Tha Carter III Review: Critics Summary

Music critics & fans with Lil Wayne tickets cannot get enough of Lil Wayne’s sixth hit album Tha Carter III.

Lil Wayne: About Tha Carter III
Facing song leaks and collaborations with artists as diverse as Outkast and Enrique Iglesias, New Orleans native Lil Wayne has finally returned to the rap scene to defend his Best Rapper Alive title. Tha Carter III displays the many sides of Lil Wayne: absurdist hitmaker and soulful lyricist. Fans with Lil Wayne tickets can’t get enough of Lil Wayne’s new album Tha Carter III.

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Here’s what some reviewers are saying about Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III:

Judy Rosen: Rolling Stone:

• “OK, it's true: [Lil Wayne] really is the best rapper alive.”
• “[Lil Wayne’s] collected sleek, powerful beats from top producers (Kanye West, Swizz Beatz), enlisted A-list guest stars (Jay-Z, T-Pain) and served up a range of textures and moods, from the elegiac Hurricane Katrina protest "Tie My Hands" to the bubblegum bumper "Lollipop."
• “Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun.”

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Ryan Dombal, Pitchfork:

• “This is Wayne's moment and he embraces it on his own terms.”
• “[Tha Carter III] is Wayne's most absurd album to date but it's also his most personal."
• “Just as the record's cover playfully skews the Ready to Die/Illmatic baby-picture formula with Photoshopped tattoos, Wayne updates what it means to be the best rapper alive here.”

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Dave Hughes, Slant Magazine:

• “Listening to him nail a verse, phrase by phrase, strangely always seeming to fall into brilliant metaphors while struggling for breath, is an exhilarating experience.”
• “Wayne is capable of simulating improvisation in a way that imbues rehearsed lines with the kind of high-wire thrills one might most readily identify with jazz virtuosos or sports superstars.”
• “Carter III is the Sizzler of rap albums: full of options, and almost punishingly gluttonous.”

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Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club:

• “On the epic "Mr. Carter," Wayne smartly co-opts one of the only rappers who can match his sales, by tapping guest wordsmith Jay-Z for a hyper-soulful anthem that builds and builds to a devastating crescendo involving a choir and ecstatic handclaps.”
• “There's a palpable sense of joy to his delivery that's infectious.”
• “He's the man of the moment, but the disc's best moments strive for timelessness and attain it.”

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