January 24th, 2009

Lil Wayne’s Rock Album Will Drop April 7th (1st Week Predictions?)

Lil Wayne announced the official release date and title of his next album: Rebirth is due April 7. The first single is called “Prom Queen” and will debut on the Internet right after a live stream of his concert in San Diego on January 27.

Source: MTV

Kanye West went Platinum doing R&B, how well will Lil Wayne do with a rock album?

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91 Responses to “Lil Wayne’s Rock Album Will Drop April 7th (1st Week Predictions?)”

  1. P Says:

    See with KanYe, he did it because of the passing of his mother and his breakup with his girl. It’s kinda like when Jordan left basketball to go to baseball because of the passing of his father. Jordan came back. Kanye can still rap. The last album was just his way of geting out the emotion from what he had gone through. I’m sure the next album, he’ll be back to rapping. With Weezy, this dude is speaking a new language. Nothing but jibberish and it’s gonna even be worse over some generic rock beats. Can’t wait till Eminem comes back.

  2. P Says:

    And since why the fuck do people care more about album sales now when no ones even buying albums anymore? This album will go platinum no matter how bad it is just because it’s Weezy. Just cus it goes platinum though, doesn’t mean it’s good.

  3. Mic Sorc Says:

    Next thing i know, Jay-Z is recording a bluegrass country album and Nas is recording polka. Fuck outta here. Stay within your realm. But if you’re leaving for rock, take auto-tune and tight pants with you. Hiphop doesnt need em no more

  4. Mic Sorc Says:

    Next thing i know, Jay-Z is recording a bluegrass country album and Nas is recording polka. Fuck outta here. Stay within your realm. But if you’re leaving for rock, take auto-tune and tight pants with you. Hiphop doesnt need em no more

  5. the real gangster Says:

    it will be about 12,000 first week sale. in about a year it will be 20,000 while 50 cent destroy him verbaley and lyricly R.I.P lil wayne!!!!!!!!!!!bitch ass fag.

  6. crazey man Says:

    i SAy iT wIlL bE onlEY AboUt 15,000 FiRst weeK.

  7. Maktub Says:

    @1
    Kanye didn’t do it because of that..it’s fun being creative, its fun being different and being successful..Wayne wants to accomplish what Yeezy did..its simple.

  8. WOW Says:

    Yall uninformed as shit.

    Wayne aint doing it because Kanye. Cuz Wayne announced this shit back in ‘07 but decided to do it after C3.

    Second, its not a “ROCK” album REALTALKNY. You seem to call everything rock. But from what I’ve heard its a mixture of genre’s. Just good shit period.

    Third, LOL at muhfukas debating the quality when they aint heard even as much as a beat.

  9. Gwadaboy Says:

    It’s should drop the 1st april.

  10. BigLou Says:

    I still can not believe how ugly Lil Wayne is………..and I hope Lauren London did not fuck him because I will never look at her in the same light!

  11. jay Says:

    good as long as he doesnt use autotunes if Ye can make a fagget ass album then wayne could make a ok album kinda lik Rage or fort minor rap aint doing so well so u gotta diverse ur product 2 sell

  12. Superman - Hip Hop Says:

    overrated wayne @ it again i see. JAY-Z BP3 coming soon haters !

  13. dr Says:

    i honestly think lil wayne will be able to pull it off. Only certain kind of rappers can pull this shit off, kanye, andre, wayne. Imagine ice cube singing he couldnt pull it off.

  14. ChRi$ Says:

    Co-Sign “Mic Sorc”

    fuck thiz fuckin fag,…overated homo

    i hope 50 destroyz thiz piece of shit

    GO COP EMINEMZ NEW ALBUM!!, NO DOWNLOADZ!!…

    WE THA PUBLIC R GONNA MAKE EMINEMZ ALBUM SELL 2X WEEZYZ!!!

  15. Mantis Says:

    My prediction is this will be one of the worst albums EVER released
    Just like the rest of his Garbage catalog.
    Seriously A Rock album, come on man, you need to have talent to make a rock album, by talent I mean lyrics, and the ability to sing. Wayne has none of the above.

