NEW YORK, NY (Universal Records) - Cash Money signature artist and crescent city superstar
Lil Wayne brings the heat with his newest album, Tha Carter II - in stores now, with The NY Times already hailing the much anticipated album as a masterpiece, raving that Tha Carter II " ... is an impressive CD, and in some sense historic..." The video for the debut sizzling single, "
Fireman" is currently the No 1 most played video on MTV2 and BET. Accolades for Tha Carter II continues to pour in from taste making magazines such as Rolling Stone, which proclaims that Wayne's "... fifth solo CD finds him in excellent lyrical command ."
Other notable tracks include one of the New York Times' picks, the "woosey, bluesy" highlight, "Shooter." The song is a departure from Wayne's early musical formula, flexing a more complex lyrical delivery and rhyme scheme as he addresses the regionalism so pervasive in hip-hop: "So many doubt cuz I come from the south/But when I open up my mouth, all the bullets come out .... it's outrageous/you know how sick you make us/I wanna throw up like chip in Vegas/But this is Southern face it/If this is too simple then y'all don't get the basics." The tracks from the breakthrough disc include "Money On My Mind," "Hustler Musik," and "Grown Man," which features Young Money Records protege Currency.
Along with Tha Carter II, the 23-year old rapper also simultaneously released a deluxe package of Tha Carter II which contains the new CD and a chopped and screwed version of some of Lil Wayne's biggest songs including: "Go DJ," "Tha Block is Hot," "Get Off The Corner" as well as the new single, "Fireman."
Lil Wayne was born and raised in the infamous poverty-stricken section of New Orleans - the 17th Ward. His rise to stardom came in 1995 at the tender age of 12 when he made his debut on his former label mates' B.G's True Story CD. Shortly thereafter, the rap prodigy garnered national attention as a member of the group, Hot Boys, which consisted of rappers Juvenile, Turk and B.G., with their 1997 debut album, Get It How You Live, followed by 1998's platinum certified Guerilla Warfare and 2003's Let Em Burn. Success continued to follow Lil Wayne, as a solo artist, his debut CD, 1999's Tha Block Is Hot reached platinum status and was a No 1 Billboard Album. He later released in 2000, Lights Out, 500Degreez in 2002 and his defining album, 2004's gold certified, Tha Carter, which featured the hit single "Go DJ."
Lil Wayne is currently winding down a national tour with fellow Southern rapper T.I. and Young Jeezy.
