Lil Wayne is an American Rap artist from New Orleans, Louisiana: for those who aren’t familiar with him. Although I’m not sure how you could be unfamiliar with him, as his recent album Tha Carter V has been one of his most successful projects of all time; with the help of features from other famous Hip/Hop and/or Rap artists such as Travis Scott, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj and more. Tha Carter V is one of Lil Wayne’s largest albums with 23 songs on it, compared to his previous albums that had around 15 or less. However, Tha Carter V isn’t a traditional Hip/Hop/Rap album. Tha Carter V reveals where Wayne’s mental state is, and allows listeners to see further into his past than ever before.
Wayne has had a lot go on in his short life, for being only 36 years old. He raps about some of the events he has had to deal with, on songs such as ‘Open Letter’ where he says “Now they try and tell me I need rest and that I’d find love again but I ain’t find it yet,” where he is referring to his ex-wife who he thought was the love of his life. Later on in the song, Wayne says “What is my meaning? My reason?” implying that he feels lost, which could be related to the fact that he can’t find love again after his ex-wife left him, and how he has a sense of uselessness. Wayne continuously refers to these two questions “What is my meaning? My reason?” throughout the rest of the song, which gives the listeners a sense that Wayne is astray, and struggles to find his purpose.
Lil Wayne opens up about his childhood trauma on the song ‘Let It All Work Out’ where he discusses his previously ascertained accident, in which he was the victim of a gunshot to the chest. He describes a scene where his teenage self struggled to cope with his own life and sense of purpose, and ended up shooting himself in the chest, in an attempt to take his own life. It was believed that this was an accident until the release of Tha Carter V, where the truth came to light. Throughout the album, Wayne constantly refers to his subject matter as “Real life sh*t” and heavy; that’s all anyone can say about Tha Carter V. Heavy. Wayne poured his past, his heart and his soul into this album to create one of the best projects of his career, and a fantastic listen. Wayne’s raw emotion and relatability throughout the album showcases his level of talent as a Hip/Hop/Rap artist, due to the fact that, that genre isn’t very well associated with the kind of music Wayne produced on his latest album.
Written by Jack Fowler
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