Who can release the most music the fastest? Curren$y, a one-time protege of Lil Wayne, is as prolific as Weezy these days and releases tracks about as quickly. His Weekend at Burnie‘s “commercial mixtape” is due out on Warner Bros. June 28, but that hasn’t stopped him from releasing another track, “This is the Life.” [...]
Tag Archives: Lil Wayne
Bob Dylan to New Orleans; Lil Wayne to Wait
June 3, 2011 – 9:41 am
Bob Dylan will return to New Orleans to play the UNO Lakefront Arena on Tuesday, July 26 with Leon Russell opening. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 10 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. In other music news, Lil Wayne made the audience at the New Orleans Arena repeat the release date for the long-awaited release [...]
Lil Wayne Brings Nicki, Drake and a Release Date to New Orleans
April 15, 2011 – 10:46 am
Last time Lil Wayne played New Orleans, it was a low-rent affair when his career was in a shaky place. He was weeks from prison and had early versions of his poorly received rock album, Rebirth, filtering out by mistake. That night, he didn’t speak of his then-upcoming incarceration, but last night he had a [...]
Lil Wayne’s Ready for the Super Bowl
February 3, 2011 – 11:38 am
Updated At WeezyThanxYou.com, there’s a download link for “Green and Yellow,” Lil Wayne’s pro-Green Bay Packers freestyle over Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow” beat on the eve of the Super Bowl. This isn’t the first time he’s pledged allegiance to the Packers; last year, he announced his support for the Vikings against the Saints in [...]
OffBeat Looks at the Weekend
January 28, 2011 – 4:06 pm
OffBeat editor Alex Rawls appeared on the Fox8 Morning Show with Jennifer Hale this morning to talk about Lil Wayne, the Best of the Beat, Yo La Tengo and Monotonix. Here’s the video: DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”23206″,bannerAdConDefID:”13″,videoAdObjectID:”12″,videoAdConDefID:”5″,accPos:”CCTVI.OTHER”,accSite:”WVUE”,playVideoAds:”true”,isDevMode:”false”,idmMarkerID:”3d9d2762-4dc4-4522-a40c-d2ddb03dca59″,categoryID:”58″,playerInstanceID:”5D0119AE-5906-0E46-20B5-5E40599C815D”,domain:”wvue.web.entriq.net”});
YouTube du Jour: Birdman and Lil Wayne
January 19, 2011 – 10:43 am
“Fire Flame” is Birdman’s song, but Lil Wayne steals the track on this remix, as he does the video – his first since his release from prison.
New Lil Wayne: “6’7″
December 15, 2010 – 12:23 pm
Lil Wayne’s been out of prison for a month, so it’s no surprise that the prolific rapper already has a new single – “6’7″”. If there’s any news, it’s that he doesn’t already have a mixtape out. The song, featuring a guest spot from Cory Gunz and produced by Bangladesh, can be heard here.
Free Morella, Free Lil Wayne
November 5, 2010 – 1:19 pm
Morella and the Wheels of If have released their debut album, Shipwrecked. You can download a free mp3 of a live version of “Wandering” from the album at the band’s Web site now. And Lil Wayne was released from prison yesterday. According to People, he plans to hit the ground partying. There are strong rumors [...]
Lil Wayne, I Am Not a Human Being (Cash Money Records)
November 1, 2010 – 12:52 am
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and jail time makes the rapper grow legendary. Lil Wayne’s arrest and subsequent eight-month sentence launched a “Free Weezy” campaign and creepy fan sites where pre-teens send daily love letters to the incarcerated Hot Boy. For an artist that dropped whole albums-worth of material every 12 minutes over the [...]
