It’s one of the rare times when a Wayne remix didn’t completely overshadow the original but is very significant. The line is recycled when the two collaborated over Ludacris’ “ Grew Up A Screw Up,” Wayne uses it to introduce the young Tity before his verse. The first time Wayne ever acknowledged Tity Boi on record was a shout out on 500 Degreez-“Tity baby put it in the air” snuck into the second verse of “ Where You At.”Īt the time, Tity Boi wasn’t a name listeners would recognize, he was unsigned but known locally in Atlanta. The album opens with “Dedication,” an ode to Wayne and a timeline of a friendship that dates back before 2003. What’s interesting is except for “100 Joints,” all the songs that don’t feature Wayne are recycled from various mixtapes. Despite what the label may claim, there's no denying this album belongs to them both.
All his distinguished facial features, for the sole feature that’s spread all across his album. The album cover embodies Wayne’s presence on the album, it’s 2 Chainz face but covered with Wayne’s tattoo and piercings. The title, ColleGrove, represents Atlanta’s College Park and New Orleans’ Hollygrove, where each rapper was raised. (Well, if you ask the label, it’s a 2 Chainz album that features Lil Wayne on a bunch of songs, not a "Lil Wayne" album, the kind of legal loophole that uses the logic of a third grader, somewhere between ridiculous and genius.) For once, the promise of a collaboration album with Wayne was kept. But to my surprise, that’s not what happened. With Tha Carter V in the courtroom, Cash Money isn’t letting their imprisoned songbird sing for anyone but them.
Awaiting the inevitable label interference that would push the project back into Neveruary 32nd. A few years ago, when 2 Chainz hinted that he and Weezy would be doing a project together, it was easy to imagine the album would sit on the shelf between Detox and I Can’t Feel My Face. It happened with Juelz it happened with T-Pain it happened with Drake it’s a surprise that Wayne and Birdman actually put out a joint album. When Wayne finds chemistry with another rapper, it usually leads to a massive amount of music and occasionally the promise of an album. Features were done in bulk, he has more artists signed to him than the New Orleans Saints have players, and rappers orbit him like the Earth does the sun. Relationships have always been a big part of Wayne's success. He came into the rap game in a group and never lost his willingness to collaborate.
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