I was questioning my concern over this rapper going to jail: why do I care so much? Why do I care if the rapper who said he’s in the “all black Maybach, I’m sitting in the asshole” is going to jail?
I have an answer, and it’s this:
Lil’ Wayne - Amen
This song is what officially set off my care for Lil’ Wayne. It gives off that feeling of running on empty, enduring too much, but wanting to go on. It was emotionally relatable for me at the time, and it clicked with me in an exact moment: I was in a car, getting emotional over the loss of a friend, as my mom called me the moment after Wayne rasped “And I don’t never wanna see her (my mother) mope for me”. It was realizing that Wayne shared the same thought I had that made me fall for his music and what he had to say.
Lil’ Wayne, Eminem & Drake - “Drop The World”/”Forever”
The part I most anticipated of the Grammy’s (Sorry Lady Gaga, Eminem Performed with Elton John last decade, you’ll need a better shock tactic) was overly censored (Thanks, Janet Jackson), DESPITE THE ARTISTS CENSORING THEMSELVES.
So here is as unadulterated as last night’s performance is going to get.
I get the chills when I see each of these men hype the other up.
It has to be a bum out when your “comeback album” is third fiddle to yet another Lil’ Wayne mixtape featuring Wayne rambling and smoking. That said, go download No Ceilings.
My name is Shane, and it's been lengthened to Shanetron by other people throughout my life, so I've co-opted it. I talk about fashion, music, art and sometimes even my life.
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