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Post by whatitlooklike on Jun 4, 2008 23:15:17 GMT -5
Hate to sound like a hater because I do like Wanye but he isn't going to sell that many records the first week. Most people have downloaded the single and got the bootleg already.
Also, isn't he in rehab I hear? Nobody has confirmed it but another baord I frequent mentioned it.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Jun 5, 2008 1:11:26 GMT -5
Now is this an amazing record or is this an amazing record.....
3 Peat - Great song! This is a really strong opening song. A Mr. Carter - Good song but it's not as strong as the opening song. B Comfortable - This really should be the next single. A+ Dr. Carter - I like the musicality of this song. It really builds up! A- Phone Home - Very experimental. Interesting record. I'm not sure this is a radio single but I like it. A- Tie My Hands - Very good song....it's almost churchy! A Mrs. Officer - Another good record. A Let the Beat Build - Fantastic record! I love this alot!!!!! A+ Shoot Me Down - This is AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC!!!!!! OMG this record is an event!!!! A+++ La La - This is some sick s**t!!! f**k! *bops head to the beat* A+ Play With Fire - This is okay. It's not connecting with me. B You Ain't Got Nothin' - This is a great song to drive to. You all know what that means....A Dont Get It - Decent song. I'm shocked no one mentioned this song. A- (if they shorten it)
The strongest hits are... Shoot Me Down, Comfortable, & Let The Beat Build
Lil' Wayne may have songs debuting all over the BB Hot 100 the week after his album release week.
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Post by sdot23 on Jun 9, 2008 15:55:26 GMT -5
Got my copy today!
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Post by shaq91 on Jun 9, 2008 16:51:52 GMT -5
Got my copy today! kool! im getting mines tmrw. where did u get it?
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Post by sdot23 on Jun 9, 2008 19:36:49 GMT -5
Got it at Best Buy. It was $9.99, totally worth it.
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Post by shaq91 on Jun 9, 2008 21:33:20 GMT -5
Got it at Best Buy. It was $9.99, totally worth it. they already had it? ima get the deluxe edition tmrw though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2008 10:05:51 GMT -5
There's no review on Pitchfork today. That's kinda odd.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jun 10, 2008 10:57:17 GMT -5
Out today in the USA!!
Target $9.98 (DE $11.98) Best Buy $9.99 Circuit City $9.99 (DE $11.99)
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 10, 2008 10:58:38 GMT -5
Time to get this.
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Post by shaq91 on Jun 10, 2008 16:13:06 GMT -5
i bought the deluxe edition in best buy today!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2008 19:16:53 GMT -5
I just got the last 3 copies in Target, one for my brother, one for my cousin, and one for myself.
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Post by rtbmn07 on Jun 11, 2008 1:39:01 GMT -5
Hate to sound like a hater because I do like Wanye but he isn't going to sell that many records the first week. Most people have downloaded the single and got the bootleg already. Also, isn't he in rehab I hear? Nobody has confirmed it but another baord I frequent mentioned it. Oh really? You couldn't be more wrong.
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Post by SO.UNCOOL™ on Jun 11, 2008 5:52:23 GMT -5
The album is expected to do 850,000-950k in the first week which will make it the biggest opening week numbers so far in 2008 beating out Mariah. Congrats Wayne!
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Post by whatitlooklike on Jun 11, 2008 7:33:14 GMT -5
Hate to sound like a hater because I do like Wanye but he isn't going to sell that many records the first week. Most people have downloaded the single and got the bootleg already. Also, isn't he in rehab I hear? Nobody has confirmed it but another baord I frequent mentioned it. Oh really? You couldn't be more wrong. And that was a week ago...right. ::)I did go out and purchase this album. I know people have it on bootleg already and thought that would effect his sales but I was wrong and said this way before the HITS prediction because it leaked kind of early and I am not a psychic and cannot forsee the future. But I don't think he'll sell a million the first week. I think he'll do 600 k.
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Post by sdot23 on Jun 11, 2008 9:57:50 GMT -5
I previously guessed 650k but I think it will closer to 800k.
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Post by Minor Scratch on Jun 11, 2008 10:28:16 GMT -5
Does anyone know the prices on where this is being sold, and what are included on the iTunes and Deluxe editions?
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 11, 2008 10:47:20 GMT -5
This album is a #1 stunna! Wayne is sooo weird though but I like that about him. I need to hear his older albums. I only know his stuff he did when he was really young (just the singles) and Fireman. I don't really listen to that much hip-hop anymore besides Kanye, Jay Z and Nas, occasionally...just mostly the older hip-hop from the 80s and 90s. Sometimes, I think he gets carried away because he is too high and just rambles and says nonsense but when he is on, he is ON...as he is for most of this album. I fly and go hard like geese erection is probably my new favorite line of all time, lol.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 11, 2008 10:49:57 GMT -5
Well, I know that the ITUNES version has a bonus song about a prostitute (Prostitute 2 I think it's called...though it could be about his mom Cita because I heard she was a prostitute as well...) Three of the best songs on the album (Playing With Fire, Let The Beat Build and Mrs. Officer) are actually considered bonus songs so be careful. I went to Best Buy and all of the regular (i.e. non-deluxe versions) were $9.99 but some had 13 songs and others had the 3 bonus songs. The deluxe version was like $11.99 and had The Leak EP with it. I think that had 4 bonus songs, including Kush and Gossip.
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Post by Myeahhh. on Jun 11, 2008 13:46:00 GMT -5
850k-950k first week sales. WOW. Congrats to Weezy, if anyone deserves it, it's him.
