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"I don't fuck with [Lil Wayne]... and you can print that." "A Milli" producer Bangladesh spoke those words to Vibe in May after Wayne's label allegedly stiffed him on $500,000 worth of royalties. He went on: "I'm so confident in myself, that I don't need Lil Wayne. There's gonna be so many opportunities. I can create a Lil Wayne." Well, if he didn't realize the astounding idiocy of that last bit seconds after he said it, the beatmaker seemingly knows it now. "Six Foot Seven Foot" was produced by Bangladesh, it utilizes the same hypno-loop/below-end attack as "A Milli", and nobody will ever make it sound as good as Lil Wayne makes it sound.
The track gets its title from a sample of "Banana Boat (Day-O)", originally a Jamaican work song about wanting to go home. Free after eight months of concrete surroundings, Wayne can relate. This is the spring-loaded Road Runner zoom of a song everyone was waiting for-- but it wasn't guaranteed. Many rappers have gone to jail, few have retained their power afterward (see: T.I.'s continuing implosion). And Wayne's last two major releases-- the cock-rock downer Rebirth and the diluted I Am Not a Human Being-- had him discombobulated, unfocused, and losing a step. So "Six Foot Seven Foot" is not only a startling introduction to Wayne's forthcoming Tha Carter IV, it's also a relief.
With no hook to speak of, the song is all about Wayne still doing what he does better than anyone else-- telling you why he's the best. It's a well-worn hip-hop topic for sure, but that makes it all the more impressive when he flips it in unheard ways. "You niggas are gelatin, peanuts to an elephant/ I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate," is one particularly triumphant (and ridiculous) couplet. There are many more. But the most meaningful line may also be the simplest: "I don't feel I done enough, so I'ma keep on doin' this shit." Please do get out of his fucking way.
The track gets its title from a sample of "Banana Boat (Day-O)", originally a Jamaican work song about wanting to go home. Free after eight months of concrete surroundings, Wayne can relate. This is the spring-loaded Road Runner zoom of a song everyone was waiting for-- but it wasn't guaranteed. Many rappers have gone to jail, few have retained their power afterward (see: T.I.'s continuing implosion). And Wayne's last two major releases-- the cock-rock downer Rebirth and the diluted I Am Not a Human Being-- had him discombobulated, unfocused, and losing a step. So "Six Foot Seven Foot" is not only a startling introduction to Wayne's forthcoming Tha Carter IV, it's also a relief.
With no hook to speak of, the song is all about Wayne still doing what he does better than anyone else-- telling you why he's the best. It's a well-worn hip-hop topic for sure, but that makes it all the more impressive when he flips it in unheard ways. "You niggas are gelatin, peanuts to an elephant/ I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate," is one particularly triumphant (and ridiculous) couplet. There are many more. But the most meaningful line may also be the simplest: "I don't feel I done enough, so I'ma keep on doin' this shit." Please do get out of his fucking way.
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