I REMEMBER A TIME WHERE QUALITY MUSIC WAS THE STANDARD. A TIME WHERE PEOPLE WANTED THEIR MONEY'S WORTH. OUT OF FOURTEEN TRACKS 7 HOT TRACKS DIDN'T MAKE AN ALBUM WORTH PURCHASING. MUCH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE 80'S RAPPERS BUT FRANKLY SAND CASTLES AND BUBBLE BATHS WERE MORE MY THING AT AGE 3 AND 4. FOR THE RECORD I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE REAL HIP-HOP SNAP MUSIC HATING INDIVIDUALS BUT AS WITH EVERYTHING I AM EXTREMELY CRITICAL. MASE'S HARLEM WORLD DROPPED IN 97, REASONABLE DOUBT IN 96, ILLMATIC IN 94, LIFE AFTER DEATH 97, 36 CHAMBERS 93, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 98, ATLIENS 96 AND THIS IS JUST TO NAME A FEW. DURING THIS TIME WHEN I HAD TO SNEAK PARENTAL ADVISORY'S IN MY PANASONIC WALKMAN, THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THAT I TOOK FOR GRANTED. ONE OF WHICH IS WHAT I CONSIDER THE GREATEST TIME IN HIP-HOP. WE HAD ALBUMS AND SINGLES BEING DROPPED THAT ARE UNPARALLED. THERE WERE CONCEPTS THAT WERE FRESH AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE MUSIC THAT SOME OF US ENJOY TODAY. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GREAT ALBUMS BEING RELEASED PRACTICALLY SIMULTANEOUS. BEING GREAT WAS THE BARE MINIMUM. NOVEMBER 2, 1999 "THE GAME CHANGED." FOR ON THIS DAY A STAR WOULD MAKE HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE IN THE RAP WORLD. THE BLOCK IS HOT WOULD KICK OFF LIL WAYNES HIGHLY CRITICIZED CAREER... I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS FANS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY ARTIST COMPARISONS. I COULD CARE LESS HOW MANY MIXTAPES AND FEATURES THIS MAN HAS. GET YOUR MONEY PIMP. I BEGIN TO CARE WHEN THIS MANS LATEST WORK IS SAID TO BE A CLASSIC ALBUM. GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE. LETS LAND THIS BLIMP. LIL WAYNE IS HOT BY DEFAULT. I LOVE LIL WAYNE FOR GIVING ME SOSMETHING NEW TO LISTEN TO BUT FORTUNATELY FOR HIM THERE ARE VERY FEW NEW ARTISTS OUT THAT ARE DOING THEIR JOB. WE HAD A TIME WHERE THE HOTTEST RAPPERS ALL CAME OUT AROUND THE SAME TIME. COMPETITION IS WHAT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN AN ARTIST. LIL WAYNES TRUE POTENTIAL MAY NEVER BE REACHED BECAUSE ANYTHING HE DOES AND SAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE DOING OR SAYING ANYTHING HOTTER (EXCEPT LUPE BUT I'LL KEEP MY PERSONAL OPINIONS TO MYSELF). GOOD JOB LIL WAYNE ON MAKIN A GOOD ALBUM AND FOR GETTIN WHITE AMERICA BEHIND YOUR MUSIC. THE CARTER 3 IS NOT A CLASSIC. ALL YOU WAYNE FANS PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND STEP INTO YOUR WALKMAN IN THE MID 90'S AND RIDE THE REELS OF YOUR CASETTES AND RE-EVALUATE WHAT CLASSIC MEANS.
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Average at best but he deserves to sell a mill a week dude's been grinding. He had 80 features last year and every song he hops it is hot because of weezy. The album isnt classic but it's close i'll give carter 3 a 3.5
You couldn't have said it any better Brother.
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