![]() ![]() That’s “Lil Wayne Fatigue” – as in, “Lil Wayne is creatively tired” and “folks might be tired of Lil Wayne.” That’s what happens when homeboy drops enough music in five years to last about five artists their full careers. ![]() IANAHB2 “only” sold about 220,000 albums in its first week – chump-numbers for a mega star. By the time Tha Carter III dropped in 2008, he was operating off creative inertia and his album sales were bolstered by newcomer fans of his newfound status as a bona fide pop/rock/rap star. Still, the human imagination can only conjure but so much. The man put out mixtape, after mixtape, after mixtape, after mixtape. And then there’s “Wayne the Guest Verse Mercenary.” Dude’s discography is whatever word means “more prolific than prolific.”īut, of course, it was the glut of mixtapes Wayne released between 20 that featured his finest moments, created the legend and will cement his legacy. He’s principally repped on seven other albums, as part of the B.G.’z, the Hot Boyz, with Birdman or as frontman for his Young Money crew. But, as we know, Weezy’s solo career followed his public introduction as the little tyke in the Hot Boyz crew. That’s a full career for a lot of rap artists. He just doesn’t do it anymore, because that tank is on empty. Weezy is one of the best to ever do this. But the great ones, like Wayne, usually interweave that crassness into content that also features a whole lotta wit, heft and insight. Hip-hop is an unapologetically crass art form. The two overarching themes of IANAHB2 can basically be summed up thusly: “B***h, come sit on my face” and “Just so you know, n***a, your girl’s been sitting on my face.” ![]() The album is a glaring example of what happens to a great artist when they run out of things to say. Lil Wayne just dropped I Am Not A Human Being II. ![]()
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