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Funeral
Funeral is the thirteenth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released by record labels Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records on January 31, 2020. It features guest appearances by Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The-Dream, Lil Twist, the late XXXTentacion and O.T. Genasis. "I Do It" featuring Big Sean and Lil Baby was released as a single the same day as the album.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
There is decidedly less storytelling on this record than Tha Carter V, but there is still plenty of clever and unpredictable writing. “I’m on Cloud 9, nigga, you just on iCloud/I’m a icon, I shine and burn your eyes out,” he raps on “Piano Trap.” Across the hour, Funeral sounds less like last rites for Wayne and more like a resurrection.
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Billboard
Funeral debuts at No. 1 this week, with 139,000 first-week equivalent album units moved -- a formidable number, but less than 30% of the units moved by previous full-length Tha Carter V in 2018.
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New York Times
Bundles and 135 million streams returned the rapper to the top of the Billboard 200.
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Rolling Stone
Funeral is emotionally adrift. As Wayne heads into a new decade—his fourth as a professional rapper—it’s hard to know where his head is at, where he’s coming from, or where he’s going.
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COS
The album’s cinematic opener is a bit deceiving with its elegiac piano arpeggios and blanketing strings. Sit down and listen to the story of my life, the overture seems to say, as Wayne crescendos, flips flows, and sings with a rawness unfiltered by syrupy Auto-Tune. “Funeral” is the opening credits song for an Oscar-worthy indie drama, but what follows is an action-packed summer blockbuster equal parts Fast & Furious and NBA Finals.
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CNN
"Funeral" features 24 tracks, including collaborations with Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Two Chainz and the late rapper XXXTentacion.
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GQ
After a stretch in the wilderness, Wayne is back with an album that melds his old-school dexterity with hard-earned wisdom.
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The Guardian
Over these 24 tracks, Wayne throws everything at the Spotify algorithms: Trust Nobody bids nakedly at rock/rap crossover, playing off phoned-in couplets with a hook from Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. Even less enticing is Wayne singing to guitars by himself on Never Mind. Of all the many solid rapper hook-ups here, the late XXXTentacion features grimly on Get Outta My Head, rapping about poor mental health.
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Forbes
Funeral marks a dozen top 10-charters for Lil Wayne, who first broke into the loftiest area on the Billboard 200 back in 1999 with his debut. Since then, he’s only missed the top 10 with one proper album. Including work he produced as a member of the groups Young Money and Rich Gang, he’s landed inside the region 15 times, though those releases don’t count toward the rapper’s solo career count.
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Hiphop Dx
Whether or not listeners make it through all 24 tracks on Funeral, it’s easy to see what Wayne is definitely in his own world. His rhyming remains unlike anyone else in the entire genre and despite this album not being his strongest, you don’t have to go far to find a Wayne quotable that inherently makes one admire his seasoned lyrical dexterity.
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Genius
Funeral is Lil Wayne’s thirteenth studio album and the follow-up to September 2018’s Tha Carter V. The 24-track album boasts appearances from a plethora of artists, including Jay Rock, Takeoff, Adam Levine, Big Sean, and XXXTENT
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Variety
Lil Wayne’s “Funeral” debuted atop the Rolling Stone albums chart with 138,000 album units tallied. Breaking down that figure, 37,500 of Lil Wayne’s total came in traditional full album sales, with the remainder being a combination of his 118.2 million song streams and 18,100 individual song sales.
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The Young Folks
Ironically, this is more of a “Rebirth” than Wayne probably would’ve imagined. No one expected a project this exhilarating, and this stylistically diverse. The only person who probably did was Wayne, the guy who can’t and won’t stop breathing fire into the mic.
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NME
Some may call the playful immaturity a weakness, but the most successful moments of ‘Funeral’ see Lil Wayne leaning into being a big kid. You should let Wayne be Wayne and enjoy the ride, but just make sure you brace yourself for a few uncomfortable bumps along the way.
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UPI
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Rapper Lil Wayne's Funeral is the No. 1 album in the United States.
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Udaily Beacon
Overall, “Funeral” isn’t the ‘instant classic’ album we had hoped for from Wayne. While he has had plenty of hits throughout his career, we won’t find them on this album. Out of the 24 songs, only two or three are candidates for hits, and those feature other prominent names instead of showcasing a solo Wayne.
