While I try to make sense of why that look got the green light for the cover (uh, Clover? JFK? You got some ‘splaining to do…), check out the excerpt.
On Jay-Z & The “Old Guys”
“There’s no competition [with any artists]. Music isn’t about competition no more. All the gangster rappers are happy, all the skateboard rappers are happy, all the white rappers are happy… Everybody just happy to do music these days. There are no problems. That shit died a long time ago with them old-ass rappers. We are just making music, making money and having fun feeding our families. Competition is for the old guys.”
VIBE: You say competition is for the “old guys,” but it sounds like you’re going at Jay-Z with that line, “I got your baby money/Kidnap your bitch, get that how-much-you-love-your-lady money.” Are we looking at it the wrong way?
LIL WAYNE: I know for a fact, music is about perception. You can’t do anything but perceive what you hear. If I know that for a fact, I can never be upset about someone’s reaction to it. I’m not gonna say I don’t know what will happen before I say it [on record]. I do know what will happen. I am aware of it. It is what it is.
VIBE: So you knew the repercussions of going after Jay before anything even happened?
LIL WAYNE: Well, I’m a man. I believe as a man you should know that. Every man should know the repercussions and consequences behind whatever they do before they do it. And of course, I know there won’t be any repercussions behind what I did.
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all this bullshit is constantly shoved in our faces by the media
that lean has deff fucked with his mind– saying beefing is over? then openly beefing in the same conversation lol
@freeeze — that’s basic media digging for you. He says it’s over then get’s repeatedly asked about it. Happens all the time, you can try to avoid it but the media won’t allow it. Just ask Chris Brown, that nigga got prodded over the Rihanna situation so much he flipped at a TV station! Haha.
I’m convinced Wayne doesn’t operate in the same reality as the rest of the world. Him and Baby have gigantic fucking blinders on.
i can see the hate coming already for weezy being on the cover… he’s the best rapper alive people, why do you think he’s always on tv, the radio and on front of every magazine! duhhh… people always hating for no reason, his album sold 1 million copies the first week, so obviously he’s the best!!… plus he has the most money and raps that real shxt, he’s a legend get over it smh
Hip hop was built on the spirit of cometition, from DJing to breakdancing to graffiti to emceeing. Battling is part of hip hop culture. Beefing is a byproduct of that. Wayne is basically shitting on the entire culture and everyone that helped build it. Mad disrespectful.
Hip hop is a lot more than just making music. But I wouldn’t expect delusional-ass Wayne to know that.
@thefactz hahahahahahahaha
@thefactz – hahahahahahaha
@thefactz lmao!!
Yeah, all the rappers nowadays battle rap and then go bomb trains, everybody knows that. Wayne should get a clue and go buy some Montana spray cans, so he isn’t “disrespecting” hip hop.
….lol people try so hard to hate nowadays.
Yeah weezy is the best I know that for sure YMCMB
this dude keeps biting tylers swag. from his wardrobe to the whole “old rappers” comment, hes never talked like that before, now its an young vs old thing, which is something tyler is always yelling out, old people this and old people that blah blah im young! maybe im reaching but ya, this dude acting like he didnt have jays dick in his mouth from 99-08.
Why did he dress up like a pirate for the cover? He probably got his girl pants on under his pirate costume. If he so mad at old rappers maybe he should tell Baby to stop putting out solo albums.
this guy’s a fucking fruit loop.
lil wayne is a fruity pebble..smh
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The fuck is this guy talking about?
its true though only rappers trying to beef are the desperate rappers from 2003 that are bitter because nobody checking for them no more.
the same ones that say its gay to talk about another rappers looks and whether they ugly or not are the same ones always critiquing lil waynes clothes and shit. smh hypocrites.
shut the fuck up who cares about tyler the faggit creator lol that no flow gimmicky ass rapper
@b-rown “Hip hop was built on the spirit of cometition, from DJing to breakdancing to graffiti to emceeing. Battling is part of hip hop culture. Beefing is a byproduct of that. Wayne is basically shitting on the entire culture and everyone that helped build it. Mad disrespectful.”
you sound so bias and retarded. you reaching way too hard. its mad disrespectful for lil wayne to worry about his music instead of trying to beef on some petty shit? its cool to you that pac and biggie were gunned down because its “hip hop”? its cool that people get their chains snatched and get stabbed up because its “hip hop”. its cool that nas’ baby seat was ejaculated on? that’s what “hip hop” is about brah? do you hear yourself? that’s what you call competetion? when a bitter rappers needs to disrespect a rapper doing his thing just to sell records because his own music sucks? wayne is disrespecting hip hop because he’s he makes music that people like? that’s not honoring hip hop as much as beefing and shooting niggas? you’re a fucking bias bitch.
