Lil Wayne, considered to be the best by many and himself alike, is ready to explore his musical tastes. Lil Wayne plans on releasing his full Rock & Roll album on April 7th ,entitled The Rebirth. Here's what he told MTV:
"I don't know if we're gonna release Tha Carter IV now," he told MTV News on his tour bus. "I think we're gonna release Tha Carter III — a new Carter III with none of the same songs, though. None of them. Not one! We don't wanna call the [next album] we got coming out Tha Carter IV. That was the dilemma we were in. We want Carter IV to be what everybody wants it to be.
"This is something brand new, so we don't want it to be some experimental thing, 'cause some people are not gonna like this. I don't want them to not like Tha Carter IV. But I do have an album coming soon, very soon, and it's gonna be called ... Tha Carter III: The Rebirth. The birth of a new beginning."
Those plans have been changed a bit. Wayne's rep told MTV News that the April 7 release has absolutely nothing to do with Tha Carter III or any of his previous hip-hop efforts.
The slight change of plans for Tha Carter III.5 is a bit of a suprise but the Rock & Roll jump isn't. We've seen Weezy show love for the genre many times particularly in his video for "Leather So Soft" and his collaboration with Kevin Rudolf in "Let It Rock". This is a good thing and it will further transcend the genre of hip-hop, similar to when Jay-Z collaborated with Linkin' Park for the behemoth mash-up album.
With that, today the first single leaked entitled "Prom Queen". I'm feelin it for sure and will probably pick up the album closer to its release date instead of waiting, like I did with Tha Carter III. It's a solid track and the most important thing about it, Weezy taking on Rock & Roll sounds natural. Check it out!
Lil Wayne - Prom Queen
