Lil Wayne in TIME magazine? Is the world on crack?

Question

Listen, I'm going to keep this real simple and real serious. If you're a Wayne fan relax and read the question before you get all salty at the question. I'm looking for some dead serious and intelligent answers about just what it is that makes Lil Wayne so popular.

Read this article first: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1820148,00.html

Does anyone who's says "Wayne is a lyricist" even know what lyricist is? I'm saying - do they even know what being called a lyricist means in the rap game? What does TIME magazine know about what good rap is?

The article reads, "His wordplay can be thrilling and no other rapper finds as much joy in rhyming; "in the way," "everyday," "what we say," "cliché," "Andre 3K," "sensei" is a typical string from Dr. Carter, his prescription for what ails rap.

** Since when did being basic become being the best? And the garabage he says doesn't even make sense. He isn't saying anything, he's just rhyming to rhyme. How can y'all seriously make exceptions for this dude when if any other rapper came out sounding like this y'all would go for the throat and hate on the dude?

"On Phone Home, he rhymes like E.T., and throughout, he stammers, intentionally misses beats and defies most of the rules of contemporary rap."

Intentionally misses beats? Intentionally?!?!? I don't know if any of these motherf**kers took some stupid pills - but I know every single one of you on this site has met some dude in your life that did something to f**k something up and then was like "Oh yeah, I did it on purpose." Didn't y'all just want to beat his a**?

All I'm saying though is, for real, how can a dude that is so terrible be seen as the greatest? Do none of you have any standards, or do you just think he's great because everybody else says he is? How come you won't hold any other rapper to the same standards you hold Wayne? And how can you admire a dude that is so bad at rapping that he has to make excuses like "I did it on purpose?"

Please, put my mind at ease.

Answer 1

Who cares. What the **** does time magazine know about rap?

In reality he's not top 100, nontheless #1.

Answer 2

I guess selling lots of albums these days makes you a lyricist. I always thought it was supposed to be based on Quality, not Quantity. And lil wayne is very overrated. he talks about money, s*x, drugs, and cars. And drinking that Syrup makes him sound Incoherent, so how could people take him seriously? Everyone just needs to jump off his sack. But what gets me is, TIME won't interview Nas for his political album Untitled. What is wrong with the world today? And most of his songs on All his CDs just have good production. But the lyrics and his voice are still sh*tty.

Answer 3

ehh it happens all the time,one year everyone was on Jeezy jock,before then it was 50,lets be honest how many lil wayne fans was there before his hype?? its called artist bandwagon,3 yrs from now everyone goin to be on bow wows jock,,i hope hip hop gets back on track soon

Answer 4

he's pretty good..

do u ever hear wtf he says.

kid, u fresh,

shttt, then i must be RIPE

a veternarial disease like a menstrual bleed.

Answer 5

How Can they Call him The best rapper alive?!?! I mean come on, hes alright, maybe like 40 in The top 100

Answer 6

keep it movin haters..... its not puttin money in your pockets. what wayne eats doesnt make you S**t so juss......keep it movin.  and forreal TIME dont know S**t bout Hip Hop.  

Answer 7

Lil Wayne is one of the worst rappers ever.  And I don't understand why everyone thinks his songs have good production.  Good rappers= Hieroglyphics, Jedi Mind Tricks, and Wu Tang Clan.  Good Production= Dj Premier and Pete Rock.  Lil Wayne has neither, he has nothing.  How can anyone even listen to a Lil Wayne song without vomiting. As for why he is popular, I really don't know.  He is even worse than previously over hyped rappers like 50 Cent.  People need to get off his d**k and remember that no rapper from Cash Money Millionaires ever was or ever will be good.

Answer 8

Whoa lol.

Look at it like I do. Mainstream Hip Hop Magazines are not open minded and go on Popularity.

Lil Wayne is a horrible lyricist. I just ignore anyone or anything that says otherwise. They have no clue what their talking about.

Gametime hit the nail on the head.

Answer 9

Unfortunately for those of us who understand RHH....there is a new generation that is "enjoying" the Lil Wayne's and Soulja Boys and the rest of these idiots.  The sad thing is that they ARE becoming legends in their own time.  The REAL QUESTION is....how long can a "lean" drinking, crack smoking, dope smoking rapper keep up this facade?  He cannot rap, he cannot keep on point, he doesn't miss a  beat on purpose and the real RHH people know that.  I've said it before...he has the younger generation fooled and that is all.  Not all of the Carter III stinks but pretty much of it does.  His rhymes aren't on point and he goes off on tangents and his rhymes make absolutely no sense.

He is making a mockery of all the rappers before him who put YEARS into the game learning and earning their skills.

I can almost guarantee you that whoever wrote that article does not listen to rap and never listened to the Carter III and if they did it wasn't more than once and they never really knew WTF they were listening to.

Sometimes freedom of press goes a bit too far and this is one case.

Peace & Love  :)

Answer 10

yes i agree with you. lil wayne is way overhyped.

Answer 11

o.k now a days to be a rapper and sell big you got to have more than lyrics,they forget that style is a big thing in rap.

top highest selling rap album ever (not including double lp) is mc hammers.so to sell in this industry you need more than lyrics.