I decided to take a listen to Little Wayne's new offering, hoping to find foolish musical fodder to tear to shreds. Too bad my plan didn't work, as there are a few decent, catchy tunes on the disc. A few tracks produced by Kanye West are interesting to listen to, so is the duet with Babyface (yes, that Babyface) titled "Comfortable"; it's a reasonably well-executed response track to Beyonce's "Irreplaceable".
The guy is quite the entertainer, able to stir up controversy by calling out Al Sharpton in his lyrics while walking around in his underwear. His performance at the MTV VMA's this year was nothing short of hilarious... he's mastered the art of the cartoonish rapper that was pioneered by his rap-tastic forefathers, Snoop Dogg and Lil Jon.
That whole thing about him selling a million albums the first week the album was out also sounds like a bit of a hoax. In this day and age, are people really going to run out to the record store to pick up this guy's plastic? I would think that all the suburban white kids would already have downloaded the thing weeks in advance!
Also: I'd give the album a less glowing review if I didn't think that the Lil Wayne boogeyman might be hiding in my closet.
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