DISCOGRAPHY: Tha Block is Hot (1999) Lights Out (2000) 500 Degreez (2002) The Carter (2004)The best Lil Wayne songs find the self-proclaimed best rapper alive mastering hooks, dominating guest spots, and out-rapping the competition with ease.Across Lil WayneвЂ™s discography, his mixtapes and studio albums have always been treated as separate entities: the former featuring WayneвЂ™s most creative work, and the latter home to his more polished material. I know DJs love to put out a new mixtape every week of the same old weezy tracks, my collection below are only mixtapes that showcased the newest Wayne tracks at the time. My collection of Lil Wayne Albums and all of his best mixtapes.

Reply Notify me 7 Helpful kida999 ApReport Lil Wayne On March 26th, E-40 will release three albums together, Block Brochure. Listen to his music from 2004 - 2008 and you will understand why he was the best rapper alive back then, he had put out mixtapes on album level multiple times. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Lil Wayne at the Discogs Marketplace.

вЂњWalk InвЂќ ( Tha Carter, 2004)If Tha Carter is the project that foreshadowed the career-defining run that Lil Wayne would go on during the mid-to-late 2000s, then its opening track, вЂњWalk In,вЂќ is the moment he hit the launch button. Nevertheless, itвЂ™s fair to argue that вЂњBring It BackвЂќ is still superior, a true ode to New Orleans bounce music that rings out like pure Southern party rap. After the former failed to make noise in the summer of 2004, the latter hit airwaves that October, giving Wayne his first hit, and in turn, making him a borderline pop star. Of course, the opposite happened. Alas, four years after the track was first teased, the two let loose on вЂњMona Lisa,вЂќ a standout from Tha Carter V, as the GOAT more than holds his own in the same ring as rapвЂ™s current king.In an alternate universe, вЂњBring It Back,вЂќ the first single released off Tha Carter, catapults Lil Wayne into the mainstream, making its second single, вЂњGo DJ,вЂќ nothing but gravy.

вЂњOpen LetterвЂќ ( Tha Carter V, 2018)For a rapper whoвЂ™s built his entire reputation on swagger, thereвЂ™s nothing quite like a vulnerable Lil Wayne, the rare moments when he lowers his guard and lets listeners into his psyche. An exception, of course, is вЂњReceipt,вЂќ an underrated deep cut from C2, built on a Heatmakerz joint that samples the Isley Brothers' 'Lay Away.' Arguably one of the most underrated songs in his discography, it serves as an ode to his then-girlfriend Trina, and is the closest WayneвЂ™s ever come to actually sounding romantic, showering her with lines like, вЂњ My daughter want another / Sister or brother / And you looking like a mother.вЂќ 26. вЂњJohn,вЂќ released as the second single four months after he returned home from prison, is one of these moments, with Wayne sounding refreshed, energetic, and hungry, intent on reaffirming his place as the Best Rapper Alive.Lil Wayne has never shied away from revealing his emotions, but when speaking on current or ex-lovers, heвЂ™s always tip-toed the line between lust and love, known to prefer the former. Granted, he still picked his spots, which amounted to flashes of brilliance peppered throughout the album. Rick Ross ( Tha Carter IV, 2011)On Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne sounded dispirited, and rightfully so, considering that the album was recorded after his eight-month stint in Rikers, following a run of seven straight years in which heвЂ™d operated at the peak of his powers, flooding the market with an endless supply of classic material.

And so, by 2004, Birdman put all his energy (and funding) behind Wayne and Tha Carter, with вЂњBM J.R.,вЂќ the fourth track on the album, serving as the first time the father-son relationship was mentioned on wax. After establishing itself as the Bad Boy of the South during the late-вЂ90s, infighting led to the departures of the labelвЂ™s then-biggest starsвЂ”Juvenile and B.G.вЂ”while the young upstart tasked with leading the company into the next generation, Lil Wayne, had struggled to answer the bellВ on his first three albums. вЂњHit Em UpвЂќ ( Tha Carter II, 2005)In the early-2000s, Cash Money was at a crossroads.

вЂњFly OutвЂќ ( Tha Carter II, 2005)Lil Wayne wouldnвЂ™t have been faulted for taking his foot off the gas on вЂњFly Out,вЂќ the closing statement off Tha Carter II. In hindsight, itвЂ™s a snapshot of what was on the horizon, with the 22-year-old rapper set to begin a three-year run comprised of dizzying highs and constant output. The song is four minutes of pure energy, as a breathless Wayne performs at full capacity. The breakneck speed at which he was working was felt in every inch of space on the albumвЂ™s opener, вЂњ3 Peat.вЂќ Wayne begins his verse as if he was already in the middle of rapping when the engineer pressed record, perfectly setting the tone for the rest of the album with just one 40-bar verse.If you pretend the tracks on Tha CarterВ were recorded in the order in which they are sequenced, then track 20, вЂњAinвЂ™t That a Bitch,вЂќ points in the direction Lil Wayne was already heading in at the time of its June 2004 release.

OfficerвЂќ), it never had a chance to stand out on the radio and, among diehards, it was, though maybe unfairly, overshadowed by fan favorites вЂњMr. Babyface ( Tha Carter III, 2008)вЂњComfortable,вЂќ released as the fifth and final single from Tha Carter III, was a victim of circumstance: following on the heels of the albumвЂ™s four Platinum singles (вЂњLollipop,вЂќ вЂњA Milli,вЂќ вЂњGot Money,вЂќ and вЂњMrs. Released as the first single from Tha Carter II, вЂњFiremanвЂќ became WayneвЂ™s first Platinum single, proving that the success of вЂњGo DJвЂќ was no fluke while putting the rest of the rap game on noticeвЂ”a new superstar was waiting in the wings. At first glance, everythingвЂ”from its corny title to a forgettable chorus and on-the-nose beatвЂ”seems mawkish, until, that is, Lil Wayne starts rapping and the sheer force of his personality creates a hit. Nevertheless, he ended the project with arguably the greatest closing statement in hip-hop history, cementing his claim as the new King, rapping, вЂњ Chaperone of the South I got my coast / Yeah, and until I die IвЂ™m thaВ / Tha tha, tha thaвЂ”tha best rapper alive.вЂќOn paper, вЂњFiremanвЂќ shouldnвЂ™t work.

Lil Wayne Mixtapes 2004