Hot on the heels of last Friday's much-discussed digital release of
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr's way overdue fifth/final installment of the New Orleans rapper's long running series, this week comes the
.jpg)
physical version of
Lil Wayne's
Tha Carter V (Cash Money). His twelfth studio album,
Tha Carter V finally got released following years of disappointing delays and scheduling setbacks of the sequel to 2011's
Tha Carter IV that's been reportedly completed and ready for release since 2014. Then finally last week, deliberately scheduled for release on the rapper's 36th birthday of September 27, 2018,
Tha Carter V saw the light of day. With both older original
V tracks alongside some brand new very recently recorded album tracks,
Tha Carter V's release resulted in a social media buzz and sales that led to the album been registered as the #1
Billboard 200 album this week. Reviews and social media posts about
Tha Carter V focused on such things as the strengths of the overdue release notably such tracks as "Mona Lisa (feat.
Kendrick Lamar)," "Open Letter," "Let It Fly (feat.
Travis Scott)," "Famous," and "Can’t Be Broken." There were also the inevitable comparisons to such superior installments as
Tha Carter III, and recapping of Wayne's extended legal battles with
Birdman and
Cash Money that contributed to the album's delays.