Customer Reviews
What the hell is wrong with people? - By: Giordano Bruno, 16 Jul 2008 
A powerful rich white man sitsin his leather chair atop his huge music empire. Prising a Cuban cigar from his mouth, he smiles as he approaches the young black man that has just entered his office. The young black man awkwardly accepts the rich white man's offer of a handshake. The white man excitedly urges the young black man to sit down. His excitement increases upon the sight of the loose-fitting apparel & silver chain donned by the young black man.
"So how are you going to make us richer?" the powerful white man asks, aroused now as he notices a bullet scar on the left side of the young black man's neck.
"Well, I want my lyrics to inspire kids to stay clear of guns, drugs & violen..."
"Get out."
The next day, the same powerful, rich white man is smoking his cigar. Another young black man enters the building. Awkwardly dressedin a suit, the rich white man offers a less-than-enthusiastic handshake. The young black man seems uneasy with the gesture, but eventually unfolds his arms & reaches out his left hand. The rich white man surveys the black man, noting with dismay a lack of scars. He asks the same question as they both sit down.
"So how are you going to make us richer?"
The young black man thinks for awhile, before answering:
"Well, I want to rap about bitches & killing niggas & shi..."
"I'll have you on MTV this afternoon."
The sad fact is, record company execs do not want to distribute to the mainstream audience hip-hop that is thought-provoking & intelligent, free of violence, doused with hope. Those artists that do convey such a message are relegated to smaller labels or merely recieve limited exposure. The argument that they are simply supplying to the demand of their audience is not a valid one. These people have the power & influence to control what the audience demands. Were labels, radio & music-channels to continually expose the likes of Common, Immortal Technique, Lyrics Born, Atmosphere, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Nas etc. to the same extent that they do the likes of Soulja Boy or Lil Wayne, there is no doubt that the audience's demands would change.
Unfortunately, that is not, & possibly never will be, the case. Instead of offering young kids positive role models, inspiring aspirations that do not involve bitches, guns & violence, the people with the power continue to put their backing into illiterate dumb thugs. We don't want to see black people as intelligent & inspirational! No, we want them to continue appearing as violent & uneducated, as a threat to our society.
This guy Lil Wayne is just another example of this racist mechanism that continues to pump out mind-numbingly awful black musicians. He has the lyrical writing ability of a 5-year old; lines about bitches & not being "no homo" are constantly ended with swear words, such is his inability to rhyme properly. The generic Southern beats do nothing to set him apart from his equally-moronic peers Lil Jon & T-Pain. Yet, he recieves the exposure & all the hype. That this album could even be considered the finest of the year, a yearin which sees Nas return to form with his incredible Unitled album, simply highlights how widespread this problem has become.
Hip-Hop is not dead. Behind the morons parading on TV with their bling-out teeth, intelligible lyrics & booty-shaking "ho's", there is a huge base of intelligent, conscious rappers. Hip-hop is alive & well; unfortunately those that continue to breathe new life into it are cast aside, labelled "left-field" & "underground", ignored by the powerful rich white people who define the demands of a dumbed-down generation. You can help however by ignoring this terrible artist & his ilk, & searching for the aforementioned talents that are so abundant within this genre. Good music does not have to remain underground.
diverse - By: Wolftown hero, 05 Jul 2008 
i'll be quickin what i have to say: this album is diverse. It has everything. some soulful tracks, some poppy-little-bit-commercial tracks & some pure street bass-heavy hip-hop.
best track on the album for me: A Milli (this is the heaviest track i've heardin a long time)
Hip-Hop is not dead.
Big Up For Lil Wayne - By: The Wolf, 26 Jun 2008 Summer would appear to have come at last to the home forest.
The air is warm & good. The canopy of new leaves above my
head is reassuringly fresh & green & the young rabbits are all looking plump & playful....
....butin 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 & 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 duplicatedin 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 & 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 & a baseball cap,
has adopted a number of somewhat irritating hand movements and
occasionally calls me "Brutha" when emphasing particularly arcane
detailsin his latest musical enthusiasms.
His excitement about Mr Carter jnr's latest release is,in this
particular instance, entirely justified.
16 tracks & an additional weblink is a whole lotta music & 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 moneyin the expletive stakes !)
we might assume that we'rein for a bumpy ride.
The mood begins to lighten a little, however, with 'Mr Carter', augmented
by Mr Jay-Z & two delightful chipmunks (I'm not kidding - Just Listen !)
The inspired & challenging lyrical content & sharp rhyming is
sustained throughout.
'A Milli' is a particularly fine poetic highpoint.
'Comfortable', is, with the assistance of Mr Babyface a light & 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' & 'Shoot Me Down' both pack a powerful
emotional punch.
'Lollipop' is a good poppy track & nothing wrong with that.
Ms Simone's introduction to 'Dontgetit' opens the way to this
remarkable album's hard political heart.
A powerful & affecting masterpiece which will not leave him
misunderstood.
I'm grateful indeed to Brutha Squirrel for having introduced
me to this fine work & I recommend it to you,in turn, very highly.
....but back to reality & I have just seen Mrs Wolf flicking
her feather duster over my Joni Mitchell vinyl collection with
a slightly crazed lookin her eye.
Perhaps I should try & 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? - By: A. Coombes, 26 Jun 2008 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 - By: Chize, 25 Jun 2008 
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 & i don't feel he let anyone down. He's very wittyin songs such as Lollipop & the Let The Beat Build. The track with Robin Thicke - "Tie my hands" is very insightful & shows a rare side of the rapper which is very welcoming. 'Misunderstood' samples the same title track by Nina Simone & he pours his heart out with the prejudicein the States. He attacks Rev Al Sharpton on this track & i can understand where he's coming from due to recent attemptsin the U.S to 'cancel' the 'N' word from hip hop artistes. Tracks like Mrs officer & 'Dr Carter' displays his creativity & 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 & the on form Jay Z does not dissapoint either. Some tracks are your usual hip hop tracks with no real substance or meaning butin an album with eighteen tracks & no skits, it's to be expected. Allin 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
