Promethazine Fiend

Dude looks like a gargoyle

I have this theory that Lil Wayne has gone crazy. Not in a "you crazy, boy" kinda way, but in an "I hope the authorities don't find the bodies and manifesto I hid under the floorboards" way. I usually use the last 10 or 15 (terrible) songs that he's released as evidence of this. Add in his string of unhinged interviews and you start approaching a pretty convincing argument. Blame it on the weed and sizzurp.

But, maybe he's not crazy; maybe he's just lazy and calculated. He doesn't want to live up to the high lyrical expectations that he created with his 18-month tear and he wants to create a mythology around himself. So he starts rapping nonsense ("I'm a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed / Threw the pencil and leak the sheet of the tablet in my mind"...wtf?), cackling about his love of promethazine, and posturing like an old bluesman at his rap shows. Wayne's been that calculated before. Facing a struggling industry, Weezy decided not to record an album and instead to cash in on his immense popularity by charging in the low six-figures for guest appearances on other artist's records. This strategy made him a near-ubiquitous figure on urban radio and translated into more success. So, yeah, don't underestimate Mr. F Baby's acumen. Maybe he's saving all the good verses for projects he'll actually be paid for.



Bun B ft. Lil Wayne: Damn I'm Cold
from II Trill

Glasses Malone ft. Lil Wayne & Baby: Haters
from DJ Skee's radio show