I pay my dues, you keep the difference.

Finally got to give Tha Carter III a couple of listen-throughs. It totally lives up to the hype. I didn't expect it to be the greatest rap album ever, but it's exactly the wake-up six-pack of Jolt Cola and jumbo Fudge Round the rap genre, much less the music industry needs. Weezy let loose a flood of mixtapes, and they had some good cuts that probably could've repalced a few tracks on TC3 (for example the track destroyed by Busta Rhymes' washed-up novelty shoutflow), which is probably my only real criticism. Still digging on "Mr. Carter," but I'm also getting real partial to the more professional "Dr. Carter," and "Playing with Fire" is creepy cool. Either way, I'll be bumping this all summer. As should you.