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Lil' Wayne: Not the black Kurt Cobain
Is syrup-powered rap rebel Lil’ Wayne the Kurt Cobain of hip-hop? Let’s hope not.
He has far too much potential to end up who knows where inside an old pink bunny backpack. His lethal combination of skill, ego and youthful ambition has made him the most fascinating figure in music in 2008. So much so that when he performed before Kanye West at this year’s massive Hot 97 concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey recently, West spent most of his set openly lamenting the fact that he couldn’t hype the crowd as effectively as Wayne.
But Weezy’s got it like that. Even on the sprawling, undercooked mess that his long-delayed and vengefully leaked new album “Tha Carter III,” the kid shows and proves why he’s the game’s number one contender. He absolutely destroys tracks like “A Milli” and “Dr. Carter,” tossing off more abstract ideas in a handful of verses than lots of platinum rappers have in an entire career.
All of Wayne’s elegantly thugged-out drama will be on full blast when he saddles up to the House of Blues Sunset June 16. He brings a lawless glamour to the game that’s equal parts Tupac, Keith Richards and old-school Bobby Brown. Hip-hop is on the comeback, y’all, and not a moment too soon. To be continued…
—Scott T. Sterling
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