Unless you've been under a rock on Neptune, then you all know Lil' Wayne is releasing a rock album. Though they're saying it's a mix of rock and rap- maybe he realized the rap suicide he was committing by even considering an all rock album-, label execs are still cautious about his June 23rd release. Yes, it has been pushed back yet again and from what has been said the label wants to release the Young Money Compilation album at the same time, but that hasn't been confirmed yet.
Production duo Cool & Dre (who have worked with Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Trina, Teairra Mari, and Wale) have produced several tracks for Rebirth and in an interview with MTV Dre even went as far as to compare this upcoming album to Outkast's Aquemini.It’s almost like where OutKast was when they made Aquemini. It’s still a rap album, but was it really a rap album compared to all the other rap albums at that time? No, they were doing some really creative s**t...
That's some heavy duty stuff to say and in my book puts Cool & Dre on the chopping block if this album fails--which I'm thinking is going to happen. I'm not saying the album isn't going to sell, of course it is because it's Lil' Wayne, but the reception after the release especially with so much dropping this summer is going to be horrible.
But back to this interview, Cool said Wayne put out classic albums....
Name one. Straight Outta Compton is a classic. Illmatic was classic, Ready to Die is a classic, All Eyez on Me...classic, American Gangster is a classic, Speakerboxx/Love Below is a classic. What Wayne album can touch any of those?
Wayne is a mixtape rapper in my opinion and I think it's because he has more freedom to do and say as he pleases without the record and label execs interfering Personally my favorite thing Wayne has ever done was the Dedication Pt. 2; everything he released commercially can't really touch that.
If you want to see if for yourself, peep the interview with Cool and Dre below.
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