Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III was one of the most anticipated albums of the year and has proven to be the big-selling, fame-threading machine Wayne predicted. His first week sales were the best of 2008, selling a booming 423,000 copies on the day of release, outselling the previous top-selling album of the year, Kanye West’s Graduation.

Lil Wayne has been anything but shy, dubbing himself the “best rapper alive.” However, four weeks later, some people are lookin...