  16. ALittleBitCooler Says:

    flop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. ALittleBitCooler Says:

    wayne thinks hes a ROCKSTAR!!! hes a RAPPER!!!!!
    two DIFFERENT things!!!!!!!

  18. Slugg Says:

    Probably gonna be gayer than 808s

  19. Hi Hater! Says:

    lol!! I wanna hear that

    Im not the biggest lil wayne fan…but
    best believe that…he’ll sell AT LEAST 600K first week!!!!

  20. FrontTailPenis Says:

    im actually lookin foward to it

  21. WMD86 Says:

    LOL@MAKTUB
    Kanye didn’t do it because of that..it’s fun being creative, its fun being different and being successful..Wayne wants to accomplish what Yeezy did..its simple

    THESE NIGGAZ IN HERE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK WAYNE AINT FOLLOWING NOBODY, IF ANYTHING NIGGAZ FOLLOWING HIM. TRYNA RETRACE EVERYTHING WAYNE DID TO GET WHERE HE AT, YALL NIGGAZ AINT IN THE INDUSTRY YALL DONT KNOW WHAT IN THE HELL BE GOING ON, ALL YALL DO IS BITCH ALL DAY ON THESE BLOGZ. YALL HAVE NO IDEA LOL.

  22. ALittleBitCooler Says:

    no more like 200 copies

  23. GURU Says:

    i aint a lil wayne fan but cmon this guys is gna sell regardless i predict he will do 300k first week, it might be a wack ass album but hes gna sell, how many of you said that YE was gna flop, nigga did half a mill

  24. REALITYSMACK Says:

    this is wut happens wen rappers get too much money. fuckin flop city, people should stop using yung berg as a punching bag and start smackin some sense into wayne instead

  25. Ninex Says:

    It’ll definitely go gold 1st week

  26. GUNZGOTEM Says:

    stop hatin let the nigga make his money he will sell alot more then 20,000 CD’s anywho i wont be one of them cus im burnin that shyt just see how it is yah kno but well see what happens…..???!!!

  27. T2 Says:

    I dont agree with them goin out of the genre i think its wack. It would be better to collaborate with someone who is good in those genre like jay did with R.Kelly and Linkin Park. He still rapped on every song but the collaboration was with artist from a different genre and some of the music was great. But for artist to go totally out there zone is wack I cant believe the success of Kanye’s album he has some loyal fans. I think Wayne will do good aswell even tho I think it will be wack lol, bcus he also has a loyal fanbase along with a new fanbase he will create that like that type of music. I wanted Kanye to flop and im hoping Wayne flops not cus im hating bcus I dont want other rappers to get desperate for success an start doing this type of thing!

  28. M.E.C.C.A Says:

    it will sell cause what you dumb dumbs dont get is lil wayne spent this past year getting the vote of the white youth the rock youth and the new urban youth thing to do these days are to be more rockerish if thats even a word…and we all know cash money young money got some money set aside to buy as many albums to push them over the quota is a milli and yea if you keeping count they just trying to keep that mark up there with record sells so the answer to this question is yes they will go platinum will it be a week is the other question and that answer is it really dont matgter but if they do than yea be ready for alot of hate in the air..its business and if your smart at it than yea your business will boom….oh yea kanye did that R&B thing to get outside that box to reach more people if anybody paid attention the nigga was still rapping just in a different tone its not that big of a difference from singing and rapping

    http://www.myspace.com/musicevenchristcouldadmire

  29. ... Says:

    wayne has rich white supporters.. yung mula crazy..

  30. ... Says:

    wayne has rich white supporters.. yung mula crazy..

  31. ... Says:

    wayne has rich white supporters.. yung mula crazy..

  32. FAMOUSS Says:

    DAMN THERES ALOT OF LIL WAYNE HATERS IN HERE LMAO…U MAD??? U MAD?? LOL….IF JAY Z SAID HE WAS GONNA DO A ROCK ALBUM..YA LL WOULD DICK RIDE HIS ASS ..FAGGOT ASS BLOGGERS

  33. elvis Says:

    500K-600K at least.

