Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V: Listen to the long-awaited album featuring Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott

Fans have been waiting for years for the album

Roisin O'Connor
Music Correspondent
Friday 28 September 2018 08:22 BST
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Lil Wayne releases new album Tha Carter V

Lil Wayne has released his much-delayed, highly anticipated new album Tha Carter V.

The record dropped at midnight on Friday 28 September, the day after Wayne turned 36.

It features several prominent guest stars including Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Snoop Dogg. Nicki Minaj, Nivea and Ashanti all sing on the album.

There are also vocals from the late rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot and killed earlier this year. The last song on Tha Carter includes a sample of British artist Sampha.

Production on the album comes courtesy of longtime collaborator Mannie Fresh, Swizz Beatz, Metro Boomin, Ben Billions and many others. Wayne was reportedly still recording part of the album this week. The cover art shows Wayne as a child standing next to his mother.

Stream the album on Spotify:

See the tracklist in full below:

1. I Love You Dwayne

2. Don’t Cry f. XXXTENTACION

3. Dedicate

4. Uproar

5. Let It Fly f. Travis Scott

6. Can’t Be Broken

7. Dark Side of the Moon f. Nicki Minaj

8. Mona Lisa f. Kendrick Lamar

9. What About Me f. Sosamann

10. Open Letter

11. Famous f. Reginae Carter

12. Problems

13. Dope Niggaz f. Snoop Dogg

14. Hittas

15. Took His Time

16. Open Safe

17. Start This Shit Off Right f. Ashanti & Mack Maine

18. Demon

19. Mess

20. Dope New Gospel f. Nivea

21. Perfect Strangers

22. Used 2

23. Let It All Work Out

The US rapper first announced Tha Carter V back in 2012, after the 2011 release of Tha Carter IV. However, due to label issues the record was delayed for more than five years, missing its original scheduled release in 2014.

In 2015, Wayne sued Cash Money and demanded $51m and the right to end ties with the label. According to a recent Billboard cover story, the legal disputes between Wayne and Birdman have now been settled for an undisclosed sum, clearing the way for the release of Tha Carter V.

As part of the deal, Wayne is now the sole owner of Young Money Records, his imprint, which was previously a subsidiary of Cash Money.

Tha Carter V was initially expected last Friday but the album did not appear — Lil Wayne called it “a misunderstanding” but then posted a countdown clock on his website this week, which ticked down to Thursday at midnight.

He also released a video thanking fans for their patience and support: “I would like for y’all to know that since y’all stuck with me for like the last four or five years, through all of this, y’all got me feeling like Tiger Woods with this comeback,” he said.

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