![]() In the end, he has the last laugh as he sings, “The prom queen is crying, sitting outside of my door…You never know how everything could turn around.” The album, which suffered a number of delays in the midst of Wayne’s legal woes, forges ahead with the rock-driven “Prom Queen.” The initial buzz single, leaked January 2009, in which Wayne sings (in auto-tune, of course), tells the story of a popular beauty casting him to the side as she pursues guys she deems cooler. Once listeners are ready to dive into this alternate “Wayne’s World” in sound and genre, they’ll find a mixture of both depth and irrelevance in his lyrical content as they navigate through various tracks. ![]() While the album allows for both hits and misses in its daring approach for its star, it’s a fun, blended, and enjoyable listen for fans of pop, rock, and rap. In a manner likened, but not equated to Outkast’s Andre 3000 and his genre-twisting approach to the Diamond certified The Love Below, Wayne indulgently auto-tunes, raps, and even smokes on this album as he brings to life the rock star in which he truly is. In fact Rebirth, the follow-up to the triple platinum selling Tha Carter III, invites fans of the rapper to not only explore a genre of music they’re not used to, coming from him, but to also delve into the evolution of an artist who refuses to be boxed into hip-hop or better yet-to let hip-hop be viewed through a single lens. ![]() ![]() From the instant the bass guitar is stroked and the drum is beat on “American Star,” the opening track off Dwayne Carter’s seventh album, it’s clear his latest musical venture is a sharp turn from what fans have come to know and expect of Lil’ Wayne. ![]()
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