Official Carter IV Review Thread....

[A$AP YAMS]

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I'm convinced C4 would've gotten better reviews if the bonus tracks was on the CD

Novocane, Up up & away, Mirrors

[mode]

Re: Official Carter IV Review Thread....

I'm convinced C4 would've gotten better reviews if the bonus tracks was on the CD

Novocane, Up up & away, Mirrors

im not so sure.
ive read a bunch of them.
and it seems like they right on.
about whats missing from wayne.
they might be harsher on the songs.
because of whats lacking in the performance.
but then. thats what always made wayne songs great.

[Baby Sasha Tidus]

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gotta agree with the above comment, the regular C4 feels sooooooooo incomplete, it feels half finished, and all the critic reviews are based off the regular versions, they shuda made all 21 tracks available on ALL of them instead of bullshit ass versions pieced together, all 21 tracks together just feels like a better more complete album

[Nastykid]

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01. Intro 4/10 cool beat,shitty lyrics
02. Blunt Blowing- 8/10 insane beat,great flow,decent lyrics. Typical Wayne song.
03. MegaMan- 5/10 the bit is too monotonous and lyrics were shitty
04. 6 Foot 7 Foot (feat. Cory Gunz)- Old song,not gonna comment on it
05. Nightmares Of The Bottom 7/10- Wayne thinks it's a poem.. but it's not. His voice sounds weird on it but the beat is awesome. Also his lyrics were supposed to be deep on a song like this.. but they're not.
06. She Will (feat. Drake) 6/10- Too damn hyped for nothing. Drake came with a lame hook,Wayne's lyrics were weak.
07. How To Hate (feat. T-Pain) 2/10- Worst song on the album. T-Pain's hook was too damn long and too autotuned. Also Wayne didn't rapped much on the song.
08. Interlude (feat. Tech N9ne) No Wayne.
09. John (feat. Rick Ross) 5/10 I was tempted to give it a 3/10 but the beat is really awesome.
10. Abortion 7.5/10 too bad there's nothing about abortion actually.. but the it's awesome.
11. So Special (feat. John Legend) 4/10 Besides John Legend's chorus the song sucked because of Wayne's lyrics.
12. How To Love 9/10-I don't like his singing,but it's awesome and lyrics are pretty good.
13. President Carter 8.5/10- Because he didn't talked too much about what he was supposed to. The speech at the end was on the subject atleast...
14. Its Good (feat. Drake & Jadakiss) 4/10- Only 1 verse of Wayne? Hah.. you gotta be kidding me.
15. Outro (feat. Bun B, Nas, Shyne & Busta Rhymes)- No Wayne.
16. I Like the View 4/10- Shitty lyrics,decent beat,shitty flow.
17. Mirror (ft. Bruno Mars) 9.5/10- best song on the album,he stayed on the subject,lyrics were deep.
18. Two Shots 1/0- Really shitty beat,shitty lyrics,shitty flow. This song should've been taken out in the cutting room.
19. Up, Up & Away (iTunes Bonustrack) 5/10 Nice flow and beat.. but the lyrics sucked. Meh.

I agree 100%,nice review man. :>

[A$AP YAMS]

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im not so sure.
ive read a bunch of them.
and it seems like they right on.
about whats missing from wayne.
they might be harsher on the songs.
because of whats lacking in the performance.
but then. thats what always made wayne songs great.

I have seen some reviews were they said they missed some songs with emotion
and Novacane and Mirror are def. emotionful songs

I think C4 would've gotten a better score if he replaced some of the standard songs with deluxe songs

[Tune(ManOnTheMoon)]

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awesome album
dont know why so many people dont like it

[bushido95]

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Here are so many dickrider opinions/reviews, lol.

[andreinstein]

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i wonder how long people been listening to wayne if they rank How to Love as 9/10 then Two Shots as 1/10...maybe they only been listening to the youtube versions that are slowed down

[mode]

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I have seen some reviews were they said they missed some songs with emotion
and Novacane and Mirror are def. emotionful songs

I think C4 would've gotten a better score if he replaced some of the standard songs with deluxe songs

i dont think they meant emotional songs per se.
but more emotion from wayne. back then.
you could hear that wayne loved to rap.
and you dont get that as much. on this album.

novacane.wouldve definitely helped. just cos its waynes normal voice.
and they wouldve given him credit for making a structured song.
but then. idk if they wouldve believed it beyond being a concept track.

and idk if mirror wouldve helped.
just because of bruno mars.
anything with him. is going to seem.
like a pop reach. and how soft it sounds. just eh.
its good for the charts. but idk what it does for quality.

but the production quality on both.
is better than a lot of the album.
so wouldve counted for something.

