How does he do it?!
With the Grammys looming, I printed off the nominees and chose my winers and also who I think the winner will be in each category. In the time since the nominations were made public, I'd almost forgotten how many nominations Lil' Wayne pulled in for Tha Carter III. One of few artists who sold 2,000,000+ records or more in 2008 (especially notable in this economic times), Weezy F. Baby successfully completed his mainstream crossover.
Wayne-heads have been following Weezy obsessively via mixtapes and features since Tha Carter III. Knowing this, when Tha Carter III dropped and I saw the tracklisting, I didn't forsee such a huge commotion. Half the songs that made it onto the album have been circulating the internet and showing up on mixtapes for the last 2+ years. I could sing most of them word for word, hence I was not inclined to rush out and buy the album the second it dropped.
Was it loyalty that made people go out and buy Tha Carter III? Or was the material legitimately new to them? Or was it the annoucement of the I Am Music Tour? It was amazing if you didn't catch it. This man has done everything from killing the stage at Hot 97's Summer Jam to performing at the Country Music Awards with Kid Rock in 2008. How does he do it?! More importantly, will he do it again?
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