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Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Mon, Jul 11, 2011 by Danny M

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Here, we have an excerpt from XXL Magazine‘s interview with Lil Wayne for their July/August 2011 issue that will be on newsstands tomorrow (July 12th), and some pics from their photo shoot! You can view the photos below, along with the excerpt were Weezy talks about celebrating with the Mavericks, Tha Carter IV, writing, being a father, and retiring.

Here at Miami’s Hit Factory recording studio, where the Young Money rapper is chilling with his crew, everybody cracks up as a camera-phone photo is passed around the room. The picture is of Lil Wayne, who bursts out laughing himself.

Taken last night, Sunday, June 12, the picture shows the international rap superstar and Young Money Entertainment owner standing with one hand on his hip and the other around the NBA’s Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy—which had just been won by Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks, with whom he happened to be partying in celebration at Club Liv in Miami Beach.

“We had fun,” says Wayne of his night with Dirk and Jason Kidd and Jason Terry and team owner Mark Cuban, who brought the trophy to the club. “Y’all know I’m a Laker fan. They knocked my Lakers out pretty terribly. So, you know, I’m coming from the old school. I’m old-fashioned. Can’t beat ’em, join ’em. Before the postseason, people ask you, ‘Who you pick?’ I picked the Lakers. When your team loses, they say, ‘Who you pick?’ You pick the team that beat your team. That’s who I’d picked. I had picked Dallas in six. They did that. And like I said, they were in the club last night. We chilled. We had fun with Dirk. We did. We kicked it with Mark. The trophy came around a few times to our section. We took a few pictures with it, you know, all in fun. Everybody just had fun, enjoyed themselves.”

Wayne, who moved to Miami from his hometown, New Orleans, six years ago, has had The Hit Factory booked out for his Young Money/Cash Money family since November, and as usual, he can’t wait to record. The long-delayed, hugely anticipated sequel to 2008’s three-million-selling Tha Carter III is finally in the can—with beats from the likes of Bangladesh, Polow Da Don, Swizz Beatz and Boi-1da; features from Busta Rhymes, Bun B, will.i.am, Cee Lo, John Legend, Tech N9ne and, of course, Wayne’s Young Money crew; plus an album-closing posse cut with Shyne, Jadakiss and Nas. But Tha Carter IV won’t be in stores ’til August, so tonight the tatted-up MC is focused on a mixtape, Sorry 4 the Wait, that he will release in the meantime. He’s three songs in and wants to record two more tonight. But it’s a hectic atmosphere at the studio. Besides T-Streets, Cash Money owners Baby and Slim, Wayne’s managers Cortez Bryant and Gee Roberson, and various other staff and support, All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has stopped in to show love, along with rising Oakland rapper Lil B, who arrives—wearing a YMCMB sweatshirt—with the teenage Young Money rep Lil Twist and the company president, Mack Maine.

“It’s amazing, man,” Lil B says about the experience of working with Young Money. “I got love for Mack and the whole crew. It’s an amazing boost of confidence. Respecting them for so long and them being such a big influence, like, Birdman and stuff. This is…man, a movie. You put everything in perspective. It’s amazing. This is history.”

XXL: Tha Carter IV is coming this summer. It’s probably the most anticipated album since Tha Carter III. It’s all wrapped up now?

Lil Wayne: Yeah, it is. I’m just chillin’ right now. Partyin’ with the Dallas Mavericks, and shit like that. Ain’t really doing too much right now.

How do you know when an album is done? When to stop?

You don’t. When they tell you. When ’Tez call me and tell me and say, “You got such and such date is your deadline to stop,” I be like, “Aight.” ’Cause I never stop recording, obviously. So it’s just on him to say, “Okay, stop. We’re gonna pick these songs, and that’s the album.” That’s how we do it.

I remember, before you went to prison, there was talk about there being a version of Tha Carter IV that was finished, that was going to be released the day you came home in November. Obviously, that never came out, and you’ve been recording a whole new version of the album since then. What’s going on with all of the old songs that you had?

We still think some of them deserve to be heard. So I revise ’em and go and touch ’em, see what I can do to make them better songs. And if that works, once I do that, we’ll use it. If not… Another thing what usually happens is, I usually listen to the song and be like, “Yeah, that’s too old. I don’t like that no more.” And Mack or another one of my artists will be like, “Nigga, you trippin’! Can I have it?” And it becomes their song. And other than that, the only other thing that happens is it ends up on my iPad, and I just listen to it forever. Y’all don’t hear it. [Laughs] A couple females hear it.

So now that the album’s done, artistically, the new songs, what can we expect? I know it’s really, like, no boundaries with you.

Yeah. Like I told somebody the other day, I’m not a situation rapper. I don’t make songs. Like, a lot of people go, “I make a song about this, what happened.” Perfect example, perfect song: Kanye’s “All of the Lights.” It’s a great song, but if you listen to the verses, he’s talking about some situation. I don’t know if he made the situation up; he may be talking about a situation we know about. I don’t know how to do that. I’m not a situation rapper. I can’t really speak about us sitting in this room right now, because my mind… I got ADD, I guess. When it’s time for me to create, I can’t sit and think about… After I think of one line, my mind done went to another subject.

