Showing posts with label retirement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retirement. Show all posts

Kendrick Lamar Anrgy at Lil Wayne for Wanting to Retire from Rap Music



I wanted to go with this title- Kendrick Lamar Begs Lil Wayne Not to Retire from Rap- but it would have sounded awkward to some Kendrick fans. Really, that is how it appears in this video of Kendrick ranting in the studio. The video leaked online a few days ago, and it shows Kendrick rapping to old Lil Wayne songs from back in the Hot Boyz era (99-2000), and then it skips to where Kendrick is talking about Lil Wayne wanting to retire, and almost threatening Wayne not to do so.

Below are some of what Kendrick said in the video.


Is M.I Retiring From Rap Music?

Is M.I retiring from rap music? Is Mr. Jude Abaga giving up on his passion for Hip Hop? That is what his recent post on Instagram suggests. Although he has been off the Nigerian music scene for a while, M.I is still considered one of the best rappers in Nigeria.











Lil Wayne Plans To Retire After Carter 5

During a recent interview on 'The Jimmy Kimmel Show', Lil Wayne let the world know that he would retire after dropping Carter 5.  Everyone gets tired of routine at some point, so I guess he is just tired of doing the same thing, under the same label (Cash Money Records) for 18 years. I think it's about time. He has put out too much material back-to-back in the last 6 years, and he is about to be affected by the law of diminishing returns. I think he needs to go away for a while, and then come back after a couple of years, if he gets that hunger again.







"Yes, very true," Wayne said when asked if his retirement plans are still on deck. "I want to retire after Tha Carter V which I hope will be my last album. My next album's not Tha Carter V because I think I have to work on other albums as well with my pop,Birdman, and things like that. But after Tha Carter V, I hope I can retire. [laughs] ... [I'll be able to do] things like spend quality time with my kids." ("The Jimmy Kimmel Show")












If you listen to his last record, I Am Not A Human Being 2, you would notice that Wayne's heart is nolonger in rapping. He has been doing Hip Hop since he was 13, and is now 31, so I am guessing he has burned himself out right now. As I said, he needs to pull the Jay-Z stunt and retire...go away for a while, and he can come back after 3-4 years. He will be appreciated more then, and he would have lived life, so he would have material to talk about. Right now, he has been talking about the same thing for the last 5 years.





He had three albums (Tha Block Is Hot, Lights Out, and 500 Degrees) before he dropped the first Carter album in 2004. Carter 2 came in 2005, and Carter 3 (2008) dropped at his peak. He has dropped different records since then; including a rock album (Rebirth) in 2010. He is working on the 'Like Father Like Son 2' collaborative album with Birdman, which might drop early 2014, and Carter 5 will come after that...Probably by late 2014.