Album Review: Lil Wayne - Funeral

Before the release of Funeral, Wayne was already considered one of the best rappers of all-time; yet he spits bars on the album like he still has something to prove.

After Kobe passed last week, there was so much ‘Mamba Mentality’ talk. If you ask me, when it comes to rap, Wayne is a prime example of someone who has a ‘Mamba Mentality.’ As the years have gone by, he’s found a way to remain relevant by understanding how to adjust his style to the ever-so-changing hip-hop game, while remaining this dude that wants to kill every track he’s featured on. In Funeral, it doesn’t change, as, throughout the album, he comes across like a characteristic rapper that whips beats, rebels against rules, and lives in the moment. He also comes across like a rapper that finds it way too easy to flow on beats, play martian, create punchlines, and dabble in wordplay.

The features on Funeral are really good! I thought every rapper on the album tried to pay homage to Lil Wayne by giving him strong verses. All in all, everyone involved in the making of Funeral made sure you felt something when you listened to the album.

Here’s the thing: Wayne talks about meaningless topics when he raps, but he does have this uncanny ability to make meaningless topics sound entertaining (There are so many entertaining useless tracks on Funeral).

Much like I said about Eminem’s performance on Music To Be Murdered By two weeks ago, Wayne sounds like he’s completely in his element and having fun on Funeral. It’s almost like the pressure of dropping another classic Carter album has left his body, so now he can relax when he makes records.