  34. E Says:

    Yeah, Wayne’s rock album probably will do very well. If it’s one thing I learned in 2008, it’s anything, and I mean anything is possible. Kanye’s Gay-O-Gay’s and Heartbreak went platinum, so who knows? I can’t stand that drugged up lil’ bastard, but I wish his ass the best of luck. I’ve never brought a Wayne album in my life, and I damn sho aint buying this one.

  35. deedee Says:

    to #13….. I am not on the down south band wagon or have i EVER been. First down south rap album I ever wanted to listen to is T.I.’s trap music. Only started to maybe like wayne after the Carter 2. Well, i guess go DJ was aight. But to say his rymes skills are garbage???? My favorite rapper is hov, and I feel the best ever is B.I.G. . My favorite complete album of all time is the infamous by mobb deep, with the purple tape second. I am figuring that #13 is from the east.
    How can mimms not be worse than wayne? now, please dont bring up the battle rapper circuit. THESE CATS HAVE YET TO PROVE THEY CAN MAKE A ACTUAL SONG THAT WILL APPEAL TO A WIDE AUDIENCE. Punch line are cool, but only used in the right context. Dont give me a whole song of punchlines, with no definite subject matter. “Shoot me down”, “Dr. Carter”, and “comfortable”. Need I say more on the concept of creating whole records, and not “I’m the best” on some random mix-tape. This goes for Pap, joel, uncle murder, t rex, mook, and whoever else… Yeah, I miss illmatic, ready to die, and reasonable doubt. But the new batch from out that way will never fill those shoes. They Cant fill those shoes.

  36. Ninex Says:

    LMFAO^^

  37. LilwayneisGod Says:

    Wayne will sell i would say about 300-500k in first week, all ya’ll haters keep suckin his dick while his money piles on yo head pussys, imma huge fan of 50, and lil wayne, wayne will never get into beef with 50 no matter what, …actually…..name 1 person he was ever in a beef with? gille the pussy dont count. HAHA! pussy bitches Wayne BRA!!! BEST RAPPER ALIVE! PERIOD!

  38. FrontTailPenis Says:

    im feelin 550k right now im waiting for the singlez

    hey pretty girl, come rock my world!
    i see you and all i wanna do is surf
    let me hold you, come rock my world
    i need you here im dying to be down to earth!
    come sit and talk wit me! til you fart wit me!
    im missing something i think i need you to be part of me
    yes! i plan on giving you the best sex
    a best friend, the best bet, you avent even met your fetish yet!

  39. LilwayneisGod Says:

    oh, and if he went gold carter 3 first week with JUST Rap listeners, imagine how much he will sell now with Rap and Rock Listeneers? 3 words, YOUNG MULLLLLAAA BABYYYYYY!!! hahahah!

  40. FrontTailPenis Says:

    ^ the tracks still gotta b str8 so dnt assume we rockers will like it we aint like you hiphop fans, plus dont most rockstars make most they money off concerts?

  41. ... Says:

    this nigga.. wayne is making most of his money his concert.. hints.. I AM LEGEND TOUR.. yung mula crazy..

  42. ... Says:

    typo.. this nigga 34.. wayne is making most of his money with his concert.. hints.. I AM LEGEND TOUR.. yung mula crazy..

  43. meantilt Says:

    GOLD

  44. FrontTailPenis Says:

    *broad farts*

    front tail: ha ha ha that was cute ^_^’

    *front tail leaves broad crib to play playstation wit mikey*

    front tail: that nasty bitch farted right infront of me b!

    mikey: wtf! <_<…

  45. mateo Says:

    Never say your album release date when 50 has an album coming. He is going to try to put his the same day and wipe Wayne out. I give him 250,000. He aint going a millie again bc c3 was more anticipated but now Wayne is everywhere

  46. ... Says:

    exactly.. yung mula crazy..

  47. b-more Says:

    I’m disappointed in people actually paying attention to this. And this being posted

    This is a ROCK album, we’re hip hop fans

    Dont give me well Wayne is a hip hop artist. Uh, no he’s not. He’s a R&B that just happened to rap. Soon will be a rocker, that just happens to rap

    NEXT…

  48. ... Says:

    good point..

