500 Degreez [Explicit]

Lil Wayne | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: July 23, 2002
• Release Date: July 23, 2002
• Label: Cash Money Records/Universal Records
• Copyright: (C) 2002 Cash Money Records Inc.
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• Total Length: 1:13:39
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• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• ASIN: B000V6AEZE
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,379 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4.75 STARS, January 7, 2005

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jono "jono" (Box Hill Nth, VIC AUS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 500 Degreez (Audio CD)

The name of this album (500 Degreez) says it all: HOT! This album is so hot you could cook chicken with it! My favourite songs are: "Look At Me", "Way Of Life" Featuring Big Tymers & TQ, "Gangstas & Pimps", "Gangsta S**t" Featuring Petey Pablo, "Bloodline" & "500 Degreez". I recommend this album to any cash-money fan!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 500 Degreez, September 14, 2002

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SID "Punk" (BOSTON) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 500 Degreez (Audio CD)

With his former Hot Boys bandmates long gone from Cash Money's roster, Lil Wayne's third album finds him trying to navigate big changes at the label. The bestselling Big Tymers are now the Cash Money prestige act, and the 19-year-old Wayne is often forced to insist he's still relevant.

It isn't a pretty sound, especially when he desperately flashes his bankroll on "Way Of Life," a Tupac-sampling mistake, and reminds anyone who'll listen on "F--k You" that he's still part of the Cash Money clique. One tune is actually titled "Look At Me," which sums up his dilemma nicely. Things don't stay that dire; although not as pop-friendly as the Big Tymers' Hood Rich, the electro-bounce beats (courtesy of Jazzy Pha, in addition to label mastermind Mannie Fresh) are intermittently interesting, and Wayne wraps his nasal, Big Easy drawl around a good idea or two, like "Bloodline," a singsong defense of heredity. But like Project English, the last outing from Wayne's former Hot Boys partner, Juvenile, this workmanlike effort makes its star sound farther than ever from his early promise.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fo Sheezy?, August 5, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: 500 Degreez (Audio CD)

Okay, Lil' Wayne is hot. Always has been. But for the past two of his albums, Weezy has hooked listeners with songs like "Shine" from his sophomore LP "Lights Out". The first single off of "500 Degreez," "Way Of Life", made me think that not only had Weezy's lyricism matured, but also Mannie Fresh's production. But Fresh overshadows a usually funky Jazze Pha on this album by mostly abandoning the 808s and double bass to Jazze and taking over with tracks like "Bloodline", "Way Of Life", "Young'n Blues", and "Lovely." All in all, the album's okay, but if Lil' Wayne wants to succeed in the rap game, he needs to be a lil' more creative.