New Orleans Rapper Lil Wayne is known in certain circles more for songs like "Sky is the Limit" or "Georgia (Bush)" or even "Murder this Shit" than the songs like "Lollipop" or "Fireman" or even "The Block is Hot." Though a Multi-Platinum rapper many times over with his commercial releases, he is just as many times Platinum in the streets with over a dozen free promotional street released tapes.From his early Sqad Up series tapes to the pre-superstardom tapes of of the "Tha Carter II" era with "The Dedication" and "The Drought" series of tapes. Wayne last tape before this latest release was 2009 monster of a tape "No Ceilings." As the world waits for a new "studio" album (honestly some mixtapes are better than some rappers albums these days) "Tha Carter 4" Lil Wayne drops "Sorry 4 The Wait" his 12 track prelude to the latest "Carter" installment. "Sorry 4 The Wait" follows the basic formula of success for his previous mixtape endeavors: 1. Using other artist popular beats while 2. Making the beats even hotter with Lil Wayne lyrics while 3.Adding the assistance of few choice rappers, that won't outshine The Carter.
"Sorry 4 The Wait" "Tunechi's Back" borrowing the Meek Mill "Tupac Back." Though the beat has been used dozens of times in the past few months, Wyane brings refreshing while using the same cadence and adding his own flavor of "wishing to take a shot of Ciroc with Pac/sorry till album drop." On the remainder of this 42 minute tape, Wayne borrows the latest street anthems of the past six months and puts his own spin on them, sometimes working while most of the time not. Wayne excels on the tracks where you don't expect him. The Gunplay borrowed "Rollin" offers the same Wayne we are use to: shooting people, bad bitches, Mack Maine, and his "Pa Birdman." The same is true on the YC borrowed "Racks", Wayne merely once again just borrows the flow and cadence of the orignal artist and not bringing anything new or boundrie being pushed than his usual bad bitches, Birdman, and G5 private plain flying antics -- that Wayne fans have come to know and love nonetheless it just does not feel new.
Where Wayne does shine on "Sorry 4 The Wait" is where you didn't hear it coming. "Gucci Gucci" borrows the Kreayshawn viral hit of the same name. If you didn't know that "Gucci Gucci" you would think this was a Weezy original, and it works because he doesn't borrow Kreayshawn's flow but starts his own and actually fits in well in "the one big room full of bad bitches." Other standouts are the Lil B assited "Grove St. Party" and Miguel's "Sure Thing" could be this albums "Single" in respect to "No Ceilings." And the "Hands Up" track could be easily played in any club as a toast to a birthday or the good life.
The highest point is the title track "Sorry 4 The Wait" which Wayne borrows Adele's opus "Rolling in the The Deep." The albums track is the only one where you can see the emotion of someone who has just finish doing a prison sentence and trying to come to terms with past drug issues. When Wayne raps "I ain't playin with niggas no sir not me/and they can't blindfold what my 3rd eye see/yea I was locked up but like a bird I'm free" and furthers raps his true emotions "Hello Goodbye where are you Wayne?/I'm somewhere between joy and pain/And I reached for the stars and got stuck in the clouds/Got high as a bitch and left my love on the ground." This is a track that shows Wayne's true emotions (as I can see) and not the elevated self on the braggadocios tracks."Sorry 4 The Wait" the song and the mixtape as a whole looks as if Wayne is getting his footing back together so he can really shoot out the gate with "Tha Carter 4" and reclaim his spot.
Overall I would give this tape a 8.5/10 because its the same Wayne that we know and all love for the most part already and that fact that a song as strong as "Sorry 4 The Wait" gives me hope for the "The Carter 4". Honestly I'm just happy I can be able to go into the barber shop and ask "Y'all heard that new Wayne yet." So hit Google download "Sorry 4 The Wait"
Tracklist:
1. Tunechi’s Back *****
2. Rollin’ (Freestyle)***
3. Throwed Off (Freestyle) (feat. Gudda Gudda)**
4. Gucci Gucci (Freestyle)****
5. Marvin’s Room (Freestyle)*****
6. Sure Thing (Freestyle)****
7. Grove St. Party (Freestyle) (feat. Lil’ B)****
8. Racks (Freestyle)**
9. Hands Up (My Last) (Freestyle)****
10. Sorry 4 The Wait*****
11. Inkredible (Remix) (Freestyle) (feat. Thugga, Raw Dizzy, Flow)*****
12. Run The World (Girls) (Freestyle)***