If its competition it would always be on some personal shit. that’s what battle rap leagues are for…. wayne is an artist. tell 50 cent, game, and every other obscure rappper from 2003 tojoin grind time if you feel so strongly about rapper battling eachother. you know why they wouldnt do it? because they do it for the attention…. not for the art of hip hop. so whose really “disrespecting hip hop” as your dumb ass put it? go sit down!
@b-rown “Hip hop was built on the spirit of cometition, from DJing to breakdancing to graffiti to emceeing. Battling is part of hip hop culture. Beefing is a byproduct of that. Wayne is basically shitting on the entire culture and everyone that helped build it. Mad disrespectful.”
you sound so bias and retarded. you reaching way too hard. its mad disrespectful for lil wayne to worry about his music instead of trying to beef on some petty shit? its cool to you that pac and biggie were gunned down because its “hip hop”? its cool that people get their chains snatched and get stabbed up because its “hip hop”. its cool that nas’ baby seat was ejaculated on? that’s what “hip hop” is about brah? do you hear yourself? that’s what you call competetion? when a bitter rappers needs to disrespect a rapper doing his thing just to sell records because his own music sucks? wayne is disrespecting hip hop because he’s he makes music that people like? that’s not honoring hip hop as much as beefing and shooting niggas? you’re a fucking bias bitch.
If its competition it would always be on some personal shit. that’s what battle rap leagues are for…. wayne is an artist. tell 50 cent, game, and every other obscure rappper from 2003 tojoin grind time if you feel so strongly about rapper battling eachother. you know why they wouldnt do it? because they do it for the attention…. not for the art of hip hop. so whose really “disrespecting hip hop” as your dumb ass put it? go sit down!
@blahh ” You Old Ass Rappers Better Stay On Your, You’re Like 44,I Got A 44,I’m 24 I Could Murk You And Come Home When I’m 44″ – wayne “beat without bass” 2007.
Battling is part of rap period. Rap legends never age, WU. Wayne is on fire now but he knows the power of beef why else would he take a shot at Jay before his album dropped? He contradicted himself here. I think political correct-ness has influenced hip-hop period. Mad heads deem you thirsty or pathetic if you voice opinion or disagree.
i stand corrected, i havent heard that song in a while my bad lol
If you’re going off numbers, Em has two diamond albums so he murders everyone…wayne stans back up…
Battling/competition is a part of the culture…always has and will be…it’s the reason a lot of rappers get deals and become famous so it will never go away…careers are sort of defined by it…how many times people compare verses and base opinions off them?…especially big names…
and whatever dude’s name is that typed the rant, you picked the two most personal beefs ever LOL…type of shit is that?…why not Budden vs. game…shit anyone vs. game…the cassidy and freeway battle…can-i-bus (lol) vs. LL…
Other then Cassidy vs Freeway and Jayz vs Dmx, there has never been a real battle with any mainstream hip hop artists. Im talking about face to face, bar for bar type shit.
kanye doesnt battle and he’s done more for hip hop than anyone. what is wrong with lil wayne concentrating on this music and family? sometimes i feel like you guys just NEED something to complain about with lil wayne. people like game have too many agenda’s, only start dissing when they have an album out. what do you want lil wayne to do? call a random rapper and ask them to battle? what is your beef here? you have no legitimate argument against. there is more than one way to honor hip hop. not everybody battles… samee way not everyone makes good music. are battle rapper disrespecting hip hop because their music sucks? your argument is just petty.
*scrolls to see if Marty mcfly has come to defend his husband* mmmnah not yet ill come back in an hour
Who cares who sells more??? Eminem and Lil wayne make pop music for children, and teenage girls..if that’s the kinda shit your into..then your corny as hell.
I literally lost it when I scrolled down and saw that GIF….LMAO!