  49. d Says:

    i been saying this was going to happen… most hip hop beats are horrible and takes no talent to make

  50. d Says:

    i been saying this was going to happen… most hip hop beats are horrible and takes no talent to make

  51. 718 Says:

    hope he retires after this garbage

  52. HipHophead Says:

    I think it’ll be good, but Weezy don’t know real rock music. And i’m not talking casual-listener-i-like-Kurt Cobain rock (if you really like Nirvana, you know more than “smells like teen spirit” or anything off the “Nevermind” album. I’m also tired of niggas referring to Cobain in their songs). His album will be pop rock, so it’ll sell, and he’s gonna infuse hip hop into it, i’m pretty sure.

  53. BZA Says:

    Albums gonna go plastic

  54. White Devil Says:

    God Dayum.

    Kanye doing R&b .. Wayne doing a rock album….DMX doing a gospel album.

    SMH @ Hip hop

  55. yjhnmg Says:

    fuck all you niggas sayin he shouldnt do it.
    i dont care what you think about him but the nigga actually likes rock music.
    who the fuck are yall to judge a man for taking a chance at something he truly enjoys.

    theres too many dick riders and haters in here. wheres all the intelligent niggas who dont follow the crowd and actually have a non-biased opinion about the man?

  56. jpegs Says:

    Right here!

  57. jp Says:

    this blog is only for yur opinions on the 1st week predictions, not for yal to hate on dat man, if sum of yall dont like the man dat much den y waste yur time typin sh*t on da keyboard about him den???

  58. jp Says:

    my 1st week prediction:

    620,000 copies

  59. CHICAGORILLA Says:

    az long az dere will b wayne dick riderz derez finna b numberz in album sales i aint even gonna bootlegg diz shyt

  60. RD Says:

    he already is disgracing one of my favorite genres, and now hes going to disgrace my first?

  61. CheezyDoDo Says:

    700,000 first week

  62. WTF? Says:

    Kanye West has NEVER done a “R&B” album. Just cause a black man is singing don’t make it R&B. Kanye West did a fucking euro/alternative stuff.

  63. Ahijah Says:

    @ 62 co-fucking sign, I don’t care how much he sells I just want real hip-hop to comeback fuck the autone garbage, fuck niggas talking about another males swagger I just want real hip-hop this year is that to much to ask ?

  64. Awert Says:

    Good luck to Wayne but it’s not going to sell if he wants to do real Rock music. The dude can’t sing nor can he play any instruments. Who is going to help him with the music? Rock fans are like hiphop fans….they are picky when it comes to their music. Those fans who are into rock are not going to take some rapper seriously as a rock artist. He has to do some pop rock to sell.

    Imagine a rock artist make a rap album just like that. It wouldn’t work unless he makes it more of a pop hiphop so he’ll get the Hannah montana audience.

    Kanye west did well because he didn’t go into a certain type of genre. He did some electronic pop indie and people liked it.

    music genres like Rock, Country and hiphop is more than just music. It’s a way of life and you truly have to prove yourself if those particular fans are going to show you respect.

  65. dayung1 Says:

    seriously. 808’s & Heartbreak was not R&B. that was just pure music. as to wayne coming out with a rock album, interesting idea. with wayne losing his mind under drugs, curious to see how it will turn out.

    & what the fuck is yall definition of “real hip-hop” bunch of dudes talking about how they grew up with nothing & no father & raised in the streets selling coke? fuck outta here. hip hop is a form of music where someone can express themself. fucking ignorant muthafuckas

  66. RichYung Says:

    A millie bitch
    watch and see
    first single finna be fire
    you will capture new fans with only that one song like he did with lollipop

  67. josip Says:

    For you guys saying he’s only gunna sell 10k, Baby will buy more than that alone.

    650k IMO

  68. Listo Says:

    Y do people keep supporting this Dumbass??? im tired of his mumbling gay ass rap that sound the same every-time and he wak ass vocoder singing!!!!

    Stop Buying his shit!!! y would it even have to go as far as a rock album from him??? HES NOT GOOD!! I only support good Rappers in the game like YA BOY and EMENEM , Jay Rock wut u forget bout him?? FABULOUS and CROOKED I

    FUK 50 HE GARBAGE TO!!!

