Tour conclusion, Rolling Stone award, illegal album leak and possible jail time: Lil Wayne has his hands full
Okay, Lil Wayne has a lot going on. First, he’s wrapping up his tour in three days and he’ll be playing each night until then in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, respectively.
Also, he was just named in the Top 100 Songs of the Decade and Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Rolling Stone magazine. His album “Tha Carter III” (2008) was named No. 32 on the albums list, and his song “A Milli” was named No. 63 on the songs list.
Finally, his album “Rebirth,” which has been scheduled for about six different release dates starting on April 7, 2009, finally came out…illegally that is. It turns out that about 500 copies of the album were sent to Amazon customers who preordered the album and it was leaked on the internet.
What seemed like a great advertising ploy (by holding the proverbial carrot in front of the horse) apparently backfired on Lil Wayne who retorted (via Twitter): “Leaked 09 Rebirth isn’t going to be 2010 Rebirth.” Now, the “2010 Rebirth” is going to be available on Feb. 2, which is just a week before Lil Wayne is sentenced for possession of a weapon in New York.
So, what do you think? Did Lil Wayne deserve to have his album leaked because he repeatedly gave his fans false hope about when the album would come out? Will he really have time to come up with a new “Rebirth” album in the next month?