[Tuneche]

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id give the cd 9 out of 10 pretty damn good cd i thoguht

[A$AP YAMS]

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i dont think they meant emotional songs per se.
but more emotion from wayne. back then.
you could hear that wayne loved to rap.
and you dont get that as much. on this album.

novacane.wouldve definitely helped. just cos its waynes normal voice.
and they wouldve given him credit for making a structured song.
but then. idk if they wouldve believed it beyond being a concept track.

and idk if mirror wouldve helped.
just because of bruno mars.
anything with him. is going to seem.
like a pop reach. and how soft it sounds. just eh.
its good for the charts. but idk what it does for quality.

but the production quality on both.
is better than a lot of the album.
so wouldve counted for something.

True true..

It's like he lost his motivation cuz he already reached the top
He hasn't anything to prove anymore and he knows his shit will sell like hot cakes no matter what
but I think it's great he still is cappable of making some great songs like Mirror and Novacane
where we hear him reflect his life in another way than that money talk we are used to hear ..

[wolverinebball11]

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i dont think they meant emotional songs per se.
but more emotion from wayne. back then.
you could hear that wayne loved to rap.
and you dont get that as much. on this album.

novacane.wouldve definitely helped. just cos its waynes normal voice.
and they wouldve given him credit for making a structured song.
but then. idk if they wouldve believed it beyond being a concept track.

and idk if mirror wouldve helped.
just because of bruno mars.
anything with him. is going to seem.
like a pop reach. and how soft it sounds. just eh.
its good for the charts. but idk what it does for quality.

but the production quality on both.
is better than a lot of the album.
so wouldve counted for something.

Bro you use wayyyyyy too many periods. Anyway, what I actually came here to post was the XXL review, which is one of the few sources I actually like to look at for reviews etc.

Three years. That’s how long it’s been since Lil Wayne first mentioned plans to release Tha Carter IV, the follow-up to 2008’s best-selling Tha Carter III. But a name-drop didn’t mean an album drop, and so IV bookends a slew of specialized releases: 2009’s clique showcase We Are Young Money, 2010’s experimental-rock release Rebirth and EP-style I Am Not a Human Being. Sprinkle in a few mixtapes (Dedication 3, No Ceilings and Sorry 4 the Wait), and there have been plenty of raps but, until now, nothing to properly follow up the album that launched Lil Tunechi into superstar status.

The “Intro” is an indication of what’s to come, a stream-of-consciousness flow over a cartoonish-sounding production. Birdman Jr. follows with “Blunt Blowin,” a dynamic lyrical labor where, backed by an update of 1980s dance-pop synths, he spits innovative lines: “Times have changed, but fuck it, get a new watch/I still got the vision like a line between two dots.” The project doesn’t deviate from Mixtape Weezy until the fifth track, “Nightmares of the Bottom,” a melodic change in energy. This flows seamlessly into Tha Carter IV’s fourth and highest-charting single, the ominous, Drake-assisted standout “She Will,” marked by drawn-out, accentuated strings.

An “Interlude,” featuring Tech N9ne and Andre 3000, comes halfway through, and the unexpected Bun B, Nas, Shyne and Busta Rhymes–helmed “Outro” eventually brings the curtains to a close. Weezy appears on neither of these, but, with the same beat as “Intro,” they’re like one set—when the three cuts are merged together, they form one of the strongest posse cuts in years; when taken separately, as they appear, the songs inventively stage the album.

When Wayne and T-Pain pair up for “How to Hate,” the first of a trio of female-focused records (along with “How to Love” and “So Special”), the conceptual approach is welcome, if predictable. And herein lies the main misfortune of Tha Carter IV: Pussy, money, weed is a story that’s been told and retold, and at this moment in the superstar’s post-jail existence, the narrative is begging to expand. Lines like “I like my girl thick, not just kinda fine/Eat her ’til she cry, call that whine and dine,” which he kicks on “She Will,” are the sort of witty abstractions that persist throughout IV; they’re its strongest point, but they also hold it back. He’s saying almost nothing, but there’s almost nothing he’s not saying creatively. Maybe, as he spits on “Abortion,” it’s time to move on: “Smoking on a hallelujah, thank you, Jesus/Help me focus on the future, and not the previous.”

Even with some lack of vulnerability and risk, Tha Carter IV displays the nonsensical approach that fans have grown to love. Future and previous aside, Weezy’s present is bright.

Beats: 4/5
Lyrics: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV | XXLMAG.COM