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Lil Wayne’s Leaked Rebirth Delivers On Promise Of Rock
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As many of you are well aware Lil Wayne‘s Rebirth album has leaked on the net. We have chosen not to post the entire album up on the site for many reasons which will go unnamed. However I am sure you guys have gotten a copy on other file sharing sites. Anyways check out this great article MTV posted about how the album delivered with its “rock sound”.
Over the past year, the once ubiquitous white Styrofoam cup that never seemed to leave Lil Wayne’s hand has mostly been replaced (in public anyway) with an electric guitar. And if there was any confusion remaining about whether the MC’s long-delayed new album, Rebirth, would really take him to the rock side, the full-album leak of the disc on Wednesday put those questions to rest.
Just hours after news emerged that around 500 Amazon.com customers who had pre-ordered the album had received it this week — despite the recent push back of the official street date to February 1 — the full 12-track effort began popping up on the Internet. While Wayne’s label would not comment on the Amazon mix-up and did not return requests for confirmation that the dozen leaked songs are in fact the final track listing for the disc, the mastered-sounding tracks appear to be the final product.
Liberally splashed with squealing, multitracked guitars; mostly live-sounding, thunderous rock drums and tempos that range from hard rock to ska to new wave and punk, the album mixes Wayne’s signature studio-tweaked spaceman rhymes and twisty flow with the raw, live attack of the band he took on the road this summer on his Young Money outing.
Fans are already familiar with “Drop the World,” the scowling, explosive collabo with Eminem that leaked earlier this week, as well as one of the first singles from the disc, the pseudo-metal grinder “Prom Queen,” which dropped in January and is one of three songs to feature singer Shanell.
The “Young Money Princess” helps kick off the album on “American Star,” a slow-rolling Chicago blues bubbler on which Wayne describes himself as “a dope boy with a guitar,” and sings in a strained voice, “I was born and raised in the U.S.A., where my president is b-l-a-c-k.”
Two other leaked songs followers will know also made the cut, the trippy funk tune “Da Da Da” and “On Fire,” which rides on top of a “Flashdance”-style 1980s keyboard riff and rat-a-tat machine-gun drums.
But it’s the songs you haven’t heard yet that might surprise even the most loyal Wayne-iacs. “Get a Life” is reminiscent of a mid-1980s new wave song, with a bright, choppy guitar riff and Wayne teasing, “F— you, get a life” to people who won’t leave him alone, while “Ground Zero” switches things up with a dark grunge vibe. “I started on the block and that’s something to build on/ But how can I pray when I got nothin’ to kneel on?” Wayne breathlessly spits in a rapid-fire delivery over echoing, Jane’s Addiction-like tribal drums and the ominous drone of electric guitars,” adding “Let’s jump out a window/ Let’s jump off a building, baby,” in a near-whisper during the bridge.
He hooks up with another protégé, guitarist Kevin Rudolf, on the molasses-thick pop/nu-metal landslide “One Way Trip,” where he finds even more ways to describe how you will never be him over booming drums from Blink-182′s Travis Barker. “Drown in my flow, motherf—er/ Bring your swimming trunks,” he snarls, adding, “Have a ball until I fall, though/ And if I die today I bet the world end tomorrow … So check your watch, I’m strong as scotch/ Papa was a rolling stone, I was born to rock.”
The album also features the dark, live-fast-die-young rock ballad “Paradice,” the blitzing Bad Brains-esque punk ranter “The Price is Wrong,” one of the hardest, fastest songs Wayne has released so far and another Shanell tune, the soaring rap metal ballad “Runnin’,” on which Wayne proves again that nothing can restrain him, especially not the rules of the English language. “This is my testification/ I’ma rain on they heads like precipitation,” he growls, “And in hell do you need justification/ But for me it was just a vacation.”