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Minnesota Daily
The entire project reads like a series of run-on studio sessions lazily thrown together to create a truly forgettable album. Lil Wayne is still one of the greatest rappers alive. Hopefully his next project will be a rebirth of the artist fans everywhere fell in love with and not another “Funeral.”
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Vibe
The beats on Funeral span styles as well as eras. GQ reports that some beats were made less than a year before release, while the title track’s beat dates back to 2013. “Funeral” begins with drumless melodrama until the second half beat reveals another follower of the Dreams & Nightmares album intro format. The keys and bounce on “Ball Hard” are influenced by the low menace of Memphis beats. “Mama Mia” is built around post-dubstep shrieks from Some Randoms, and Wayne matches the energy with an athletic display of rapping.
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Highs Nobiety
Lil Wayne officially has his fifth number one album, as Funeral has just topped the Billboard 200 Chart. Funeral, which released via Young Money Records/Republic Records, is Wayne’s 13th solo studio album. Debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart, the LP joins 2018’s Tha Carter V, 2011’s Tha Carter IV, 2010’s I Am Not a Human Being, and 2008’s Tha Carter III as his fifth album to be recognized with such an achievement.
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DBK News
Funeral starts strong with a dramatic title-track intro, but quickly becomes tiring and makes you want to listen to hits from 2018’s Tha Carter V to make up for it. It’s hard to tell whether “Mama Mia,” the third song on the project, contains a good verse from Weezy; the screeching metal sounds in the instrumental make it damn near impossible to discern and tolerate.
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Complex
The project is also the rapper’s fifth No. 1 album on the chart, which dropped on Jan. 31 via Young Money/Republic Records. It arrives on the Billboard 200 with 139,000 equivalent album units for the week ending on Feb. 6, Billboard reports. Streaming activity was a big factor in Funeral’s ascensions, which drove 72% of its first-week units, or 99,000 units. The remainder was comprised of 38,000 album sales and 2,000 track equivalent album units.
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Erie Reader
In some ways, Funeral feels like a lost album, and in others, a compilation. This likely has to do with the fact that Lil Wayne's second album in as many years was actually meant to arrive before last year's pleasantly surprising Tha Carter V. While the album bookends itself with relatively solid later-career gems, Funeral's lengthy midsection wallows in an unnecessary amount of poor execution and wasted ideas.
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EW
Coming in a little over a year after the triumphant release of his long-delayed Tha Carter V, Funeral gives insight into how Wayne is always working and tinkering away at his music. The Young Money mastermind hopped on the phone to discuss the mystery surrounding his new 24-track project, how he chooses songs for a record, and the reason behind him shouting out Sinéad O’Connor.
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The Source
Lil Wayne’s Funeral LP became the New Orleans rapper’s fifth album to earn #1 on the Billboard 200. The 24 track LP sold 139,000 copies in its debut week which includes 134 million streams according to Forbes.
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Stereogum
One of the songs on Funeral, the Jay Rock collab “Bing James,” ends with a 24-second pause. That moment is a pause in honor of Kobe Bryant, who died just days before the release of Funeral. This makes sense. Wayne has always been a sports junkie, the kind of guy who leaves ESPN on all day long and who has serious opinions about pitching rotations and the tuck rule. And he’s always been a sort of contemporary of Kobe Bryant. Bryant was four years older than Wayne, but he joined the NBA the year after that BG’z album came out. Bryant and Wayne are both two of the best ever at their respective crafts. And Wayne, like Bryant, grew up in public.
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Dancing Astronaut
Lil Wayne secures fifth No. 1 album with ‘Funeral’. While the latest release joins Tha Carter V as the rapper’s second consecutive chart-topping album, Funeral moved 139,000 units—less than 30 percent of units Tha Carter V moved its first week. Part of this can be attributed to the lack of promotion for the album. Funeral was announced only eight days before its release and featured no singles.
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Fader
Funeral earned 139,000 equivalent album units in its first week of availability. 99,000 of those units came from streams with the remaining 40,000 being sold physically. Songs from the record were streamed 134m times in the first week.
