in the process: вЂњAll I ever wanted was everybodyвЂ™s attention/ вЂCause most people are nobody вЂ™til somebody kill вЂ™em/ Probably thought that my career, be short and sweet/ WishinвЂ™ I was in your shoes, IвЂ™d take them off and find a beach.вЂќДЄnd if вЂњOpen LetterвЂќ proves his willingness to share his insecurities and вЂњCanвЂ™t Be BrokenвЂќ speaks of finding the strength to stay strong and carry on, the albumвЂ™s dramatic finaleВ - вЂњLet It All Work Out,вЂќ with a haunting Sampha sample - shows Wayne at his most vulnerable and heartbroken. The family ties continue when WeezyвЂ™s daughter, Reginae, sings the gently spooky chorus on вЂњFamousвЂќ as dad takes a long look in the mirror, referencing Notorious B.I.G. There is braggadocio to be found on the rugged вЂњLet It Fly,вЂќ where he and Scott stake their claims on who rules the rap planet - although when Wayne spits, вЂњIвЂ™m revived, itвЂ™s C5/ Been arrived, kiss the sky, did the time/ Please advise it is advise or be advised, and we advise/ You not f- with me and mine,вЂќ you get the impression that he has his own opinion. The spacey вЂњDark Side of the MoonвЂќ findsВ a sing-songy Wayne and Nicki Minaj getting both weird and romantic at the same time. Indeed, вЂњV,вЂќ with guest spots from WayneвЂ™s mother (on the opening track вЂњI Love You Dwayne,вЂќ spoken directly to him) and his daughter, вЂњVвЂќ has a stirring emotional edge that even some of WayneвЂ™s coldest moments on the previous вЂњCartersвЂќ missed.

Although a rumored last-minute Post Malone session is missing from this grouping of tracks, features from Travis Scott and the late XXXTentacionВ helpВ make вЂњVвЂќ purrВ and kick, and a heavily aututuned Wayne sings on the gentle вЂњWhat About Me.вЂќ To hear Wayne cackleВ outВ the lines вЂњI see death around the corner/ And the U-turn signвЂ™s lookinвЂ™ like a smile,вЂќ after XXXTentacionвЂ™s haunting chorus at the top of вЂњDonвЂ™t Cry,вЂќ puts mortality on the front burner of this album. The good news: Musically, despite the age of some of the songs, вЂњVвЂќ is fresh, flush and even frenetic at times, with the crunch of the Southern trap and ropey rap-rock sounds that Wayne pretty much started in the first place. So is all forgiven now thatВ вЂњVвЂќ has finally arrived, launched into a very different world than the 2013 one that was originally planned for its release?В What will it mean to mumble and SoundCloud rappers, and a generation raised on WeezyвЂ™s onetime protГ©gГ© Drake? (Oddly, Drizzy doesnвЂ™t contribute to any of the 23 tracks on вЂњV,вЂќ although Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, XXXTentacion, Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott, among others, do.)

After all, Like Vin Diesel and вЂњFast & Furious,вЂќ вЂњTha CarterвЂќ franchise is where Wayne is truly home:В Loose but tight, haughtily caustic and grimy but also comic, and cutting straight to the bone. With the unfulfilled promise of вЂњVвЂќ looming over all of those releases, it has pretty much sucked being a hardcore Weezy fan since 2011.

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