Lil Wayne is making a rock album

Shroom · #1 02-02-2009, 06:33 PM

Yup, it's true. I didn't read up on it too much, but apparently he picked up guitar and decided to venture into the world of rock. Here's a link to his single "Prom Queen."

I think it's kinda cool that he's not just being another unoriginal rapper, but it also kind of saddens me that he'll probably be praised as a genius for his crummy, simplistic rock, while good but little-known bands out there will continue to struggle for some time in the lime light.

What are your thoughts, TB?

baalroo · #2 02-02-2009, 06:41 PM

I read "simplistic pop artist is making a slightly different simplistic pop album." Big deal.

gnome_hunter · #3 02-02-2009, 06:41 PM

I think that its great that hes being different than alot of other rappers. we will see how it turns out.

keb · #4 02-02-2009, 07:44 PM

Link is dead, but I Youtubed it...

Yipes, Autotune-as-an-effect in full effect. Ewwww...

Damn you Cher for starting that crap!

Ripper · #5 02-02-2009, 08:04 PM

if you read the lyrics to understand them... it makes the song a lot more bearable... you can start to ignore the autotune...

if it was sung by anyone else in the world it would be better

Kwesi · #6 02-02-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by keb

Link is dead, but I Youtubed it...

Yipes, Autotune-as-an-effect in full effect. Ewwww...

Damn you Cher for starting that crap!

At least you could dance to Cher's stuff. Wildly and eratically but it was dancable, lol.

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Originally Posted by Ripper

if you read the lyrics to understand them... it makes the song a lot more bearable... you can start to ignore the autotune...

In my opinion, if the music alone can't hold its own then it's not worth listening to. A song shouldn't need lyrics to save it from being trash. But I suppose that because I don't listen to lyrics much anyway.

Zombbg4 · #7 02-02-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by keb

Link is dead, but I Youtubed it...

Yipes, Autotune-as-an-effect in full effect. Ewwww...

Damn you Cher for starting that crap!

+1000000000!

Infernal Affair · #8 02-03-2009, 11:19 AM

Cher used autotune for pop music way before, but the fad started up again in the hip hop/r&b community because of T-Pain. Now EVERYONE uses it, and what's annoying is that most use it in place of any actual singing talent.

Honestly, I don't get Lil Wayne's popularity. He's a little crazy and unique, but he hasn't done anything all that different since his Hot Boys days. When people started labeling him as amazing then I thought, "Hey. Maybe I should check him out again." Definitely not impressed.

baalroo · #9 02-03-2009, 02:34 PM

wow, I got bored and actually listened to that single. It's even lamer than I expected. Talk about generic pop crap.

Ripper · #10 02-03-2009, 02:58 PM

the problem with the autotune in this is not that he uses it, but he used the garageband autotune and timing enhance on max...

sarcastro83 · #11 02-03-2009, 02:59 PM

Who is Lil' Wayne?

Pilgrim · #12 02-03-2009, 05:15 PM

I listened to about 30 seconds. Dreck, as far as I'm concerned. No appeal to me at all.

uethanian · #13 02-03-2009, 09:23 PM

put lipstick on a pig, and its still a pig

give lil' wayne a guitar and...well its just stupid

Infernal Affair · #14 02-04-2009, 10:22 AM

In a somewhat related note, while reading Real World Audio by Peter Kirn, I found out that Cher's "Believe" did NOT use Autotune. Kirn's blog, Create Digital Music, has a post on it.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/1...orever-or-not/

Not that you can't recreate the effect using Autotune.

**baba** · #15 02-04-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Shroom

What are your thoughts, TB?

My thoughts are that the music will suck or not suck. What that means for little known bands or rap is irrelevant.

pigsonthewing · #16 07-30-2009, 03:32 AM

lil wayne is a kabob made of elephant feces wrapped in the bloody skin of a horses c***, and grilled.

acubass · #17 07-30-2009, 02:24 PM

I think it is interesting for rappers to go out and do this BUT......

What is up with using that autotune crap? It doesn't belong in rock. It ruins the song which i though was kinda cool till i heard the autotune.

My .02

Jimmy Bones · #18 07-30-2009, 03:57 PM

I gotta say, while I liked the music, I hated the lyrics.

Was amused by the juxtaposition of moshing and headbanging with the focal point of wayne looking 'thuggish' in the standard rapper way.

I think it has promise - he could be a pretty decent pop rocker, he certainly has the feeling in his vocals in the latter parts of the song - but there is a lot of stuff he has to stop doing to make it work, much less marketable.

Jared Lash · #19 07-30-2009, 04:07 PM

It's almost as awesome as Chris Gaines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7fM_jAmpWw

knarleybass · #20 07-30-2009, 04:10 PM

I am not a big rapper guy but I like Little Wayne, good for him branching out