Product Details:
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Universal Music Group
Sku: 208970341
UPC: 602517834880
UPC 14: 00602517834880
Release Date: 8/20/2008
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. 3 Peat ~ Lil Wayne
2. Mr. Carter - (featuring Jay-Z) ~ Lil Wayne
3. Milli, A ~ Lil Wayne
4. Got Money - (featuring T-Pain) ~ Lil Wayne
5. Comfortable - (featuring Babyface) ~ Lil Wayne
6. Dr. Carter ~ Lil Wayne
7. Phone Home ~ Lil Wayne
8. Tie My Hands - (featuring Robin Thicke) ~ Lil Wayne
9. Mrs. Officer - (featuring Kidd Kidd/Bobby V) ~ Lil Wayne
10. Let The Beat Build ~ Lil Wayne
11. Shoot Me Down - (featuring D. Smith) ~ Lil Wayne
12. Lollipop - (featuring Static Major) ~ Lil Wayne
13. La, La - (featuring Brisco/Busta Rhymes) ~ Lil Wayne
14. Monster ~ Lil Wayne
15. You Ain't Got Nuthin - (featuring Fabolous/Juelz Santana) ~ Lil Wayne
16. DontGetIt ~ Lil Wayne
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Eddie Montilla (strings, keyboards); Ludas Charles (keyboards); Darius Harrison (drums). |
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Additional personnel: Sha Ron Prescott (vocals, background vocals); Pro-Jay, Robin Thicke, Cool & Dre, Jim Jonsin. |
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Audio Mixers: Miguel Angel Mendoza Bermudez; Andrew Dawson; Edward Lido; Fabian Marasciullo. |
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Recording information: Blue Jay Studios; CMR, Miami, FL; SouthBeat Studios, Atlanta, GA; The Record Room, N. Miami, FL; Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA. |
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Photographer: Jonathan Mannion. |
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Although his first studio album in three years has been long-awaited and repeatedly delayed, Lil Wayne has been anything but absent. Since THA CARTER II, Weezy has left an impressive mass of recordings--from mixtapes (authorized and otherwise) to guest appearances--in his wake as he blusters through the rap industry. In the third installment of the THA CARTER series, Wayne shows he's earned the right to ego-trip as he lets his off-kilter flow, freak-out lyrics, and vocal acrobatics run wild over 16 tracks. Scaling the heights of hubris on "Dr. Carter," he plays an MC/doctor treating a certain music genre diagnosed as lifeless and closes with a quintessential Weezy snarl: "Welcome back hip-hop/I saved your life." Wayne then shifts to alien-mode for the E.T.-inspired "Phone Home." Later on, he details his sexual conquest of a female cop on "Ms. Officer." As expected, THA CARTER III is rife with big name producers (The Alchemist, Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, David Banner, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am) and guest artists (Jay-Z, Babyface, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, T-Pain) from all coasts. |
Producer: David Banner; Kanye West; Pro-Jay; Robin Thicke; Swizz Beatz; Jim Jonsin; Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks; David Banner; Rodnae; Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford; Kanye West; Swizz Beatz; Jim Jonsin; Play-N-Skillz; Andrews Correa; T-Pain |
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Engineer: Gina Victoria; Angel Aponte; Miguel Scott; Pro-Jay; Julian Vasquez; Darius Harrison; Joshua Berkman; Ed Falcor-Iidow; Angel Aponte; Pro-Jay |
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Musical Guests | |
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Jay-Z |
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T-Pain |
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Babyface |
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Robin Thicke |
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Kidd Kidd |
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Bobby Valentino |
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D. Smith |
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Static Major |
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Brisco |
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Busta Rhymes |
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Fabolous |
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Juelz Santana |
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
Technical Info
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Release Date : 08/18/2008 |
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Original Release Date : 2008 |
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Catalog ID : 001197802 |
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Label : Motown (Record Label) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00602517834880 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.74)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "He really is the best rapper alive....As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun."
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "He really is the best rapper alive....As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun."
Rolling Stone (p.88)
- Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "Lil Wayne's greatness lies not just in what he says, but in the way he says it..."
- Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "Lil Wayne's greatness lies not just in what he says, but in the way he says it..."
Spin (p.96)
- "[T]he purest product of the most transformative, chaos-inducing man-made disasters of the 21st century -- New Orleans, hip-hop, and the Internet."
- "[T]he purest product of the most transformative, chaos-inducing man-made disasters of the 21st century -- New Orleans, hip-hop, and the Internet."
Spin (p.53)
- Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] rapping, Auto-Tune crooning, groping guitar strings, and rasping for air over a digital patchwork of beats and synths..."
- Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] rapping, Auto-Tune crooning, groping guitar strings, and rasping for air over a digital patchwork of beats and synths..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.66)
- "There's some intricate art here: 'Dr. Carter' and 'A Milli' have bursts of spectacular rhyme..."
- "There's some intricate art here: 'Dr. Carter' and 'A Milli' have bursts of spectacular rhyme..."
The Wire (p.64)
- "'Misunderstood', based around the Nina Simone track, has lines that come straight from the heart, and the vital signs are strong..."
- "'Misunderstood', based around the Nina Simone track, has lines that come straight from the heart, and the vital signs are strong..."
XXL (Magazine)
(p.98)
- "Wayne's supreme confidence as an MC dominates the album....His songwriting skills continue to get more thoughtful and focused..."
(p.98)
- "Wayne's supreme confidence as an MC dominates the album....His songwriting skills continue to get more thoughtful and focused..."
Blender (Magazine)
(p.80)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "His taste in beats and sounds is omnivorous, his crushed-charcoal rasp equally indebted to crisp East Coast complexity, Southern sing-song and his own warped imagination."
(p.80)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "His taste in beats and sounds is omnivorous, his crushed-charcoal rasp equally indebted to crisp East Coast complexity, Southern sing-song and his own warped imagination."