To be sure, Wayne further cements his reputation as one of our most gifted rappers on the album, floating his signature flow on a rainbow galaxy of unexpected musical looks — none of them more out-there than a hook-up with another Young Money star-in-the-making, Nicki Minaj, who trades verses with him on the hyper, No Doubt-like pop ska raver “Knockout.” On that tune, Wayne mostly abandons rhyming for Auto-Tuned singing, yelping out lines like, “Cuz once you go black/ you never go back … and once you go white/ Everyone else is wack.”
Wayne’s label has not yet announced what it plans to do in response to the accidental shipment of the album. But MTV News’ #5 Man of the Year, who is slated to be sentenced on February 9 on gun charges, is continuing on with business as usual, launching a tour Thursday (December 17) with his Young Money crew for a string of dates that will keep them on the road through January.
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Respect for not posting pre-maturely posting Weezy’s album… although I’m pretty sure I’ll download it later, and when it DOES release, i WILL for a FACT go out and buy it in stores. Hell, I’ll probably even buy 2.
Yeah, it’s late. Screw my error up there, lol.
it isnt on the net yet, unless its hard to find .
We are young money.
tracklist is sumthing like this.
young money – ms parker.
youngmoney – she is gone
young money – fuck da bullshit
youngmoeny – pass the dutch
young moeny – finale
young money ft Lloyd – bedrock
got them song just dont no wat else and in what order, all those there are leaked on the net by the way.
just like rebirth
its stupid how songs are leaked on the net cuz ppl can jus get em n rip of artists majoralie itz how tha game goes but dude, everysong from rebirth is leaked on the net .
rebirth aint on there as i can find but me gettin these tracks an findin the covers for rebirth i could make rebirth myself.
yea respect for NOT posting
lil wayne will release it when its ready
mack mane said that the 2010 relaese will be diffrent than this so this is not the final rebirth
but its amazin
The album is FUCKING AMAZING.
where can i find the album on the internet?
That’s wassup TiKhari. I’mma go buy me 2 too.
IKnew After ISaw The Leaked Out Knockout Or ParaDice IKnew Yal Wasnt Leakn The Album. Yes It Iz On The Net IFound And Downloaded It But IWill Buy It Im Not That Cheap.Respect New Lil Wayne 4 Nt Posting The Album
i give mad respect 4 not posting the album….but i gotta say this album is fucking amazing. i dont even buy albums anymore but i have 2 buy this cuz he gave his fans good shit & it deserves 2 b rewarded. all real weezy fans stand up!!
IM GLAD YALL DID NOT POST IT GO SUPPORT MY NIGGA WEZZY AND BUY DA ALBUM WEN IT REALLY COME OUT INCLUDING WE ARE YOUNG MONEY
This album is fucking AWESOME Weezy is a Rock God I listen this album right now and i heard that 2010 Rebirth will be whole new so all i can say is Can’t wait for 2010 Rebirth ! This Rebirth is already amazing and i can even imagine this new Damn !
respect newlil wayne thnx for not postn da leak support tha Rebirth free weezy!!!!
i hope wayne has something else up his sleeve, hes got 2 months left. he needs to hit that studio hard and make at least 12 more tracks cuz sales will suck if u he sticks with these
To everyone out there Uploading the rebirth album don’t upload it or download it cash money and young money human Relations managers are tracking all the leaked albums i imagine that’s why this website is not uploading the tracks and there are already people who are getting there computer hacked into and software installed so they are controlled by the agents and the situation could end in a lot of trouble i suggest you just wait till it comes out.
@DONT What You Are Saying Is True It Depends On How You Look For It The Main Website Everybodys Going To To Get It Before It Lets You You Have To Put In Your Adress And Number And Information Im Not That Dumb I AInt Go To That 1 …But Regardless Of Anything Ima Goin 2 Support Wayne And Buy The Album
No there tracing the uploads and that will tell them them who downloaded it every time you go to a page you leave an IP address and if you Download it then they will trace your IP and your going to get caught. Several people have been getting in a lot of trouble for just uploading them on youtube like if you search any song that was leaked after the 17th then you will get and error message and it says that the video has been removed by a third party and thats the people who have been working on it and anyone out there who has been downloading it or uploading there not taking it lightly. i imagine the people from amazon are on it to because there at fault just as much so i would suggest everyone wait.
