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After a wait of more than 8 months since its first scheduled release date, a few lucky fans have apparently received their copies of Lil Wayne’s much-anticipated rock crossover album “Rebirth” ahead of schedule, due to an alleged shipping-department snafu at Amazon.com.
The record, Wayne’s first since his blockbuster “Tha Carter III”, has had at least six release dates scheduled since it was first announced to be hitting shelves in April. The latest of these was today, December 21, 2009. It was to be sold in a deluxe package along with “We Are Young Money,” a compilation of tracks by artists signed to the rapper’s Young Money Entertainment label, a subsidiary of Cash Money Records.
On December 9, Cash Money founder Bryan “Baby” Williams announced via his Twitter account that the album had been pushed back yet again, to February 2, 2010.
However, on December 15 (another previously scheduled release date) a fan on the LilWayneHQ.com site announced that he had received his preordered copy of “Rebirth” from Amazon, and posted photos of the CD. A forum on Amazon.com also included posts from readers who claimed that they had either received their copies of “Rebirth” or saw the status of their order listed in their online accounts as shipped.
“Mine was delivered yesterday by the post office and is, indeed, a copy of Rebirth,” wrote a poster named Markamus.
According to Billboard.com, Amazon mistakenly shipped approximately 500 copies of the album on December 14 and 15. By the evening of December 16, file-sharing sites like Thepiratebay.org were offering downloads purporting to be the official version of “Rebirth.”
“Tha Carter III” sold over one million copies in its first week. Its release had also been pushed back multiple times over several months, and was also preceded by several free online mixtape releases and leaked tracks. Most recently, Lil Wayne has dropped the official mixtape “No Ceilings” and three singles from “Rebirth”: “On Fire,” Da Da Da” and “Prom Queen.” On December 15, the highly anticipated “Rebirth” track “Drop The World,” featuring Eminem, appeared on several popular hip-hop blogs.
Billboard.com also reported that executives from Cash Money and its distributing label, Universal Motown, decided to push back the record’s release date yet again in order to allow disappointing early sales of the official singles from “Rebirth” to build.
As of this writing, the order page for “Rebirth” on Amazon states “a release date has not yet been set for this title.” “We Are Young Money,” which features tracks from Young Money artists like Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Jae Millz and the label’s recent breakout star Drake (who is scheduled to play the 2010 Jazz Fest) is still scheduled to hit stores today.
Lil Wayne is scheduled to play the New Orleans Arena on Monday, December 28.
The record, Wayne’s first since his blockbuster “Tha Carter III”, has had at least six release dates scheduled since it was first announced to be hitting shelves in April. The latest of these was today, December 21, 2009. It was to be sold in a deluxe package along with “We Are Young Money,” a compilation of tracks by artists signed to the rapper’s Young Money Entertainment label, a subsidiary of Cash Money Records.
On December 9, Cash Money founder Bryan “Baby” Williams announced via his Twitter account that the album had been pushed back yet again, to February 2, 2010.
However, on December 15 (another previously scheduled release date) a fan on the LilWayneHQ.com site announced that he had received his preordered copy of “Rebirth” from Amazon, and posted photos of the CD. A forum on Amazon.com also included posts from readers who claimed that they had either received their copies of “Rebirth” or saw the status of their order listed in their online accounts as shipped.
“Mine was delivered yesterday by the post office and is, indeed, a copy of Rebirth,” wrote a poster named Markamus.
According to Billboard.com, Amazon mistakenly shipped approximately 500 copies of the album on December 14 and 15. By the evening of December 16, file-sharing sites like Thepiratebay.org were offering downloads purporting to be the official version of “Rebirth.”
“Tha Carter III” sold over one million copies in its first week. Its release had also been pushed back multiple times over several months, and was also preceded by several free online mixtape releases and leaked tracks. Most recently, Lil Wayne has dropped the official mixtape “No Ceilings” and three singles from “Rebirth”: “On Fire,” Da Da Da” and “Prom Queen.” On December 15, the highly anticipated “Rebirth” track “Drop The World,” featuring Eminem, appeared on several popular hip-hop blogs.
Billboard.com also reported that executives from Cash Money and its distributing label, Universal Motown, decided to push back the record’s release date yet again in order to allow disappointing early sales of the official singles from “Rebirth” to build.
As of this writing, the order page for “Rebirth” on Amazon states “a release date has not yet been set for this title.” “We Are Young Money,” which features tracks from Young Money artists like Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Jae Millz and the label’s recent breakout star Drake (who is scheduled to play the 2010 Jazz Fest) is still scheduled to hit stores today.
Lil Wayne is scheduled to play the New Orleans Arena on Monday, December 28.
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