Lil Wayne has revealed that he stopped writing down lyrics after learning that JAY-Z strictly freestyled without a pen and paper.
Weezy joined The Pivot Podcast on Tuesday (July 11) where he reflected on the moment he threw his notebook in the trash and went off the top.
“Like Biggie, love Biggie, love Jadakiss — I love all that shit, but Jay. The moment I heard it I stopped. You could ask my boy. ‘I heard that n-gga JAY-Z don’t write no more.’
“We went in the studio and we did ‘10,000 Bars’ and that was the last time I rapped anything off of a paper.”
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The “10,000 Bars” track Wayne is referencing is a 35-minute song from 2002 featuring the former Hot Boys rapper spitting the last of his written rhymes in a rapid-fire fashion over an assortment of pieces while the pieces of paper being discarded are even picked up by the microphone.
Last month, Wayne recalled a time that Birdman chewed him out for allegedly trying to sound like JAY-Z when he was rapping.
“When you find a favorite artist, you’re going to start sounding like them,” he told Rolling Stone. “It took Birdman and them to pull my ass aside and be like, ‘Bro, I’m tired of every song you doing sounding like damn JAY-Z. You’re not JAY-Z.’”
Jay and Lil Wayne have long had a competitive relationship while colliding on tracks like DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID,” Tha Carter III‘s “Mr. Carter,” “Hello Brooklyn 2.0,” and “Swagga Like Us.”
Amid their battles, Lil Wayne once hailed Hov’s 1999 Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter as one of his favorite albums of all-time.
“JAY-Z, Life and Times of Shawn Carter, plain and simple,” Wayne told Lil Baby in 2020. “It was the first album where I actually [bought] the car that the rapper was talking about. That was my album.”
The Young Money boss actually ended up getting Vol. 3 lyrics tattooed on him and has freestyled over album hits such as “Big Pimpin” in the past.
“Also, Jay talked so crazy,” he continued. “He went bananas on that album. I got lyrics from the album tattooed on me and shit. I have songs that are remakes of spinoffs of songs from that album.”
Some of the Rappers that admittedly they were heavily influenced by Jay; Drake, Lil Wayne, Kendrick, Nikki, Kendrick, Kanye, J. Cole just to name a few.
This rejected goat also admitted to forgetting most his lyrics… Lol fuck this lil Wang clown… Jay can’t be touched. PERIOD.
He also admitted to forgetting his lyrics like a true reject… Jay Z is the goat… This reject is a clown ass bitch
you keep saying reject reject reject… lil waynes label of a label of another label, is better than the roc ever was. who you gonna say? camron who hated jay-z for his deal? bleek who had one mid song? id challenge a jay weezy verzus and you’d get dumped like the morning after taco bell. you definitely a hibby-dibby rap fan. bet you like russ and joyner HAHAHA.
Wayne only famous cause of Drake who’s only famous for degrassi. Get both their weiners out your mouth fuckboi
I couldn’t even tell you who either of those people you named are… But I can say, damn yo mama give good head!
Only famous cause of Drake? How stupid are you? Wayne was doing nationwide tours and going platinum before Drake even thought about being apart of Young Money. GTFOH
You filtering ass bitches can get fucked with this not posting the truth too… Lil Wang is a 100% clown!
you posted 3 times now. did lil wayne fuck your mom? i dont understand this hate. ill pray for you tonight to have a better outlook on life.
It posted three times because I was getting head from your momma last night!
Oh, well thst explains it, you dumb fuck (lil weezy).
What’s the hate about?
right…im confused af…we in the wrong place lol..
I don’t believe that Jay ever stopped writing. He probably writes and then memorize before stepping into a booth. If Jay didn’t write that would mean he would be incredible at freestyles. I haven’t heard Jay legit freestyle off the dome in 25 years
2pac and Nas are better than Jay. This site is paid fir by Jay thats why they keep spitting articles out about him like this irrelevant crap. Get your mind right people. Stop praising these celebs like their gods.
Jay-Z also didnt nuke his brain with narcotics. Maybe write some shit down, respectfully
Jay-Z also didn’t nuke his brain with narcotics. Maybe write some shit down, respectfully
I love Wayne so much but ain’t never even listened to Jay z nothing against him just was only ever a wheeze fan. I guess I’ll have to change that and go check Jay z out
I love Wayne so much but ain’t never even listened to Jay z nothing against him just was only ever a wheeze fan. I guess I’ll have to change that and go check Jay z out and I also rap without writing it down. I wish I has a recording microphone installed in my arm or body lol love you wayne
Corniest shit to brag about. Thats why he has a million bars about eating ass and pussy.