Streets Is Talking: Rebirth

Taking their temperature.

We'll weigh in tomorrow, but on the eve of Lil Wayne's Rebirth -- the rock album outlets have been reporting about for well over a year -- critical reception is scathing, we've gone through scrapped Fall Out Boy, Lenny Kravitz duets, three covers (the above is one of the tossed inceptions), two other official releases (We Are Young Money, No Ceilings), two Grammy gigs, and with jail pending, this may be the last meaty bit of media we get from the game's most interesting voice.

Yeah bro, it kinda sucks. 


Rolling Stone:

"He splutters and wails over tracks stuffed with aggro stomp and bland riffage; it sounds like he's been holing up with a bunch of Spymob and Incubus records."


The Guardian:

"Artistically, at least, rap-metal seems to be pop's own Red Bull Flugtag: the best you can hope for is an inglorious plummet."


Chicago Tribune:

"The lyrics are crushingly banal. Wayne revels in his cartoonish persona, but some of his lines wouldn't get a laugh in a high school locker room."


London Times:

"The New Orleans rapper can't sing a note so the Auto Tune is set to 'Annoy.'"


Entertainment Weekly:

"A nimble, almost balletic rapper on countless mixtapes, singles, and Billboard-topping collaborations, the 27-year-old comes across both muddled and belligerent on the much-delayed, extensively leaked Rebirth."