We are not talking about a best of compilation. The track list with almost twenty items might be a little bit too much.
In the closing fragment of the album, we are provided with the first and the last true ballad, How To Love, hitting the target. The title of Abortion may make you think Lil is ready to talk about a serious issue, but it turns out that the song has nothing to do with actual abortions. The most effective one is She Will with Drake’s splendid vocal part.
The following four tracks are Lil’s collaboration with hip-hop big figures. Nightmares Of The Bottom is a lot like a lullaby with the lead piano and sentimental lyrics. A big contribution to the ultimate success of the song was made by a young talent Cory Gunz who shoots out lines like a machine gun.
However, number four here is the long-anticipated hot hit, 6 Foot 7 Foot, somebody might have known from the times it was released as a single. Well, of course, Blunt Blowin, and MegaMan are not lost causes, but apart from catchy choruses and pretty trite beats they have got nothing remarkable. Lil was right to conclude that putting all the highlights into the opening part of as big as record as this one would be ridiculous, and the most interesting tracks surface not right from the start. As a result, we have as much as seventy minutes of rap from one of the genre’s best, which is already a reason to rejoice. To smooth partially the situation with those who lost their hope to get his new album, Lil Wayne arranged a making of a special deluxe version of Tha Carter IV, adding three bonus tracks to what he originally included into the record. This one you have to try at least to justify the time spent on waiting. And only now, in 2011, did the artist finish what he started long ago, and officially released Tha Carter IV. As he was doing his time, Wayne prepared another release, I Am Not A Human Being, to give the audience at least something to listen to. The story itself is too trivial if we don’t forget that many rappers consider it their sacred duty to make troubles with the law. The most substantial reason was the rapper’s short tour behind the bars for illegal fire weapon possession. Wayne was really close to crossing the line as he kept abusing his audience’s patience and time and again making up new excuses for the delayed release of Tha Carter IV. Lil Wayne’s widely-announced and hotly-discussed fourth Carter album, long before its official release, turned into a Tomorrow Never Comes show.