Lil Wayne‘s Young Money Radio program on Apple Music has already nabbed some major guests from the likes of Shaq, Kevin Durant, Drake, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and more. On the show’s latest episode, Tunechi decided to bring another legend on to discuss the songwriting process and more — Eminem.
During their 15-minute chat, the two make an interesting revelation: both have researched their own lyrics in order to not repeat a concept.
“When we first start out, it’s a blank canvas,” Em said. “We start painting on that canvas until that shit’s full. But when you’ve made so many song about everything, it gets a little tricky. The trick is to do the next one and keeping it going, do the next one with a little twist.”
Wayne added, “If you look in my phone history, with Google history, and you press the letter L, it comes up ‘Lil Wayne Lyrics.’ I literally have to Google my own lyrics to make sure I didn’t say certain stuff before.”
Em replied, “Oh my God! I swear to God I do that too! I just did that shit last night. Man, that’s funny as hell. I been doing that for the past five years! You be like, ‘Oh, I knew I flipped this before.’ It’s crazy because when you’re really into the craft you gotta come up with a new pocket, a new cadence, melodies. You can’t do the same flows, none of that.”
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Elsewhere in the conversation, the two rap legends chatted about Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance documentary, how much Em loved Wayne’s Kendrick Lamar assisted “Mona Lisa” track, their mutual love for Griselda Records and more.
Find the episode here.
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Lil Wayne uses ghostwriters though. Gillie da kid and Curren$y wrote alot of the Carter 2 and Carter 3. His best work other rappers wrote it for him.
Shut the fuck up
Who really gives a shit? Do you even know what a ghostwriter is? By definition…Ghost means not physically there and writer is obvious. So the ghostwriter is removing themselves from the situation…that’s a choice. Perhaps they feel honored by having the artist they chose to memorialize their words actually agree to do so…smh.
What is your point? The guy who called himself the greatest rapper and is now talking about writing lyrics had his best shit written for him. It is a problem.
Lol doesn’t change the fact he richer then all of us. Haha an the problem is you can’t find no ghost writer to get you know goofy ass boy
Dont be so but hurt steph, all hes pointing out is how lil wayne researchers his own lyrics when he doesnt even wrote them all, chill.
Wayne was rapping lame pussy bars for 10 years. He should’ve noticed that when he was reviewing his lyrics.
who has a bigger bulge, Eminem or Lil Wayne?