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Anyways, your favorite blog (but apparently not everyone's) posted a few excerpts from an interview with Weezy F that'll be front page news in Vibe's May issue. Daps. I'm always interested in what's going on in Wayne's mind. Here's a couple of 'em excerpts:
On his legacy:
I wanna be a Bob Marley. I wanna be a Tupac. Their lives mean so much. I wanna mean so much after I’m gone. Y’all still gotta do shows, tributes, dedicate 20 whole minutes to me on every show. I want that.Wayne on his love for making music:
I love the studio. It feels like going into a classroom, you know you didn’t study everything, the test gets in front of you, and you’re like Damn, I know all the answers. That’s how I feel when I get in the studio, like Damn, I know all the answers.Lil Wayne on wanting respect as an artist:
I still feel like I’m not being respected. I still feel like I don’t have the crown. I still feel like there’s something I have to do that hasn’t been done.
Wayne's right, and we know geniuses need love too, so hook the lil homie up. Despite all of his efforts, singles, mixtapes, features and Bad Ass Grasshoppers, Wayne still doens't get any love. It's like the rest of the industry is hoping that if they ignore him long enough he'll simply disappear, or get dropped (not like Joey Crack, I mean like pap pap).
Seriously, Wayne destroyed every rapper last year, but I don't hear him on the radio around these parts--not without Akon's broke voice whining a chorus. Weezy knows what's up, he's being ignored by a large portion of the market and he shouldn't be.
Even Eskay seems to think Curren$y flys higher than Wayne:
"Remember when Wayne kicked this kid out of Young Money because he was afraid somebody was gonna realize that he was better than him? That was fucked up. Nah, lemme stop, that’s (probably) not what happened."
You even listen to music dude? (probably not)
That being said, does anyone even know how many songs Wayne recorded last year? We know it's more than the 77 Vibe cataloged as the best, and fuck you thinking Fennessey, putting "We Takin' Over" in the top spot? I'm gonna have to come back with my own best of list; Whatever's Good, Weezy's Better 'The only songs your iPods need til C3.' It's time to set the records straight.
Back to business. Even though last year's strategy didn't reap the big rewards, awards, nor the crown for Wayne, it looks like 50 cent and the Goon-Unit are gonna take a page from the hip-hop king's diary anyway. Buildin' buzz. They've dropped one mixtape already (RIP Joe), have multiple discs slated for release in '08 and continue to build a solid fence around the blogosphere with all the posts their affiliates are front page posting over at thisis50. That still doesn't make their music any better, but here's the jam anyway. Newest single from the upcoming G-Unit album:
For the Weezy fans, will it ever end? The "Nike Boots" remix featuring Lil Wayne dropped Christmas Day on Wale's myspace page, I grabbed it this morning and I can't stop listening to it.
But it's really not just Weezy who has my ear. Wale, pronounced wah-lay, spits for DC with a cordial swagger and an attitude that confirms his focus isn't only about doubling dollars:
"People [in DC] think it's cool to be stupid sometimes. If you say something that's too on point, people are going to look at you like, 'Damn, fuck you think you're smart or something?' I've made it my duty to not dumb it down for people."
Holla!
Truth be told, Wale may not sell five mill' with his debut album, tentatively titled Love Day and slated for a summer release; his goal for the disc is to follow in the footsteps of "Nike Boots" and make a "change where we stop hating on everything in DC and know that it's possible to make it out." He's currently shopping it around the major record labels and has yet to leave a meeting without an offer.
So check out the original, the remix, and then listen to Wale spit over my favorite non-hip hop song of 2007. Please do enjoy!