I believe that people enjoy that about me. So that’s all you’re gonna get when you hear Tha Carter IV is just more of me. And like I told somebody, when I was tellin’ ’em about this, I told ’em I don’t have to be a situation rapper, which I would love to be. I would love to tell stories like Biggie. But I just don’t know how, ’cause my mind just… I’m here and there, everywhere with my music and with my thoughts period.

What is good about me is that I’m an interesting muthafucka. I’m Dwayne Michael Carter period! Whether I’m a rapper or not, I’m interesting. And that’s what my album’s gonna be about: me and how interesting I am.

I know you picked up the pen and pad again while you were away. Did you pull a T.I. and actually physically write out the new album before recording?

No, no. I mean, I was only writing when I was locked up. And I came home and I used most of the stuff that I wrote that was able to be used. But, of course, some of the stuff that I was thinking in there was without hearing what was going on out here. So when you apply them thoughts to what’s actually going on, that shit sound crazy. [Laughs] So I scratched a lot of that. But, nah, I ain’t writing. [Laughs] I’m writing phone numbers down… Business phone numbers! I ain’t mean no female phone numbers! I got a girl, ya dig! She’s 12. Her name is Reginae. Go ’head.

Your daughter, you mean. It must be good to come home and get to spend more time with your kids.

I’m bowing out gracefully, too. I’m bowing out still on top. I’ma make y’all want me when I retire. I’ma make y’all be like, “Nooo!”

I ain’t leaving out this bitch when y’all be like, “Yeah, it’s about time, dawg.” Carter IV might be my last one. I’ma make y’all be like, “Fuck!” Yeah, nigga, I’m gone.

Nah, man, you know they ain’t gonna let you leave.

Nigga, I’m about to be 30 years old. I’m 28. I’m not about to be rapping at 30. You trippin’, shawty.

Do you remember, last time we talked, in this same studio, you said you were gonna do six more albums? Six Carter albums?

Yeah, I was gonna do six. I went to jail, nigga! Shit fucked—man, Carter IV would’ve been out! Nigga, we would’ve been talking about what we were gonna do about Carter V. Next year, bam, Carter VI would’ve been out, when I’m 30. Bam! We had that shit planned out… [Laughs] I’m fuckin’ wit’ y’all, man. Y’all know a nigga ain’t going nowhere ’til he ’bout 31. By 31—I’m gone by 31, shawty.

Thirty-one? I don’t believe that, man. Mack and them are not gonna let you hang it up. I see Baby still doing it.

Well, I’m not Baby. [Laughs]

Honestly, this is the real truth. I honestly think it’s unfair to my kids. I’m super dedicated into what I do. Like, it’s no questions—it’s hands down, I do this. I live this. I don’t have a day out my week that I do something else. I do this every day of my life, and I’m not about to stop, ’cause that’s the only way you can succeed in this business, is to do it the way I do it. I want to succeed the way I want to succeed. You can succeed. You can put out a hit… But to do it the way I want to do it, to be comfortable to do what the fuck I want to do, you’ve got to work like no other. Like I said, it’s unfair to my kids. So about 30, 31, 32, I gotta get ready. I got three boys and one daughter. She’s gonna be a teenager, and they gonna be growing. They gonna be five or six. It’s time to get them. Let them niggas know what being a man is about, what being a little boy is about. I’m not trying to have no nanny do that or no uncle or no shit like that. No stepdad or no shit like that. I was raised like, Don’t let no other man take care of yours. Even if you gotta take the sacrifice of quitting what you love the most. Like I said, I’m finished at about 31, 32. That’s it, shawty.

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

Lil Wayne Interview Excerpt From XXL Magazine x Pics From Photo Shoot

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135 Comments

  1. On July 11, 2011 at 11:27 pm antonl415 responded with...

    1st boiiiii -

  2. On July 11, 2011 at 11:28 pm antonl415 responded with...

    a but this magazine looks raw

  3. On July 11, 2011 at 11:28 pm shawn responded with...

    super tight pics

  4. On July 11, 2011 at 11:28 pm PADYBU responded with...

    beast

  5. On July 11, 2011 at 11:31 pm Jonas responded with...

    great!!

  6. On July 11, 2011 at 11:32 pm morris responded with...

    this is so fresh …top 5 hoes

  7. On July 11, 2011 at 11:32 pm ldfnvbldjfn responded with...

    goddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! they’re awesome <3

  8. On July 11, 2011 at 11:33 pm robotmonkey responded with...

    carter 4 finally gettn a lil buzz

  9. On July 11, 2011 at 11:33 pm Jonas responded with...

    He will retire at 30 Ö

  10. On July 11, 2011 at 11:33 pm pocket full responded with...

    danny will you be posting the scans tomorrow for people who cant buy the magazine ???

  11. On July 11, 2011 at 11:37 pm alex responded with...

    you popin maan

  12. On July 11, 2011 at 11:42 pm robotmonkey responded with...

    wayne is smart….he says he’s gonna retire so more people will go out and buy his last album and he also says he’s retiring because he wants to return to the rap game years from now so he’ll be off of probation and he can smoke weed and make great music again

  13. On July 11, 2011 at 11:47 pm stunna responded with...

    that last statement was real as fuck i respect that and when the day you hang um i will salute you

  14. On July 11, 2011 at 11:49 pm ronie responded with...

    never let this muthafucka retire

  15. On July 11, 2011 at 11:52 pm Luiseezy F. Crazy responded with...

    Damn i really am convince that wayne will retired by 30 something!! Fuck oh well!!

