What I Listened to: June '25

Continuing to devour the mountain of albums I have in my queue at all times. $5/month for the paid subs.

Lil Wayne- Tha Carter VI

This feels like dementia rapping. Lil Wayne hasn't left the music industry circa 2012, where Wyclef Jean features were agreeable and hackneyed white people hooks were capable of real crossovers. The thing is, even Wayne at his worst, he was provocative. “Weezy F Baby, and the F is for Phenomenal” was egregious but at least it awakened something in you. There’s a couple moments like this on here but it’s usually something much more deflating: vacant.

It really makes me sadder than anything, that a rapper could fall so hard and lose his voice. This is Vince Carter insistent that he should be in the starting lineup for the Atlanta Hawks. His heart is still in it, his instincts aren’t. This is a rapper that is a moment’s notice away from a Vegas residency, where the greats go to recede into their glory days. Hip-Hop is hardly been nice in these moments; the best that can happen is fans ignore a rapper when they seem inessential. Tha Carter VI is the worst case scenario, where everyone sees Lil Wayne still trying and there’s nothing left to salvage.