Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter VI' Has A Weezer Sample And Collabs With Bono, Jelly Roll, & Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter VI' Has A Weezer Sample And Collabs With Bono, Jelly Roll, & Lin-Manuel Miranda

Right now, most of the Stereogum staff is in Barcelona for the Primavera Sound Festival, so we have missed out on important cultural developments like Lil Wayne releasing an album that everybody hates. For a little while, Wayne has been making big promises about Tha Carter VI, the latest entry in a beloved series of albums that’s been going for over two decades. I saw tons of people euphorically dunking on this new record before I heard a note o…

Lil Wayne Ends Seven-Year Drought With “Tha Carter VI”

Source: Lauren Leigh Bacho / Getty Weezy F. Baby and the F is for finally After a seven-year drought, Lil Wayne drops a new installment in his iconic “Carter” series with Tha Carter VI. This classic series has long been a staple in Hip-Hop culture, highly anticipated by fans and critics alike. Tha Carter I marked Wayne’s arrival on the national scene with bangers like “Go DJ.” By Carter II, he had begun maturing into his own sound, striking a ba…