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Lil' Wayne

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2013

    Here Are All 80 Horrible Similes on Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being II

    Lil Wayne has just released his tenth studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II. Nowadays he sometimes feels like an old man playing catch-up in a style he practically invented. Whereas as recently as 2007 we were getting vivid gems like "I'm so motherfuckin' high, I could eat a star," now we're just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2013

    Can You Match The Eyes To The Rapper They Belong To?

    This is a ridiculous thing, to be sure; a game birthed in the crevices of 2 a.m. emails and WAY TOO MANY mp3s and SoundCloud links. And it's as simple as it is stupid as it is infinitythings. On the following page you'll find a picture of eight separate sets of eyes. Underneath the picture you'll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2013

    Lil Wayne 'Sitting Up, Drinking Water'

    By Ben Westhoff, reporting from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Reports of Lil Wayne's demise have been exaggerated, it would seem. The rapper tweeted tonight that he's fine. He was indeed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center near Beverly Hills. But reports that he was in a medically induced coma after a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2013

    Fuck Guilty Pleasures: In Defense of Common

    [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Rap only exists in extremes. Don't let the polite reviews of Lil Wayne's Carter IV fool you, for instance. It got lots of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2013

    Man Alleges Lil Wayne Entourage Member Smashed His Head With Skateboard

    Last year Downey, California-based bill poster Alfredo Marino saw Lil Wayne on Fairfax Avenue. He approached him hoping to get a photo, but says the encounter ended with a member of the rapper's entourage smashing him in the back of the head with a skateboard and sending him to the hospital. Marino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    My Teenage Students Teach Me About Jenni Rivera and Spanish Metal

    Every year I teach my eighth grade class about the moon phases. It's slightly confusing, I suppose, because of the nomenclature. I mean, TO BE ENTIRELY REDUCTIONIST, the actual process is pretty easy: the moon appears to change shape in the sky over the course of a lunar cycle because it is revolv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Jay Rock: Our Interview With Kendrick Lamar's About-to-Pop Crewmate

    Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city is the frontrunner for hip-hop album of the year, and one of its most discussed verses comes from his Black Hippy crewmate Jay Rock. Far from new to the game, Jay Rock has put out music both on major labels and independently, he's been in boardrooms and boarde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    What's the First Rap Song I Should Play For My Newborn Son?

    In maybe one or maybe eight or maybe two or maybe six days, my third son will be pulled from my wife's womb. (C-section life, bitches.) He has a name, but I'm not going to tell you what it is. If you want to refer to him as Boy C, that's cool. That'll do just fine, I imagine. There are a bunch of r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2012

    Lil Wayne's "No Worries": Why This Song Sucks

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Lil Wayne's "No Worries" See also: Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV History: "No Worries" is the ominous single from Lil Wayne's forthcoming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    Why Folks Are Complaining About Lil Wayne Breaking Elvis' Record - And Why They're Wrong

    Last week, rapper Lil Wayne added to his already-quite-substantial legacy by breaking Elvis Presley's record for most songs on the Hot 100 charts by a solo artist. Immediately, however, many began squawking that this record deserved an asterisks, a la Roger Maris' 61 home runs. See also: *My Broth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2012

    French Montana Tells Us How to Win the Ass-Shaking Competition He's Hosting Tonight

    See also: Popping That Ass: The Ladies Who Won Diplo's Contest Tonight rapper French Montana is hosting a party at a strip club, L.A.'s King of Diamonds Sin City. More specifically, it's a "'Pop That' Event," during which dancers will compete by twerking to Montana's wildly catchy summer anthem "Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2012

    Lil Wayne Isn't the Only Musician Who Hates New York

    See also: Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV "I don't like New York," Lil Wayne said earlier this month, following a show he did in the city. His comments came out of his frustration for being arrested and jailed there, he explained. Still, New York State Senator Malcolm Smith promptly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    2 Chainz Has The Year's Funniest, Creepiest Sexual Boast

    [Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] Formerly known as "Tity Boy," Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is best known as a member of Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace crewand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    What the Dodgers' Musical Taste Says About Them

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Forget phrenology, both the overrated Roots album and the 19th-century pseudo-science. Ignore palmistry, psychotherapy and Rick Warren. The best way to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2012

    Nicki Minaj - Nokia Theatre - 8/8/12

    Nicki Minaj Nokia Theatre 8/8/12 Plenty at Nicki Minaj's show last night proved to be distractions -- lackluster choreography, tacky costumes that looked straight out of Target and no thematic cohesion. But it was more than that; she's clearly not ready to headline her own show. Last year, Minaj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2012

    These Five Rappers, Like Frank Ocean, Should Boycott Chick-fil-A

    See also: Frank Ocean - The Wiltern - 7/17/12 Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's? Depending on your political point of view, Chick-fil-A is either a patriotic chicken chain whose brass advocate "traditional" marriage or a homophobic gulag to be avoided. R&B singer F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    Let's Play 'Guess the Rapper'

