So I think we’re all in agreement by now that even though Lil Wayne didn’t drop a formal album this year, the guy is still the best MC the game has to offer right now. It seemed like every week there was a new Wayne mixtape out, and that’s saying a lot, because mixtapes themselves pretty much hit the skids after the arrest of DJ Drama last January. Honestly, there was so much Wayne material floating around the streets and the internets that I couldn’t even keep track. I don’t think he could either.
But it was the really the release of The Drought Is Over 2: The Carter 3 Sessions that threw a monkey wrench in the plans for a December release of Wayne’s forthcoming album, The Carter III. The folks behind the tape, The Empire, went on record in an XXL article saying they paid for Wayne material under the table and put it out without him knowing. So Wayne opted to postpone his official album’s release and put out a collection of previously bootlegged songs on a mixtape project called The Leak, which was supposed to hit stores December 18th (yesterday). In October, Wayne spoke to MTV News and said,
“[The December 18 release] is gonna be called Tha Carter III, but it’s gonna be called The Leak as well because I get leaked so much. My music got leaked this whole year. One thing I noticed, when another person’s album gets leaked, it’s a whole thing; they’re distraught. When my song gets leaked, people call and say, ‘It’s the greatest song. Can I have it for this album?’ Or, ‘Can I put it on this soundtrack? Can we get the ringtone?’ It’s never, ‘Damn, dude, your music leaked.’ So what we feel, we’re gonna give you what you want. We’re gonna give you the leak. Every song that was leaked is coming out on December 18 — and we have four new songs. The song ‘Gossip’ is gonna be the first single from that album. I’mma shoot the video for that in about a week.”
Well, the video for “Gossip” never came, and while Birdman’s 5* Stunna album dropped last week and moved over 85k units, The Leak was nowhere to be found.
I don’t remember really seeing any formal announcement of that project being pushed back, and damned if Wayne isn’t on like 5 hip-hop magazine covers right now and on the top of everyone’s year-end “Best Of” lists. I think everyone was expecting something from Wayne in the fourth quarter. Even though the songs were already available elsewhere, The Leak was still one of the most anticipated December releases. Where is it?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Good question…
I’ve been searching all over the internet for The Leak since Dec. 18th.
I was also looking for Mixtape Messiah, which was also supposed to be released on the 18th. I found out from some random forum that it was delayed out of respect for Pimp C’s death.
Perhaps this was Lil Wayne’s reason as well.
December 20th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Nah Lil Wayne’s decision not to release the Leak had nothing to do with the death of Pimp C. (Baby still did 5 Star Gen.)
I blame it on the triple styrofoam cup!
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