Obsessed: Lil Wayne & The Carter.

I guess I should just apologize first. If you’ve been hanging around me or my friends, you’re probably sick to death of all this Lil Wayne talk. I don’t know how it happened, but his existence just slowly crept up on me, and now he’s taken over my soul. I’m sorry, I really am, but I can’t help it—Lil Wayne is that good. A co-worker generously gave me a copy of The Carter and I’ve watched it about 4 times now. It’s a great documentary on Lil Wayne. One of my favourite things about the film is the way the film-makers use Wayne’s music as a narration device. You can learn so much about him through his music. A little more on the doc:

The Carter documents Lil Wayne in the period before and after the release of Tha Carter III…Carter’s attempts to block the film were a reaction to the film’s depiction of Carter’s heavy use of marijuana and cough syrup as recreational drugs. Despite Carter’s attempts the film was released on November 17, 2009. The independently distributed film topped iTunes movie charts in its first week of release and Huffington Post called it “one of the top five greatest hip-hop documentaries of all time.”

I’ve been trying really hard to find new converts, but most people are hesitant to give in to the power of Weezy. But why is he that good?

1. He’s a tortured artist. He has so much to say and so much to share, but the only way he can do it is through his music
2. He’s seen so much, experienced so much with no other outlet available to him but music
3. If Wayne was to go sober and give up syrup, he’s music would probably suffer
4. The emotion heard through his voice is just incredible. All that weed and syrup has just melted his voice into scruff, but the emotion and drama he is able to portray through his vocals are flooring
5. Because he can sneak in the Pepto Bismol jingle into one of his songs
6. And, because he was a millionaire at 15. What were you at 15? Nothing

Nothing beats some of your best friends standing in a circle with tall cans in hand, yelling Lil Wayne lines together at the top of your lungs—even if it’s 1:30 in the morning. I’m telling you all: music is the universal language.

Lucky for you, my readers (of which there are really probably only 4), someone graciously uploaded the entire documentary on Youtube. Here’s part one:

Parts two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight.

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