Lil Wayne’s Rebirth has just been postponed for at least the third time: After being bumped all the way from April 7 to May 19 to June 16, the rap-rock album is now slated to come out on June 23. A rep for Wayne’s label, Universal Motown, tells the Music Mix that the latest delay is due to sample clearance issues and the label’s wish to release Rebirth on the same day as the debut album from Wayne’s Young Money crew.
Release date change-ups happen all the time, but when we’re talking about a commercial draw as big as Wayne, it’s a slightly bigger deal. Of course, bear in mind that Tha Carter III was delayed approximately ten zillion times before its instant-platinum debut. So how do you feel about the ever-growing wait for Rebirth? Are you starting to get impatient to hear Weezy’s rock CD, or are you happy to wait til all involved are good and ready?
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lets do a song.because i’ve wrote last mounth its gansta song. i think it would make alot of cash.so if anything link O.K.
yeah dis yo boy dakey baby hit me up wit ur new albilm rebirth
Chinese Democracy, anyone?
Last time I checked, sample clearance’s were cleared BEFORE recording the song so Wayne and Cash Money/Universal can’t blaim anyone but themselves. Anyways, never looked forward to Rebirth and never will. I think Wayne is taking this too far with Rebirth. It’s a big slap in the face to the REAL rock artists who sing 100 percent real, blood sweat and tears when all Wayne has to do is just have the engineer throw on autotune to his vocals.
Look you got it all wrong there bra wayne is the greatest artist there is you must be dead and must not listen to the radio cause he’s ever where bra so who ever don’t like wayne don’t know hip hop or music me myself I know wayne owns this thing and if I get a chance ill be on a track with him one day so peace hater
hahaha ryan dove ur confused ! anybody dat dont like wayne dont know hip hop ? i think u ment POP cause wayne sould out to pop das why he be playing on all the pop radio stations and countdowns man is NOT HIP HOP HE IS POP and anybody dat dont c the difference dont know HIP HOP get outta here with wayne being best artist of all LOL with his kindergarden school yard rhymes man his rhymes are so easy and simple my 5 yr old n my 3 yr old could write all the lyrics for his carter 4 LMFAO like some reviews i have read bout wayne : wayne makes music for stupid people das why all his rhymes are all short easy simple and since there is alot of stupid people in north america (let alone the world) the carter 3 sold like no tomorrow n the fact that its written POP all over it …..LIL WAYNE aint ThE GREATEST RAPPER ALIVE HE IS THE SMARTEST RAPPER ALIVE ! CAUSE HE GOT ALL THESE STUPID PEOPLE TO BUY HIS MUSIC (and whoever that is smart is just getting stupiter by da second )u must be a teen only teens listen 2 wayne
the last two single, i must say wayne sound good out of sum 12s !!! making me wanted learn how to play like that!!!
[...] has also made it clear he wants to make his way into the rock world, with his upcoming (and much delayed) album Rebirth taking a heavy rock influence. What better way to break into the rock world than [...]