Tha Carter

Hip-Hop · 2004 · 21 tracks

Tha Carter

A pivotal transition from teen star to lyrical heavyweight. Gritty New Orleans bounce meets a maturing, raspy flow across a conceptual tour of a street fortress.

The moment Wayne stopped being a kid and started being the best rapper alive.

A high-stakes blend of street-hardened confidence and humid, Southern atmospheric tension.

Tha Carter · vs · Lil Wayne

Drum Machine+1.8σ

The production is pushed notably harder into drum machine than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks

01

Walk In

3:04

02

Go DJ

4:42

03

This Is the Carter

4:36

04

BM J.R.

4:58

05

On the Block #1

0:19

06

I Miss My Dawgs

4:35

07

We Don’t

4:10

08

On My Own

4:28

09

Tha Heat

4:37

10

Cash Money Millionaires

4:42

11

Inside

1:31

12

Bring It Back

4:21

13

Who Wanna

4:32

14

On the Block #2

0:24

15

Get Down

4:33

16

Snitch

3:56

17

Hoes

4:32

18

Only Way

4:33

19

Earthquake

5:17

20

Ain’t That a Bitch

4:17

21

Walk Out

1:08

Moments Worth Waiting For

The skeletal, hypnotic Mannie Fresh beat on Go DJ that forces a rhythmic head-nod.

The raw, emotional storytelling on I Miss My Dawgs where the bravado slips into genuine mourning.

The cinematic framing of the Walk In and Walk Out tracks that turn the album into a physical space.

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