Tha Carter III (Audio CD)

Big Up For Lil Wayne Summer would appear to have come at last to the home forest. The air is warm and good. The canopy of new leaves above my head is reassuringly fresh and green and the young rabbits are all looking plump and playful.... ....but in the cool depths of Wolf Cave a darker spirit stirs. Mrs Wolf has the hump again ! Perhaps spurred on by the fine weather her TIDY hormones have once again gone into overdrive and today is a BLUE pinafore day ! A day to be truly fearful ! She has been nagging me to get rid of my record collection (around 7000 discs) for years. "....you've got nearly everything duplicated in CD format, I just don't understand why you're keeping them. They're just gathering dust. We'd have room for a new fridge-freezer if it wasn't for them." I'm laying low and hoping that her mood will pass. Reginald Squirrel dropped by for coffee earlier bringing with him the new album by Lil Wayne 'Tha Carter III'. He has the slightly overinflated belief that he has single-handedly introduced the creatures of our woodland community to hip hop. He has taken to wearing extremely baggy jeans and a baseball cap, has adopted a number of somewhat irritating hand movements and occasionally calls me "Brutha" when emphasing particularly arcane details in his latest musical enthusiasms. His excitement about Mr Carter jnr's latest release is, in this particular instance, entirely justified. 16 tracks and an additional weblink is a whole lotta music and my attention has not wavered for an instant through four back-to-back listenings so-far. From the angry, swearey, opening track '3 Peat' (which certainly gives celebrity chef Mr Ramsey a run for his money in the expletive stakes !) we might assume that we're in for a bumpy ride. The mood begins to lighten a little, however, with 'Mr Carter', augmented by Mr Jay-Z and two delightful chipmunks (I'm not kidding - Just Listen !) The inspired and challenging lyrical content and sharp rhyming is sustained throughout. 'A Milli' is a particularly fine poetic highpoint. 'Comfortable', is, with the assistance of Mr Babyface a light and bubbly thing of beauty. 'Phone Home', with its' spooky-kookie B-Movie arrangement is an extraterrestrial delight. 'Tie My Hands, featuring the estimable Mr Thicke, balances a beautiful melodic interlude with the machine-gun fire of Mr Carters stream of consciousness. 'Mrs Officer' is a funky slice of pure summer delight. 'Let The Beat Build' and 'Shoot Me Down' both pack a powerful emotional punch. 'Lollipop' is a good poppy track and nothing wrong with that. Ms Simone's introduction to 'Dontgetit' opens the way to this remarkable album's hard political heart. A powerful and affecting masterpiece which will not leave him misunderstood. I'm grateful indeed to Brutha Squirrel for having introduced me to this fine work and I recommend it to you, in turn, very highly. ....but back to reality and I have just seen Mrs Wolf flicking her feather duster over my Joni Mitchell vinyl collection with a slightly crazed look in her eye. Perhaps I should try and butter her up with a gift.... ....a new apron perhaps ?....a bunch of freshly picked wild flowers ? ....or maybe a couple of those plump little rabbits ? Hmmmm....

anyone know? this aint a review im just askin if any1 knows if a japenese import would work on a english stereo?

Not a classic but close I can't say i'm a die hard hip hop fan but i found myself listening to this album quite a lot recently. My problem with hip hop albums is that they all seem to be very similar. What distinguishes rap albums these days is if the rapper has a unique voice or style which i feel Lil Wayne possesses. He's got heavy weight producers on this album and i don't feel he let anyone down. He's very witty in songs such as Lollipop and the Let The Beat Build. The track with Robin Thicke - "Tie my hands" is very insightful and shows a rare side of the rapper which is very welcoming. 'Misunderstood' samples the same title track by Nina Simone and he pours his heart out with the prejudice in the States. He attacks Rev Al Sharpton on this track and i can understand where he's coming from due to recent attempts in the U.S to 'cancel' the 'N' word from hip hop artistes. Tracks like Mrs officer and 'Dr Carter' displays his creativity and word play and the babyface featured 'Comfortable' can be deemed as a cheeky response to Beyonce's irreplacable. Mr Carter with Jay Z is a very good track with Lil Wayne displaying his word play again and the on form Jay Z does not dissapoint either. Some tracks are your usual hip hop tracks with no real substance or meaning but in an album with eighteen tracks and no skits, it's to be expected. All in all, in these days of repititive albums by people like 50cent, this is a welcome addition to the hip hop genre. Not a classic, but a damn good album

Quite a revelation!!! If you are a hip-hop fan, then this album will definately meet all your expectations. Lil Wayne has brought a new variety and style to hip-hop as it is!!!

Exellent First off this album aint boreing,its exellent wayne has really come on since his last album,the production is exellent and wayne's lyrics are dope,i love every track but for me 2 tracks stand out the most (TIE MY HANDS and SHOOT ME DOWN)really tight tracks and definetly one of the hottest albums this year,the only rappers i think can top this is NAS/THE GAME OR DRE thats if he ever brings out DETOX.So this is a must for rap fans PEACE.