  16. On July 11, 2011 at 11:53 pm Ogeezy210 responded with...

    Fuk it I’ma go out n but it

  17. On July 11, 2011 at 11:57 pm mrT responded with...

    Wow 30. Seem like yesterday wen he made the block is hot. I’m definitely buy 2 Carter 4 album. Best rapper alive.

    TeamWeezy follow Mr_l_a_x

  18. On July 11, 2011 at 11:59 pm Mack Breezy responded with...

    carter iv will be a cklassic . . . lil wayne is a qenius.

  19. On July 12, 2011 at 12:01 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    it sounds like he actually does have lots of music ready for, but he really needs to stop being so selfish about the attention and just release it already. its late and all he talks about is retiring, well damn just drop it then and then u can talk about retiring but whats the point of making this thing so hyped up if ur just gonna drop out when u get the chance. c’mon wayne 2 years is a long time if all u do is write ryhmes

  20. On July 12, 2011 at 12:07 am mj responded with...

    What ever happened to d4, is that still going to be packaged with the album?
    Can someone reply please

  21. On July 12, 2011 at 12:10 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    y dont u google it?

  22. On July 12, 2011 at 12:12 am MR_YMCMB responded with...

    I guess my homie really will hang it up in a couple years

  23. On July 12, 2011 at 12:18 am zTunechi- responded with...

    Damnn.that last shit.is emotionallllll…Fuckin Hellll. I swer when he retires that will.be the day i shed a.tear for.a.guyNo Homo…. Lil wayne BEST RAPPER ALIVE PERIOD

  24. On July 12, 2011 at 12:21 am Stunna responded with...

    You will be the best rapper retired, Wayne. no doubt on that shit :D

  25. On July 12, 2011 at 12:28 am mj responded with...

    Do u think we will get the drake and weezy album before he retires, and the twayne album? I mean, c4 took 9 months…

  26. On July 12, 2011 at 12:29 am YMCMBLOOD responded with...

    wayne smoking that weed or what?????

  27. On July 12, 2011 at 12:32 am T.k responded with...

    he hide his hand @ the first pic in studio, with a lot of smoke

  28. On July 12, 2011 at 12:47 am Pauly D responded with...

    im from holland here we smoke every day niggaaaa

  29. On July 12, 2011 at 12:53 am Caterina responded with...

    It’s been available for a while…I got mine last week.

  30. On July 12, 2011 at 12:58 am Ror Rito responded with...

    retiring at 30/31 O:
    wtf man i thought he will retiring at 35 ????
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO weezy plss

  31. On July 12, 2011 at 1:05 am gabe responded with...

    im geetin so mad and pissed of when i hear this shit, 31??? nigga eminem is almost 40 and keep spittin hard as fuck. I think Wayne is smart, like he said…Ima make yall say nooo fuck noo…and then he will come back from nowhere and BAM!

  32. On July 12, 2011 at 1:15 am Ror Rito responded with...

    d4 is now sory 4 tha wait

  33. On July 12, 2011 at 1:20 am mj responded with...

    Wtf sorryforthe wait is d4??? R u sure? So drama is on the tape?

  34. On July 12, 2011 at 1:23 am lilwayne>allrappers responded with...

    wayne makes it impossible for anyone to know him. he might retire he might not but untill he does ima continue to support my favorite musician/ my inspiration for what i do.

  35. On July 12, 2011 at 1:24 am Ogeezy210 responded with...

    Big iPad fan I think weezy has the white one like me..uh

  36. On July 12, 2011 at 1:24 am JohnnyB responded with...

    last pic is dope…bet some of the pics will be used for somethin

  37. On July 12, 2011 at 1:30 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    wtf! no eminem on c4 but he let tech9 on it? thats some bullshit cuz tech is gonna rap battle that track and weezy is falling off… give eminem the diss he deserves weezy u know he would murder u!

  38. On July 12, 2011 at 1:32 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    kno what, idc ill see how this plays out. go ahead and let the fuck food fanatic get a spot on c4 ya country-pop sellout and we’ll see how classic lil wayne is….

  39. On July 12, 2011 at 1:33 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    btw^
    this is def. a anne videoshot… thanx for tha pix? forgot what u look like

  40. On July 12, 2011 at 1:44 am antonl415 responded with...

    @ gabe is right,, this dude planning on retiring at 30 sumthin is all a plan,,everything this dude does has a purpose in what he’s tryin to do in the future,,,beleedaht

  41. On July 12, 2011 at 1:45 am mj responded with...

    Nah I think tech would be sick on c4. Em would fuck up c4 by talking about how his dog died or whatever. No love was horrible, tech is better suited for the album than that emo rapper

  42. On July 12, 2011 at 1:47 am Chris responded with...

    Real interesting. Great interview.

