Lil' Wayne - Rebirth

By way of New Orleans, Lil' Wayne's much buzzed about foray into the rock arena is finally out after repeated release date changes and due to tracks needing to be re-recorded, the album titled Rebirth is nothing more than a convoluted mess and the songs themselves have no redeeming value here whatsoever. A huge step down from his last album, 2008's superb Tha Carter III.

Starting off, "American Star" sounds like an awful mashup of Guns N' Roses and an auto-tuned Lil' Wayne lending his talents to an horrid and uninspiring track. "Prom Queen" is a marginally better track, but the overuse of auto-tune drowns out any bit of melody that this song had and leaves the song itself one big, sloppy mess. "Ground Zero" is a loud, fast track that has a distinct melody that is probably the only thing this song has going for it, as Lil' Wayne is barely audible on this track.

Moving on, "Paradice" is a bland, insipid tune with no redeeming musical dexterity whatsoever, leaving the listener unsatisfied and ripped off. "Get A Life" is one joke of a song with a grating melody that gets on your nerves almost instantaneously and the song itself should have been better off not making the final cut of the album in the first place. "On Fire" has an odd intro that resembles a melody from video game music that you would hear from the 80's and barely comes off the ground, and becomes downright annoying and unlistenable after awhile.

The only song that's worth listening to on this album is "Drop The World". This track also features Eminem, who does a great job of offering some exquisite rhymes that make this song one of the few standouts here and probably the only listenable song on an otherwise lukewarm and underwhelming album. Lil' Wayne's last album, Tha Carter III was such a masterpiece because it relied solely on Lil' Wayne's amazing rap skills and outstanding production.This album is nothing more than a self-indulgent, mind numbing foray into rock music which Weezy would probably want to stay away from altogether and focus on rap for the time being.

To sum it all up, if you want to listen to this album, you're better off listening to it for free on MySpace or better yet not listen to it altogether as it will save you the energy and pleasure for having not heard it in the first place, plus it will save you money in your bank account and space on your hard drive as well that can be used for other quality music.

                                                                                                                                Album Score: 2/5

Track Listing:

1. American Star
2. Prom Queen
3. Ground Zero
4. Da Da Da
5. Paradice
6. Get A Life
7. On Fire
8. Drop the World (f/ Eminem)
9. Runnin
10. One Way Trip
11. Knockout
12. The Price Is Wrong