Tha Carter from Lil Wayne turns 15-years-old today. Tha Carter was his fourth solo album and it was the start of Lil Wayne becoming a megastar. Seeing I’m a huge hip hop head, I’ve followed Lil Wayne ever since he was a teenager with the Hot Boys. Two years prior, Lil Wayne dropped 500 Degreez which was sort of a jab at Juvenile. With Tha Carter, Lil Wayne started to grow more as a rapper and his schemes matured in the process. Sometimes people tend to forget that Wayne was only 21 when this album dropped. A couple years prior is when people started noticing Lil Wayne with those classic Sqad Up mixtapes. Within two years, Lil Wayne released about 10 mixtapes. The Carter is the first of now five installments of the series with the Carter V finally being released last year.
Bring It Back was the first single from the album, and it featured the legendary Mannie Fresh. The track was released in the spring of 2004. Wayne didn’t release another single from the album until the Fall of 2004. Go DJ was the track and it featured Mannie Fresh once again. Go DJ was a dope track and it laid the foundation to what the album would sound like. Tha Carter have gone on to sell over two million records and he became the star of Cash Money Records. During that time, Birdman was feuding with the rest of the Hot Boys over money. On Tha Carter, Lil Wayne featured I Miss My Dawgs which is talking about missing Juvenile, B.G. and Turk. Overall, this is a really good album from Lil Wayne as it showed his growth as an MC. Check out the track listing and stream link below.
- Walk In
- Go DJ ft. Mannie Fresh
- This is the Carter ft. Mannie Fresh
- BM Jr.
- On the Block #1 (Skit)
- I Miss My Dawgs ft. Reel
- We Don’t ft. Birdman
- On My Own ft. Reel
- Tha Heat
- Cash Money Millionaires
- Inside
- Bring It Back ft. Mannie Fresh
- Who Wanna
- On Tha Block #2 (Skit)
- Get Down ft. Birdman
- Snitch
- Hoes ft. Mannie Fresh
- Only Way ft. Birdman
- Earthquake ft. Jazze Pha
- Ain’t That a Bitch
- Walk Out
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