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Magnetic
It is 24 songs and 75 minutes long so settle in for a slog of an album. To make it worth your while, Weezy keeps things interesting sonically. “Dreams” uses some soft vocal chants behind his own mellow autotune and furious raps, while the proceeding song "Stop Playin With Me" sounds like the sort beat that Lil Wyane belongs on. ”Clap For Em” rumbles like a Miami bass strip club and adds a harpsichord to give it an eerie melody.
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The Daily Nebraskan
“Funeral” is proof that Lil Wayne can still rap with the best of them. The pointed, intricate flows and lyrics are just as sharp as ever, despite lacking deeper themes or ideas. Wayne’s use of feature artists helps to break up the monotony, but by the end of the 24-song album, the repetitive nature of the instrumentals and lyrics is inescapable. That said, “Funeral” is a step in the right direction for the artist and shows that Lil Wayne is far from finished.
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XXL
Lil Wayne's Funeral album contains 24 songs including guest appearances from XXXTentacion, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, Lil Baby, Big Sean, The-Dream and more.
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WFSB
"Funeral" features 24 tracks, including collaborations with Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Two Chainz and the late rapper XXXTentacion.
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Florala
Within this album, listeners will notice that several songs include a beat switch-up, often toward the ends of the songs. The switch-up in “Mahogany” is undoubtedly my personal favorite, partially because I simply did not expect it the first time I heard it, and also because it is a smooth transition that does not take away from the strength of the first two and a half minutes of the song.
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Rap Up
Lil Wayne debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his 13th studio album Funeral. The project, which features Big Sean, XXXTentacion, and Adam Levine, enters with 139,000 equivalent album units, of which 38,000 were in album sales. Funeral becomes the Young Money rapper’s fifth leader on the chart and 12th top 10 effort. He previously topped the Billboard 200 with 2018’s Tha Carter V, 2011’s Tha Carter IV, 2010’s I Am Not a Human Being, and 2008’s Tha Carter III.
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Metacritic
The latest full-length studio release for the rapper features guest appearances from 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, Lil Baby, Lil Twist, O.T. Genasis, Takeoff, The-Dream, and XXXTentacion.
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Udiscover Music
The new album contains 24 tracks, as well as star-studded features from Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Lil Baby, The-Dream, XXXTentacion, Jay Rock, Takeoff, Adam Levine, O.T. Genasis and Lil Twist. As a tribute to Kobe Bryant, the 8th track, ‘Bing James,’ ends with a 24-second moment of silence.
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DJ Booth
Funeral is Wayne, the mixtape rapper, choosing to puncture original beats with consistent one-liners in a stream-of-conscious style that occasionally burns out. Of course, there are verses significantly hotter than others. This unevenness is also true of the production he selected: A variety pack of hits and misses—a lot of misses—but the highs are a rush.
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Bet
The Young Money Entertainment honcho dropped the long-awaited 13th studio album in the wee hours of Friday morning (Jan. 31). It’s Weezy’s first album since the release of Tha Carter V in 2018. Fans believe Weezy used the album to honor the legendary Kobe Bryant.
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Hypebeast
Lil Wayne‘s latest release Funeral is opening at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200. His 13th studio album garnered a total of 139,000 equivalent album units, including 99,000 in streaming equivalent album units, 38,000 in album sales and 2,000 in track equivalent album units. This marks Weezy’s fifth No. 1 following Tha Carter V, Tha Carter IV, I Am Not a Human Being and Tha Carter III, along with his 12th top 10 effort.
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Kprs
Lil Wayne’s long-delayed album, Funeral just debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Wayne earned his fifth No. 1 on the albums chart with 139,000 album-equivalent units. Billboard reports that the Young Money/Republic Records drop also marks his “12th top 10 effort.” Funeral knocked Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial to the second spot. Funeral is Wayne’s first full-length since Tha Carter V, which topped the chart in 2018. He linked up with artists like Lil Baby, Big Sean, Jay Rock, 2 Chainz, and Adam Levine.
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The Battalion
Perhaps when Lil Wayne accepts his place as a forefather of the modern era as opposed to a proponent of its future, he’ll be better positioned to craft an album that will play to his strengths. It would take a truly horrific release to tarnish his legacy, but only a few more mediocre and bloated drops to overstay his welcome. Until then, the best we can hope for is a sustained plateau and a shorter tracklist.