    Come on people support good Rap dont jus buy shit because of names!!! because there names are falling off!!!

  69. County Of Kings Says:

    do yall niggas realize how dedicated his fan base is, he can say the dumbest shit in the world and his fans will swear its the gospel. so if u dont think a rock album by this kid wouldnt do atleast gold in the first week then your wierder than he is. he could mumble on a track and his fans will be like oh shit did u hear what he said he killed it

  70. HIP-HOP! Says:

    r we serious here?….lil waynes carter 3 was fucking terrible..now he thinks he can go out of his genre to do a rock album?….HAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA fucking downies man, thats like saying Metallica is going to do a rap album. You guys are retarded to actually like this shit…and another thing…that rock/rap shit like old linkin park, limp bizkit, kid rock is fucking dead…u dun hear any of them do that shit anymore..this man has to rethink his life no doubt…i dun even know why i said any of this…this article was too easy to mirk.

  71. jpegs Says:

    I guarantee 10 to 1 that the album’s gonna end up gettin pushed back.

  72. gkidd20 Says:

    Yall pussies always hatin every nigga on here know they gonna listen to it and 4 the record it aint even a rock album he just addin a couple snares and guitars here and there so get yall shit together and stop hatin n get yall own paper

  73. AJ Says:

    As crazy as it sounds i give him 20,000 us and like another 50g’s world wide

  74. Fly Ass Tj Says:

    AWWW SHIT LMAO
    That’s all I can say

  75. ace money Says:

    wow number 35 i know you aint serious about puttin pap in your list or niggas who cant make a song that appeal to a wide audience. it may not have happened yet but you cant knock em on that. i mean he keep having problems with labels tryin to drop his album but he’s capable of it. have you heard songs like mother nature, law library, monopoly. i mean i can keep goin. i dont know how much of his music you have or listen to but he’s more versatile than rappers who are in the game and been in the game for a while. and honestly i can care less about wayne shit cuz he so drugged up his lyrics is wack his voice and that auto tune shit is played out and sum of his shit dont even make sense. he can go ahead and try sum new thats cool i aint gonna be supportin him. he been on too many featured tracks and his verses on there are mostly wack. he just need to take a break and come back with sum fresh shit. “its weezy f baby and the f is for phenominal” wow thats the type of shit you supportin homie?

  76. Aaron Says:

    Ok so heres the deal,
    just heard prom queen (1st single)
    the rock and roll part is tight, then wayne comes on singing with the vocoder stuff..
    not my favorite.
    I dont think it will be many of yall’s either, hope he comes with some better stuff for the rest of the album, and maybe some collabs, he needs to get t barker on the beat hah.

  77. igotnuthinb3tta2do Says:

    h3 want s3ll 2 copi3s if h3 pr3ss3d a doubl3 album

  78. wormwurdZ Says:

    lil wayne isnt hiphop and will never get back into hiphop hes a fucking sellout mainstream american garbage artist. 50 cents the same thing to, hes fuckin’ wack hes a buiseness man he owns vitamin water, he doesnt produce quality music.
    go listen to some real underground hiphop

  79. newurb Says:

    shitz wack overrated

  80. marcus20045 Says:

    I dont know what hip hop is coming to. lIL WAYNE SOLD OUT ALREADY. I’M not a fan of his and he needs to stoping trying to be a rock star.hell never been better than Pac big or jigga. hE’LL NEVER SELL 44 MILL LIKE 2PAC. i MISSED THE 90′S ERA OF HIP HOP!!!!EVERYBODY NOW WANTS TO SING AND NOT BE THERESELVES. Pac would never sell out.he waa that talented and was only 25 at the time of his death. I’m from the south and there are really no good artist these days.

  81. rocksteady Says:

    Whats with people bringing up Eminem, on some real sh** if Em don’t sell like Wayne did, that would suck, he’s a sick a** rapper and he been gone for too long…so people gon cop it naturally to see if he still got it like that. I jus hope he aint gon wait too much longer cuz people are fickle these days, and he’ll get his love, but people are into a new sound. Sad, but thats how change is, and can yall stop actin like he bout to bring back that old feeling that was there when he rapped, its past and hip hop has evolved. Hoping for that is like me trying tobring back real bboyin,and breakin before it became all about tricks. But thas how it is, people miss tha real but goin back aint happening at most it will be a breath of fresh air amongst all tha garbage…

  82. killakajsoh Says:

    wack wayne bitch ass. autotune rock. get the fuck outta the game. you aint got shit to talk about anymore. just fuckin die so i dont have to hear autotune bullshit that dr suess can fucking do.

