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One of the great things about Twitter is how it can positively undulate after some kind of cultural eruption. I guess this is all relative. For all the #thatswhatshesaid hash tags and public diary keeping ("Annie's mac & cheese + 'Leap Year' on cable FTW!"), it can be an awesome way to discover and share a cultural moment with people everywhere.
At about 4 p.m. yesterday, Twitter went all code red when Lil Wayne's first post-incarceration single dropped on New York radio. People were tripping over themselves to post reactions (almost uniformly positive). Weezy had been home for a few weeks, but now he was truly back.
Lil Wayne's new song is "6'7"," and it's reportedly going to be the first single off of Lil Wayne's comeback album, Carter IV. Weezy has always been able to elevate ordinary material, but when he's got a hot beat he can launch himself into the stratosphere.
With Bangladesh's track for "6'7"," we have liftoff. The producer who gave us "A Milli" works from a similar theme, with twisted and manipulated vocal samples riding over a slithering beat. And with that going on in the background, Wayne goes off: "So misunderstood but what's the world without enigma.... You know father time and we all know mother nature, it's all in the family but I am of no relation."
Wayne hasn't lost a step or a beat or a rhyme. Jail isn't something you'd wish on anyone, but if anything, it sounds like Wayne has been utterly revitalized by the experience.
Welcome home, Weezy.