@@frankielymon1148 Oh no. The original is Rodney O and Joe Cooley. California legends. Which is why I think they made a conscious decision to have Kendrick on there. Who knows!
@ramos18210 yes Wayne earned a spot of recognition in the history books of rap, had some good shit here and there and some really memorable shit, even some instant classics... but idk what crown your talking about, or if maybe you've just been living under a rock your ENTIRE life, but the "crown" is (tech)nically owned by one man but he shares it with his fellow 🐐, but TECH N9NE is and always will be the best but he's always gonna have EM right there with him claiming his share of the throne... But just off of sheer numbers not even breaking down lyrical skill and delivery/cadence transitions, consistency, or even speed, Techs still the GOAT, but when you break it down like I was saying, Tech is even more definitively THE "one", he is, by all means, THAT nigga... He is Jordan of rap, the Ali or Tyson of rap, the Hawking or Elon Musk of rap... I'm done here lol
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Im 35 n still bumping this. I used to have a 91 Ford thunderbird with a corby stereo.. now I'm in a 2019 suburban with a 10k watt system STILL BUMPING THIS
Watch behind the music lil wayne, the last song he ever wrote was carter 2. The rest were freestyles. There's videos of him recording songs and the process it took. He didnt just walk in the booth and one take it was done. He'd get stuck on a line and stop then walk around till he got something. Thats why he deserves a lot more respect. Back in 2007-2009 he literally murdered everything. EVERYTHING. you heard that lighter light on any song and knew you needed to pay attention lol
this was that raw weezy! swear this when he could get away with any bar lol but it just was the hunger n flow he had that was crazy! birdman got his soul in jar somewhere I swear #freeweezy
you already know! there was no other rapper at that time. listening to the game or any of g unit was no comparison, the only one on the same level was hova
Anytime I’m on pandora and I hear one of these old beats that weezy did in his prime, I instantly leave pandora for TH-cam and start listening to all of Wayne’s old shit. They don’t make songs like this anymore 🔥
I slept on Wayne for years waiting for rap to sound like the NYC style of the 90's again and I missed mountains of gems from that industry. I thought Wayne and that newer wave was damaging the genre. Now I know he was keeping it alive. Whatever happens in the circus around the artist doesn't interest me. If they got heavy bars then I'm with it. People kept calling anything new mumble rap back then so I left it on the shelf. He's intelligent and nice with the wordplay. Can change his pitch and cadence and ride the beat effortlessly but one thing that lets the world know he's really a beast is the fact he doesn't need a notebook or a phone in front of him to remember written material. Some of it is memorized but a lot of it is just freestyling and weaving it all together. He can literally go in the booth and freestyle a whole album in one take. Gotta be top five all-time if not top three and I never thought I would say that. Catalog speaks for itself and its deep. Now guys like Lil baby and Lil Durk killing everything. Wayne put in crazy work to build the foundation and there's amazing content coming out of the hip hop machine right now. I threw out my sleeping pills.
Metro transformed the beat well, but Wayne forever owns this beat.
Isn’t this a 3 6 mafia beat?
@@frankielymon1148
Oh no. The original is Rodney O and Joe Cooley. California legends. Which is why I think they made a conscious decision to have Kendrick on there. Who knows!
@@frankielymon1148
*Rodney O and Joe Cooley : Everlasting Bass
U ain’t never lied
Rodney O and Joe Cool are the originators. The best sample before Metro did this was Three 6 Mafia "who the crunkest"
I’m 33 and this mixtape will forever stick with me 🙏🏼
Same here 33 club! shit is still fire!
32 and facts bro
I’m 34 and same
32 and same!!! Bring me back to HS
33 no 🧢
I feel bad for people that weren't around to feel the excitement of Wayne dropping a mixtape.
Mannn , I remember jus waiting for him to drop,
I remember that shit was like hood holidays lol.
Rns
Limewire days LOL
i remember wanting to download his songs from LimeWire 😂
As soon as I heard “Like Dat” on the new Metro & Future Album, it brought me back here… Wayne so goated but still underrated at the same time
Facts
Seriously
how old are yall?
@@matinho0710 26
Best Rapper Alive
This mixtape ages like wine. I’m 29 now 🐐
I’m 28 in June
32 in 3 weeks!
Me too bro
im 28....best mixtape of all time
34
Had this song stuck in my head for damn near 15 years.... FINALLY FOUND THIS MF
Glad you found it homie
Mane this that shit I’m glad u found this classic
You might’ve been thinking bout 3 6 who the crunkest
Best feeling lol
Same fam
Cant no rapper fuck wit dis version of Wayne
Can’t no rapper fuck w ANY version of Wayne.
