Tunechi's Back (Tha Carter IV)

 Hey all, I know it's been a few weeks but I got a good one for you today. Continuing with the music reviews today I'm doing Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV.  In my opinion it's an instant classic, with collaborations with Drake, Rick Ross, Nas, Busta Rhymes, John Legend, Andre 3000, and T-Pain how could it not be? Well it's a very good album but it doesn't have the epic feel that Tha Carter III had but of course this isn't Tha Carter III this is Tha Carter IV.
  It's been about three years since Lil Wayne's Grammy award-winning album Tha Carter III which included fan favorite singles A Milli, Lollipop, and I Got Money.  Tha Carter IV does not disappoint, the lead single 6 Foot 7 Foot feat Cory Gunz has hit number one on itunes as has his second single How to Love.  Weezy dropped his latest single She Will which features his protege Drake recently and that one is soaring the charts as well.
  The reason why I love this cd so much is because hip-hop is changing and so is Wayne he switches up his sound whenever needed without losing what makes him Lil Wayne. Lyrically he is on fire, maybe that jail time was good for him, he came back spitting fire in every verse.  He continually adapts his lyrical content to provide a true window into his life.
  Wayne is amazing on his own but he also has some really awesome collaborations on this album, my favorite being How To Hate featuring T-Pain. Now I'm a huge advocate of anything with T-Wayne involved, and this song is no different a catchy hook from T-Pain that is chock-full of inappropriate things, which is why I love them together.
   So whatever you call him from, Birdman Jr, The Fireman, Weezy, Lil Tunechi to Lil Wayne, if your a fan this album is for you. It's an array of style from serious songs like Nightmares of The Bottom and President Carter, to songs that are hype and fun like 6 Foot 7 Foot and Blunt Blowing, either way this cd is a good listen I'm giving it a 8/10...

#WTT (Watch The Throne)

   "Human beings in a mob, what's a mob to a king? What's a king to a god? What's a god to a non-believer, who don't believe in anything?" This is the first line you hear when you first hear Jay-z and Kanye West's highly anticipated collaboration album Watch The Throne.  This is appropriate as the cd is filled with songs about pretty deep concepts.
    I got the cd Monday night at about 1:30am and I did not like it at all. Honestly I didn't like this cd until I listened to it about five times or so, there were songs that stuck out at me at first but as a whole I wasn't sold.  Now I feel a little different, the album is fun to listen to and pretty addictive and it's not because the material is so amazing it's because I've been listening to Jay-z and Kanye for so long and I love their styles. This sounds like a Kanye West album with a guest appearance on each track and that guest is Jay-Z. it doesn't feel like a true collaboration cd.  For example Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 put out Hell:The Sequel their collaboration album as their group alias Bad Meets Evil and it was very good. It was so good because it showed just how good these guys work together, on Watch The Throne the chemistry is good but off in ways.  The track they sound best together is the final track called Why I Love You featuring Mr. Hudson who is a singer signed to Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music label.  In the song towards the end they go back and forth to the point that the last sentence they go back and forth on every word and it was one of the coolest parts of the entire album and it was literally the last line.
   I know a lot of people don't agree with me and I know all over Twitter and Facebook everyone has been praising the album as if it was made of pure gold. Now it's fun to listen to because Jay-Z doesn't put out a lot of material any more and it's always good to hear Jay but this could have been loads better, especially after all the delays and hype behind it. this album is a good listen but it's mediocre for these two guys, I'm giving this a 6/10 because it could have been better.

You Damn Dirty Apes!!!

    The Rise of The Planet of The Apes was, for lack of a better word, impressive.  I expected very little from this, to make a prequel to a legendary series and to match the quality needed to overcome the expectations of a Planet of The Apes movie is not an easy feat. 
    Now if you've read my other reviews you know that if there isn't good acting I won't write about it or I generally dislike it, like The Smurfs (which didn't get it's own post because it made me sick). This movie on the other hand was awesome!!! James Franco, John Lithgow, Frieda Pinto, and Tom Felton, need I say more? Yes, they were all on their A game, James Franco continues to amaze me, he came from being the small town stoner kid on Freaks and Geeks, to the stoner weed dealer in Pineapple Express, to the brave guy stuck in a cavern for days in 127 hours.  Franco showed why he is one of the top rising stars in Hollywood, he shines as he shows the emotion and intelligence needed to be the man who indirectly started the rise of the apes while trying to find the cure to Alzheimer disease. john Lithgow played Franco's father who had Alzheimer disease and Tom Felton played this little jerk kid who worked at animal protection for the apes. Felton's English accent was actually really good and convincing.
     Overall this movie was really good the action was insane and the story was very well written. I would recommend this to most people except the little child who sat in the row behind me who could barely handle the emotion. Anyone who isn't a small child should be able to take it. I'm giving this a 7.5/10.