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Okay Player
According to Billboard, the rapper’s new album, Funeral, will debut at No.1 on its 200 chart for albums this week. Anchored by roughly 139,000 equivalent album units sold (with 72% arriving by way of streams,) Funeral is the NOLA rapper’s fifth album to hit No. 1 and his 12th project to enter the top 10 in its first week. It may also be the first album to land on top of the chart with 24 seconds of silence built into its runtime (dedicated to the late Kobe Bryant.)
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Wired
Funeral finds Lil Wayne tapping into his rap demigod status of the late 2000s. Mostly because it presents Wayne in a glorious polyphonic: seesawing between his more free-associative AutoTuned gurgle and the pop avant-garde, all of it over trap-thick beats, syrupy screw-pacing, occasional soul flourishes, and granite-hard cool. Take your pick: “Harden,” “Mamma Mia,” the Mannie Fresh-produced “Mahogany,” or the final minute of “Piano Trap”—each one is Wayne at the mountaintop. Vulnerability informs some of the album’s rougher edges; he cycles through drug use, health issues, and past mistakes with what seems like more coherence than he’s been able to muster on previous projects.
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SOHH
Lil Wayne’s Funeral — which debuts at No. 1 — leads a packed top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, where five albums bow in the region. Funeral is the fifth leader for Lil Wayne, and it enters with 139,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
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Revolt
Wayne’s latest release is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 139,000 equivalent album units. Funeral was released on Jan. 31 and is the follow-up to Wayne’s Tha Carter V, which was released in 2018. This is the rapper’s fifth No. 1 album, with its’ predecessors being the aforementioned Tha Carter V (2018), Tha Carter IV (2011), I Am Not a Human Being (2010) and Tha Carter III (2008). Wayne also paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on the album. The record has 24 songs, after one of Bryant’s famed jersey numbers while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. He also titled the eighth track on the album - 8 being Bryant’s other Laker jersey number, “Bing James.” The song also ends with a 24-second silence before transitioning to the next record, which some perceived to be a moment honoring the NBA legend.
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DTLR
Perhaps the biggest disappointment with the album is how oversaturated it is. In terms of consistency and cohesiveness, the album feels far more jampacked than it needs to be for 2020 when people can only bear to listen to 5-6 tracks consecutively by the same artist. While this is likely to benefit Wayne fans, for your average teenager this won’t be pleasant listen as it is gruelingly long. The frustrating part of it is that its inconsistency in sound makes it a difficult listen. The product is far from bad. But perhaps it is indeed proof that for the year 2020, the Wayne train just isn’t where it was and never will be again with current music fans.
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Headline Planet
As expected, Lil Wayne’s “Funeral” debuts at #1 on this week’s overall US album consumption chart. It becomes the artist’s fifth #1 album in America. According to Hits Daily Double, “Funeral” sold 37K US copies this past week. With units from track sales and streams included, it generated 138K in total first-week consumption. The overall consumption total, moreover, gives “Funeral” a convincingly weekly win: no other album even cleared 100K.
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Clash
‘Funeral’ is a mixed bag, and feels more like 24 tracks Lil Wayne had lying around than a coherent project. It’s a shame, because there’s a very good album somewhere in the 24 tracks on offer, but it’s weighed down by a lot of filler. One to pick and choose from, rather than stick on in full.
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Hiphop NC
It’s the New Orleans rapper’s first album since “Tha Carter V” and his 13th solo LP. Big Sean, Lil Baby and more appear on the tracks.
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Exclaim
While Funeral isn't necessarily a flop, the album would have ranked higher in Lil Wayne's discography had he cut the tracklist in half and opted for quality over quantity. Overall, Funeral lacks replay value compared to the multiple "best of the year" albums that Wayne has proven capable of creating.
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Twenty Two Words
After many began speculating whether he had lost his flair for producing hits, the American rapper finally has some new music and it's finally dropped today. The album was a smash hit.
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On Smash
This becomes his fifth overall project to top the Billboard 200, as Tha Carter V, Tha Carter IV, I Am Not a Human Being and Tha Carter also topped charts. Of that total, 99,000 were in streaming equivalent units, including 38,000 in traditional sales and 2,000 track equivalent units. Lastly, the project generated 134 million on-demand streams in its first week, which we expect to stay on par in the months to come.
