Most people have never even heard of this documentary, but those who have love it just as much if not more than me. It lets you inside of his world of marijuana and cough syrup (although I'm not a fan of either!) and shows you how he is on a daily basis. This is the trailer for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDo92CxqxlU In 77 minutes you get a look into where he came from, and how he goes about recording his songs. He didn't let the director of the film formally interview him, only allowed him to film interviews that he was participating in. Lil' Wayne either loves or hates the interviewers, and has no problem sharing his feelings. He also doesn't write any lyrics, just types them out onto his laptop, and never hits the save button. Regardless of whether or not you like the guy, he must be doing something right. This documentary was filmed when Tha Carter III was released and you can clearly see from the concert footage that people from all walks of life enjoy him. Give it a shot if you haven't already seen it, maybe you'll change your mind about him.
I leave you with him performing on the Grammy's last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friANd51psU
I will agree with you on that he is doing something right. He knows how popular he is. He knows that he could walk on stage drunk, strum one chord, walk off stage and the crowd would go wild (at least that is what he did when I saw him). I was never really impressed with him before. I never really gave him a chance. Although I haven't seen this documentary, I have seen pieces of it. I don't love him, or like him for that matter, but I respect him. And I definitely won't lie about it, I listen to some of his songs. They are good, they are catchy.
ReplyDeleteAnd that Grammy performance. I loved it. Drake is one of my favorite rappers of today. Not many rappers can be asked to perform on the Grammys without a debut album in stores. Definitely one of the best performances of the night.