F**K Lil Wayne: An Essay

Dear Lil Wayne Fans,

That's it.  I've had it.  I've absolutely had it.  As a lifelong fan of hip-hop, I just can't stands anymore.  The man pictured above is the one all the MTV generation babies have labeled the "best rapper alive".  Actually this piece of human excrement labeled himself that, and you numbskull sheep bought it hook line and sinker.  It appalls me to no end to go about my daily business, and hear young children quoting his songs.  It pains me to no end to see magazines sing his praises, while stellar emcees with better pedigrees and LEGIT credibility sell less and get less respect.  Now I understand this is the music "business", and unlike the old days, skill doesn't pay the bills anymore.  Now it's all about writing catchy nonsense and making it sound cool in a ringtone. 

Let's look at the facts:  1) Lil Wayne has ghostwriters.  Diehard Wayne fans may not want to believe it, but it's true.  Why you think he even has that cornball Drake around?  Remember Gillie da Kid? No, of course you don't, because you didn't follow Cash Money back in the day, or know anything about real hip-hop.  Gillie da Kid is one the rawest spitters to come out of Philly, who was part of the Major Figgas crew and eventually linked up with Cash Money.  It was DIRECTLY AFTER his signing that Wayne's lyrics went from sub-par average Southern rapper to Jay-Z clone to the mush mouthed mess it is today.  Coincidence? NO.  Baby brought Gillie in to write Wayne's raps, and then they kicked Gillie to the curb.  You can tell similarities in the flows and verse structure that Gillie wrote for Wayne during this period, which began roughly around 2002, 2003 to when the first "Carter" album came out.  So best rapper alive??? Not when you have ghostwriters.

2) He's false claiming.  Remember back in the early days, when Cash Money first came on the scene, 1997, 1998 or so?  They wore camouflage, blue, black and occasionally red bandannas.  There was no gang talk, nothing.  Just Cash Money Millionaires, maybe referencing a soulja rag here and there, ya know, ignorant Southern shit.  All of a sudden, back in 2001, Mack 10 signs with Cash Money.  Mack 10, for those who don't know, is an official, real Blood from California.  Take a look at the video for the song "Do the Damn Thang".  All of a sudden, Wayne and Baby are Bloods.  I can't embed the video but here's a link:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-ZQRUSNmk   The trend has continued to this day. 

3) He stole his entire style from Clipse.  Pusha T and Malice of Clipse smashed the scene wide open in 2002 with their debut album Lord Willin'.  It was all about coke selling, that hustler vibe, and they brought a whole new fashion to the game rockin' BAPE and things of that nature.  Now at the time, Wayne was still rocking wife beaters and camo bandannas. Now Clipse was rocking this: 

While Wayne was looking like this:

 

Then all of a sudden, after Clipse blew up and took a hiatus, he returns looking like this: 
And all he can suddenly seem to talk about is slanging coke. Coincidence, I think not.  I wish I could find better pictures to illustrate my point, but I didn't care to look.  The fact is the proof is in the songs and the timelines...if you a true fan, you'll know.  To make matters worse, he rips off Pusha's signature "Yuuuccchhh" sound effect on the Juelz Santana song "Make it Work 4 Ya".  Have you no shame, Wayne?  You used to be a Hot Boy, dropping it like it's hot.  Then when you start to fall off, you totally rip off Jay-Z and the two hottest in the game at the time, Pusha and Malice, and fool the public into thinking you're some creative genius.

4) That drunk frat dude who always freestyles at keg parties? That's all Wayne is.  People gave him credit for his nonsense bullshit...but all he's doing is getting wasted and babbling into a microphone.  Mic-ill would kill Weezy.  Thats a fact.  Too bad Mic-ill is long retired.

Lil Wayne is a cornball fool.  But he has successfully fooled America into believing he's the illest.  And it sucks.  Rappers like Wale, Chamillionaire, Clipse, Cam'ron, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz go unnoticed in the underground and this clown is who everyone thinks is the best?  Fuck you.  Music has gone into the shitter, and Lil Wayne is just one of the reasons why.  But all my real hip-hop heads already knew that.