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Mixed or average reviews- based on 49 Ratings

  • Summary: With Southern sounds, spacey themes, and smooth rhymes, the rapper returns from incarceration with his latest release of hip-hop hits.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Sep 19, 2012
    80
    {A] far superior effort [than Rebirth]. [Feb 2011, p.84]
  2. 60
    Though this is a flawed and scattershot project, Wayne remains an artist who makes music like a patissier--his songs are frivolous, delicious, and meant to be relished for just a moment.
  3. 60
    It's a perfunctory affair, further fragmented on my download version by the muting of Wayne's stream of expletives, which renders large parts of it unintelligible.
  4. Oct 28, 2010
    60
    It may not be a great, or even particularly good album, but it does at least tide us over until Weezy become a free man, and the much talked about Tha Carter IV finally sees the light of day.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Negative: 5 out of 14
  1. 10
    Fanatastic comeback Album by the self proclaimed "Greatest Rapper Alive" and with the skills displayed in this album he wouldn't be lying by suggesting this. With a selection of great beats with a mix of fast a slow rapping Wayne shows his fans what he is made of and really cements his place on the small list of Hip Hop Greats. With lines like "I'll let my goons rush ya, like moscow" you are in a state shock and it doesn't stop with lines similar all the way through the Album. This really is a Great album by the Incarcerated Rapper and deserves the top spot for Best Rap album this year improving on the less than impressive attempt from the Eminem and the disapponting yet OK effort from his own protege Drake. Overall a great classic and I'm sure he will be back with plenty more where that came from on his next project, the long awaited "Tha Carter IV". Expand
  2. 8
    After The Carter 3, the Weezy Effect 2 was just OK, but not nearly cohesive enough to even be listened to as an album. We Are Young Money had much the same problem, and Rebirth was just a disaster. Unfortunately, with I Am Not a Human Being, Wayne has developed what I would describe as rap-A.D.D... his lyrics have been broken down into simple couplets instead of full verses throughout. That said, this is his first album since Carter III that reaches nearly the same level of lyrical wit. I think it's pretty damn cohesive from beginning to end, and only 'Popular' gets tired in the middle (I skip that song now). I do notice that Weezy's Young Money cohorts (who gave me the impression of ineptitude in We Are Young Money) outshine him completely on some songs here, especially in the opening track. All things considered, though, this album redeemed Wayne in a big way for me, and I was starting to worry. It's a big relief. Expand
  3. NJR
    7
    Lil Wayne to me seems to be the Marmite of Hip Hop, but both the people who love him and the people who hate him don't seem to have any good reasons why they do, I like Wayne as an MC, he is one of the best mainstream rappers right now (Not saying much I know) but I do not love him, he has released some very bad stuff for example Rebirth and Dedication 3 however he has released some very good stuff eg. Dedication 2, Da Drought 3 & Tha Carter 3. I have followed Hip Hop almost religiously for over 20 years and there haven't been many rappers who are as fun to listen to as Weezy, the trick is not to take him seriously, some of his wordplay is very good. As for this album, it's a descent LP, not great but ok, one of the reasons that is sub par is that there is another Young Money artist on pretty much every track, and to be honest they are all awful, Nicki Minaj has nice delivery and she is very different but lyrically Young Money are very poor, this pretty much ruins the album for me, but Wayne's lyrics and flow are as free and flowing as ever. Expand
  4. 0
    I do not know how this album has a score of 65. This is not real rap. The only things he talks about it money, sex, and drugs. The lyrics in his songs are overly repeated, with only some creative wordplay. The only reason why people love lil wayne is because he raps slow, and everybody can catch and repeat his words (which are meaningless). I do not know how this talentless artist got into this rap game, Oh wait! his dad was a rapper too! (and he also sucks at rapping!) Collapse

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