Lil Wayne just dropped his new album Tha Carter VI and it's got a few noteworthy tracks with some surprising samples.
Weezy's 14th solo studio album, which dropped on Friday, June 6, has 19 tracks featuring a slew of rising and seasoned artists across various genres. Following the fanfare of his intro "King Carter" and "Welcome To The Carter," Wayne channels his inner LL COOL J on "Bells," which samples the Queens MC's 1985 hit "Rock The Bells." The Young Money co-founder continues to pay homage to the rap game on the next track with BigXthaPlug, "Hip-Hop" featuring Jay Jones, but he doesn't stop there.
Lil Wayne also samples another timeless rap hit on his song "Banned From NO." Beatmakers TheNightAftr & Kamo cooked up a dope instrumental inspired by N.O.R.E's 1998 Swizz Beatz-produced banger "Banned From T.V." featuring Nature, Big Pun, Cam'ron, Jadakiss & Styles P. In addition to the handful of rap samples, Wayne also taps into his rock side by sampling Weezer's "Island In The Sun" on "Island Holiday."
Tunechi's "Hip-Hop" and "Bells" tops iHeartRadio's Rap Rising playlist this week. The weekly playlist also features new music from Lil Yachty, GloRilla, Little Simz and more. Check out this week's brand-new rap releases from Sada Baby, Logic, Chicken P, French Montana and more below.
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Lil Wayne, Tha Carter VI (Album)
Sada Baby, N.W.O. (Album)
Destroy Lonely, see u soon </3 (EP)
Little Simz, Lotus (Album)
Chicken P, Lights, Camera, Action (Album)
Joey Purp & Thelonious Martin, Champagne Seats (Album)
D2x, Boy In The Blue Hoodie (EP)
GloRilla, "Typa"
E-40 featuring JasonMartin, "Too Much"
Logic, "Old Logic"
French Montana featuring Trippie Redd, "Outta Here"
Ty Dolla $ign, "All In"
Icewear Vezzo, "Shop With Us"
Santa Fe Klan featuring Rick Ross, “Diamonds"
Lil Yachty, "Murda"
Finesse2tymes featuring Fredo Bang, "Play Your Part"
Joyner Lucas, “One of Them”
1900Rugrat featuring BabyChiefDoit & BAK Jay, "Ain't No Love"
Che Noir, "Blink Twice"
Kee Nola, "Problematic"
Bas & The Hics featuring Saba, "Erewhon"
Pi'erre Bourne, "Blocs"