Oak Street has a long history in New Orleans’ retail history. My mama used to shop there all the time, and I can remember going to the stores when I was a little girl. Oak was one of the “shopping streets” in New Orleans, along with Dryades (commercial area now renamed after Oretha Castle Haley) [...]
Tag Archives: Rebirth
Cheapness for Good and Ill
April 19, 2010 – 1:20 pm
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” [...]
YouTube du Jour: HBO’s Treme New Trailer with Dialogue!
March 18, 2010 – 1:29 am
We’re getting closer and closer to the premiere of HBO’s new show Treme, centered around the lives of musicians in New Orleans. The newest trailer for the show, released yesterday, features Kermit Ruffins, Dr. John, members of Rebirth Brass Band, and more. Look for a preview of Treme in our upcoming April issue.
A Lil Toothache
February 10, 2010 – 9:18 am
On Tuesday, February 9, Lil Wayne was expected to be formally sentenced to a one-year prison sentence – which could be reduced to as little as eight months for good behavior – for gun possession. Yesterday, his sentencing was postponed until March 2 so that Lil Wayne can undergo dental surgery. His latest album, Rebirth, was released February 2 [...]
Gifts are for Chumps
February 5, 2010 – 12:37 pm
I’ve been trying to find the contrarian response to the general wave of negativity aimed at Lil Wayne’s Rebirth, but no luck. It’s not bad, and if this was the debut album by a new artist, we’d find it a little retro in its rock but not unredeemably so. But it’s a Lil Wayne album, and it’s [...]
Concert Review: Lil Wayne
December 29, 2009 – 1:03 pm
Lil Wayne has had a rough 2009. He has a weapons charge to which he has plea bargained down to one year of jail time, and despite the near-universal acclaim of Tha Carter III, the leaked tracks and advance singles from his oft-rescheduled “rock” album, Rebirth, have yet to find much love. He did release [...]
Still the Best
December 28, 2009 – 12:22 pm
This has been a rough year for Lil Wayne, and the general disinterest that the tracks released from Rebirth makes it easy to think about him as in decline. But “Swag Surfin” from this fall’s No Ceilings mixtape reminded me why we keep listening. First, he rhymes anything with Nomar Garciaparra, then there comes the [...]
YouTube du Jour: Lil Wayne’s “Da Da Da”
December 28, 2009 – 10:01 am
Lil Wayne and the Young Money crew play the New Orleans Arena tonight. Here’s one of the better tracks from his upcoming, rock-oriented album, Rebirth.
New Orleans in the News: Lil Wayne Edition
December 21, 2009 – 2:41 pm
New Orleans-born rapper Lil’ Wayne has had a taxing couple of months. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. was found guilty of weapons possession in October and, awaiting his February sentencing, may get up to a year in prison, reports the New York Times. In November, a documentary titled The Carter about the rapper debuted at Sundance, and [...]
A Good, Nutty Theory
December 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm
Yesterday, I found a good conspiracy theory regarding Amazon.com’s early release of Lil Wayne’s Rebirth, and I wish I could credit and quote my conspiracy theorist, but I can’t retrace my path to the site I stumbled on to yesterday to link up. The writer’s contention is that the early release was in effect an [...]
