![]() Oh, so you’re saying it’s not really a strategy cause if there was you could mimic it? Cause if there was a strategy that means you could go in there and do it too. Nobody can’t do what I do anyways, so there’s really no strategy to what I do. It’s really like, you can’t put no comment…You know what I mean? I’m just a monster. I just go in there, and whatever comes or wherever I stop…If I want to add something else to it, I do it. What’s been your recording process for Tha Carter III in terms of your approach? Regarding Tha Carter III, I’ve been reading in King about how with Tha Carter you had been doing kind of like the four-bar punches, but when we talked for MTV you said with Tha Carter II you’d recorded all one-takes and stuff. Have you figured out what situation you’re going to go under? ![]() That’s definitely coming out as an album? Well what’s…have you guys decided yet whether that’s coming out as…? I’m working on, like, Can’t Feel My Face. Okay, so how’s Tha Carter III coming along so far? I ain’t never record for no one single thing I just be recording. So what have you been recording for us so far?Įverything man. I heard you were in the studio real late. Interviewed by Toshitaka Kondo ( Photography by Matt DoyleĬomplex: So what’s going on with you, man? He let us know how he was raising his daughter Reginae and why he calls Birdman his “Daddy.” Wayne also shared his thoughts (at the time) about Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pharrell and The Clipse-as well as his surprising picks for the (other) best MCs in the game circa 2006. Wayne was rested, focused, and spoke with passion about everything from his childhood in New Orleans to the finer points of firing an AK. Weezy had been up in the studio all night working on his Juelz Santana collaboration Can’t Feel My Face, which may explain why our interview, which was scheduled for 11 a.m., didn’t get started until almost 2 p.m. Wayne obviously viewed Jay with a great deal of respect, but that didn’t stop the young Cash Money millionaire from asserting his own claim to rap’s No. Meanwhile Jay-Z had just ended his retirement and returned to the rap game with the first singles from Kingdom Come. Tha Carter III was still more than a year away. 1 verse of 2011, this interview seems more relevant than ever.Īt the time Wayne was in the prime of his mixtape era. With Lil Wayne’s “It’s Good” being named his No. Carters-and the never-ending quest for respect that is hip-hop. Though it is five years old, the conversation sheds new light on the complex relationship between hip-hop’s two Mr. The full transcript of Toshitaka Kondo’s interview with Lil Wayne has never been published before now. Wayne’s statement that he was “better than Jay-Z” appeared as a cover line, causing a flurry of discussion in certain circles when that issue hit stands. Exactly five years ago, Lil Wayne and Travis Barker appeared together on the magazine’s cover. As we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Complex in 2012, we’ve begun revisiting some of our favorite stories.
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