The way I see things is like this: There are three parts of Lil Wayne in my opinion: Weezy, Lil Wayne, and now Tunechi. Three parts of the same person who all kinda rap differently to me and I differentate them like this:
Weezy: The era of Hot Boys up until Tha Carter 2. The raw rap, straight street rapper. He was still lyrical but emphasized the "hood-ness" and rawness of just straight rap. No sugar-coating it or nothing.
Key Album: Tha Carter II
Key Mixtape: Sqad Up Series
Key Album: Tha Carter II
Key Mixtape: Sqad Up Series
Lil Wayne: The timeframe between Tha Carter 2 and prison. When he developed the heavy simile and metaphor style. This is basically when he was considered by many the "Best Rapper Alive". High on syrup and weed most of the time, this is the time when he crafted most fan favorites.
Key Album: Tha Carter III
Key Mixtape: No Ceilings or Da Drought III (each good in their own right. D3 was the beginning of the Lil Wayne era and NC was near the end)
Key Album: Tha Carter III
Key Mixtape: No Ceilings or Da Drought III (each good in their own right. D3 was the beginning of the Lil Wayne era and NC was near the end)
Tunechi: Post-prison Wayne up until now (save for CIV since we have yet to hear it in its entirety). Though the general style is the same as the one above, it's more of Lil Wayne trying to add the Weezy aspect back to his rhymes. Though some say it's not as good as the Lil Wayne of CIII/No Ceilings time, Tunechi still has rhyming skills above most rappers though I think it was due to him being locked up that allowed him to realize that he might have had more fans when people remembered the rawness of Weezy (I kinda noticed that he has cut back on his use of metaphors/similes and increased the straight rawness of it)
Key Album: ??? (Possibly Tha Carter IV)
Key Mixtape: Sorry 4 The Wait
Key Album: ??? (Possibly Tha Carter IV)
Key Mixtape: Sorry 4 The Wait
Yeah, this is all kinda random and weird as fuck but it's something I thought of while high and decided to post when I came down from that high lol.
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