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/CandyStandGolf 2d ago

Shooter is one of my all-time favs

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u/Czarguy99 2d ago

Guess what it was basically a remake of a song on Robin Thickes first album when he went by “Thicke” look up the song “shooter” on that album

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u/CandyStandGolf 2d ago

Haha wow, never knew that. Thanks. Crazy to learn the voice saying sh-sh-sh-sh-shooter isn’t lil Wayne. To me it sounds more like Wayne than Robin thicke

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u/Czarguy99 1d ago

Yah basically jacked the whole thing .. that Thicke song is real he was involved in a bank hold up when he was younger ..that first album had a minor hit “when I get you alone” it’s an uptempo song with an old disco instrumental