  43. On July 12, 2011 at 1:54 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    no love was sick as hell, better than any collabs that tech9 has done. fuck food included. and so was drop the world. anything eminem has done is better than anything tech9 has done and if technine and em did a track together em would battle tech nine and nobody would even understand tech nine until they read the lyrics online… dont lie.
    wayne is scared of em and the proof… him avoiding him since the rebirth bullshit he did a while back.
    at least em has never made excuses to his fans about age, our wack beats, or management or basically all the things wayne posts on this site every day to avoid just letting the shit get out when he said it would be ready. and thats something u should respect in an entertainer cuz at the end of the day all he’s doing is just singing songs and asking for ur money to pay bills.
    that regatone speed rap bullshit tech9 is on is completely wack and i have no idea where that came from or why people even enjoy hearing it but i would guess its just another product of pop. and wayne’s eating that shit up… i dont like it

  44. On July 12, 2011 at 1:55 am dantheman responded with...

    ^ ok stan

  45. On July 12, 2011 at 1:57 am Miggity responded with...

    Pic wit the g-shock says one thing….

    “It’s bout that time….Sorry for the Wait”

    Weezy takeover in about 2 days.

    Buying Carter IV day 1 without question.

  46. On July 12, 2011 at 2:00 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    alright then how about i make a track with eminem and we’ll call it luck dude
    since its cool to steal peoples material and topics and shit. then imma grow dreads and cut half them shits out and look and smell like a rat.
    #caveman shit

  47. On July 12, 2011 at 2:01 am brewcrew responded with...

    magazine is out already you supposed “Wayneiac”

  48. On July 12, 2011 at 2:02 am Its CeeJ! responded with...

    dont get me wrong we’ll miss you rabbit but feel free to be gone anytime now…

  49. On July 12, 2011 at 2:07 am mj responded with...

    What so u think no love would be good on c4? Roffl, I aint say tech is a better rapper than shady, I’m saying we don’t want that depressing bulshit on the album.

    Fucking stans…

  50. On July 12, 2011 at 2:12 am mj responded with...

    and why the fuck would wayne be afraid to work with em? He’s afraid of not selling. If no love was the first single for c4, then I bet u half of wayne fans wouldn’t even buy the album u dumbass

  51. On July 12, 2011 at 2:15 am morris responded with...

    Its CeeJ! u need to hop off eminems dick and jump off this site …fucker ..this is all u do all day…talk shit on wayne #getalife

  52. On July 12, 2011 at 2:15 am mj responded with...

    An no love was more pop than anything compared to fuck food. Srsly someone needs to fucking open there ears

  53. On July 12, 2011 at 2:21 am lil wayne at tha drivethru responded with...

    mcdonalds chick:welcome to mcdonalds drive thru can i take ur order?
    tunechi: fo fo french fries and lots of ketchup, (lil wayne laugh) 1 small sprite with no lid, baby? hashbrowns and… yall got cheerios?
    mcdonalds chick: no. and its afternoon, too late for breakfast.
    tunechi: awww, birdman wat u want
    birdman: pollo
    tunechi: some chickenuggets for my daddy!
    mcdonalds chick: is that all
    tunechi: wizzle!
    mcdonalds chick: …
    tunechi: tunechi!
    mcdonalds chick: are u just saying words?
    tunechi: tuna fish!
    mcdonalds chick: thats not on the menu
    tunechi: tunechi! and the f aint for food
    mcdonalds chick:thats nice what f?
    tunechi: rabbit! nigga, rabbit!
    mcdonalds chick: thats sick.. this is a normal restaurant order normal food.
    tunechi: pussy….?
    mcdonalds chick: there are other people in line, is that all that ur getting or what else do u want?
    tunechi: and a small oreo milkshake! weezy!
    mcdonalds chick: $5.03 pull up.
    tunechi: young mullaaaa baby!… birdman u got my purse?
    birdman: play boy…! >:|

  54. On July 12, 2011 at 2:42 am dbabyg responded with...

    its gone be carzy cant wait for sorry for the wait an also cant wait for c4 to drop if he do any thing in the mean time i will also cop that to YA DIGG… YMCMB

  55. On July 12, 2011 at 2:45 am yung_money responded with...

    GOOD INTERVIEW MY NIGGA ANSWERS ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY U DO DA MUSIC U DO NO EMINEM ON DA ALBUM IS COOL BECAUSE U GOT JADAKISS NUFF SAID A STREET NIGGA AND SHYNE DATS WUS UP NIGGAZ GONNA HATE REGARDLESS THA FEATURES BUT IF HE CARED HE WOULDA SWITCHED HIS STYLE SMFH IT’S FUNNY TO ME HOW NIGGAZ CONSISTENTLY HATE ON EVERY TOPIC WITH A TON OF COMMENTS DAVE CHAPPELLE PLAYA HATERZ BALL ON THIS MOTHAFUCKA LMAO I BET YALL DO THAT SHIT IN DA STREET TOO THAT NIGGA JORDAN’S AIGHT BUT I SEEN BETTER OR AT DA LIGHT IM BLASTING C4 IN MY 300 AND U IN YO 92 HONDA SAYING SO THAT’S PROBLY HIS DADDY CAR ANYWAY CAUSE U BROKE LMFAO I LOVE IT HATE IS JUST THE EMOTIONS OF A FAILURE

  56. On July 12, 2011 at 2:49 am lil wayne at tha drivethru responded with...

    i dont understand a thing that nigger above me is talking about but i am hating that wayne did but eminem on the track? and hate is the only emotion that i feel about it mr. psyche but thanx for the breakdown on that… real insightful
    #keepthumpinthatbasemanigga;)

  57. On July 12, 2011 at 2:50 am lil wayne at tha drivethru responded with...

    IM RICH BIOTCH!

