Lil Wayne Goes Rock??!!

Well, I just read an article on Billboard.com regarding Lil Wayne's upcoming album. According to the site, Lil Wayne's next album will be titled Rebirth. Many of us thought his next album would be apart of Tha Carter series, but it looks like that is not true. This new album will have no relation to Tha Carter albums and it will be rock-influenced this time around.

Actually, I am not surprised by the news due to his recent collaboration with Kevin Rudolph and his new love for the guitar. The album has a release date of April 7th, which surprises me somewhat. If anything, I thought we wouldn't hear another Weezy album until later this year.

His new single will be released tomorrow via his myspace page. The track is produced by Tha Bizness and is titled, "Prom Queen." I haven't listened to it yet, but it supposedly has leaked over the internet already. His show in San Diego will also appear on myspace via live stream tomorrow as well.

I had a discussion about Lil Wayne with one of my friends last week and they believe that Lil Wayne isn't going to do as well in 2009 as he did in 2008. Uh.....well, I do not know if that's true or not. Wayne is going to have a lot of competition this year on the charts with the likes of Eminem, Dre, Jay-Z, possibly Outkast, and 50 to name a few. I've heard that a lot of people have been getting tired of hearing Lil Wayne whining and singing on everything, but I'm going to have to hear this new track to give my final take on the matter. Initially, I will say that he's still hot right now and with this new experimentation that he's doing, he's reaching out to a wider audience, which translates into dollar signs. My gut is telling me that regardless of whether you love him or hate him, Weezy is still going to do damage to the charts this year, but that's just my opinion. The question of who will come out on top in 2009 remains to be seen, however.