I Am Not a Human Being Album by Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne released his “I Am Not A Human Being” album today. The new Lil Wayne album which contains 10 songs worth of traditional bangers (“Hold Up,” “Right Above It”), sweet seduction tracks (“With You”) and at least one absolutely bananas song (the title track). MTV reported:

Though the reaction to Weezy’s rock-influenced album Rebirth was mixed at best, he uses crunching guitars to excellent effect on “I Am Not a Human Being.” The metallic riffs and thudding drums recall early Beastie Boys tracks (think “So What’cha Want”), and Weezy’s delivery is just as rugged. When the guitars drop out, they are replaced by trippy keyboard pops, which give the track its very own multiple personality disorder. Weezy even shifts from his in-the-studio rolling cadence to his arena-filling grown. In between, it’s all crazy free associations (“I would try you/ I wouldn’t lie dude/ I must be sticky because them b—-es got they eyes glued/ Young Money baby/ We the s— like fly food/ Y’all can’t see us/ Like the bride shoes”).

“I Am Not a Human Being” doesn’t sound very much like the rest of the album of the same name, but it is one of the stranger entries in Weezy’s catalog (and think about that statement). While I Am Not a Human Being is not quite at the level of Tha Carter III or the Dedication mixtapes, it remains a strong entry in Wayne’s career and bodes well for the type of music he’ll be working on once he finally tastes freedom again.