Lil Wayne Releases Original/ Deluxe Version Of ‘Tha Carter V’
Lil Wayne Tha Carter V: Lil Wayne’s career has been one of the most invigorating and fascinating anybody has ever seen. From his time as a young Hot Boy and ascending to his best version of goatness with his epic mixtape run just as his Tha Carter series, he’s still (seemingly) probably the best rapper to actually step in the booth.
Since the arrival of his 2x platinum album Tha Carter IV in 2011, fans over the globe have longed for Tha Carter V for quite a long time. With he and Birdman experiencing legal issues, we couldn’t get C5 until 2018. Albeit preferably late than never, Wayne positively had a few records for the album that he had to strike out, basically to match the current age in Hip Hop. Today, he endows us with the original — indeed, original — version of Tha Carter V.
Bound with 10 records, the deluxe/original version of Tha Carter V has guest appearances from 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Post Malone, and the incredible Raekwon. During these times of classic material from our preferred artists hitting streaming services (at long last), Tunechi likewise gifted us the re-release of his 2009 mixtape ‘No Ceilings’ on streaming platforms. Christmas came early this year without a doubt!
In an interview with Andrew Barber, Wayne’s manager and long-time companion Cortez Bryant shared that he’s attempting to get the entirety of Weezy’s mixtapes on streaming platforms:
“Now with streaming, I think that we want to put out everything man, all the mixtapes,” he said. “We want everyone to hear [or have them] discover [his mixtapes]. At least that’s where everybody listens to music, so they’re not forced to go into their iTunes catalogs from back in the day of what they downloaded. We want to make sure it’s at their fingertips on streaming platforms.”
Tap into the OG version of Tha Carter V here.