just to let you know both albums are leaked on net and not so hard to find (torrents)
much respect to wayne… but i got dat album… FUCKIN FIRE!!!! (thehoodtv.com got it) I commend newlilwayne.com for not postin it tho.. real talk
The ‘We are Young Money’ tracklist is:
F-ck the Bull sh-t (feat. Birdman)
1) Gooder
2) Every Girl
3) Ms. Parker
4) Wife Beater
5) New Shit
6) Pass da Dutch (feat. Shawt Dawg)
7) Play in my band
9) Bedrock (feat. Lloyd)
10) Girl I got you – (Chuckee’s song alone)
11) Steady Mobbin’
12) Roger that
13) She is gone
14) Streets is watchin’
15) Finale (w/ everyone in Y.M.) [GREAT ALBUM]
And Rebirth is really good, just the song ‘The Price Is Wrong’ isn’t that good, everything else is SicKK
mad work cruz , tracklist looks like fire.
Yeah I listened to it there’s no bad songs at all it’s really good
and if anyone wants to know the tracklist for Rebirth (2009) it’s:
1.) American Star (feat Shanell)
2.) Prom Queen (feat Shanell)
3.) Ground Zero
4.) Da Da Da
5.) Paradice
6.) Get a life
7.) On Fire
8.) Drop the World (feat Eminem)
9.) Runnin’ (feat Shanell)
10.) One way Trip (feat Kevin Rudolf & Travis Barker)
11.) Knockout (feat Nicki Minaj)
12.) The Price Is Wrong
I have rebirth. mad rock shit.
oh and i have We are Young Money too. Forgot to mention i just got that shit to.
Both are good really good
this album is good shit….
real artists experiment with different sounds… and that is what wayne is doing with rebirth
well I already have the YM and Rebirth already soo… But idk the YM albums sick as hell but Rebirts okay.. But Weezy kills! YM!
This is a very great album. I love all the tracks especially American Star, Da Da Da, On Fire, Paradise, Get A Life, Drop The World, Knockout,
rebirth tracklist from a site
“Tracklist:
01. American Star (Feat. Shanell Aka SNL)
02. Prom Queen (Feat. Shanell Aka SNL)
03. Ground Zero
04. Da Da Da
05. Paradice
06. Get A Life
07. On Fire
08. Drop The World (Feat. Eminem)
09. Runnin (Feat. Shanell Aka SNL)
10. One Way Trip (Feat. Kevin Rudolf)
11. Knockout (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
12. The Price Is Wrong
13. Die For You
14. So Over You (Feat. Shanell Aka SNL)
Bonus Tracks
15. Ground Zero [Remix] (Feat. Tyga)
16. Ready For The World
17. Amazing Love (Feat. Gudda Gudda)
18. Hot Revolver (Feat. Dre)
19. I’m Not Human
20. Politics (Feat. Gudda Gudda)
21. Most Wanted Rockstar”
respect on not Putin up the
i like the songs price is wrong cause my ex going out with some niggah name Michael now to which was weird but yeah this ablum is hot ama go buy it and buy it xD weezy !!!
(:
my boyfriend got it but i told him i wasnt going to download it cuhs i wanted the real thing .
im sure he’s gonna try & tempt me to download it but im not until you guys have it .
theres a new rebirth single i personally think.
its rock with
lil wayne ft nicki minaj – knockout .
maybe waynes goin to make another type of rebirth?
newlilwayne is there anyformation on what waynes doing now?
lil wayne ft nicki minaji -knockout .
its on rebirth at urbanmusicdaily. its got edited and on rebirth now
The best song in the Rebirth is Knockout!!
Okay have had the album for three days now at first thought it was wack. now its the only thing playing on my ipod. Prediction….. Drop the world feat eminem is gonna be a hit. thats the number one played song on my itunes. Prolly up to fifty plays.