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JennYLil Wayne - The Rebirth Album Review
March 7th 2010 03:26
Release date: February 2, 2010
Genre: Rap rock, pop rock, electro-hop
Length: 46:43
Label: Cash Money, Young Money
Hello all, today I'll be reviewing Lil Wayne's latest album The Rebirth. Better late then never, right? Lil Wayne's previous record Tha Carter III was one of the most successful selling album in a long time but it wasn't musically great. Now that Lil Wayne is trying something new (rock), does it fit him better than rap or not - let's find out!
The album starts with American Star featuring Shanell and produced by DJ Nasty & LVM – a producing duo who made lots of tracks for rappers from the south. The song starts with a heavy guitar riff then it slows down when Lil Wayne comes in. It sounds like he is high. This is a slow song to smoke weed to; nothing too crazy, just a guitar behind a voice full of autotune.
Prom Queen featuring Shanell is the first single. It sounds like a song that should've been made by the pop-punk group Fall Out Boy; I bet it would've sounded way better had FOB sung it. The track sounds ordinary until we get to the first chorus. Then, it gets boring. The flow is so slow it's like he's telling a story and there's no feeling to the voice - it's just flat! The chorus is bad. Without Lil Wayne's voice, Prom Queen could be a good punk song. This is a low single.
Prom Queen Music Video
Ground Zero starts off like an old rock song from the 80's and stays like this. This is just... I think Lil Wayne was inspired by M.O.P's “Ground Zero” but he doesn't even reach their toes with a ladder. Go Listen to M.O.P's “Ground Zero” - that's music plus there's no autotune! There's also a feeling to their voice that makes it raw. I could bang M.O.P's song all day but Lil Wayne... pfff... At least, he raps a little faster in this song. Okay, he does something with the track but everybody can do something with a beat. We're not searching for “something,” we're looking for INCREDIBLE SONGS!
Da Da Da is next and was produced by Cool N Dre. OMFG WHAT THE F*** IS THIS S***!! IT SOUNDS LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS!!! NO SERIOUSLY, BRITNEY SPEARS!!!! This is not rock or hip hop, it's R&B... This is sad for Cool & Dre. Unless they had sold it to Britney Spears, making a beat like this for a rapper is going LOWWWW!!!
Paradice sounds a little bit like Guns 'n' Roses' “Paradise City” at the start until you hear “Mulla Baby.” Lil Wayne starts rapping again like there was a hairball in his mouth, then the drums comes in. OMG, I don't know if it's because of Kevin Rudolf (producer) or because of Cool & Dre (Co-Producer), but the drums on this track totally don't fit. The producers go real crazy on the chorus, trying to make a chorus that can give you hope, you know those kind of songs that lift your spirit up. That's what they tried to do, but failed...
Next is Get A Lifeege. WTF, I'm not even gonna comment. This song sounds like Britney Spears...when she was a VIRGIN!!!! How old should you be to write a chorus like this:
"I say f*** you (f*** you)
Get a life (get a life)
Man I got too much shit on my head to have to deal with all of you"
I'd say one day and a half... This is Hannah Montana Black Guy version!
I really like the sample at the start of On Fire. So much so that I left the On Fire YouTube page to go listen to the real sample.That is what I call music!You're going to find classics like that only on Grand Theft Auto ! Damn everything was better before "smh". Back to On Fire, the song gets mixed because Cool & Dre cut the sample. Their beat is not bad though. The kick and snare are well done. This is a hip hop beat, they just added guitar to make it pass for rock... Now... uh... yeah... Lil Wayne... yeah... uh... no comment.
On Fire Music Video
Drop The World features Eminem - the collaboration we've all been waiting for right? So the beat starts with Lil Wayne spitting his natural stuff. The snare in the beat is mad crazy, I got to find it to use it for my beats. Now, the chorus... sucks, yeah, it's so boring to listen to but it stays in your head even if you don't want to. My friend told me Eminem killed this track. Well, yeah he did come dope on this one but I don't think this is his kind of beat; but he still came hard.
Drop The World Music Video
Runnin features Shanell again. The beat has the kind of slow guitar that could be used by Lifehouse or a similar soft rock band. The drum is good except one tom that just doesn't fit. Lil Wayne raps very slowly on this one as he tries to keep it calm but the chorus comes hard with Shanell singing her lungs out. She sings well but I can't understand what she's saying. On verse 2, she runs the show better than Lil Wayne but the rapper is not bad on this one. I actually can feel it because he didn't use the autotune on this one. It sounds more serious and professional.
One Way Trip (featuring Kevin Rudolf) starts hard with some crazy dark guitar and crazy bass. M.O.P would murder this beat but it gets f*** up for the verse. The beat goes way down and calm; as a matter of fact, you can only hear the drum with one guitar note. The chorus hurt my hear due to the singer' high-pitched voice.
Knockout (featuring Nikkie Minaj) really sounds like Fall Out Boy's punk, using the same type of drum. This is just simple punk music. If you want punk music, go buy an album made by a punk band, don't waste your money on this. Nikkie Minaj sings like a kid by the way.
The Price Is Wrong is the kind of song you can find in Tony Hawk games. The guitar is cool and all for an ambiance song, not to listen while focusing on the music. I don't know if it's because I don't care or because it really is like that. I don't understand 80% of what Lil Wayne is saying but this song could be good for a rocker with a big screaming voice...
I don't know if I should judge this album as a rap record or a rock one. If it's considered a rock album, well take Lil Wayne's voice out of it and you get instrumentals that could reach a 8.5/10. But if this is considered a rap album, well, let me see... 5 3 = 8, divided by 2, minus 1 0.5... uh yeah, 1.5/10. I'm not joking but this album is a f***ing joke. Everyone, don't waste money for this shit. Go buy classics by AC/DC, Guns 'N' Roses or better; want to listen to a rap/rock album? Get Linkin Park's first and second albums, and M.O.P's album Mash Out Posse. That's the stuff you want to hear, not this candy pop rock and roll for girls who are still trying to understand why 2 apples 2 apples = 4 apples.
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