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Lil Wayne Explains Switch To Rock, Covers Rolling Stone
By Allen Starbury ♦ Published 04/01/2009

2009-04-01 - Lil Wayne Rolling StoneAfter moving more than 1 million copies in one week of Tha Carter III, does Lil Wayne have it in him to repeat the success with his upcoming rock album Rebirth? Will rock appeal to his fanbase? Or has he gotten so big that anything he drop have fans holding on to every word?

In a brand new interview for the cover of Rolling Stone, the rapper explains his switch to rock. According to Weezy, his lifestyle has helped influence his music. Obviously, he's living like a rock star.

"The rock sh** just comes from what my life is now. I've grown into this person," Weezy tells the mag.

"I woke up one morning and had three or four women in my bed where I not only didn't know their last names, I didn't know the beginning letter of their first names. All I know is, they're the most beautiful women in the world, and I was in my own place, in whatever city I as in. And I could have thrown a dart at the map, and I'd probably have a place there too. I knew my driver was waiting downstairs for me. When my nose finally cleared from all the weed I had smoked, I smelled food in the kitchen and I knew it was my chef. Then I look on my phone and see a message and know it's from a popular woman everyone knows. And when I went in the studio that night, I couldn't just rap, 'Yeah, n**** ... ,' " he continued.

Despite being dubbed the "best rapper alive" by a majority of hip-hop fans, Weezy and doesn't even want it. Actually, he wants to be the best, period, no matter what genre of music he's doing.

"I don't want to be the best rapper in the world. If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album. But I want to be the best. Period. Now. My favorite rapper hasn't done what I'm doing," he says later in the mag's cover story.

The rapper has leaked two tracks off the upcoming album, the single "Prom Queen" and a song called "Hot Revolver," both of which see Weezy using the auto-tune. While "Prom Queen" hasn't taken off like his popular single "Lollipop," Weezy doesn't seem to be worried. He admits that Rebirth may not appeal to all rock fans out there.

"I never said, 'Lil Wayne is going to rock, everybody.' I just got -- I'm not going to say 'so good' at what I was doing, but it became such a regularity for me that I got tired of it," Wayne said. "And then I said, 'You know what? I'm not going to rap on this one.' I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good. Therefore, I practiced that."

For the full Rolling Stone story on Lil Wayne, check out the latest issue of the magazine that hits stores Friday (April 3).

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  • Ny Native

    If he think's he got real on the mic.he needs to get at my nigga tech n9ne.then all the best rapper alive bullshit will stop.

  • anzee11

    Tech N9ne? Isn't that overkill? That's like blowing up a planet just to kill a roach. lol

    Tech N9ne is the truth!

  • briantaylor

    This guy is feeling himself way too much. lil wayne brother please!! The greatest alive. That is laughable!!! There is no comparison to real greats in hip hop.You can't name one of his albums that changed the way hiphop will be in the future.The mark he's made is the skid mark on his face. Greatest alive!! Yeah right!! Then you woke up!!!!!!

  • dretruth

    Pure bullshit that everybody love. He'll never be real rocker. Ain't fooling d!

  • chips

    "I woke up one morning and had three or four women in my bed..." Now that shit's laughable...I didn't even understand that whole paragraph. Dude needs to stop with the autotune, it sounds horrible and like he's cryin! He sounds nice without it...

  • jt

    Damn... I don't understand how some people hate just 2 hate or sum fuck!!! The man is talkin bout bein in bed wit 4 women, cribs all ova the place, probably any amount and variety of weed any smoka would envy, and this nigga gotta personal chef 4 the munchies,breakfast etc..
    Idunno what planet yall niggas from, but where im from that would be considered sum rock star shit. Shit that most rappers at his age never accomplished even at their peak of success.

  • http://www.myspace.com/peacefultravel Fuck Lil’ Wayne as a rocker

    FUCK NOO!
    Lil wayne is a rapper!
    Not a rocker!
    He will never be a rocker
    You can't switch from Rap to Rock
    It's like against the rules of music.
    Haha.
    I just don't think he should.
    Stick to Rap or your Career is going to slowly end.
    sorry but that's the truth.

  • http://ballerstatus.com yo dum fuckers!!

    lil wayne is the fucking shit and u cnt do shit about that

  • Corliss Brater

    Lil Wayne is actually the worst rapper ever. Can anyone on Earth tell me where the hell we can identify ANY talent from this idiot? Where is his talent???

  • http://klaustrofiil.blogspot.com laura

    i actually love drop the world ft. eminem. i never listened
    to him before but that song made me like him. i don't like his
    other song that much though but if he wants to rap he should rap,
    if he wants to rock let him rock. he should be able to do whatever
    he wants. and yes, i do think he has some talent. for instance that
    voice of his... might not be so "good" or whatever but it's
    certainly different and i like that.

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