But this year belongs to Lil Wayne. His album, Tha Carter III (read the TastyBooze review), sold more than 1 million copies in the first week and his next single featuring T-Pain, “Got Money,” is already getting tons of radio air play.
With no official video out yet, and considering our love of the Smurfs and Lil Wayne’s short stature, we thought this was a perfect pairing. TastyBooze now presents Papa Wayne featuring Smurf-Pain in “Got Money”:
Does Lil Wayne hold the title of “The Best Rapper Alive”?
Well, maybe not. But the best rapper currently signed to a major label, that’s could be up for debate.
Most “best rapper” lists give you the standard: Tupac: Dead. Biggie: Dead. Nas: Slowly coming out of his “Nastradamus” and “I Am” malaise. Jay-Z: Retired after a mega-hit, then came out with his biggest piece of shit CD to date. Eminem: Am I the only one who thinks his rapping style has gone off the deep end? How many farting and burping sounds can you put in your music and still be taken seriously? Snoop: Now more a caricature of his gangster image then anything else, and his only really good album was well over a decade ago. 50 Cent: The hard core gangster rap revival lasted for about one CD, and well, now it’s over. Dre: Awesome producer, great mind, mediocre rapper. Rakim: The 80’s are over. Big Daddy Kane: Ditto. KRS-One: Super ditto. Kanye: See the Dre comment. Talib Kweli: Maybe the best lyricist, but these days rap is about making that cash. Common: Yes, I realize this is a contradiction to what I just said about Talib, but get off Kanye’s cash dick, you used to be better. Outkast: Together they are great. Solo? We won’t go there. Tribe: Same. Diddy: I can’t believe I wasted time writing his name.
So given that the so-called best are either dead, coming off a shitty album or albums, no longer rapping, or just plain not that awesome, maybe Lil Wayne has an argument as the current best rapper alive.
Regardless of your opinion, here’s ours of his latest work…”Tha Carter III.”
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