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Post by Overcome on Jun 11, 2008 13:47:14 GMT -5
my god. how?
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Post by OH SNAP! on Jun 11, 2008 13:54:51 GMT -5
Easy. 850-950 thousand people went to the store and bought the album. It's not rocket science!
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Post by sdot23 on Jun 11, 2008 14:15:57 GMT -5
Weezy is absolutely killing it! I'm shocked he'll sell close to a 1 million in a week!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 15:13:54 GMT -5
This album is a #1 stunna! Wayne is sooo weird though but I like that about him. I need to hear his older albums. I only know his stuff he did when he was really young (just the singles) and Fireman. I don't really listen to that much hip-hop anymore besides Kanye, Jay Z and Nas, occasionally...just mostly the older hip-hop from the 80s and 90s. Sometimes, I think he gets carried away because he is too high and just rambles and says nonsense but when he is on, he is ON...as he is for most of this album. I fly and go hard like geese erection is probably my new favorite line of all time, lol. You have to check out Da Drought 3 mixtape. I'm loving this album and have been listening to it all day at work. Good thing the two offices on either side of me are empty today. ;)
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Post by rydeordie on Jun 11, 2008 16:09:56 GMT -5
I can't believe it's flopping so hard
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 10:22:02 GMT -5
8.7 on Pitchfork 84 on Metacritic 1,000,000 possibly sold in the first week
I'm so proud! :o
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 12, 2008 10:32:19 GMT -5
Is your "got paper" quote from Weezy F Baby? I am not surprised at all the good reviews. Critics LOVE this kooky man! Now, so do I!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 11:37:26 GMT -5
Is your "got paper" quote from Weezy F Baby? I am not surprised at all the good reviews. Critics LOVE this kooky man! Now, so do I! Yes it is. Wayne comes up with more quotable lines than anyone.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 12, 2008 11:49:59 GMT -5
^Yeah he does. He's so sick, I could never think of what he spits.
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Jun 12, 2008 14:24:52 GMT -5
Lil Wayne Tha Carter III by Dave Hughes Posted: June 8, 2008 As he'll be happy to tell you, New Orleans's Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive. He has been for some time—probably since his 2006 mixtape Dedication 2, though there's some debate on the length of his reign. Few, however, dispute the self-evident truth of his dominance. Jay-Z and Kanye West both show up on his latest album, Tha Carter III, and their appearances read like kings paying tribute. When Jay appropriates Weezy's stumblebum free-association on the resolutely kick-ass "Mr. Carter," which features a beat by Just Blaze that would be right at home on The Blueprint, it sounds like a tardy passing of the torch. This is Wayne's first studio effort as the reigning king of the hill—it's been delayed, and therefore anticipated, for years—and he's in fine form throughout. On tracks like the diamond-hard single "Milli," the dazzlingly meta "Dr. Carter" and the slyly perverted "Mrs. Officer," he displays all of the rock-solid rhythmic confidence, swaggering long-windedness and technical invention that might be expected of someone who's going for the G.O.A.T. Listening to him nail a verse, phrase by phrase, strangely always seeming to fall into brilliant metaphors while struggling for breath, is an exhilarating experience. Wayne is capable of simulating improvisation in a way that imbues rehearsed lines with the kind of high-wire thrills one might most readily identify with jazz virtuosos or sports superstars. Witness his take on beef, from "Mr. Carter": "Man, I got summer hatin' on me 'cause I'm hotter than the sun/I got spring hatin' on me 'cause I ain't ever sprung/Winter hatin' on me 'cause I'm colder than ya'll/And I would never, I would never, I would never fall/I'm bein' hated by the seasons/So fuck ya'll hatin' for no reason." What's clearly a constructed verse sounds on record like it's just randomly occurring to Wayne, which is the sort of nifty trick we might expect from the best rapper alive. And yet…while there are a lot of similarly great moments here, Carter III is not the definitive statement of Wayne's mastery that he clearly intended it to be. The cover boldly references Biggie's Ready to Die, and many of Weezy's lyrics make it clear that he thinks of himself as having a ready claim to membership in the hip-hop pantheon. He raps, "The next time you mention Pac, Biggie and Jay-Z, don't forget Weezy, baby." But the difference between Wayne and those rappers is that each of them made at least one titanic masterpiece of a record. Carter III, for all its charms, isn't quite up to those standards. It's not for a lack of quality control, as almost all of the songs here are good. (And people seem to like "Lollipop," which seems passable as far as idiotic pornographic ringtones go.) But as a collective context for one another, these tracks leave something to be desired. For one thing, there are 16 of them. For another, the album has a bit of an identity crisis. Is it a classy, modern Kanye-soul record, like "Comfortable" and the standout Katrina hymn "Tie My Hands" might indicate? Is it a T-Pain-aping Auto-Tune future-hop record, as the singles advertise? Is it a quirky statement, as typified by the somewhat slack political treatise "Dontgetit" and "Dr. Carter"? Well, yes and no. One could easily pick and choose from the songs here to make a more coherent 12-track album; such a record would likely have more immediate impact. But it'd also be kind of painful to cut anything. In this way, Carter III is the Sizzler of rap albums: full of options, and almost punishingly gluttonous. Of course, it's possible to view the album's lack of focus as a feature, and not a bug—as the best possible studio-contained statement of Wayne's restless talent. This is a rapper whose best work has sprawled across half a dozen mixtapes, instead of any particular one, after all. Perhaps coherent sequencing is too much to ask. Link: slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1407
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 12, 2008 14:40:56 GMT -5
I never agree with their reviews anyway. The overall response to this is extremely positive.
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