Friday, June 20, 2008

Lil’ Wayne braves pop, bests hype with best-selling ‘Carter III’

By Matthew Ritger, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

In the first verse of “Phone Home,” a radio-ready spoof on E.T. from Lil Wayne’s new album, “Tha Carter III” (2008), the beat suddenly pauses while Lil Wayne sneers: “Hip-hop is my supermarket, a shopping cart full of fake hip-hop artists.” More »