For the days upon days he’s rumored to have spent recording, he’s shown little of it.
Neither of these were particularly impressive, either. Knowing him, one expected a mixtape 5 minutes after he was out of prison, but Lil Wayne has remained relatively quiet, with only a remix and a T-Pain feature speaking for him. Whatever Weezy could have done to curb this, he didn’t. Post-prison, Carter’s received almost nothing but doubt, with declarations of a fall off being mumbled around Rebirth and shouted following Human. Yet, as if fair weather fans had been just waiting to knock over the former leader, the hate has come out in gallons.
After all, he’s established a career around being bizarre and inscrutable. The releases of Rebirth and I Am Not a Human Being did nothing to help his legacy, but shouldn’t have been anything from which the Martian couldn’t recover. AND LIL WAYNE IS BACK! …hello? It’s nothing if not a perfect example of the heartless nature of celebrity: all those kids sporting “Free Weezy” shirts seem to have put them away.
