Lil' Wayne Documentary Stirs up Controversy...Go Figure.

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Lil’ Wayne recently lost a civil lawsuit concerning a documentary film based on his life. The film gives the audience a glimpse inside the public and personal life of the controversial rapper. There are scenes of the rapper reliving his first sexual experience as well scenes portraying his personal drug use. The film was reviewed by Wayne’s camp, and the rapper's manager made a request for the "defamatory" scenes to be removed from the film. When the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, the scenes were still there, and shown to the audience!

Wayne and his manager filed for a request for a preliminary injunction with the Los Angeles Superior Court, but the motion was denied. Had it been granted, it would have kept QD2 (The production company) from distributing the project.

QD2 stands by their statement that they have made a truly remarkable film that showcases the extraordinary talent of Lil’ Wayne.

The documentary is scheduled to be released this year. My only question is…
If you didn’t want this in the film, why would you have talked openly about it to reporters and an entire film crew? I guess bad publicity is still publicity, right? Just sayin'…

Go here to check out the trailer for the documentary.



[Via: Billboard.com]

Album Review: Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

Here's the Rolling Stone album review that broke Lil Wayne to the mainstream as "The Greatest Rapper Alive".

Rating: 4 1/2 Stars out of 5

OK, it's true: he really is the best rapper alive. Lil Wayne made that claim on his last official CD, in 2005, and since then, he's unleashed an astonishing torrent of mixtapes, leaks and guest appearances to back up the boast. So his long-anticipated "legit" album follow-up feels a bit gratuitous. Still, Tha Carter III is useful as an exclamation point. It establishes beyond a doubt that the zeitgeist in 2008 belongs to one artist: a dreadlocked dadaist poet from New Orleans with a bad weed habit and a voice like a bullfrog. As Wayne croaks in the woozy "3Peat," "Get on my level/You can't get on my level/You will need a space shuttle/Or a ladder that's forever."



Wayne has taken the task of album-making seriously: This isn't a mixtape, it's a suite of songs, paced and sequenced for maxaqimum impact. He's collected sleek, powerful beats from top producers (Kanye West, Swizz Beatz), enlisted A-list guest stars (Jay-Z, T-Pain) and served up a range of textures and moods, from the elegiac Hurricane Katrina protest "Tie My Hands" to the bubblegum bumper "Lollipop," in which Weezy has a laugh at selling out by creating the most outrageously pumped-up sellout single in history. Thematically, Carter III is a victory lap. In the hilarious "Dr Carter," he boasts about resuscitating hip-hop: "As I put the light down his throat/I can only see flow/His blood's starting to flow/His lungs starting to grow."

As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun. He shouts, gasps, tries a Caribbean patois, sings snatches of "Umbrella" and "Irreplaceable," and impersonates E.T. He loves that brother-from-another-planet stuff —"I am a Martian," he raps —but it's clear he's also thinking about his worldly legacy. The album cover links Carter III to Biggie's Ready to Die and Nas' Illmatic, and he makes no bones about coveting a spot in hip-hop's pantheon. "Next time you mention Pac, Biggie or Jay-Z/Don't forget Weezy Baby," he advises on "Mr Carter." It's sound advice. (Jody Rosen)

MTV Names Lil' Wayne "Man of The Year"

MTV News has named Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. 'aka' Lil' Wayne, as 2008's "Man of The Year"...

...Really??

Couldn't they have chosen a more appropriate candidate? Barack Obama, perhaps? Nevertheless, here is the MTV list of Weezy's accomplishments that won him the prestigious title.



Lil' Wayne's 2008 Highlights:

*Rolled into '08 with the "Hottest MC in the Game" championship belt over his shoulder.
* Promised his long-awaited Carter III album would be coming this year, and touted the long list of cameos he recorded by dubbing himself "Featuring Lil Wayne"
* Arrested in Arizona when his tour bus is pulled over by border patrol agents who perform the aforementioned bust ...Facing felony drug and weapons charges, he pleads not guilty. The case is still pending.
*Attempted to reunite the Hot Boyz at a concert during the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, but the event was canceled at the last minute due to shootings outside the venue.
*Visited his old secondary school, promising Tha Carter would drop "in April" and being asked to the prom by a girl named Julie .
*Showed up three hours late for a concert in New Jersey, did not apologize, ended show by donning a bathrobe, shouting "sexual f---ing chocolate has left the building, bi---" .
*Discussed his "drank" of choice, syrup .
* "Lollipop," the first single from Carter III, tops the Billboard Hot 100 .
*Premiered the now-iconic Carter III cover, featuring a photo of him as a baby, complete with a pinkie ring and digitally added tattoos.
*Refused to freak out when the album leaked two weeks early.
*"Elated" when Carter III defies industry expectations and sells 1 million copies in a single week, the first album to do so since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005.
*Congratulated by 50, Kanye West and a host of others after accomplishing the feat.
*Played a "modern-day Robin Hood" in the "Got Money" video.
* Lost his pants during his performance at the Video Music Awards.
*Hopped a plane immediately following the VMAs to make a court date in New York City.
*Prepped Dedication 3 mixtape and Tha Carter IV.
*Appeared on Fall Out Boy's Folie à Deux.
* Appeared on Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak.
*Named MVP at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
*Announced plans to reissue Carter III, only with completely different songs.
*Shared the stage with Jay-Z but did not actually perform with him.
*Described the birth of his son as "nasty, but wonderful".
*Strapped on a guitar to back up Kid Rock at the CMA Awards, only vaguely playing said guitar.
*Plotted I Am Music Tour with T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keyshia Cole.
* Nominated for eight Grammy Awards, more than any other artist.
*"A Milli" is named "Best Song of 2008" in MTV's Bigger Than the Sound column ... "A Milli" is named "Hip-Hop Single of the Year" by our Mixtape Monday family.
*Tha Carter III is named one of the "Best Albums of 2008"


Ok, there's no arguing the fact that Lil' Wayne dominated the Hip-Hop mainstream in 2008. If it was bizzare, controversial, or a mainstream hit, you could most certainly find Lil' Wayne behind it, but do you agree with MTV? Does his list of "accomplishments" merit a "Man of The Year" title? Let us know what you think!