  83. bennett1983 Says:

    why is everybody hatin on weezy fuck wat ya’ll think if dats wat he wanted to do let him do him he making money differents ways not just rap why not get more millions off rock music do yo thang weezy and fuck all the haters and EM IS NOT ON SHIT-

  84. big lu Says:

    These niggas…

    first of all, imma say that im a fan of weezy’s music, not weezy himself. Wayne is one crazy ass druggie nigga, who the fuck wants to look up to someone like that? if u call urself a fan of an artist, then ur a dick rider. Its rare as shit that you’ll find an artist that puts out 20 songs, and that u like all 20 of them, no matter how much of his previous shit you like. I bang a lot of wayne’s shit, but i dont fuck wit what i’ve heard from this new “rock” album. prom queen is wack as shit but u cant go ahead nd say he’s garbage just cause of that one single u’ve heard. even if his whole “rock” album is wack, u cant forget the other shit he’s done. say waht u want, but not just anyone does a millie in a week.

    As far as the success of this new album… u niggas need to think. Lets say Metallica, one of the most successful bands to rock fans, decides they wanna do an album where they’re spittin over hiphop beats. it doesnt mean the hip hop community is gonnna like it. shit, we’d probably hate that shit. And the average nigga would say “what the fuck are these white boys doin?” Its the same shit with wayne doin this album.

    i dont see it as hip hop nor rock. i agree wit the niggas that said this is pop. it will sell, cause pop sells. but it wont be sellin much in the true hiphop community, just as it wont in the true rock community

  85. Rocksteady Says:

    Stop acting like Em is coming back to save hip-hop, I love dude too, but yall are going to get it through your head, hip-hop hasn’t changed it’s evolved for better or worse, depends on who you talking to. America in general has become weak minded and only wanting to be entertained, so that is what we are getting these days. Em changing hip-hop is like me bringin back real bboyin in breakin and hip-hop dance, nobody wants that, its boring, they want tricks and flips. It takes too much to wanna understand or learn. Em at most will be a breath of fresh air amongst all tha garbage but he ain’t funna change tha whole game like yall hopin. And lets get off tha hype, if he don’t sell as much as Wayne did it would be a tragedy bcuz damn he been gone a while, and people are going wanna hear what he got to say simply because he is one of tha greats and because he ain’t been in action; but it ain’t gon flip tha script, my hope is that people don’t think he’s just a past figure and do him like they did Nas lol, but it’s just how tha game go, get in when you can and get out when its right or just keep grinding, that’s life if you attempt this hip hop game…

  86. King Trust Says:

    i say if the white people like it. Over 800,000 first week

  87. cosign Says:

    85king Trust, i cosign u all the way bruh

  88. Beezy B Says:

    Get off ma boi Waynez N-U-Tz.. cuz u bythes get non o these..
    PLATINUM EITHAWAY

  89. Dre 3 Stacks Says:

    YU PEOPLE R WAISTIN UR TYME LIL WAYNE DONT GIV A FUCK WUT YU SAY HE AINT EVEN READIN DIS SHYT LMAO YA SAD GO GIT A LYFE YA DIG GIT OFF THA INTERNET AS FAR AS HIS ROCK ALBUM GO IMA LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WUT DIS NIGGA CAN DO ON THA REAL YA HEARD

  90. steveo Says:

    you people are fucking crazy lil wayne is going to do him and do it well you people must be fucking retarded to think that this rock album is not going to be whats up.he is doing something no rapper has ever done and i can guarantee he wont be the last to do it once this album comes out.stop hating on the man for being different from evryone else not everything in life is bout killing and selling dope seems like thats all rap is bout any more any damn way.

  91. zack Says:

    1,000,000 sales on first week lil wayne for president!! hes fucking amazing

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