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Urban Island Dz
Lil Wayne is continuing his GOAT status into the new decade. With the release of his latest album, Funeral, Lil Wayne has scored his fifth chart-topping project debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. According to XXL, Funeral sold 139,000 equivalent album units in the first week. The album has also been streamed over 134 million times. While these numbers are impressive and certainly something for Weezy to celebrate, Funeral’s performance doesn’t stand up to Wayne’s last album, Tha Carter V, which racked up 480,000 equivalent albums in its first week. However, many critics credit Tha Carter V’s seven-year build up with its immediate success.
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Fordham Ram
“Funeral” is unlike anything Lil Wayne has ever put out. At 24 tracks and 75 minutes long, the album could be a slow burn if not for its long list of features. Appearances from rappers like Lil Baby, XXXTentacion and 2 Chainz along with production by Murda Beatz, Mike Will Made-It and more make the album worth your while. The album begins with a cinematic title track. Lil Wayne’s voice is passionate and explosive like the old Weezy. The project continues to impress with an early fan favorite “Mahogany.” Lil Wayne teams up with producer Mannie Fresh, who brings out the youth in the 37-year-old rapper. The production complements Lil Wayne’s vocals with each drum kick enlivening his worn-out voice
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Hiphop Wired
Funeral is an extremely consistent body of work throughout its 24 tracks with Wayne doing much of the heavy lifting on his own. Other featured artists 2 Chainz, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, and Young Money’s Lil Twist among others help round out the project.
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Racing News
More recently, on January 31, 2020, Lil Wayne released his 14th studio album. On song number two of the twenty-four song album, NASCAR is referenced.
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The Shade Room
“Funeral is the fifth leader for Lil Wayne, and it enters with 139,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. “
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North Texas Daily
There is a really fantastic 13-15 track album in here scattered all around its massive 24 track list, so the main issue I have with the album is the lack of restraint. Wayne is a legend unto himself and deserves to flex his skills whenever he can, but when composing an album, quality over quantity matters and I wished this album favored that by having a leaner track list with at most a solid 13-15 songs on the list instead of throwing the remaining songs on there, hoping it would all stick together.
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Yahoo
Funeral, released on short warning last week, is Lil Wayne’s strongest retail album since 2008’s blockbuster Tha Carter III, and his best record of any kind since the 2009 mixtape No Ceilings. His great strength, true now as it was in his prime, is an ability to disappear down hyper-technical rabbit holes and re-emerge, preening.
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The Rotunda
Now he releases “Funeral” which if you turn the album cover upside down it spells Lil Wayne. The title song “Funeral” starts the album with a beautiful instrumental which includes some bass guitar and piano. The beat switches to a normal trap where Wayne delivers some witty lyrics. His flow is decent at best, however he does match the energy of the song. “Funeral” is a decent opening track and it sets the tone for the rest of the album.
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The Weekender
It’s a bloated, overblown mess that easily could cut 50 minutes without losing any valuable material. The thing that makes it worse this time, though, is that even the “highlights” have a been-there-done-that feel to them.
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The Post
In Funeral, Lil Wayne shows some sides to him that he doesn’t show often and some sides to him that fans are used to. The album isn’t full of dark tracks as the title indicates. Tunechi gives it his all as a veteran to the rap game and doesn’t disappoint. Being almost 40 with 13 studio albums, the man is running out of shocking lines and catchy rhymes, but Wayne can still make a quality album that will be remembered. Rating:
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The Needle Drop
Not living up to its somber title and introduction, Funeral is another unfocused and bloated album from Lil Wayne.
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The Ringer
Funeral is an attempt at a clean slate—new decade, new album—independent of Cash Money. Like its predecessor, it was released on Young Money and Republic Records. And like its predecessor, it’s a little bloated. (Wayne has one speed, be it album or mixtape.) Regardless, Wayne mostly sounds comfortable and hungry.
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Uproxx
There’s a great album buried in the hefty tracklist of Lil Wayne’s new album, Funeral. It just takes some digging to unearth it 24-track project, some of which it’d be so much better without. With some trimming and a much leaner tracklist, Funeral could be the album of Wayne’s career — especially when it comes to rapping. His bar-work is immaculate here, somewhere between the most practiced technicians of yesteryear and the wild vocal experimentation of today’s neophytes. But with so many bars to sort through, listening to the album from front to back becomes something of a chore — albeit, a mostly enjoyable one.
