Lil Wayne: Tha Carter V review – the beat is (just about) still on

(Young Money)The most anticipated hip-hop album of the autumn – Kanye West’s Yandhi – did not appear on schedule. Another long-awaited set did, though: Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V (due in 2013). The wait for C5 has involved label ructions, suits, countersuits, the disgraced Martin Shkreli and the rise of numerous rappers deploying the prefix “Lil” – many of whom model themselves in some way (face tattooes, slurred delivery) on the New Orleans powerhous...

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