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Friday, December 19 2008

The Best Albums of 2008

PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.


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Thursday, February 18 2010

Lil Wayne: Rebirth

Best Rapper Alive is one thing, but Next Hendrix might be too lofty a goal for even Wayne.


Friday, June 20 2008

Lil' Wayne: Tha Carter III

Taken as conceptually provocative, anti-rational art, this is a monumental album full of powerful, self-defeating statements that obliterate rap's internal logic without offering too much more than indifferent bong logic in return.


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Monday, November 9 2009

The Carter (trailer)

Adam Bhala Lough’s documentary on Weezy F. Baby made waves at Sundance and is set for a DVD release on November 17th. Lil Wayne is…


Sunday, February 1 2009

Katie Couric Pre-Grammy Lil Wayne Interview Trailer

It's hard to know what to think any more.


Monday, January 19 2009

Tha Giggle: On Lil' Wayne

Why was Lil' Wayne the single biggest musical phenomenon of 2008?


News

Thursday, October 14 2010

Lil Wayne 'didn't want to disappear' while behind bars, debuts new album

Though he's been behind bars for the past seven months, Lil Wayne still manages to put his fans first. Before the rapper began serving a…


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