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"Mrs. Officer" is the fourth single from Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter III. Its lyrics explore the tension between criminal suspects and police officers by portraying a relationship between Lil Wayne and a female police officer; it goes so far as to reference the famous N.W.A rap song "Fuck tha Police" (though in a literal sense). [1]
Lil Wayne's song "Mona Lisa," featuring rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar, narrates the story of their interactions with a seductive stranger, "Mona Lisa," otherwise referred to as "Liz." Kendrick is the first to appear in the song intro to let the listener know a story is about to be told.
Elias Leight of Rolling Stone called the song "loopy" and praised Lil Wayne's contribution to the song, saying "Wayne shines during his verse, delivering self-destructive rhymes while skipping nimbly around the plodding beat". [3] Carly Mallenbaum of USA Today felt that the song is "sexy". [4]
Kendrick Lamar heard about Lil Wayne's thoughts on his headlining slot at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime show.. The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, 37, surprise released his sixth ...
Late on the day that Lil Wayne officially received his long-rumored pardon from former President Trump, he dropped a new song called “Ain’t Got Time.” Wayne pleaded guilty to illegal ...
It became Lil Wayne's second number-one album and his seventh top-ten album in the US. [37] By September 2011, the album had sold 953,000 in the US and 1.6 million copies worldwide. [ 38 ] On September 25, 2020, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units ...
Lil Wayne initially planned to release The Leak, a separate album with leaked songs and four additional tracks, on December 18, 2007, with Tha Carter III delayed to March 18, 2008. [61] Instead, The Leak became an EP with five songs and was released digitally on December 25, 2007.
In the chorus, Lil Wayne raps about his lyrical skill and legacy while referencing the process of composing the song: "Best rapper, ex-trapper, dress dapper / Swizzy gave me a head-banger, a neck-snapper / X-factor, make a rapper an example / All I need is a beat with a DMX sample". [5] [6] [7] [8]