAZY and flow was a little weak (id thought since the beats wernt his but dont worri . . . still good) . . but his album came . . . still same.

1. XXL - Most anticpated album for 07 . . . Also XXL one of the worst magazines ever made (only made big due to 50, Eminem and Dre all dissing THE SOURCE magazine)

XXL somehow gave the power aaaaaaaaall to Wayne single handlely with that ?

Then wayne said his whole! album was Leaked on the net so he would put that album out as a sale regardless calling it 'The Leak' ??

When it came to sell . . . ? only 4 songs for sale ??

Then took another year for his album to be realesed ? Listening to this album, it was because he still not have a BANGIN song yet produced AKA:Lollipop .

The final being is that i wouldve given this album at least 3 stars . . . but he has NO! rythm . . . and he's comparing himself Big and Pac ??

Then he makes funny noises like 'Haaa Haaaaaa' - A milli .

Then in a concert he walks around a screaming fan just staring - Check London Wayne Concert on youtube.

Wayne honestly thinks he's thug . . . thats the problem . But too many NON hiphopers (whiteboys who like too much of FloRida) will defend this crap album .

What ever happend to that hip hop made for bobbing your head in car ? This album does not have that material, it has the typical 'pass' album tracks .

Funky and New Trend song (new hiphop is always bout making a trend of somesort) - Lollipop

Song with one of the most powerful hiphop artists and mainly! praise him so you can be praised - Mr. Carter

Always at least a reeeeeal sad song so you can pass thru every genre of people instead of all 'club hits' - Tie My Hands

And still no head bobbing shhh but there is one Mrs. Officer (but as usual in new hip hop) they try an make it a 'Trend' by doing the 'WEEEEE O WEEEEEEE O WEEEE' . . .

Its like NaS explained, people ARE laughing at the blacks of today as they are turning into slaves again, slaves of whiteboys and just please the whiteboys an done deal .

3 Stars due to its a oooook album, but 2 due to how HUGE this album (all to marketing) has blown and when NaS's album is 10!!! times better.

Summarise: New Face, New Selling Tool and New Whiteboy Hip Hop

To bad you can not give a half a star.
I went and bought this album based on how it was hyped up. I did not lil wayne could not sing or make beats. Half the time what he talks about does not make sense. On top of all this the album is slow. If I am going to listen to something with this pace I would rather it be usher or R Kelley.

AMAZING
AMAZING - simply amazing. Get it and if you already have it, get it again.

WEEZY F. STILL WAITING ON A CLASSIC
When Lil' Wayne means Best Rapper I think he means post Jay-Z East Coast '04 era cause Jigga dusted him on Mr. Carter. Weezy F. should have dropped this when he had them bangers like "I Feel Like Dying" all that ish he recorded back in 07 was legit this is a weaker less credible version of Weezy. He held it down on those Dedication and Suffix tapes and the unofficial C3 release's but since then might have stretched himself a lil thin minus Street banger "A Mili".