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Lil Wayne’s Rebirth Set For Holiday Release [New Details]
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Here is a recent article on Lil Wayne’s new album Rebirth. Shout outs to music mix for giving us a better time frame on when Weezy F Baby‘s rock album will actually appear in stores. Let us know what you think in the comments down below.
Whatever happened to Lil Wayne’s Rebirth? The rock-oriented follow-up to last year’s astronomically successful Tha Carter III was originally scheduled to hit shelves in April of this year. It’s since been pushed back repeatedly with little explanation; meanwhile, lead single “Prom Queen” peaked months ago at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Prom Queen” co-writer Shanell set tongues wagging anew this week when she told an interviewer that Rebirth’s release had been shuffled yet again, from August 18 to some time in September, adding, “When it’s perfect, you guys will receive it.”
Well, after talking to Cash Money Records and Universal Motown Records, the two key industry entities that are responsible for releasing Lil Wayne’s music, the Music Mix can reveal that perfection may be farther off than expected. “Cash Money just changes their dates whenever they want to,” says a Universal Motown rep. “It’s definitely not August. I have no idea why it was moved, and I’m not anticipating a September release. Right now I’m looking at closer to October.” A representative for Cash Money tells the Music Mix even that estimated date is likely too early: “It’s not going to be ’til the end of the year. We’re talking about holiday [season].” You read that right: Rebirth might not be on shelves until December 2009.
What’s going on here? Tha Carter III’s success established Wayne as one of the biggest contemporary artists in any genre. The man sold a million records in a week, and two million more in the months since. We’re not talking about some new artist struggling to make his or her name. And according to Cash Money, Rebirth’s recording stage is “pretty much done,” though it’s still awaiting the final mixing and mastering process. How is it possible that this project is still on ice at this point?
“He’s just been really hectic, not having time to promote it the way we’d like to promote it,” says the Cash Money rep. And some argue that Weezy’s crammed schedule is helping, not hurting him with fans. “Wayne is a rock star, so there’s always a large interest,” says Terri Thomas, programming director at Houston’s KBXX-FM “The Box” radio. New Wayne-related material that doesn’t come from Rebirth — especially his supergroup Young Money’s “Every Girl” and his mentor Birdman’s “Always Strapped,” on which he guests — has performed resoundingly well of late on KBXX, leaving “Prom Queen” a dim memory. “Whether he’s on his project or somebody else’s project, he’s always got something coming out,” says Thomas. “For him, one album is not the be-all, end-all.”
This may sound familiar to anyone who remembers the interminable lead-up to Tha Carter III, which was delayed time and time again before finally arriving in June 2008. Guest appearances and free mixtapes throughout that period kept fans’ appetite whetted — and obviously the wait didn’t end up hurting Tha Carter III’s sales in the end.
But along with devoted fans and infinite buzz, that album had one thing going for it that Rebirth doesn’t so far: a hit single, namely “Lollipop,” which climbed to No. 1 on the Hot 100 a month before Tha Carter III’s release. The lack of a “Lollipop”-sized smash may be making all the difference right now. “It sounds to me like they’re still looking for the song,” says Neil Jacobson, an A&R/management exec at Interscope Records who has no connection to Rebirth. “Once ‘Lollipop’ came through the door, I think everybody said, ‘That’s it, we’ve got the single.’ And ‘Lollipop’ came late on the last album — that was one of the factors that delayed the release.”
Cash Money says to expect another single from Rebirth soon, though no specific tune has been decided on yet. Unless and until that next single blows up in a big way, Jacobson says it makes perfect sense from an industry perspective to keep Rebirth off the calendar for now. “Moving a release date, nobody cares about that later,” says Jacobson. “I just think they want to wait for that perfect timing. And frankly, they need to. It is so crucial that Wayne’s next single is a monster. The sophomore jinx after coming from a gigantic album is one of the most difficult things to overcome. And if you do it, it can be that much bigger.”
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lil wayne is doin wat he did 4 the carter 3 pushin bak an bak an leakin shit on purpose 2 make us think we kno wats on his album but remember wen the carter 3 acualy came out we didnt hav none of tht shit on our bootlegs exxept a milli an lolipop
Oh this makes sense
i hope wayne single is just as good as lolipop
idk if yall remember the sneak peak video that esay ponta did about two beats of rebirth . For me da sencod beat that potna did was fuckin awsome ,i hope wayne use dat one ;P
i think the constant rescheduling is actually a great thing.
when the carter III was “done” it got pushed back so much that in the time it was supposed to come out it got ALOT of buzz .
so when it finally did come out , everyone was so excited that they all went out and bought it . making it a huge success .
hopefully the same thing will happen with rebirth .
man i’m real lil wayne fan but he need to go ahead and just give this away as a mixtape and move on to the carter 4 cuz on the real rock ain’t his thing his only good rock songs is when he rappin over rock beats and any body who thinks way is a real rockstar ain’t been listen to him since he was in the hot boyz…lights out was his best CD he need to get back on that type of flow
RESPONDING 2 1st post- I got the carter 3 2 weeks b4 it actually came up, and i heard “U AINT GOT NOTHIN ON ME” &”Confortable” MONTHS b4 it came out
Yea i agree wit ace he just beedz to releaze it already
rebirth is goin be crazy hot. all the shit that people have right now that got leaked besides prom queen wont be on the album. its goin be all new shit just like the carter III. everyone loved it and rebirth will sell millions
WAIT A MINUTE DIDNT WANYE SAY HE WANTED REBIRTH OUT IN EARLY 2009 (APRIL) THE YOUNG MONEY ALBUM IN THE SUMMER 2009 (JUNE) AND BIRDMANS NEW ALBUM IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 (JUNE) AND THE CARETER 4 BY THE ED OF THE YEAR? DIDNT HE SAY HE WAS DOIN ALL THAT THIS YEAR?
yea he diid say dat but wen ur az buzy az hiim, thiingz neva go az u planned them ta be
idk but its been along time since wayne leaked a song
Hopefully this nigga don’t sing on the whole album..rap nigga rap!
Lil Looks Hot Without Grillz On. x
i had the whole fucking carter 3 2 weeks b4 it came out. thanks internet.
wow. but still what might be lil waynes third single from the rebirth? is it in your face? or Kobe Bryant?
yeah yeah yeah, we all got the carter way before it came out, and we all got his leaked stuff, I just hope that “we” as fans can find a way to support him cuz he is good.
i dont give a fuck when the rebirth comes out im waiting fo rthe carter 4.
yes the hype did help TC3 but in this case i dont think it will. It has been much longer and i know that a lot of people arent supporting wayne’s “rock” style
man da rebirth is gonna be fire cuz song like im not human and fix my hat is rock songs an dey go hard so everybody gone be waitin fo it but dang im tired of waitin
well whenever Rebirth I’m sure it will be sick, cuz it prolly aint gonna have none of these leaked songs on it, it probably be brand new music, the only songs that are confirmed right now are “Prom Queen” & “Hot Revolver”, hopefully “Spit”, “I’m A Go Getta”, & We Be Steady Mobbin” will be…but who knows
the rebirth could just be wayne making a point.. People will buy whatever he makes no matter how it sounds. he could start doing a shit load of country beats and probably kill it. hes the best and he knows how to be just that.
weezy can sing about anything and everything in any style and still be weezy… If your a true fan u will listen reguardless the style.. Right?