LMFAO…!
this dudes a fuckin pussy, so is drake. u wanna talk shit in songs, back it up in an interview, dont beat around the bush, shits bitch made. fake thugs, the games full of em
Wasn’t this the same Lil WAyne that was claiming that he was the best rapper alive and that everyone should try to beat each other in music because it makes the music better? Guess he realized that its hared to claim you’re the best when people actually start being better than you
@This dude is retarded while i do agree with what you’re saying,why is wayne taking shots at jay if he dont want to battle him?
Is he going for a michael jackson look on the cover though lol? Shit I guess.
Yea beefing is apart of the culture. Rappers will always have problems with other rappers, nowadays its all on some ticky tack shit, but he does have a point. Everybody is on some lovey dovey shit, making music together, old and young. Young rappers want cosigns, old rappers want to stay relevant, young rappers just want to get money together and align with other popular young rappers, that shits obvious. In that excerpt those are straight shots Jay-Z, maybe even 50. I mean when was last real beefs in rap? Jay/Nas, 50/Ja (well at least calling them those “old rappers” is a shot i guess lol). Then you got a few years ago when Wayne got at jay sending shots in songs and in interviews and then jay gets him for that american gangster track, then he hops on a song with him on carter 3? I would be like this beef shit is dead too, muafuckas out for money ain’t no money in mainstream beef.
beefing clearly is over
the only time you ever hear of “beef” is when somebody’s album is dropping and they want to get some attention so two or three “diss songs” come out and then they all make up and kiss when the album is actually out.
“So-and-So is going to be on my next album. It’s all good fam-look forward not behind, ya know?” HAPPENS LIKE TWICE A MONTH I SWEAR WTF
Weezy is telling you how it is, he’s not making shit up to degrade the central theme of hip-hop, he’s just letting you know that if you think people are fighting, they aren’t they’re all “just making music, making money, and having fun.”
also to whoever said wayne is biting tyler the creators swag after tyler is a goblin who talks about taking mad drugs and constantly talks about killing people and fucking bitches- you are an idiot.
Wayne’s gay. Young Money is gay. Hip hop fans ain’t the same anymore. Y’all act like bitches. Who gives a fuck about sales? Why you care so much about how much money your favorite artists make? Do you think they be givin that money back jus cuz you like them? Hip hop is dead because hip hop beef is dead. Now it just be a whole bunch of faggots that just be usin beef as a marketing scheme. Fake. Beef used to be a part of the game… where it actually meant something and people & rappers took that shit serious. Don’t forget, 50 ended Ja’s career over some beef. That wasn’t no publicity stunt.
The game is too nice now. Hip hop lost its roots. That shit ain’t grimey at all. Just a bunch of candy ass singin homo shit. Y’all pushin real hard to see the first gay rapper. Trust that shit will happen real soon. We in the era of the HOMO THUG. Y’all Wayne fans must be lovin it. Seriously, if you wear girl’s pants… you a faggot. And y’all supporting this faggotry. Faggots are takin this world over and Wayne fans is lending a big sticky faggot hand.
Yea, and you can call me a hater… I hate faggots. If I offended you then you are a faggot. Sorry.
don’t hate on me I’m gay too y’all so it’s cool
^ See, you just another faggot comin to defend faggotry. You a lame.
I’m digging the cover, Lil Wayne may not be handsome by traditional standards but dude has mad sex appeal and that’s why he sells. I knew you clowns were going to hate on the cover when I saw it but Weezy IS hip hop fashion right now.
As far as the whole “beef” thing, like Wayne said, “It is what it is.” A Jay, Wayne beef is exactly what the game needs right now, the thought of it gives me a hard on. People in the hood are screaming for this beef and I’m sitting here with my popcorn. Let’s go!
^^^ so now that I have permanent ownership of your mind, I now OWN YOUR SOUL. So praise me troll, continue to praise me and speakth my name into the consciousness of thousands all over the world. You cant keep me outta your head ( pause cause your really gay though ) so say my name and give me more glory. Praise me as the ruler of your mind cause once someone takes over your mind they have your soul. I AM THE OWNER OF YOUR MIND AND YOUR SOUL NOW SO PRAISE ME AND SPEAKTH MY NAME YOU TROLL I HAVE SPOKEN !!!!!!!!!!