    See also: KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days Below are some illustrations of rappers. (The top is an example.) They also contain hints to help you guess who they are. There are 15 total. If you miss more than three, you lose and everyone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

    LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Why Limp Bizkit on Cash Money Makes Sense

    See also: Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Limp Bizkit Had An Amazing Run It's confirmed: The Limp Bizkit-on-Cash Money era is upon us, whatever that might entail. We know because last week at the Laundry Bar in Melbourne, Austrailia, Bizkit/House of Pain turntabilist DJ Lethal spun "Ready to Go," the world ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Hip-Hop's Four Elements: The Old Ones Suck. Here's Our Suggestions for New Ones

    We've long thought hip-hop's "four elements" were bogus. Sure, back in the early days of the genre, rapping, DJing, graffiti writing and b-boying were interwoven into the culture. But c'mon. Even back then, it was pretty arbitrary. I mean, it's not like guys in the Bronx invented tagging. Cavemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    L.A. Flash Mob on the Red Line Sings Adorable Rendition of Lil Wayne's 'How to Love'

    Kelly Simpson/KCET"Flashmobber: Harlem gives a thumbs up"​Crazy things happening on the subway is not exactly an M.O. of Los Angeles. We admit, New York Shitty usually has us beat in this arena. (Turtles. Surfers. Naked, racist meltdowns. Homeless guys licking their own shoes. Zilla marches. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    The Most Popular Music Posts Of 2011

    Josh "CuriousJosh" ReissPeople are freaking psyched about this post​Man, y'all did some clicking this year. You must have had, like, a lot of time on your hands, or not been interested in advancing in your professions or hanging out with your family. Well, we at West Coast Sound salute you! We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Best Posts of the Week

    Kelly ClancyLionel Boyce​TGIF. Who's ready for a drink? We're here to offer you a bit of pregame entertainment, by way of our best West Coast Sound posts of the week. Let's start by bringing you up to date on our new columns. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out Odd Future member Lionel B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Why This Song Sucks: Birdman's "Y.U. Mad," featuring Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne

    ​By Shea Serrano Welcome to Why This Song Sucks, a new column from West Coast Sound. Unlike Fuck Guilty Pleasures, we're not arguing that something everyone hates on is actually good, we're arguing that certain songs blow. See, here's the thing: This existence, this music writer thing, is p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Wavves On How They Managed To Get Kicked Out Of Both The VMAs and Lil Wayne's Afterparty

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  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Top Five Most Tired Rap Cliches

    ​Last week we brought you the 60 worst Lil Wayne lines on Tha Carter IV. Those lyrics are bad mainly because Wayne has stopped exerting effort; he clearly used the first thing that came into his head, even if said thing was, "Nothing standing in my way/ Like nothing's my security." But give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Best Posts of the Week

    Christopher VictorioKreayshawn​After Silver Lake saw its Sunset Junction hopes and dreams come crashing down last Wednesday, West Coast Sound examined the fallout this week. First question: Where's my damn refund? Well, it turns out that if you bought discounted tickets at the Silver Lake Farm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Lil Wayne Freestyles Over Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" on Sorry 4 the Wait

    ​Hate her or love her, you can't deny Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci." The beat sticks in your head like bubblegum to your shoe on a hot-as-all-hell New Orleans' summer day. Guess it got lodged in Lil Wayne's brain, too, since his freestyle over the beat was just released. While we all wait throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Mash-Up of the Day: Lil Wayne the Soundtrack to "Escape from New York" = "Escape from Da Carter"

    ​You were probably thinking, "Man, I love that Lil Wayne, but I sure wish someone would mash up Weezy's raps with the Escape from New York soundtrack..." Alright, your prayers have been answered by an enterprising Danger Mouse-wannabe. Get ready to hear Escape from Da Carter, today's Mash-Up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Pulp Reunite, Best Coast / Marnie Stern Feud Continues, Rent 2 Damn High Guy Autotuned, and More News From Across the Universe

    Pulp Reunite, Best Coast / Marnie Stern Feud Continues, Rent 2 Damn High Guy Autotuned, and More News From Across the Universe

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Lady Rapper Pony P on Lil Wayne's Incarceration and Freedom: "I Wrote Him Letters Expressing My Concern, He Sent me Back a Bag of ______"

    Pony P celebrates Weezy's freedom.​Wheat germ? Probably not, but as readers may know, rapper Lil Wayne was released from Rikers Island yesterday after serving eight months on a gun possession charge. Even former president Bill Clinton was excited for the occasion (read on), and while some fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Is Sizzurp the New Absinthe? In Honor of T.I.'s Arrest, 10 Videos Inspired by the Purple-Eyed Demon