96 Nas
@@Judyl3ooty187 No, any other version of wayne will get thrashed. This one was special
Big L
@@lebrontasurusjames1330fuck no
Weezy still holdin the crown 16 yrs old and it still hits hard
Facts!
@ramos18210 yes Wayne earned a spot of recognition in the history books of rap, had some good shit here and there and some really memorable shit, even some instant classics... but idk what crown your talking about, or if maybe you've just been living under a rock your ENTIRE life, but the "crown" is (tech)nically owned by one man but he shares it with his fellow 🐐, but TECH N9NE is and always will be the best but he's always gonna have EM right there with him claiming his share of the throne... But just off of sheer numbers not even breaking down lyrical skill and delivery/cadence transitions, consistency, or even speed, Techs still the GOAT, but when you break it down like I was saying, Tech is even more definitively THE "one", he is, by all means, THAT nigga... He is Jordan of rap, the Ali or Tyson of rap, the Hawking or Elon Musk of rap... I'm done here lol
O, AND Techs been doin it way longer
Old FLOWS......STILL BETTER THEN YOUR NEW FLOWS.....
These younger generations mouth drop when they hear "like dat" until they read the comments and stumble across this gem.
The OG. Bumping Drought 3 in Middleschool lol
"I been around, im still around like them Geicko Cavemen" 2020 & this Wayne still the truth
Legendary line there
So easy.... even a Caveman can do it. lmao I still remember those commercials.
And still around dropping HEAT!!!!!!
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@@anthonypimentel5485 Huh?
“Never talk to those that sat on them benches boy I was in the game on 4 & inches” still one of the toughest bars in 2024
Drought 3 is not only the most ambitious mixtapes in the series, but probably Wayne's best. One of the few I can just pop in and let it knock
This & “Dedication 2” my top two
Both CDs. Fucking legend
Lil Wayne would have had a 99 Madden rating for like 13 years straight (2000-2013)... somehow he is still underrated!!!!!!!
More like 05-2012
Na hes respected the game just moves on and new players come in
His mixtapes are lost art tho. People now don’t know how good this shit is bc it’s only on TH-cam
@@shannonmesenbrink3745 💯💯
Considered the goat
I WAS HERE WHEN IT DROPPED ... IM 32 & FOREVER A WAYNE FAN ... HE IS THE 🐐
Im 35 n still bumping this.
I used to have a 91 Ford thunderbird with a corby stereo.. now I'm in a 2019 suburban with a 10k watt system STILL BUMPING THIS
I had an 87 thunderbird.. I miss that bitch
Same bro, I’m 33, used to bump this in my 95 Nissan Maxima with two Audiobahn 15s in the back
@@julienxdarrell 37, honda civic, two 12's crazy how we all had a similar experience
Wayne is not a top 3, he got no competition at what he was doing for decades. Da greatest
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE no other rapper has had a mixtape run like Wayne had in the 2000s 🔥🔥
Wayne killed this beat long before Kendrick did. And Still the Best.
Waynes cadence on this is immaculate.
"In the game, I'm no cheater. I'm a Tiger. I'm a Cougar. I'm a Panther. I'm a Bengal. OCHO CINCO!!!"
Looooooooove that line.
Cheetah/ cheater double entendre
Dat shit go so hard
Talking about gillie
I’m illie shirt softer than ghillie in a pair of Gucci flops feelin freer than willie 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Whoooo Deeeey!!!!
How are we still not calling this greatness. This man had us in a headlock with his music. 🐐
Who isn't calling this greatness?
Facts
Wayne the goat
Big facts
Top 5 on my list and I don't even have Eminem 😂 or Pac on there but I do have shady at 11
"I spy hiphop in the ocean, I'm gone save it." Yessssss Wayne!!!!
And he did
"flipper skills like gymnast, and never give a bitch money, blood or kidneys" classic Weezy F Baby, don't forget the Baby
☝️
"Never give a bitch money, blood or kidney" still a cold ass line
I knew somebody would catch it!!!!
@@jayjones2791i dont get it😅
Facts !
@@WilliamWillis762means he wouldn't give any thing to a woman
I’m 17 rn but grew up listening to Wayne since I was a baby and he’s definitely the best rapper alive
this is the best place to start. wayne at his best.
im 33. when i was 13 bro, this shit TOOK OVER
same over here
U still a baby lol😂
@@davidmoffett5799 factual
This is the Weezy we need back
for Real fam.
That song with Gucci and drake that just came out is straight gay. I'm glad he's with jay z now.