  58. On July 12, 2011 at 3:08 am junie responded with...

    @ceej get a life u bumass nigga u talkin mad shitt but ur a fan all that negative shit is pointless if ur on a fansite go to worldstar with that hatin shit my nigga every time i come on this site nd see the commentt section u never say nothin positive about this nikka and yet u on a fansite u know deep down u a homo and u love wayne u probably fantasize about him at night u lame as nigga

  59. On July 12, 2011 at 3:13 am cEeJ responded with...

    ;)

  60. On July 12, 2011 at 3:14 am JC responded with...

    It’s ceej u gotta be the dumbest motherfucker in the world….so you are sayin he is putting tech on the album Bcuz that’s the sellout thing to do? U want eminem u dumb fuck tech 9 is far from mainstream and I have only heard a few of his albums smh retarded.

    And also you are starting to stretch kinda far for your hatin shit. Lol talkin bout Wayne Makin excuses and all that motherfucker the release date is up to his
    Manager I swear do some research before everyone sees how ignorant you are

  61. On July 12, 2011 at 3:18 am cEeJ responded with...

    research? sorry this isnt middleschool dumbass.
    and me hating on a fictional persona of dwayne michael carter is half as pathetic as u hating on me dumbass. and if the only thing u notice on this site is my comments then ur on here for the wrong reason anyway dumbass. and me like eminem over tech9′s crazy “music” is a choice which i am allowed to make dumbass. and eminem is not a sellout or mainstream he’s a real hip hop vet dumbass, like rabbit WAS dumbass y dont u do some research… or u could just not tlk to or about me….
    dumbass

  62. On July 12, 2011 at 3:18 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    wat research? sorry this isnt middleschool dumbass.
    and me hating on a fictional persona of dwayne michael carter is half as pathetic as u hating on me dumbass. and if the only thing u notice on this site is my comments then ur on here for the wrong reason anyway dumbass. and me like eminem over tech9′s crazy “music” is a choice which i am allowed to make dumbass. and eminem is not a sellout or mainstream he’s a real hip hop vet dumbass, like rabbit WAS dumbass y dont u do some research… or u could just not tlk to or about me….
    dumbass

  63. On July 12, 2011 at 3:20 am james responded with...

    @mj if there is a d4 it’ll be after c4 is released

  64. On July 12, 2011 at 3:20 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    and i dont give a damn if u shake ur head while typing on ur damn computer u pathetic dumb ASS. get the fuck off ME. talk about tunechi faggot… this is a site about him am i right?

  65. On July 12, 2011 at 3:24 am JC responded with...

    Lol what are you even talkin about ceej? Lol damn what a dumb nigga…..DUMB ASS NIGGA your comebacks are all the same

  66. On July 12, 2011 at 3:26 am JC responded with...

    Ceej is the reason the united states should be pro choice

  67. On July 12, 2011 at 3:27 am tre responded with...

    more pics as xxlmag.com

  68. On July 12, 2011 at 3:29 am -__- responded with...

    mannnnnn i pissed that he leaving the game so early. BUT HE HAS BEEN DOING OVER 13 YEARS.. AND HE’S RIGHT AS AMAN A REAL MAN HE HAS TO PUT HIS FAMILY FIRST!

  69. On July 12, 2011 at 3:31 am devin responded with...

    1RST FUCK CEE GAY NIGGA PEOPLE ON HERE RAOAST YO BITCH ASS EVERYTIME.
    2nd ..i respect him as a man he not putting his work before his kids. WE (THE FANS) might not like it but we cant be selfish we had him since he was 15 ! let the man bow out gracefully.

  70. On July 12, 2011 at 3:33 am crystal responded with...

    this means we gotta support him on his FINAL album. cuz after this there’s no more :-/

  71. On July 12, 2011 at 3:34 am mj responded with...

    @james

    Oh ok cuz wayne said a while back there will be a surprise with the album that’s mainly for the fans so I thought it was d4. I wonder what it is.

    And ceej gtfo

  72. On July 12, 2011 at 3:36 am UPT_504 responded with...

    FAMILY > WORK!! I CAN RESPECT THAT

  73. On July 12, 2011 at 3:38 am gunner responded with...

    man we gotta help weezy go out with a bang yall. this is it make sure yall buy c4 when it drops

  74. On July 12, 2011 at 3:39 am RICO responded with...

    REMEMBER JAY-Z SAID THE SAME THING HE WAS DONE AND CAME BACK 2 YEARS LATER.. BACK WORKING. THE DRIVE IN HIM AS A ARTIST WONT LET HIM STOP THIS EASY.GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR BREAK WAYNE YOU’LL B BACK

