Dwayne Carter - aka Lil Wayne - isn’t what RealMusic Blog would call a modest man, in 2005 proclaiming himself “the greatest rapper alive”. Now we’re no slouch when it comes to blowing our own trumpet, but even we can see holes in that argument. What isn’t in any doubt, however, is that Mr Carter can make a hard and fast record. His sixth album “Tha Carter III” prompted a swell of hype and pre-album leaks, but was eventually released to a hungry public on June 10th - and on it, he’s roped in mates like Jay-Z, Babyface, Kanye and T-Pain to add a bit of extra polish.
Our American cousins over at Rhapsody’s Play Music Blog spoke to the hired help behind the album, to find out what the producers and engineers behind the record thought about the process and how each track came to be. Producer David Banner comments: “Wayne is the one of the only rappers in this generation who doesn’t mind breaking out of the everyday mould of what people think records should be…”
