Tha Carter III
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In Your Ear: Hip-Hop Justice...of Justice"): So one song I'm listening to now is called "Misunderstood," and it's by Lil Wayne. It's on his most recent album, "The Carter III." I love "Misunderstood" because in it, he's got this dry lecture about the criminal justice... In this article: Krs-one, Sound of da Police, Lil Wayne, George Washington University, Public Radio, Michel Martin, The Carter III, and National Public Radio |
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Pitchfork | 4 days ago
Lil Wayne - No Ceilings
...how far he could fall. Wayne's got no ceilings, but he's got no floors either. And given the increasingly scattered nature of his post-Carter III work, the existence of No Ceilings is just a tremendous relief. After last year's wildly...
In this article: Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Gucci, Run This Town, I Gotta Feeling, D.O.A, and Rebirth
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National Public Radio | 7 days ago
The 50 Most Important Recordings: J-M
Invention on top of sadness on top of joy on top of soul -- Sound of Silver proved Murphy could do it all. -- Jacob Ganz Tha Carter III, Lil' Wayne's sixth album, represents the culmination of the rapper's promise, ingenuity and...
In this article: James Murphy, Norah Jones, Jay-Z, All My Friends, Losing My Edge, DFA, Jason Moran, Sound of Silver, and Lil' Wayne
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MTV.com | 7 days ago
'The Carter' Documentary Gets 'Intimate' With Lil Wayne, Producer Says
...and life [when we filmed him]. He'll never get that window back," Jones said. "That's, like, the best time. We caught him leading up to Tha Carter III and then right after, when he went platinum [in the first week of release]. We were on...
In this article: Lil Wayne, The Carter, Quincy Jones III, Platinum, Swagga Like Us, Birdman, Sundance Film Festival, T.I., and Tupac Shakur
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Rocky Top Talk | November 10, 2009
Lane and Wayne: A Brief History of Two Gangsters
by kidbourbon on Nov 10, 2009 10:32 PM EST 1 comment June 10, 2008: Tha Carter III is released, selling more than a million copies in its first week of release June 11, 2008: Random high school kid in Georgia logs on to hip hop message...
In this article: Lil' Wayne, Lane Kiffin, Urban Meyer, and Tennessee
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SPIN.com - News | November 10, 2009
The Movie Lil Wayne Doesn't Want You to See
The film's release is just the latest development in what's become a very action-packed 2009 for Wayne. He topped the charts with Tha Carter III; launched a U.S. tour with his Young Money crew; plead guilty to gun charges, which carry a...
In this article: Lil Wayne, The Carter, Tha Carter IV, Rebirth, DVD, Opiate, MTV, Young Money, and Weezer
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BBC News | November 10, 2009
'Blocked' film gets DVD release
...minute behind-the-scenes film which follows the New Orleans rapper during the promotional and touring schedule around his 2008 album Tha Carter III, is coming out as a DVD on 17 November in the US. Wayne, real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr,...
In this article: Lil Wayne, DVD, Tha Carter IV, Rebirth, The Carter, Cough, Sundance Film Festival, and US
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Village Voice | November 09, 2009
Lil Wayne's Sizzurp-Guzzler Blues
...thecarterdoc.com.) The film follows Lil Wayne on tour through Europe and the U.S. in 2008, during the heady months that his last album, Tha Carter III, went platinum. Thirty-year-old director Adam Bhala Lough is given access to Wayne's bus and...
In this article: Lil Wayne, Forrest Gump, QD3, The Carter, Bob Dylan, Louis Vuitton, Quincy Jones, and Young Money Entertainment
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BBC News | October 23, 2009
Rapper Wayne faces year in prison
In this article: Lil Wayne, US, Grammy awards, Ja Rule, Manhattan, and New York
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Reuters | October 22, 2009
Lil Wayne guilty on N.Y. gun charge, headed to prison
...at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said. Carter's lawyer could not be reached for comment. Carter's album, "Tha Carter III," was the biggest-selling U.S. release of 2008 and won him best rap album and three other prizes at...
In this article: Lil Wayne, Ja Rule, Grammy Award, New York, and U.S.
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The Bergen Record | October 22, 2009
Rapper Lil Wayne pleads guilty on gun charge
...Dwayne Carter, won last year's best rap solo performance Grammy for "A Milli." His albums include "Tha Carter," ''Tha Carter II" and "Tha Carter III." His trial had been due to start Jan. 20. The judge had been holding a hearing on a debated...
In this article: Lil Wayne, Grammy, Tha Carter, Platinum, Manhattan, A Milli, U.S. Border Patrol, Louis Vuitton, and NEW YORK
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Tha Carter III is the Grammy award-winning sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne released June 10, 2008 on Cash Money Records. The first three singles released from the album, ("Lollipop", "A Milli", and "Got Money"), have all achieved top ten success on the Billboard Hot 100. The fourth single, "Mrs. Officer", reached the Top 20 quickly in 4 weeks after Wayne confirmed this song to be an official single. The album received positive reviews and from several music critics and publications, while it earned universal acclaim, according to the website aggregator Metacritic, following an anticipated release. On New Year's Eve, it was named one of the top-selling album of 2008 in the United States, selling 2.88 million copies.
Due to an original December 11, 2007 release date, Tha Carter III was named the "#1 most anticipated album of 2007" by XXL and the #3 album of 2008 by Rolling Stone. The cover, featuring a baby picture of Lil Wayne, follows designs of album covers done by American rappers Nas (Illmatic) and The Notorious B.I.G. (Ready to Die). In December 2008, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album to be presented at the 51st Grammy Awards.
The album has been certified 3x Platinum in the U.S. with sales of over 3 million copies, making it Lil Wayne's highest selling album to date.
- Name:
- Tha Carter III
- Release Date:
- June 10, 2008
- Recorded By:
- Lil' Wayne
- Record Label:
- Cash Money Records
- Manufacturer:
- Cash Money Records
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