  75. On July 12, 2011 at 3:40 am mj responded with...

    @crystal

    Its prolly his last solo album but he is still going to record an album with drake and most and rnb album with I think loyld. C4 is the last of tha carter series but he can still do a lot in 2-3 years

  76. On July 12, 2011 at 3:40 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    na im here deal with it.
    and for u stupid niggas that think u got jokes… there’s a little thing called a condom… u should try it, its basically like abortion except way better than killing a fetus. i know its steep but if u can afford the $2.50 i defintely recommend it, if i had children in a school distrinct with ur offspring i’d either pay for private school or tell my kid to kick ur kids ass.
    im guessing ur pro choice…. good for you?
    btw who gives a shit. that has nothing to do with weezy.
    half the reason i dont respect the guy is cuz he dont deserve to bow out gracefully after all the shit he talked on those mixtapes about being the best now its crunch time for an album and he’s trying to take it all back like nooo i cant handle the pressure.
    for once i speculate that white people will be the major democraphic that pirates this album cuzzzzzz… wayne fell off

  77. On July 12, 2011 at 3:42 am AYOOO responded with...

    I AGREE 10000 % WITH @RICO. i was just saying that after reading. wayne has “i am music” tatted in his face, dude lives this shit since a teen he’ll be back for a few more rounds

  78. On July 12, 2011 at 3:46 am trell_ responded with...

    @it’s ceej IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, NIGGA U WAS THE BIGGEST WAYNE DICK RIDER TO EVER BE ON THIS SITE. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN U WANNA BE A HATER? –__– HOW WAYNE FELL OFF WHEN HE WAS THE HOTTEST NIGGA IN RAP WHILE IN JAIL WHO U KNOW CAN DO THAT? HE BOWING OUT ON TOP. HE GAVE US THOUSANDS OF MIXTAPES AND 6 GOING ON 7 SOLO ALBUMS PLUS HOT BOYS ALBUMS. HE HAS NOTHING LEFT TO “PROVE” U DUMB FUCK

  79. On July 12, 2011 at 3:47 am janis responded with...

    i agree with @rico and @trell_

  80. On July 12, 2011 at 3:50 am toni responded with...

    wayne used to say he’ll “never quit” but that was when he was high out his mind and only had one kid. he’s sober with a clear mind and he’s analyzed his life and see’s he doesnt have to work hisslef to death. and he has BIGGER responsbilities (his kids). so @it’s ceej u can suck on it

  81. On July 12, 2011 at 3:51 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    uhh lately its all excuses. and i hate that. f is u understand me or not, i can hate wayne and listen to his music and u cant do shit but cry about it, steal my stereo (thaniggersolution) or get the fuck off my
    if i remember correctly u r the one that starts shit with other members on this site not me. idc how much u think u roast me and whatever i dont give a fuck. its just letters on a screen. and u arent changing my mind.

  82. On July 12, 2011 at 3:52 am ymcmb responded with...

    exactly @trell_ and @rico!! but i give wayne a good 2 years and he’ll come back.

  83. On July 12, 2011 at 3:54 am NY responded with...

    Wayne said it his self.

    “I’m not a situation rapper. I don’t make songs. Like, a lot of people go, “I make a song about this, what happened.” Perfect example, perfect song: Kanye’s “All of the Lights.” It’s a great song, but if you listen to the verses, he’s talking about some situation. I don’t know if he made the situation up; he may be talking about a situation we know about. I don’t know how to do that. I’m not a situation rapper. I can’t really speak about us sitting in this room right now, because my mind… I got ADD, I guess. When it’s time for me to create, I can’t sit and think about… After I think of one line, my mind done went to another subject.
    I believe that people enjoy that about me. So that’s all you’re gonna get when you hear Tha Carter IV is just more of me. And like I told somebody, when I was tellin’ ’em about this, I told ’em I don’t have to be a situation rapper, which I would love to be. I would love to tell stories like Biggie. But I just don’t know how, ’cause my mind just… I’m here and there, everywhere with my music and with my thoughts period.”

  84. On July 12, 2011 at 3:54 am yo mama responded with...

    yeah i rember @ceej was a big fan of wayne now he’s a big hater! smfh i think that clwon does it for attention. smfh NO LIFE. anyway… i not happy wayne leaving but like he said he’ll leave us wanting more. so i guess that means a flood of music before he turns 30+

  85. On July 12, 2011 at 3:57 am @it's ceej's mama responded with...

    @it’s ceej you using those racial names again huh? dont u rember how people flamed yo bitchass last time about that? cock sucker

  86. On July 12, 2011 at 3:59 am JASON responded with...

    @it’s cee j you talk alllllll that shit but yet you LIVE ON HIS FANSITE -_____- YOU’RE A DUMB CONFUSED JACKASS

  87. On July 12, 2011 at 4:00 am LISA_713 responded with...

    WELL ATLEAST WE GOT SOME DOPE FEATS. ON HIS LAST ALBUM. WE GONNA MISS YA WAYNE . EVEN THOUGH I THINK YOU’LL BE BACK

  88. On July 12, 2011 at 4:02 am n.o.504 responded with...

    my nigga been doing this music shit since he was a local rapper in the hometown. he a grown man making =grown man choices = KIDS OVER RAPPING! if u cant respect that then i cant respect you.

