ReviewsRanked #3 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "Lil Wayne's greatness lies not just in what he says, but in the way he says it...", "Wayne's supreme confidence as an MC dominates the album....His songwriting skills continue to get more thoughtful and focused...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "His taste in beats and sounds is omnivorous, his crushed-charcoal rasp equally indebted to crisp East Coast complexity, Southern sing-song and his own warped imagination.", "The purest product of the most transformative, chaos-inducing man-made disasters of the 21st century -- New Orleans, hip-hop, and the Internet.", "'Misunderstood', based around the Nina Simone track, has lines that come straight from the heart, and the vital signs are strong...", "There's some intricate art here: 'Dr. Carter' and 'A Milli' have bursts of spectacular rhyme...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "He really is the best rapper alive....As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun.", Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "With rapping, Auto-Tune crooning, groping guitar strings, and rasping for air over a digital patchwork of beats and synths..."
Additional InformationIn the third installment in the THA CARTER series, Lil Wayne proves he’s earned the right to ego-trip, letting his off-kilter flow and vocal acrobatics run wild.