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wrecknoble
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"Lil Wayne - Free Weezy (New Album) (Drops at Midnight)"


  

          

http://2dopeboyz.com/2015/02/13/lil-wayne-free-weezy-album/

looks like Wayne is trying to get out of his contract too

interesting 24 hours for rap music

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Subject Author Message Date ID
It's out now
Jul 04th 2015
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I think he's back to the old Wayne
Jul 04th 2015
2
it goes downhill after "glory".. damn.. i had high expectations for this
Jul 04th 2015
3
Naw, the first 5 tracks were dope
Jul 04th 2015
4
      I thought "I Feel Good" was dope
Jul 04th 2015
5
Fuck it, I'll give a track-by-track rundown and summary
Jul 05th 2015
6

csuave03
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Sat Jul-04-15 05:21 PM

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1. "It's out now"
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about to check it out, I'm interested in him getting back with Mannie Fresh on C5

  

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csuave03
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Sat Jul-04-15 05:24 PM

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2. "I think he's back to the old Wayne"
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I like it, he was losing me with some of the abstract stuff

  

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Hellyeah
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Sat Jul-04-15 06:12 PM

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3. "it goes downhill after "glory".. damn.. i had high expectations for this"
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csuave03
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4. "Naw, the first 5 tracks were dope"
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Sat Jul-04-15 06:32 PM by csuave03

  

          

Well except for I Feel Good, but its decent and I can definitely see that getting play in clubs.

London Roads was fire

I can't comment on the other tracks because my ears were tired but everything that I listened to so far has been good.

  

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Boogie Stimuli
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Sat Jul-04-15 11:45 PM

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5. "I thought "I Feel Good" was dope"
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"Psycho" is better than anything in the first 5 joints
(I'm currently listening to the album... just finished "Psycho", so I'll be back)

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Boogie Stimuli
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Sun Jul-05-15 04:31 AM

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6. "Fuck it, I'll give a track-by-track rundown and summary"
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Sun Jul-05-15 04:34 AM by Boogie Stimuli

          

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"Glory"

This track has a nice beat and nice rhymes with no chorus. This has worked before
for Wayne in the form of a single with "A Milli"... but it's a rare occurrence to make hit
material with such an outing. This isn't single material, but it's a dope track for those
who just wanna hear a dope ass beat and dope braggadocio rhymes.
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"He's Dead"

Another nice beat. The chorus is a sample. The song has an overall dark feel.
I think this was a bad placement for this song coming off "Glory". Mainly because the
song is just OKAY, and most people have heard "Glory" so you need to hit them HARD
with this 2nd track. This is a latter album track. Not terrible but not great either.
I could have done without it.
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"I Feel Good"

This track takes the "tried and true" approach by sampling the infectious horn from
James Brown's hit of the same name. But that's not the only infectious thing about it.
Tunechi takes an infectious cadence with the verses and and adds some lyrics about
weed and pussy to James' already infectious chorus all over a trap beat. It's a fun
song that some might find a little corny due to the lack of originality, but it works
for me for what it is. I find it good in a tongue-in-cheek kinda way.
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"My Heart Races On"

From the moment this track opened with the guy singing the Lean On Me-ish chorus,
I didn't wanna hear it. The track kept that same feel throughout. The last two
verses were cool though.
This is the kind of track rappers make for pop crossover attempts.
I'm not interested.
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"London Races"

The order of these songs so far is bad. A song with energy this low should not have
followed "My Heart Races On". Here's another dark song with decent rhymes.
It doesn't sound bad at all... the album is just becoming boring with all these
depressing zombie lean rap beats and atmospheres. There's no chorus here.
Just down-tempo beat and rhymes. I don't find anything particularly interesting
about this song.
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"I'm That Nigga"

The pace picks back up here as Wayne begins with a stop-and-go flow before riding
a bouncy beat. The lyrics aren't anything you wouldn't expect from a song with
this title. HoodyBaby lends a verse. The chorus isn't anything great, but it's mildly catchy.
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"Psycho"

This is the first truly strong on the album, imo. Dope beat, dope rhymes with a
subject and focus. The chorus is shared between a sample and Wayne lamenting
about his pimp game being undermined by some good good. Finally there's some
gut in the music. Very nice "trap ballad" so to speak.
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"Murda"

I'm a sucker for reggae singing, so this song kept my attention. I can't say there's
much beyond that that would give it repeat listenability for me. Cory Guns is here tho.
The rhymes are nice.
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"Thinking Bout You"

This beat sounds... cheap. Everything about it is HotBoyz era from the drum pattern
to the synths and bass, but you'd think with the level Weezy is on, his engineering
would be better. The song is kinda thug ballad... fully formed chorus but not really
a strong song, imo. It's just OKAY like alotta music on here thus far.
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"Without You"

Nice lil jazzy music here with a chorus sang by the sweet, feminine voice of Bibi Bourelly.
It sounds nice, flows well, and hits the mark of the feeling that it's aiming for.
I'm gonna go ahead and consider this the 2nd really strong on the album.
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"Post Bail Ballin"

Yet another slow-riding track with a dark feel. The rhymes are cool. The chorus
is cool. But the music behind many of these songs isn't good enough to elevate them tho.
I actually enjoy listening to Weezy... I think he has an infectious voice and cadence,
so alotta the songs here are only as good as okay because of him. This is one of those.
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"Pull Up"

Bouncy track here with mostly bullshit lyrics. Verses are traded with Euro who
brings alotta energy to the track. Wayne brags about how u don't wanna pull up
because he raised his "young niggas" crazy and they're trained to blast.
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"Living Right"

Slightly dark feel here, but the beat really nice despite its simplicity. I can call this
the 3rd strong song here. Wiz Khalifa shows up with his keen knack for riding beats.
This is pretty much him hitting the mark with what he seems to be trying to do all
over this album imo. Classic Wayne rhymes here as well.
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"White Girl"

Strong song #4. Wayne is spitting like hell, and the beat is nice yet simple.
Jeezy lends his voice to the aesthetic. The chorus is catchy. Type of shit that makes
the dope boys go crazy... or just the people who like songs about dope.
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"Pick Up Your Heart"

This is the best song on the album, imo. Wayne sounds like he put his heart in
this one from the lyrics to the passionate delivery of the chorus. You gotta get your
money out here, because these streets screw everybody, as do these hoes...
and sometimes you just don't wanna do it anymore.
The beat goes hard as hell, and that always helps.
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Overall you have an okay album here. As I mentioned previously, Wayne has
reached a level where he's an infectious listen even when the song isn't necessarily
awesome. Regardless of how I feel about him, he's one of the greats of his generation.
The "trouble" with this album isn't with him as an artist. For me, it's that the musical
backdrops to the songs aren't as strong and varied as they should be. The album
starts to run together musically at some points. Also, many of these songs like they
should have been throwaways for an artist on his level. Not that they're terrible,
but he can do better. Furthermore, the sequencing of the album does NOT help it.
Too many songs with similar feels are back to back, and the strongest songs are
too late in the album. I feel like there was a stretch where I wanted to stop listening
to this, and I probably would have if I weren't reviewing it. The good songs are
really good though. I'd give this about a 6.5 as an entire body work.

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