  89. On July 12, 2011 at 4:05 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    im prety sure im not the hater in this situation. if i hated wayne or didnt care i wouldnt be on here cuz im not that kinda useless person like most of yall who make comments that are singularly directed at another person’s comment… that’s dickriding my fiend. think about that. im not looking for attention cuz i dont go after yall like u do me when i got something to say. thats all on u. i like 90% of the music and actions of lil wayne. but the other 10% is idiotic, selfish, crooked, skeezy, and did i mention selfish? and if u say he has nothing to prove ur dead wrong. cuz anybody that builds that much ego on mixtapes then folds during crunch time needs to be called out for it. its one thing to say it and another to prove it, and if ur only way to prove it is to say it (by rapping like lil wayne) then he needs to stop fumbling with excuses and SAY IT so we get the mixtape/singles/album and WE AS THE FANS SAY damn, he really is the best. not, “well he was pretty good for a while then he changed his mind on dying for the game and making 6 carters and never stoping and became a mediocre artist with decent flow and a prettty intricet background storry”
    look i dont care if u think im a hater or a dick rider cuz i got time and shit to say so guess what!?
    the only thing i do regret is when shit happens and i entertain these retarded conversations.

  90. On July 12, 2011 at 4:05 am 757 responded with...

    @ Rico

    Agreed. Wayne is dedicated to rap 2 much to retire when he still got a lot in him. I can see him going on a break but I dont think he will completely retire at 31 or 32. Like he said he want to be in his kids life 1st but I can see him somehow working it out and being there for his kids watching them grow up and still dropping songs.. Something like multitasking.

  91. On July 12, 2011 at 4:11 am Hunter responded with...

    this site is kickin it! mixtapes gonna be out tomorrow hopefully! i fucking hate being at work when shit like this comes out

  92. On July 12, 2011 at 4:11 am NiCk responded with...

    DUDE IT’S CEEJ YOU NEED A FUCKING LIFE , STOP WRITING ALL THEM LONG ASS COMMENTS AS IF PEOPLE GONNA SIT AND READ ALL THE STUPID SHIT . JUST STFU DUDE.

  93. On July 12, 2011 at 4:15 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    no

  94. On July 12, 2011 at 4:34 am mr tunechi responded with...

    when we gonna get the dedication 4 cant wait to see wayne on sunday

  95. On July 12, 2011 at 4:40 am mr tunechi responded with...

    i hope he does beat without bass that songs old but my favorite

  96. On July 12, 2011 at 5:04 am mac responded with...

    is he smokin spice or tobacco or what? caus on probation i know he cant smoke weed and hes not trying to go back to jail so i know thats not it. does anyone have an idea??

  97. On July 12, 2011 at 5:32 am marta responded with...

    i love you weezy

  98. On July 12, 2011 at 5:33 am rafael responded with...

    dammm wayne u almost made me cry just by readin dis haha ); buh we all ganna miss yu niggaa . good luck wit ur thoughts u got man !!

  99. On July 12, 2011 at 5:49 am FUCKEMINEM responded with...

    i will buy c4 twice c4 a double disc?

  100. On July 12, 2011 at 5:53 am stunna responded with...

    who ever said sorry for the wait is d4 shoot yoself d4 comes after albums

  101. On July 12, 2011 at 5:56 am It's CeeJ! responded with...

    can we get that magazine article danny? for free?

  102. On July 12, 2011 at 6:06 am C4Tunechi responded with...

    Wayne you the best son he’s a fuckin genius yall real talk & man everyone LETS MAKE history & get the album C4 lets show all these lame ass rappers whos D’Wayne Michael carter is & ppl dont come here & hate this is only for TRUE real fans if you coming here & say some dumb shit honnestly you dont have a life so GO get one ma nigga real talk …..C4 LETS GOO YALL

  103. On July 12, 2011 at 6:15 am stunna responded with...

    i dont really see him releasing another album after he retire because he is not a half asser he has to go in fully on what ever he does

  104. On July 12, 2011 at 6:47 am Lord Lushous responded with...

    http://theurbandaily.com/music/jazzyf/lil-wayne-sorry-4-the-wait-mixtape-cover/

  105. On July 12, 2011 at 6:54 am druskey F. crazy responded with...

    Ayye.. Tha very 1st pic at tha top of this shit is wreckless blood.. Haha.. Look like he goin to work on tha beat callin it employ haha.. That No ceilings look right there.. Next mixtape tomorro or 13th wayne better KILL..

  106. On July 12, 2011 at 6:59 am druskey F. crazy responded with...

    Ayye.. Tha very 1st pic at tha top of this shit is wreckless blood.. Haha.. Look like he goin to work on tha beat callin it employ haha.. That No ceilings look right there.. Next mixtape tomorrow or 13th wayne better KILL.. Build tha hype for Tha Carter.. “how to love” really wasnt feelin it.. But I respect it..

