Incarceration led to my favorite C-Murder album, The Truest Shit I Ever Said, largely because the process of recording on a DAT while in prison forced him to dial down the volume, making the boasts and crime stories more chilling for his icy demeanor.

Prison also led to the dumbest Lil’ Wayne video, “I’m Single” from No Ceilings (not, tellingly, Rebirth). In this, old video footage is cut together with new footage of a curvy woman preparing for a night with Weezy and, for no obvious reason, posing and showing off her derriere.