Wayne is pretty exceptional at talking shit, but he’s often at his best when he’s talking from personal experience. “Single” like say, “Something You Forgot” catches Wayne describing the kind of relationship problems many of us are too familiar with. Fights, trust issues. That type of shit. Set to a woozy backdrop of reversed guitars, this is one of the strangest, but also one of the more interesting tracks on the mixtape. An ode to being “single for the night”. Oh, and just to cover all the bases, you can download the full, official version of No Ceilingshere, complete with the four new tracks and higher quality audio. Personally I’m riding with “Wasted” as the hardest track. Ariel’s on the “Swag Surfin” though, and Camila fucks with “Wayne on Me”. Anybody else got a favorite?
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Something to wake up to for the folks who haven’t heard the good news yet. If you live under a rock or something, I’ll fill you in. Wayne is back. Rapping on other peoples’ beats. With minimal features, no autotune, and no guitars. For those of us who became true believers after Dedication 2, or even Drought 3, this is something to get juiced about. Likewise for those of us who thought “Prom Queen” left something to be desired. Without further adieu, let’s get to it. No Ceilings.
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I’m glad Wayne hopped on this. I wanted to slap this in the whip but Gucci and Plies don’t touch the stereo unless it’s on accident. Luckily, we’ve got Wayne. I guess the question that many of us are asking lies right before us. Has Wayne peaked? For the past 3 years we’ve witnessed the ascension, we’ve witnessed the process, but I wonder, can he really top himself? The relentless nature of Wayne’s production allows us to chart his progression song by song. He’s gotten our attention, so now we listen with a critical ear. The best artists keep us in anticipation. I wonder what Wayne will do next.
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The thing about putting the entire crew on is simply that everyone is not capable of carrying the torch. We’ve seen it time and time again. Nelly was running with the torch, passed it to Murphy Lee, he stumbled, passed it to Eminem, Em got the lead back and was front runnin, passed it to D12 and their shoelaces came undone, they threw it to 50 and he ran a lap around the competition, only to drop it back to Tony Yayo, and he fell on his face. This track is no different, Wayne & Drizzy come correct, even Nikki Minaj does her thing, but the rest of these YM bruhs leave a lot to be desired. First single off the YM compilation, whatchu think? Omarion on the hook.
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Pretty humorous to say the least. Hip hop’s biggest stars immortalized as Simpsons characters. Designed by Moxy Creative, each picture is available in hi-res for printing. The choices they make to define each character are amusing. Biggie’s Coogi sweater to Wayne’s moccasins. This is jokes.
This is how you do it. Swagga Like Us on steroids. This track is exciting. Off first listen you’re like, “Damn ok Drake, I see you, who’s next…” and it continues. It’s exciting. I hope there are more mega tracks like this in the future. So then the question becomes, who came the hardest?
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Wag came through with a gift. Something for the car. A quick reminder from Wayne. One of those tracks. Now, one may raise the question, when was this track made, was this recorded in ’07 and released in ’09? It would make a difference. Is this Wayne right now or old Wayne? Who knows. Perhaps we should just appreciate a dude just out here nearly redefining his craft. But this raises another question, who is running the game right now? Rebirth rattled Waynes throne, but a few tracks like this can secure the spot. Drizzy Yeezy and Jay are right there too. It’s nice. In a small way, hip hop is regaining its purity. The best rise to the top. It’s an exciting time. Everything is changing.
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When Tha Block Is Hot dropped, who would’ve ever imagined it would be like this? Lil’ Wayne was popular then. Now he’s a household name. He’s become the gold standard of rap, and ubiquitous (yeah we out here) amongst youth of all demographics and backgrounds. I can’t even count how many Weezy lyrics have been in folks facebook statuses over the past year.
M.I.A goes hard for that, going hard at the Grammys with a baby on board. You know Kanye is fresh when he can have a fucked up haircut and nobody says anything. Jay is like the Marlon Brando of the crew. This is tight but kiiiiiiinnnnddddaa weak. I like the B/W though. Wayne still probably goes the hardest.They should’ve done more choreographed moves to really just kill it, then they could combine all of their individual swagger to have the most swagged out Grammy performance. Instead the swag of the performance plateaus at like a 9.1 on the swagger scale. T.I should’ve gone third Wayne should’ve wrapped it up. I’m inspired.
Wayne is pretty exceptional at talking shit, but he’s often at his best when he’s talking from personal experience. “Single” like say, “Something You Forgot” catches Wayne describing the kind of relationship problems many of us are too familiar with. Fights, trust issues. That type of shit. Set to a woozy backdrop of reversed guitars, this is one of the strangest, but also one of the more interesting tracks on the mixtape. An ode to being “single for the night”. Oh, and just to cover all the bases, you can download the full, official version of No Ceilings here, complete with the four new tracks and higher quality audio. Personally I’m riding with “Wasted” as the hardest track. Ariel’s on the “Swag Surfin” though, and Camila fucks with “Wayne on Me”. Anybody else got a favorite?