Dedication 6
Hell yeah
Tee Jack still true in 2018..hopefully 2019 brings this 🔥
"I just bought a pint, and ain't none of y'all sippen, make my friends buy their own, cause i'm tried of being friendly." ill line
Metro is a genius!!!! Thank you Lil wayne, Rodney O and Joe Cooley
This the comment I was looking for 💯
Watch behind the music lil wayne, the last song he ever wrote was carter 2. The rest were freestyles. There's videos of him recording songs and the process it took. He didnt just walk in the booth and one take it was done. He'd get stuck on a line and stop then walk around till he got something. Thats why he deserves a lot more respect. Back in 2007-2009 he literally murdered everything. EVERYTHING. you heard that lighter light on any song and knew you needed to pay attention lol
No ceilings is still, imo, the best mixtape I've ever heard
His prime was 05-10
10,000 bars was the last time
Thats why he sucks now
@@adambeasley9060 ditto
Yoooooo!!!!! The nostalgia I'm feelin right now is crazy!! 😆 Where's my time machine. 😭😭
The last minute of this song is UNMATCHED.. that beat shift when he’s talking about GILLY gives me chills lol
The Last Verse and Beat change is EPIC. Weezy Hard AF...
These mixtapes are why I say Wayne really is the G.O.A.T
that gillie diss at the end will forever b legendary
“Im illy, shirt softer than gilly. In a pair of gucci flops feeling free-er than willy” 🤧🔥🔥🔥
Lmao if you know you know 😂
"Just bought a pint and ain't none of yal sippin' make my friends buy they own fucc I'm tired of being friendly!!" 💯💯💯
what fam
Michael Dewayne Green it’s da lyrics youngin
Crip52Crazy Classic
He spoke the damn truth!
That last verse gave me chills 😳
That Last verse was one of the Smoothest I ever heard, and the Beat changed too...
2024 this aged well🔥🔥🔥🔥
30 yrs old now, been banging this since 12 yrs old ! 🐐
“At the top of my paper like I’m starting a heading” 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Bro I always thought he said “starting ahead” 🤯🤯🤯
man im gettin old lol
+Zax World Thank you for your service
jt rich bruh this was 11th grade
Foreal 😔😔
Hahaha nah just wiser
Elementary
Maaaan 2007 was lit 🔥... I'm 32 now and still jammin to this.. No one, I mean NO ONE WAS ON LIL WAYNE LEVEL
24 years old now been jamming this since I was 7 🐐
35 years old.. remember this in High school 😢 damn time flies.
This makes me miss my high school days. 😩😩😩
Fact 🤦🏿♂️
“Still around like them geico caveman” still being relevant is INSANE
“Never talk to those that sat on them benches, boy i was in the game on 4th & inches” Da Drought 🔥🔥🔥
Who here after kendrick diss lol
1st song I thought abt after hearing it 😂
@@peedie_krak most definitely lol i had to hear it one more time
U know it brother
Wayne🐐🐐
already know 😭😭
Who came here from the new Metro/Future album? Like That samples this masterpiece.
IMO this song still better. You can’t top peak Lil Wayne.
This and the future song sampling three 6 mafia
No they didnt sample this song you retard
Both songs sampled Everlasting Bass
@Angjello all them sampled everlasting bass by Rodney O and Joe Cool
@@allprogrows358 you know something huh. If you know you know
The year was 2008, I was in my Jr/Sr year of High School, Wayne was literally single handedly running hip hop!
Wayne still got the hardest bars over this s/o Metro Future Kendrick
Wayne forever own this beat, Metro slid on this crazy tho
You sound like a fucking retard
I’m glad I found this again. Wayne really killed it using the sample too
“Never talked to those that sat on them benches, I was in the game on 4th and inches” 🔥
Those horn noises at 2:57 might be the hottest shit I've ever heard in a rap song
Sample from the 80s
Everlasting bass is the song can’t remember the artist... three 6 also made a sick song sampling it called “who the crunkest”
Classic sample. Wish I beat him to it lol
Actually from the 70s
@@Burgerbutt-y5l Rodney O and Joe Cooley
I am 33 and all I can say is this brings tears 😭
💕
You just had to be there. The Goat.
15 years old this mixtape is and boy it's his best and prime form!
Number 1,412 reason of why lil Wayne is the Goat.
2018 still bumping this like it came out yesterday
4TC hard_act2f0llow lmfao for real!!!
Shot that stray at Gillie real quick😂
Found this without the help of the internet ❤ real fan
Finally I found where Metro pulled that beat from. All I hear is Wayne when Like That drops and I couldn’t figure out why
3 minutes straight rapping zero filler. mixtape wayne made his own formula. That's why this is so timeless.
So many bars in his style it was so easy to have one go over your head. He was a beast
For all of you fighting over the name, a direct quote from weezy.
