Speaking with HipHopDX about Lil Wayne’s impact on mainstream Hip Hop, Crooked I detailed his respect for the Young Money rapper lyricism.
Explaining his take on Wayne’s effect on young Hip Hop listeners throughout his commercial success, Crooked I spoke about Tha Carter emcee’s penchant for “witty” one-liners.
“I think Wayne is one of the artists who really opened that gateway, there was a time where we weren’t getting anything in the mainstream,” Crooked I said in a clip that debuted as a part of the DX Daily today (September 30). “The underground always has flourished. You got so many layers of the game: you got the underground, you got the almost-famous, you got the famous, you got the super famous. So, in the super famous realm I don’t think that those fans were getting any lyricism. I think Wayne, I credit and salute him because when he was hopping on all those joints, he had some memorable one-liners that were witty, catchy, and clever at the same time. It made people start thinking, young people. I remember talking to’em at the barbershop, they’re like, ‘Yo, he is the best rapper alive.’ That was the best that they had heard.”
Over the weekend Lil Wayne and Drake concluded their co-headlining tour in Houston, Texas. The Drake Vs. Lil Wayne tour featured an accompanying app for audience members to rate which artist performed better. On the final night of the 31-date tour, Drake hinted at a possible redux and announced that the competition resulted in a tie.
“We’re tied up tonight,” Drake said. “I know there has to be a winner or they want to see a winner, but I’ve got an idea. I feel like, you put out this Carter V, I put out this Views From The 6, we do this tour again next year and we start that bitch in Houston.”
Whether you’re a fan or not, you have to admit that Wayne has had some memorable lines as well as verses. But as I fan I can say he is no longer where he used to be with the wordplay. His last example of how he used to get busy was No Ceilings in my opinion. Hope Carter V takes it back to that era.
I get what u mean,but I think Wayne never lost his lyricism, he just lost content and flow, although he was rapping about pussy he had some great lines. also now from all the songs he released in 2014 his lyrics are super dope.
Spilled coffee on my jeans, call it hot pockets.
i think he forgot bout em, jay and nas cause they were super famous and lyrical gods…still are
espeically jay from 96 to 06 if u wanna talk mainstream
all those niggas weren’t consistent, when has to be the best rapper alive cause every year he put out something doper, whit em and jays put something out like after a year or two
weezy went over alotta people heads with d5…if u LISTIN to it u will tell he never really lost it
D5 was absolute trash. Wayne hasn’t dropped anything good since Carter 3.
I Agree
the only wayne albums i really buy are tha Carters and they come out like every other 3 years…if he dosent drop C5 this year it will make it 4 years so as far as consistent goes idk…
and as far as Rebirth, IANAHB pt 1 & 2..i cant take them albums serious even though they all went gold if im not mistaking
Glad to finally see some props for Wayne, always been a fan, dude has always had his own sound and definitiely contributed a lot to the lyrical and pronounciation of the rap game
You don’t wanna be out in the streets,
Mouth full of blood and a soul full of heat
A house full of thugs and the orders of me like
“Don’t leave till you get all of the ki’s”
Hat full of holes, and your blood on my sneaks
Like these is 650$ your blood too cheap
Me, I’m from New Orleans where we hustle in the heat
And enough work to have the cops hustlin for me, shit
Lil city but ain’t nothing here for free
I’m an uptown nigga, put my money by my teeth, yea
And it’s magic whenever I hear the beat
But give me a 100 ki’s, y’all will never hear from me , shit
Young money, and the leverage is deep
I am better than I ever been that other shit was weak
Fuck makin in the industry I made it in the streets
Now my eyes are arms and I’m takin what I see, nigga
Lol sorry but one of his best verses IMO
Dedication 1!
Credits for what:
– saying how much money has on 10.000 songs
– saying 10.000 times that he likes pussy.
Fuck crooked I!
(s)he doesn’t even like pussy. Wayne loves Birdman in a wrong way.
^you 100 percent right
He’s talking about the mid 2000’s before Wayne’s decline, back when he claimed he didn’t go below the naval.
Lil Wayne is responsble for the downfall of hiphop with his faggot friends from the south
i agree
I Don’t
I agree, anyone remember hip hop was dead era, Soulja Boy, T Pain, snap music all that, rap skills were completely irrelevant for many years with few exception, I was from the late 90’s, early 2000 era when people considered JayZ, Nas, Eminem, Big, and Pac as the rap titans, but this was years after that. I do remember alot of young boys that grew up on Wayne, and he more-or-less exposed them to the concept that it’s not just a catchy hook and a hot beat, even if he was far far from “the best rapper alive”. Im not purist, I can honestly say both Wayne and TI were two rappers that kept a certain degree of lyricism alive in the culture.
I bet your butthole gets a lot of activity
The guy’s butthole has a big mole next to it lookin like he got 2 holes. Where you shittin homie????????//hahahahaha
is this a joke?..lil wayne is the reason rap is garbage now..all these basic wack south rappers ruined hiphop…
fucking idiot if u really think that u dont know shit about hip hop
Lil Wayne is rap for kids who haven’t heard the true MCs of hip hp.
Your statement is invalid. I listen to Wayne, but i also listen to Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, KRS One, Kool G Rap, NWA, Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By Nature, Brand Nubian,Eminem, Heavy D, Intelligent Hoodlum, Masta Ace and so on. So Wayne isnt rap for kids who havent heard the true MC’s of Hip Hop.
“i like sandwiches, peanut butter” – lil wayne……..the most overrated rapper in music history
retarded faggot
I smoked weed during class. High school.
Biggie and Tupac are the most overrated rapppers ever, not lil wayne. Lil Wayne doesnt even get props, so why would he be “Overrated”
Lil Wayne is the most overrated rapper, not Pac and Biggie.
Yes they are
Negative 5 cool points for Crook, what the fuck are you talking about man?
oh look another 14 year old edgy faggot who thinks wayne is the worst rapper ever
Lil Wayne has been trash since 2009.
Well, to be fair to the op, Wayne pretty much is the worst rapper ever, look at some of the quotes on this page. Those aren’t clever metaphors they just make him sound uneducated.
man weezy is a legend he has so much shit out yall only know the mainstreem wack shit i completely agree
All of his shit is “mainstream wack shit.” LMAO!!!
and niggas keep talking shit about wayne SMH
Maybe because he’s an overrated rapper?
BIG and PAC are more overrated than Wayne
BIG and Pac may be overrated, but their body of work is better than Wayne. Especially Pac who had something called SUBSTANCE to his music.
My report card smokes weed, call that high grades…
^^^^^^^Typical Lil Wayne lyrics. Wack.
Got that pussy on lock, that’s a chastity belt.
Really gets to my nerves when lyrical cats like him be riding Wayne’s dick
Why do you want other rappers to have your viewpoints? You cant just force him not to respect Wayne
Why do people hate Wayne so much? What did he ever do to you? People are so immature by saying they wish him death and even bashing on pointless rants.Why get so personal with your hatred toward him? Do you hate his music or Wayne. Instead why can’t you keep it to yourself and leave others to be entitled to their opinion. But no…you just have to emphasize your hatred toward Wayne to the entire world.
I got a vision to tell. That’s a television.
I hate his music & him because of his stupid ass music, hope that helps
I just wish niggas would show their dicks more, we get all these nude women but no dicks, I want to see penis.