Well...you either love him or hate him. But one thing you can't deny about Dwayne Carter is that he is indeed on top of the rap world right now. Chart topping hits, record sales, CEO of the popular and ever growing Young Money label and so much more. But of course...everyone is gonna have their own opinion and probably not agree with any of that. I'll be honest, my interest for his music has definitely declined in recent years. His lyrics and voice have gotten worse and worse (the drugs ain't making it any better) and decent music content, which he used to have, is now non-existent. That said...here we have I Am Not A Human Being II. The sequel to the 2010 EP. Now I already had low expectations for this not only because of the early reviews I've heard from others but based on what I heard from 2011's Tha Carter IV. Which was nothing but piss poor lyrics with good production. Well...to no surprise, that's exactly what IANAHB II is. But much...much worse. Cons are definitely outweighing pros on this one. I'll start with the very few good things I have to say about this album. Production was okay at best. More good ones that bad ones. "Gunwalk" and "Trigger Finger" were probably the two best beats on here. "God Bless Amerika" I would say is the only song I played again. It reminded me a lot of "President Carter" from his last album. Which was my favorite track from that. Even tho he sounded drugged up it was the only song where he seemed relaxed and not over doing it. Now what I didn't like. Obviously the lyrics. Like I stated before his lyrics, flow and voice have gotten so bad its almost hard to listen too. Corny punchline after corny punchline. Just corny shit being said period. From things like "I'm in the ocean getting shark pussy" to "she swallowed so many nuts you fuck around and find a squirrel in her throat". It also appears his favorite word is "pussy". I've been listening to rap music for 16 years and I've never heard "pussy" be said so many times on a single album. Buy hey...long as his bitches love it right? "Back To You" was by far THEE worst track on the album. This was basically "How To Love" part 2 but even worst. It sounds like he's singing on stage doing karaoke while drunk. He clearly didn't even try to make this shit sound good. "Romance" was just....I can't even put in words. The hook went like "the best part of waking up is breakfast after a nut". I'll leave it at that. Even the intro song was terrible. He added soft pianos like he was about to spit something real but nope. More coon lyrics. What's even sadder is that the lyrics were so bad that every guest featured in my opinion out did him on his own song. 2 Chainz, Gudda Gudda, Gunplay, Trina, even Soulja Boy and that's saying something. "Hello" was him going back his Rebirth rock music shit. Wack. This overall sounded rushed and sounded like he didn't give two fucks on making a good album. With the exception of a few good beats and that one song, nothing on this album impresses me. I give it a final grade of a D. I stand by what I said that Lil Wayne hasn't dropped a decent project since Tha Carter III. It's been down hill ever since. But for you Wayne fan I'm sure you will appreciate this madness. Me personally, I ain't got "no worries" either. Except being worried about having to review another Lil Wayne album soon. End.
Final Grade: D
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