We Alright' begins alright. Wayne ruins it though with a generic verse featuring a foreseeable lame pussy line once again at the end of the song. It also didn't need to be 5 minutes long. The following 'Trophies' is solid. I don't like Drake but this goes okay with Drake changing his voice a bit at times. 'Bang' has some reasonable bars and will make you bounce. 'Senile' is minimalistic and basically just boring. 'Induction Speech' is about Euro's come up and is worthy largely thanks to a great sample. I'm not convinced on Lil Twist. Tha song is okay... as is 'Lookin’ Ass'. The dark production feels a bit wasted on the topic Minaj focuses on. 'Back It Up' features production we've all heard countless times.
Next, the Lil Wayne solo, 'Moment', should lessen Wayne fans' hope of the upcoming Carter V being anything new from here, or hope for a return to a time when he was a good rapper. PJ Morton does his best Akon impersonation on the 'You Already Know' autotune assisted hook. The melody of this one reminds me heavily of 'Live Your Life' by T.I. I think that's what I'm thinking of. 'Catch Me at the Light' is a solid pop rap tune. 'Video Model' isn't great, but again Wayne makes it worse with his final verse. He helps the final song 'Good Day' though, with a catchy hook making for a passable tune.
The beats are standard as are most of the topics spat about as one may expect from a Young Money compilation. The leader of the crew, Lil Wayne, needs to retire ASAP. Has anyone in the history of rap, sport, acting, you name it, continued to be in the mainstream despite falling off so prominently? The fact he is still able to sell records is a testament to how many fans he garnered when he was a reasonable rapper I guess. A number of the other rappers are generally nothing more than features, or mixtape rappers, and are not noteworthy either.
Best Tracks: Trophies, Bang, Induction Speech, You Already Know
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