But anyway excuse my troll for now. we all know Jay aint gonna respond but if he did it would probably go something like this
Kanye – Ayo Jay this nigga still talking crazy
Jayz – Its cool I aint got time for this guy
Kanye – I think you need to get at him just for going at the throne
Jayz – OK Ye ill give you a verse but keep it between me and you aiight
Kayne – its cool
Jayz – Check this nigga tryin to call me out like he really a thug
when he dont even weigh what Nikki Minaj does
singing r&b songs tryin to teach em how to love
I got em watchin the throne so theres no power above
except God so really whatever this coward does
is not official, dude acts like he founded the bloods
his last four albums were named after me
I gave him the blueprint like C1 two and three
Hey mr Carter heard you lookin for me
still singing verse like on American G
but you aint a rockstar you just switch wit the fads
I was settin the trends when you were kissin ya dad
you took the baby line to heart, you was listenin mad
but everything on Carter 4 that you was spittin is trash
and this aint about Drake im a give him a pass
I schooled him on that light up song like he was sittin in class
talking about kidnappin nigga picture me laugh
seeing him run around stage in a pair of bitches pants.
Kanye – yeah Hov this nigga really dont want no battle.
kanye has made positive music his entire career and never dissed anyone I guess he’s not hip hop? by your logic?
HOW CAN YOU RESPECT THIS NIGGA WEARING FEMALE CLOTHES & KISSING MEN SMFH
He wearin female clothes, kissin men, and he tryin to go at one of the greatest to ever do it. People say is the best rapper alive ok, but pound for pound lyricist Jay would destory. He gots punch line but there all over the place, he aint doin one thing he just says what ever comes to mind, but if wants it Jay could kill him in one verse
Tisk….tisk @ Lil Wayne
Beef is what the game’s been missin’ as of late. Beef doesn’t always gotta be “I’ma kill ya wife & kids & plants, nigga!” type sht. It could be some Nas/Jay (minus Supa Ugly) sht in the sense they were just like “Where’s YOUR skill?” This whole rappers neckin’ each other is gettin’ tiresome. & it’s the same fckn line up! DJ Khaled ft Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, T-Pain, etc. Hip Hop (mainstream, anyways) has NEVER been this boring.
LOL @ marty oh shit
<Jus Died at the GIF!!
I’ll never understand why everyone stays on Jay’s dick or on Lil Waynes. I’m just glad both watch the throne and lil waynes album musically sucked so both you camps of dick riders are forced to ride your piles of crap.
If pac or big were alive neither of them would claim to be the best. Maybe Em will sober up enough to shut them both up. Jay needs to just stay retired and lil wayne should just feature himself on his bfs albums from here on. And maybe in a few years jay can blow butt bubbles with ye on some tracks.
^Shut the FUCK up with that “If Pac An Big were here…” bullshit. You have absolutely NO idea what they would do or why. In fact, BOTH of them claimed to be the best while they were alive, why would anything change now?
What you guys fail to realize is Lil Wayne is not going anywhere… His fan base is too huge. This nigga can wear female pants and kiss his daddy but it don’t matter because at the end of the day his fans are still there… You niggas say his music suck but yet this nigga still almost went platnium AGAIN!!!
And as far as You High Bro saying Jay-Z is Garbage and watch the throne sucked… Go kill yourself. Lyrically that was one of the best albums we’ve heard in a while and you made a stupid arguement bringing pac and big in it… At the end of the day you don’t know that and we don’t know that (Oh and by the way Jay still woulda made it big because he woulda had a big on his side dumb nigga to do crazy features and make music with kanye)
Dumb ass kid talkin bout pac and big and the only songs he probably know is Hail Mary and Juicy
ALL Y’ALL TAKING ALL THIS FAG RAP SHIT TOO SERIOUSLY NEED TO KILL YOURSELVES!! WTT WAS LYRICALLY BLAH BLAH BLAH! WAYNE CAN WEAR BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!
And this is the reason mainstream rap sucks now. There isnt any competition. No one wants to be the best or better than anybody. No ones gunning for the top spot. What if NCAA football teams just started saying “well fuck being #1, Im just gonna have fun and get my stats” Because thats basically what it sounds like rappers are doing these days. It used to be if someone said he was the best, you didnt have to beef with him but you damn sure tried to prove why you’re the best on your next track. But to sum it up, they’re not doing for the love of hip-hop they’re doing it for the love of money. And as long as it stays this way, expect mediocre shit.