Lil Wayne - Rebirth (Review)

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 07:45 acllaim

Months of pushbacks have come to an end; the official release date for Rebirth has finally arrived. Sadly and surprisingly, it's nothing more than a heaping pile of shit.

When Prom Queen came out and Weezy announced he was going to do a rock album, I had flashbacks to Kanye's 808s. At first, I thought Kanye was crazy and that he should just have stuck to what he's been good with: brutally good lyrics over incredible beats. I gladly ate my words when his album came out, and bumped all of the fantastic tracks on his album. Because of this past experience, I decided to give Weezy the benefit of the doubt. Prom Queen had some cheesy lyrics, but overall the rock rhythm was hot, and the theme was nice. Leaks came out over the last year, and I was still unimpressed. Yet, I still decided to wait for the final product to give my judgment. Now that it's out, I'm dissapointed in Weezy for thinking he's as creative as Kanye.

Don't get me wrong; Weezy is incredibly talented. For those of you that don't know: he actually doesn't write down lyrics at all. He sits in the recording booth and freestyles for hours, and then starts piecing together verses. This is why he's able to get his witty, smiling lyrics that everyone loves out so frequently. The difference between Kanye and Weezy, however, is that Ye is an incredible producer first, and incredible rapper second. Vs. Wayne, who is only a great rapper. When it comes to experimentation, Weezy just went too far with Rebirth; it's as if he took himself too seriously. His lyrics were weak, and the rock background was both heavily out of place and abysmal compared to actual rock songs.

The album starts off with American Star, which carries weak lyrics, and annoying production. While Weezy is known for his witty lyrics (tell me who the two stars of "We Are Young Money" are), Rebirth is filled with humorless lyrics. “Listen to my own voice, in my black Rolls-Royce; get the girls of my choice to take off their shorts and blouses, I take off my trousers.” Prom Queen is one of the few lights in the album, of which I have nothing bad to say about. The track was decent, and the album would have been phenomenal had it more tracks like this one. Tracks like Ground Zero and Knockout are prime examples of how bad mixing punk, auto-tune, and bad rap can be.

Drop The World is unarguably the best track on the album. Ironically, the track itself is just a rip off of what has made Linkin Park one of the biggest rock groups of all time. Eminem tears it up, and even Wayne sounds great on the track.

I was wrong with Ye, but I'm spot on with Weezy. Weezy should stick with what he's good at. After giving the world Tha Carter III, which was, in my opinion, the best rap album of 2008, Rebirth is a polar opposite. You can stream the entire album below on Wayne's Myspace. You might completely disagree with me, so be sure to at least give it a run once through. The album should get a 0/10, but because it did have 2 decent tracks I'll give it a 1.5/10 and wait for Tha Carter IV.