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‘Rebirth’ reinventing genres; over 30 songs recorded
Rebirth
“This is that rock shit/this is hip-hop, bitch,” spits Lil Wayne on an as-yet-untitled a track off his upcoming rock record Rebirth. While the lyric — uttered between dark, synthy strings and wailing electric guitar — may not be Weezy’s cleverest, it’s one of his most momentous: he’s announcing that he’s reinventing both genres.
And he does a pretty good job of it. One cut — about a dude who’s begging his girl not to “walk out the motherfucking door” — features Prince-inspired guitar, bombastic drums, and, of course, lots of Auto Tuned singing. It could almost soundtrack an ’80s teen movie, though probably not one directed by John Hughes. Another untitled song — on which Wayne addresses haters in an R. Kelly-style rant (”What the fuck you looking at me for? If you motherfucking hate me, get a life”) — is a reimagined skate-punk anthem. Even Avril Lavigne makes a cameo! But Weezy doesn’t totally ditch rap: He pays homage to the Beastie Boys with giant 808s on another awesome tune, and yet another song finds him rhyming over strings reminiscent of the ones in Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.”
And even though the self-proclaimed best rapper alive is swapping genres, he’s keeping his studio-rat habits: Wayne has recorded around 30 songs for Rebirth, says his manager, Cortez Bryant. “He’s still trying to give me tracks, and I’m like, ‘You gotta stop,’” says Bryant. ” ‘You’re driving me crazy.’ ” To stay up-to-date on Lil Wayne, follow us on Facebook or Twitter
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weezy iiz doiin iit ryte now! Rebirth will be tha Carter 3 of 2009….datz my opiinion aniiwaiiz!
I think they should of made this a mixtape instead of a universal cd…but will see how the ppl would react towards his rocks shit
im sure his beasty boys style rap is gonna be straight up bananas
well at first i thought it wouldnt do to well but look at kanye he went plat by just talking one the autone with a beat behind it lol so w/e lil way does will for sure go plat atleast
Sickkkkkkk…..This cd is going to be crack
this the shit i was talking about
weezy is the best and rebirth is going to be kool
the ribirth is goin the best album after the CARTER 3
lil wayne is one of the best rappers out right now, but alot of his fans are not likein’ the rock songs that we’ve heard. but me, on the other hand, i like it………
i like it alot.
Yeahh This CD is tha Best i alreadyy heard somee songg and itss beast youhh got a Hotta ss rapper singggiinnn summm Koool asss shiitttt.
Dooode er’ bodyyy shouldd gettt hiiss neww shiit rebirthhh !
lil wayne is the new gold of 2009
rebirth is dope
Da Rebrith is fucking sick if you don’t like it go suck a dick
I love wayne n think hes da best and im going to buy rebirth bt i dnt want him to ditch rap at al cuz the article up at da top says “weezy isnt totaly ditching rap”…. I mean why even ditch it a lil…. Look at where it got him…. I mean come on wayne rap n hip hop is ur thing dnt go al rock…. Bt i love u sexy. Keep doin ur thing baby. bt i want to hear a bunch of RAP songs and rap n hip hop albums from u. I love you young mulah baby.
um wether its roc or rap all wayne does is gibber over a beat a lot of his mixtape beats already sound rocked out, so wayne can do wut he want he got bullshit rap songs im sure hell have bullshit roc songs but when u hi u jus go to wut u wanna listen to onna cd neway
you aren’t a great writer. The CD was leaked by Amazon and is floating around the internet, btw.