Within the menagerie of terrible are only shards of transcendence. That pursuit is, with few exceptions, a horrible idea. Rappers are rock stars who donвЂ™t need to make rock albums. Rebirth stands as WayneвЂ™s worst project, but his maligned rock album is increasingly looking ahead of its time, and just might be WeezyвЂ™sВ most impactful project, if you look at the generation currently following in his footsteps. Lil WayneвЂ™s best album is Tha Carter II, his biggest is Tha Carter III, and his creative peaks are Da Drought 3 or Dedication 2, depending on the day and time.

In the middle of this road is Lil WayneвЂ™s 2009 reinvention, Rebirth. ItвЂ™s often a winding road trip through a misguided wasteland of artistic ambitions gone awry. Now, unexpectedly, itвЂ™s happening to Lil Wayne. It happened to Kanye, whose 808s & Heartbreak, while beloved by a vocal minority, is rarely considered his best. Sometimes your worst album, improbably, becomes your most influential. Sometimes your biggest album isnвЂ™t your best album.

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