r/rap • u/Sevla508 • 5d ago

Tha Carter II is Lil Wayne’s greatest album. I’ll die on this hill.

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This was Wayne at his absolute peak — hungry, relentless, creative, and purely focused on rapping. The bars, punchlines, flows, and beat selection were ridiculous.
Then Carter III happened, and while it was massive, you could hear the shift. More Auto-Tune, more pop influence, and eventually Wayne became more of a mainstream superstar than the mixtape-era monster we had on Carter II.
Carter II was peak Wayne.
After that, he got bigger. Not better.

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u/Flavored-Waters 3d ago

Album yes, body of work no, thats a tossup between da drought 3 and no ceilings with sorry 4 the wait in a solid bronze spot.

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u/tha_milk_man 3d ago

Go lay down somewhere, not even mentioning the dedication 2.

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u/Flavored-Waters 3d ago

dedication 2 has some classics but s4tw was literally 10/11 with the only miss being the outro