the problem with going mainstream

one week ago, lil wayne's "tha carter III" FINALLY went on sale. being an avid weezy fan, i have waited through countless release date changes, track changes, album cover changes, title changes, leaks, bootleg mix tapes put out by weezy himself... etc. etc. it's been hard on my poor little soul, but finally, the day arrived. everyone's been waiting on mariah, madonna or usher to have the huge 1st week album sales of the year, but nobody was keeping their eye on my weezy f baby. bad move considering he sold over 400k on the first DAY, and is projected to outsell kanye's album from last year (even w all that kanye v. fitty "i will never make music again" cent).

i am very happy for dwayne michael carter, jr. however, i can't help but feel that bitterness toward his new "fans" who didn't know who he was until "stuntin' like my daddy" or some crap like that. and obviously when you are someone's fan, you want them to do as well as they can, but i can't help it.

which is great, but brings me to a comment that somebody made from a little while ago. i forget who it was but i'm sure it will come back to me. anyway, this person said that lil wayne is not a real rapper because he's not a real thug or some crap. just because he is successful now doesn't mean that it has always been that way. he wasn't some contestant on "America's Next Best Gangsta Rapper" from Connecticut who won a competition and had everything handed to him. just because you hear someone's songs more catered to the mainstream crowd (hey, that's how you grow in the biz right) doesn't mean that you know everything about him, so don't talk if you don't know!






esp if it's about my lil wayne.