  107. On July 12, 2011 at 8:04 am Militia Gang responded with...

    could get “Sorry for the wait” tommorow!!!!!! :)

  108. On July 12, 2011 at 8:39 am juju f baby responded with...

    the best rapper alive.weezy dont live me alone please

  109. On July 12, 2011 at 10:08 am flystealth responded with...

    @juju F BABY CLASSIC NAME MAN… I LIKE IT!
    A lot of respect for wayne REAL talk !
    got his head screwed on now we let him go andre the GIANT LOOOOL

  110. On July 12, 2011 at 10:09 am flystealth responded with...

    @juju F BABY CLASSIC NAME MAN… I LIKE IT!
    A lot of respect for wayne REAL talk !
    got his head screwed on now we let him go andre the GIANT LOOOOL
    WEEEZY FLY STEALTH!

  111. On July 12, 2011 at 10:49 am tinaphooo responded with...

    dam sexi as hell wow!!

  112. On July 12, 2011 at 11:26 am juju responded with...

    cee j thou art sad. I’m sorry your mother

  113. On July 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm BigGhostface responded with...

    yo wassup my niggas you nahmean. Aint really tryna take the bread of a nigga ponchoor nuttin nahmean. I be justskatin on that hoovoo all day long nahmean. But dat nicca wayne done drop them panties for yo nicca in jail nahmean. he done drop his kneecles and shuffled my sausage and beans nahmean my nigga, his daddy baby father called and sed it strate my nicca he said yung mula playboi watch dat ass nahmean i gave him bamboozles with some ketchup on a double nickle prime donut you nahmean wayne done licked his lips like i got a breast where a nigga third leg be, that nigga weezy hungry for tha milk nahmean and the F is foreffeciency nahmen

  114. On July 12, 2011 at 1:43 pm Nino Brown responded with...

    wen weezy get back on thingz, he gon forget bout responibleness and shit. jus a fakt lik da gi sed, he wudnt be sein dis las tIme

  115. On July 12, 2011 at 5:30 pm john GEEEEEEEEE responded with...

    HE TRYING TO PULL A JAY Z (HIS OBVIOUS IDOL) with the whole retiring thing. is he blazin it up in da studio?? those eyes look pretty droopy haha

  116. On July 12, 2011 at 5:30 pm YMCMBLOOD responded with...

    @It’s CeeJ! u a real faggot man, everybody on this website hates u and i can’t even imagine what the people that actually have met u think of u haha, u should be ashamed of youre self.

  117. On July 12, 2011 at 5:38 pm djbreezy responded with...

    carter 4 will be just as good if not better than c3.. what u expect? its wayne! he a lyrical genius! n i just dont see him retiring 2 years from now.. no way, no how.

  118. On July 12, 2011 at 6:33 pm FUCKEMINEM responded with...

    WTF. wayne retire at 28 or 30 or never =/?

  119. On July 12, 2011 at 6:37 pm CEEJ responded with...

    aw now im ashamed
    not
    sftw august 17?

  120. On July 12, 2011 at 7:06 pm Loyalty responded with...

    I love the pics!!!! :)

  121. On July 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm wanya responded with...

    pics

  122. On July 12, 2011 at 7:56 pm wanya23 responded with...

    “Hell Yeeezz!!!
    I got to tell y’all something….

  123. On July 12, 2011 at 10:21 pm BB responded with...

    That first pic is too sick.

  124. On July 13, 2011 at 11:16 am Ethan responded with...

    Can someone let me know what that hoodie is wayne wearing in the first pic, its dope!

  125. On July 13, 2011 at 5:25 pm cynthia and weezy responded with...

    i love you weezy ,forever lil wayne

  126. On July 13, 2011 at 5:27 pm cynthia and weezy responded with...

    kieres ser mi novio??????

  127. On July 14, 2011 at 2:44 am weezysbaby responded with...

    love da last picture sexy!!!!!! :-)

  128. On July 14, 2011 at 5:51 am ricardo laguna responded with...

    Wayniacs calm down a bit weezy has 28 missing 29 30 31 and 32 bone still has a lot of years and then retire I do not think at that age if he retires as hara weezy young money eliculas will produce will continue to grow as the impact this rule of weezy will never be the best ever collapsed so as to withdraw jay z is one of the best weezy clearly exceeded what I loved your interview and I liked it enough is always in every moment of their children with great love that I love from Venezuela weezy fan greetings from life that there is no doubt

  129. On July 14, 2011 at 6:38 pm ivy daniel responded with...

    plz dnt leave wayne, i’l mis u so much baibe. I lov everything abt u since i was 9 n i just turned 21 last saturday. Plzzzz, do this 4 me wayne. +254723929677, muaah.

  130. On July 15, 2011 at 12:40 am @_nyse_ responded with...

    Im tryna copp this one in 3d for the inspiration.. a photo says alota words to the spirit.

    http://www.lilwaynehq.com/images/blog/lil-wayne-xxl-magazine-2011-photo-shoot.jpg

  131. On August 11, 2011 at 8:29 pm Silas Nettles responded with...

    people can hate on Weezy and his music all they want…but you can’t but to respect a person who is as dedicated their music and fans as this fella is…Imma miss the nikka’s music like a MF if he actually retires….#realTalk

  132. On March 6, 2012 at 4:15 pm P.Brown responded with...

    Damn!!you can not stop at 30!but devote your time to other things than rap, as the family is the best.
    I like when you say you’re not a rapper situation ’cause you speak of a particular time, the smaller if necessary….and that makes you different!!!!

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