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Lil Wayne on the Cover of <i>Rolling Stone</i> for "Going Rock"

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Lil Wayne on the Cover of <i>Rolling Stone</i> for "Going Rock"

Just when I thought Rolling Stone's rockist tendencies were as shamefully set in stone as they were going to be, they go lower by finally putting Lil Wayne on their cover (to your left). They put Wayne on the cover not for being arguably the biggest pop star in the world, but for "going rock" on his Rebirth album, which might not even come out. 

 

Rolling Stone is legendary for its stupid cover stories (just in the last year they put Zac Efron and the Jonas Brothers on the cover), but this one is on a different level. They refuse to put Wayne on last year, when they basically acknowledge in the story here that he sold the most records of anyone in 2008, and only want to talk about how he made a "rock album," which, given the few tracks we've heard, is going to be awful on another level. I wonder if they finally realized, "Hey, holy shit, it's 2009. Maybe we shouldn't devote this issue to a Byrds album, and instead we should get that Lil Wayne character on there." 

 

Furthermore, Blender was on to the Wayne phenomeon (they put him on the cover roughly every other issue for the last two years) back before he was "rocking" and they got rewarded by having to fold. 

 

Predictably, the comments on the cover at RS have been generally in the "We hate Lil Wayne! We hate rap! Bring us Dave Matthews Band!" ilk. This is lame all around.

 

I suppose this cover marks Lil Wayne's further penetration into mainstream culture, but at the same time, Rolling Stone is so late to the party on this one. [ RS ] 

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IS it me or all the hateful comments on RS related to him being black and a rocker? white people, its 2009 goddamit..

btw, theres always hateful comments in every RS article about wayne..has little to do with his new direction. Internet trolls just love to hate.

wow

It's you. The "hateful comments" have nothing to do with Lil Wayne's race, and everything to do with the fact that the rock tracks he has released so far have been god awful.

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i don't think its cause he's black. it's cuz he sucks, and can't even play his damn guitar right.
im black, and i think lil wayne is good at rapping (used to be better) but he's not good at being a rock star.
His first two singles aren't that great, hot revolver's better then prom queen though
Its not that I'm not open minded. I like rock too.
It's still worse that they put the jonas brothers on though

jake

yall stupid people need tu stop all dha pointless racist stuff.
Lil wayne is a Great artist if yu dunt thank so den dunt listen tu it.
Dunt sit here and discourage his dream.
Yu wouldnt want people sabatozing yur dreams and hopes!
If he wanna try sumthing new and differnt well dammit let him!
Everyone wants a lido change in life,leave him alone.
Hes probaly as succesful as any of yall people will evr be in life.
Sure hes black and sure evryone thinks tht rock is for white people.
People have differnt taste in evrythang.
If yu dunt like it stay inside and keep yur mouth closed!
-Lido Wayne Supporter.

&&ILoveYou*

MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.... Jake Chill you talkin mad chewy own da rockstar subject can you even Spit? keep hatin because regards wayne stil gettin dat cheese while u live at home with ma dukes wahhhhhhhhhhh........

DA DON

jake... let me start off by asking you, what the hell makes him suck. he has basically amassed in 14 years what others couldnt amass in their lifetimes. he just recently swept the grammys. most of his albums go platinum. but ya, youre right, he sucks, lets all agree with you. BULL F**KIN S**T HE SUCKS. and you know what he does for about 17 hours a day? of course not, because you dont know him. he spends close to 17 hours a day in the studio. he doesnt have time to perfect his guitar playing, and i dont care if he does. it makes wayne, wayne. its not gonna make me think more or less of him. i would much rather him be workin in the studio, puttin out hits, than to be a good guitar player. on his album "Dedication 3" listen to track number 6. maybe then youll get a better understanding of why he is what he is and why he does what he does. now granted im not sayin that rock is his thing, i dont know, but from prom queen and hot revolver, personally i like them, but dont already judge him as a rocker when he has only put out two... i like them but i could end up hating the rest... you hate them but you could end up liking the rest. we dont know how its gonna turn out. i hope its good. i love wayne. no homo. but you should just give wayne a chance, youve only heard two.

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man you guys make me laugh gettin mad at eachother on the internet....no one cares yeah lil wayne is the sh*t and yeah he is gunna be good at whatever he does end of story and by the way im white and i dont think that rock is only for white people just like i love rap and hiphop and i dont think thats only for black people

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