"It doesn't have a name, its a mix tape" best rapper alive!
this was that raw weezy! swear this when he could get away with any bar lol but it just was the hunger n flow he had that was crazy! birdman got his soul in jar somewhere I swear #freeweezy
Junior year in high school bumping the drought 3 everywhere, damn mang 2007 was lit. Im gettin old asf lol
I spit every verse to let my kids know what real hip hop is. 🔥😏
I’m 30 and I remember when shit was blaring in everybody’s car system
we had the best generation because we had the best version of wayne.
im 30 as well and this wayne is all i listened to in highschool. i miss it!
Same age
32. Youre gawwwd damn right man. Going to a club at 21 with some wayne playing....live as fuck
you already know! there was no other rapper at that time. listening to the game or any of g unit was no comparison, the only one on the same level was hova
This is hardbody
muthafawkr jones get em!!!
this is a fact my guy.
Man I’m mad I just realized that. They changed the name.
@@WarRoomWarriors90 I think hardbody was the first name that was posed to be on the original carter 3 and then he put it on this tape
Fax
Rhyming kitchen and specifics is just insane mind work
2024 wayne own this shit ain't nobody top this yet
I see some ppl saying he sampled from 3 6 mafia but he original song is everlasting bass by Rodney o and j cooley, classic
Christopher Redd thank you I wanted to know the sample because before 36 sampled it the gimisum family samples it first
I had 3 copies of this on vinyl. Rodney O. Thanks for post
Y'all are right. But to me it seems 36 did it betta
It is originally the everlasting bass, but honestly he was doing a song he already with did e 40 in 99 Look at me
This the greatest mixtape ever
Bro, that metro Future snippet goes hard. That's a cool ass song too!
Bro are you a time traveler?
@@1kDomo🤫
Anytime I’m on pandora and I hear one of these old beats that weezy did in his prime, I instantly leave pandora for TH-cam and start listening to all of Wayne’s old shit.
They don’t make songs like this anymore 🔥
“Your boyfriends softer than the carton the eggs 🥚 are in” 😂 lil Wayne An animal
30 years old and still bumping like high school
Hell yeah I'm 33 Wayne was it back in those days homie
I heard this when I was getting out of the army. I’m 39 and this shit is still tougher than 90% out today
Lol man Wayne been holding it doen half my life I'm 27 now. The Carters alone 😔
Longer my boy since 04
This kame out when I was 19 I’m 36 now and it’s still 🔥🔥🔥
2024, still the best mixtape of all time.
At this moment was when I realized he was the best rapper alive.... facts. I remember everything about this era
What an effin banger bro! Miss the old rap 🔥
Boy we need this wayne back!!!
I’m happy kendrick use this sample because it reaffirms that Wayne is for sure over him in the top mcs artist
You sound so fucking stupid
That wayne verse still top 🔥🔥🤝🏽
15 years later. Still 🔥🔥
I can’t believe I was only 13 when this dropped and didn’t fully understand what Wayne was sayin until I was grown oh my god this a classic 🙏🏽🐐🐐
Straight BARS! Only a few remember this. “When the gun goes pow I’ll be at the finish with my medal around my neck, autographs for my attendance”
You’re listening to the song and still misquoted it. 🤦🏽♂️ “with metal ‘round my neck - autograph on my tennis.” As in tennis shoes.
This 16 years old let that sink in
Been coming before Kendrick but still this one the OG
"the gun goes pow and i be and the end of the finish" "young carter i keep that torch like the Olympics"
This version is 10000x better that the future Kendrick Diss version
I don't fear nothing but god and weddings at the top of my paper like I'm starting a heading🔥🔥🔥🔥 come on!!
rob adams for real
Who else is pissed this isn't on Spotify 🙋🏿♂️🙋🏿♂️
I slept on Wayne for years waiting for rap to sound like the NYC style of the 90's again and I missed mountains of gems from that industry. I thought Wayne and that newer wave was damaging the genre. Now I know he was keeping it alive. Whatever happens in the circus around the artist doesn't interest me. If they got heavy bars then I'm with it. People kept calling anything new mumble rap back then so I left it on the shelf. He's intelligent and nice with the wordplay. Can change his pitch and cadence and ride the beat effortlessly but one thing that lets the world know he's really a beast is the fact he doesn't need a notebook or a phone in front of him to remember written material. Some of it is memorized but a lot of it is just freestyling and weaving it all together. He can literally go in the booth and freestyle a whole album in one take. Gotta be top five all-time if not top three and I never thought I would say that. Catalog speaks for itself and its deep. Now guys like Lil baby and Lil Durk killing everything. Wayne put in crazy work to build the foundation and there's amazing content coming out of the hip hop machine right now. I threw out my sleeping pills.
Great for you..nice to see how you’ve come around. #RESPECT
I already know if I was young at this time I would’ve been bumping this
This entire mixtape is STILL one of the BEST ever
Wayne in his prime 🔥
Still revisit the old Wayne daily 🎶