Lil Wayne let XXL Magazine preview his forthcoming Tha Carter IV album, while they interviewed him for their July/August 2011 issue that will hit newsstands tomorrow (July 12th). They say the Outro on the album will feature Nas, Shyne and Jadakiss, and also say Weezy‘s Young Money crew, Busta Rhymes, Bun B, Tech N9ne, Cee-Lo Green, John Legend, and Will.I.Am will all be featured on different songs on the album. XXL say that Swizz Beatz, Bangladesh, Polow Da Don and Boi-1da all provided beats too!

We won’t know if this list of names are really featured on C4 or not until we get the official tracklist, which hopefully should be soon. I also noticed Rick Ross wasn’t listed as a feature, so maybe “John (If I Die Today)” was scrapped from the album

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We previously posted this Lloyd record back in March, but we now get the full mastered version! Unfortunately, Lil Wayne only narrates the song, but it does have a verse from Andre 3000. This track, which was produced by Polow Da Don, is titled “Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)” and will appear on Lloyd‘s upcoming King Of Hearts album dropping on July 5th. You can listen and download the record below, courtesy of YHTN.

Download: Lloyd – Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) (Feat Andre 3000) [Narrated By Lil Wayne]

After the jump, you can watch a promo commercial for MTV2′s The DUB Magazine Project, which is a new show that will begin airing on July 10th. The show will basically interview rappers including Lil Weezy about cars, life and family.

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Support our favorite music artist and cop Lil Wayne‘s “If I Die Today“ “John” single featuring Rick Ross on iTunes today. This is the second single from Weezy‘s Tha Carter 4 album, dropping May 16th. You can view the official single cover above, and I wonder how long it will take before this song goes #1 on the iTunes charts

Buy Lil Wayne “John” featuring Rick Ross from iTunes here

UPDATE: According to iTunes, the official song title is “John” and not “If I Die Today“.

Lil Wayne and Chris Brown jump on Ester Dean‘s single, “Drop It Low” to make it the official remix. You can listen and download the record below:

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The Weezer frontman speaks with Pitchfork on collaborating with Lil Wayne.

Pitchfork: So Lil Wayne is on the Raditude track “Can’t Stop Partying”. How did that come about?

Rivers Cuomo: It might be my favorite track on the album. It was an epic process coming up with it between me, [co-writer] Jermaine Dupri, and [producer] Polow Da Don– and then Lil Wayne topped it off with this rap from the edge of the grave.

Pitchfork: Were you actually in the studio with Wayne?

RC: No, I’ve never met him. I’d love to.

Pitchfork: Why did you specifically want him instead of another rapper?

RC: He sounds like he’s totally insane– and not just for the sake of sounding crazy. He’s not trying to sound ghetto or gangsta or intellectual– he’s just very natural and weird.

The first time I really became aware of him was when he worked the Ninja Turtles into the song “Kush”. Let me look up the lyrics online. … Ok, he says, “I feel like I’m racing a bunch of little turtles/ Keep a bandana like the Ninja Turtles.” First of all, he rhymes “turtles” with “turtles,” which is crazy! Second, he pronounces “turtles” with this real hard “R” so he sounds super nerdy, which is something you don’t often hear from black rappers. Third, he references the Ninja Turtles! That’s another thing you don’t often hear.

Pitchfork: You guys are kind of like kindred spirits in a super weird way.

RC: Well, you’ve got the Weezer/Weezy connection. But, more importantly, he really tapped into the spirit of the song, which I really struggled with at first. There was no sense of irony or darkness or tension in the first draft I heard from Jermaine. It was purely “whoo-hoo, let’s drink, get stoned, and get it on,” which is a fine sentiment, but I couldn’t honestly put that out and have it be the end of the story. So I ended up turning the music into something dark and beautiful and haunting, which gave it a different meaning without changing the lyrics. Lil Wayne picked up on that and developed it with his rap.

Pitchfork: What’s he rapping about?

RC: I have his verse memorized, it’s so great. He’s rapping about how you can’t stop mixing drugs and alcohol, but there are a few words he chooses which are surprising and suggest a terrible end to the party. The last line is: “I hope the killer doesn’t take the life of the party.”

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