Dedication 5!

[mode]

That's true. See I had really high hopes for NC, following DD3, my favorite project of all time. I had already given D3 a pass as I viewed it more as a YM mixtape thrown under the Dedication series name. Also it was easy to let slide due to him just releasing C3 and the daily slew of leaks and features, all of which were bodied. He still did his thing on his verses so I wasn't mad at his quality on that tape, either.

But with NC, I was left really fuckin disappointed. It was still a great tape, I guess. There were some songs I loved. Ice Cream, Watch My Shoes, Run This Town, Oh Let's Do It... And some I hated. DOA, Wetter, Wasted, Poke Her Face, etc. I just felt like, at the time... "Wtf is this shit!?" Now looking back at it, I see it isn't as bad as I had pegged it.

But in 2013, after getting D4 not even a year before, I honestly expected D4.5. Especially after hearing Bugatti. I was prepared for the worst. I liked D4 and all, but not more than NC and S4TW. But we got D5 which totally fucked my shit up. Just about every track on it I can dig, and I could never understand how one can say NC is the holy grail and D5 can't compete. It's silly. He had some crazy word play on this tape. Word play that either matches or surpasses that found on NC.

You want to know what I think it is? The preconceived thought that because NC was released prior to Wayne getting locked up, it's automatically better, no matter what. Because Wayne was heavily favored then. D5, on the other hand, is a release in the era of "Wayne is trash after prison." I mean it really should say something when people were saying that some of the verses were old.

I'm still a HUGE Wayne fan. I don't understand everyone saying he's wack. Maybe in comparison to himself, but not these rappers today. His subject matter leaves shit to be desired, but I don't doubt his ability at all. And neither should anyone else. Give Wayne a subject and he shines. Without any direction he kinda just throws shit up. Even in his old shit he had hints of direction.

Anyway, with that said, yeah. I think the two tapes hover on the same plane. But one is a decline from his prime, hence being overrated, while another is a rise from mediocrity, hence being overlooked.

word, theres a lot to that about the preconceptions of where waynes at in this

for the most part, i loved no ceilings. i was never big on the super poppy southern beats like watch my shoes and ice cream job, but theres no denying he wrecked those beats. i thought doa was cool, but for me, it was a lot flatter than people care to admit.

i thought he'd come a lot harder on doa. swag surfing was undeniably nuts, same w banned from tv, run this town.

even oh lets do it, which i enjoyed a lot at the time, i went back and listend to it the other day, and its like fuck, wayne is rapping so much better on d5 than he is here. its nuts.

but still.. NC had this lifespan.. people were still bumping that tape 2 years after released, and i think its classic in that right.

but as for the music.. being infallible. is kinda absurd to me.


im pretty hard myself, on wayne. i didnt fuck w d4, but maybe 3 or 4 times. i heard somethings, like he was revving up, but nothing immediately compelling the way he usually is when hes on.

i dont think ive made it thru to the end of ianhb2.. but there were some moments of creativity on that tape.. that was like hmm. whats this guy up to..

i actuallly liked bugatti when iheard it.. cos it sounded musical.. it sounded like a wayne invention instead of a wayne rehash.


its just strange to me.. that people prefer nc.. when dedication 5.. is about as vintage wayne we're gonna get in 2013.


levels sounds like a direct descendent of the old wayne juelz chemistry from dedication 2, combined w throw some keys from drought 3.

they style and pace of his writing is as nimble as anything hes made in awhile.

and overall.. the sharpness.. the wit of the writing. on no ceilings.. it was fun... but he was still making it easy.

on dedication 5.. he was rapping, and u either got it, or you didnt. he wasnt afraid to leave people behind in his raps.

its a shame tho, cos it hink he gave a lot to this tape, and none of the reviews picked up on it.

for me tho, its probably been my favorite project since.. carter 3?

and.. i might like it more than that.. just cos.. lool the lack of crossover appeal of the tape. dedication 5 is honest as fuck.


edit:: lol all over the place as fuck, but im w you.

[youngmula209]

The 5 cover is hella of alot better then tha 4 cover

[nfs666]

The 5 cover is hella of alot better then tha 4 cover

Alternate covers better

[Lil wayne prezident]

been playing a Wayne only version of type of way all today for some reason.

[Nigga]

been playing a Wayne only version of type of way all today for some reason.

Best song from D5

[spennyj69]

Still bump this mixtape

Definitely slept on...top 5 mixtape of the year easily imo

[MORO551]

Still bump this mixtape

Definitely slept on...top 5 mixtape of the year easily imo

IMO top 10, but not 5

[Weezy_KB24]

Man where the fuck you at Wayne... All we know is Way I'm Ballin & You Song are recorded after that tweet he sent out of working harder. Those two verses could easily be best verses he's done in awhile, you can tell he spent more time thinking about what he was gonna say and thought shit out more. The You Song verse is amazing, the story telling and shit was great. & Way I'm Ballin was filled with all those classic Wayne lines that are raw as fuck and make you say damnnn!



Drop some new shit nigga where you at....

[freakjasp]

I’m too good for just any bad bitch
Smoke like I’ve been kissing dragons
That milk carton show her missing panties
That pussy felt like a hidden valley
Thank God that I’m so gifted
I wouldn’t return a single gift
But all good things must come to an end
Like this blunt burning my fingertips

that flow>>>

[MillionaireStunna]

Best song from D5

Think you're right. T.I. KILLED it at the end.

[Bill Laimbeer]

Man where the fuck you at Wayne... All we know is Way I'm Ballin & You Song are recorded after that tweet he sent out of working harder. Those two verses could easily be best verses he's done in awhile, you can tell he spent more time thinking about what he was gonna say and thought shit out more. The You Song verse is amazing, the story telling and shit was great. & Way I'm Ballin was filled with all those classic Wayne lines that are raw as fuck and make you say damnnn!



Drop some new shit nigga where you at....

Be patient young grasshopper...

[Mnjaro]

that flow>>>

after that though <<<<