Lil Wayne has revealed the moment he realized that substance is more important than delivery when making rap music.
In a conversation with Joel Madden on the Good Charlotte singer’s podcast Artist Friendly, Weezy spoke about his creative process early on in his career when he was a member of the Hot Boys.
“Slim [Williams, co-founder of Cash Money Records] was always like, ‘Let me hear yours.’ And then you see the reaction off it,” he said. “They hear one person’s verse, they start talking about it in their regular day.
“That’s how I always used to look at things. You know, later on in the day they might [be like], ‘Hey, what he had said earlier?’ And then it had revealed itself in real life, whatever he said or she said earlier done come out in life.
“And so that’s when I noticed. I would tell myself, ‘Okay, I don’t think my rhymes, they’re not coming. My lyrics aren’t coming.’ That was the first time that I noticed it ain’t how I say something, it’s actually what I say.”
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Lil Wayne recently compared himself to both LeBron James and Tom Brady for how long he has been rapping at the top of his game.
In an interview with Bleacher Report, the 41-year-old said: “I would say that I’m like a LeBron. I dropped my first solo album when I was 14, and that’s the same album I’m talking about that went platinum. And I’ve been doing this at this pace of higher ever since, just like him.”
He continued: “You remember Tom Brady, it was every year, even though he was winning the Super Bowl and all that, it still was, ‘Is this the year he’s gonna retire?’ We don’t even say that about LeBron, we don’t want you to retire.
“That’s how I feel when people ask when Tha Carter VI coming out. Like, ‘God damn it, that’s six of ’em. And they still want it?'”
Weezy, who has been rapping for almost thirty years, is coming off the release of Welcome 2 Collegrove, his second collaborative album with 2 Chainz.
The project was narrated by 50 Cent and featured guest appearances from Usher, 21 Savage, Fabolous, Rick Ross and more.
And yet, he’s the king of saying nothing.
That’s why Eminem is a GOAT, and not THE GOAT. Dude spends way too much time rapping about nonsense. Plus his beats are trash. Good for Lil Wayne. Maybe now he’ll stop rapping about BS too. Hip Hop needs to get serious if it wants to rule the charts ever again.
Your right about Em it’s like yeah those are good verses but songs against your mom or killing your gf makes you think ok there’s better rappers because of their concepts. IMO Wayne never stops which makes him exciting. He’s a punchline type rhymer. I didn’t think he was that good until I heard Carter 2 and Drought 3 then he became my fav rapper.
Surely he means substance-abused bars.
I’m glad I am not alone. I can’t remember anything he’s said of substance at any point in his career. I remember him for bringing the tight pants, drugs abuse, and skateboarding to hip hop. He also never experienced racism growing up in nola and had a bunch of other wild opinions on things