    In honor of rapper T.I.'s arrest last night, which may be sizzurp-related, we've assembled a selection of videos by artists celebrating the illegal purple drank (a combination of soda, codeine-rich cough syrup and, occasionally, Jolly Ranchers). There's so much lean-inspired music out there that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Across the Universe: Lil Wayne Plays Uno, Weezer to Play 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton,' Faith Evans Arrested

    Across the Universe: Lil Wayne Plays Uno, Weezer to Play 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton,' Faith Evans Arrested

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Lil' Wayne Documentary Sells Out, Adds Show Tonight

    LA Record reports that Cinefamily has added a second showing of the Sundance-endorsed documentary The Carter: Lil' Wayne tonight at 10:30 pm. Hurry and get your tickets. The original 8 pm showing for the film's LA premiere is already sold out. The Cinefamily is at what many people still call "th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Follow That Story: Lil Wayne Sues Producer After Being Sued by LA-Based Urband & Lazar Publishing

    Last fall the LA Weekly wrote a story about an LA-based publishing company, Urband & Lazar, who was suing Lil Wayne for using an uncleared sample in one of his mixtape songs, "Once," written by a singer named Karma-Ann Swanepoel. Wayne's song, "I Feel Like Dying," contains a chorus sung by Swanepoel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    SXSSXSW Day 4/Days Late (Pt. 1): On Rap/Rock, The Legacy of the Beasties, and Asher Roth Vs. The Knux

    Other than freshman Delta Sigma Theta rushes at Cal-State Chico, no substrata of the American population has worse taste in rock than rappers. Sure, your little brother likes Fall Out Boy, but eventually, he's going to grow up and discover The Clash, then weed, then hopefully Junior Murvin and Lee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Lil Wayne Announces Springtime Gibson Amphitheatre Show

    Hopefully it'll be with the New Orleans musicians he gigged with at the Grammys, but we're not holding our breath. Just as long as its not Lil Wayne's "rock project." The date is Sunday, March 29. Tix go on sale Saturday, Feb 21 at 1 p.m., but they're through Ticketmaster, so it's not like you hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    2008's Top Ten Pop Songs

    By Annie Zaleski Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

    By Rob Harvilla And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying melange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Weiss' 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

    25. Prafit-"Nice Weather" The nice weather is long gone--the ostensibly immutable Los Angeles sun blotted by kidney colored clouds and cold rain. So Prafit's ode to the sizzle of July feels like an antique postcard documenting endless light, chicken breasts smothered in BBQ sauce, and basement ... More >>

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    L.A. Music Publisher's Suit Against Lil Wayne Threatens to Rewrite Rules on Mixtapes

    Karma policed

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Live in LA: Lil Wayne at House of Blues, June 16

    Lil Wayne at the House of Blues, June 16, 2008 All photos by Timothy Norris How did this little dude with a mouthful of gold and a head full of rhymes become the biggest music industry story of the year? With his cartoon good looks -- glistening gold teeth too big for his mouth, dreadlocks too l ... More >>

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    Lil Wayne The Carter III

    Eclectic giddy fun

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    Gettin' Giddy With Lil Wayne

    Few contemporary rappers are more fun to listen to

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Lil Wayne to Play House of Blues on June 16

    I'll post Lil Wayne's incendiary anti-Bush song, "Georgia Bush," any chance I get, as most people don't know one of the best protest songs of the 21st century. Released as the last track on DJ Drama and Lil Wayne's Dedication 2 mixtape that dropped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Weezy, a New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Record cover design finally catches up with "the new ugly"?

    Race to the bottom: Lil Wayne vs. Weezer. Worstest record cover wins.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Weiss' Muxtape #1-Science and Metaphors Will Slow Up the Dough

      I've resisted the Muxtape meme that's been spreading across the blogosphere over the past month, but when Goathair of the very excellent Blowtorch blog, asked me why I hadn't made one to entertain him at work, I didn't really have much of an answer other than mumbling a few asides about th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Wale: Actually Worth the Hype

    The buzz surrounding the 23-year old Washington DC rapper Wale has grown pretty loud in the last month or two. Everyone from Entertainment Weekly to Rolling Stone and XXL have profiled the guy. Hell, Urb even put him on the cover of their150th issue (Though I'll admit that when I saw Wale surround ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2007 Pt. 2 (#19-15)

    This list has very little to do with Back to the Future II. However, I am writing it from the inside of a Delorean. 19. Pete Rock ft. Styles P & Sheek Louch-"914" Released by Nature Sounds in January as the single from Pete Rock' s still shelved New York's Finest record, "914" has inevitably bec ... More >>

  • Music

    November 22, 2007

    Mixed Messages

    The mixtape scene slowly rebounds nearly a year after DJ Drama’s bust

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