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Henry Herald
Rapper Lil Wayne has released the eagerly awaited follow up to his 2018 album, "Tha Carter V." "Funeral" features 24 tracks, including collaborations with Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Two Chainz and the late rapper XXXTentacion.
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Hot New Hip Hop
Lil Wayne Funeralarrived just a week after the passing of Kobe Bryant in January. The rapper had always called Kobe his favorite, putting the late Laker legend ahead of Michael Jordan on his personal list. Wayne paid homage on Funeral in two different ways. He made the tracklist 24 songs long with track eight, "Bing James," holding a 24 second moment of silence -- both in tribute to Kobe's jersey numbers.
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Rate Your Music
Lil Wayne album is a mythical creature that is only seen once a decade, and can be identified by its title: Tha Carter
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Wtop
“Funeral” features 23 tracks, including collaborations with Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Two Chainz and the late rapper XXXTentacion.
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All Hip Hop
Lil Wayne's 'Funeral' Album is awesome. Funeral featured a star-studded supporting cast. The project included contributions from Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The-Dream, Lil Twist, XXXTentacion, and O.T. Genasis.
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Southpawer
Lil Wayne drops new album “Funeral.” The album includes tracks “Mahogany” and “Piano Trap.” In both of the songs, Lil Wayne references Eminem.
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Track Lib
‘Funeral’ is Lil Wayne’s thirteenth studio album, released a bit over a year since the long-delayed Tha Carter V. This is his fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It goes back as far as November 2016 when Lil Wayne first announced he was working on a new album titled ‘Funeral,’ following a years-long stint of issues with Birdman and Cash Money Records. It’s believed that the album’s theme suggests a grim take on those label complications; metaphorically hammering a final nail in the coffin.
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Wild 941
The album is the follow up to the New Orleans rapper’s long-awaited 2018 release The Carter V. The 24-track album contains features by artists including Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, Satan’s Kid, and XXXTenTacion.
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Rolling Out
Wayne is at his best when he is willing to dig deep and be vulnerable while launching metaphoric missiles. Funeral is a far cry from mixtape Wayne; however, his most lackluster efforts still eclipse those of many of his contemporaries.
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Hot 107.9
The focus here is that Funeral is packed with moments of Weezy being his usual self, making outrageous references and seemingly enjoying his time in the booth. For a long-term veteran like himself, still having that love for hip-hop is beautiful. Enjoy the 20 best lyrics from Weezy's Funeral.
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Fox 43
Funeral” features 23 tracks, including collaborations with Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Two Chainz and the late rapper XXXTentacion.
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VMan
Legends never die, with the exception of Lil Wayne’s New Album “Funeral”. Years of built anticipation had fans gasping for air as they were teased via coffin emojis on Instagram. Tunchei welcomes fans to the funeral, literally, through his first song while guests arrive on later tracks. Some of these features include: Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, and XXXTentacion. The funeral is here and the house is packed as artists collaborate to pay tribute to Lil Wayne’s thirteenth studio album.
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IStandard
Lil Wayne drops the 24-track Young Money Records release titled Funeral. It is his 13th studio album and has features from Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The-Dream, Lil Twist, XXXTentacion, and O.T. Genasis.
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V 1019
The album is the follow up to the New Orleans rapper’s long-awaited 2018 release The Carter V. The 24-track album contains features by artists including Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, Satan’s Kid, and XXXTenTacion.
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1077 Jamz
The album is the follow up to the New Orleans rapper’s long-awaited 2018 release The Carter V. The 24-track album contains features by artists including Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, Satan’s Kid, and XXXTenTacion.
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B 1039
The album is the follow up to the New Orleans rapper’s long-awaited 2018 release The Carter V. The 24-track album contains features by artists including Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, Satan’s Kid, and XXXTenTacion.
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Foxy99
The album is the follow up to the New Orleans rapper’s long-awaited 2018 release The Carter V. The 24-track album contains features by artists including Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, The Dream, Lil Twist, Satan’s Kid, and XXXTenTacion.
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TMZ
Lil Wayne paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on his brand new album he dropped TODAY -- laying in 24 seconds of silence on track #8 to show love to the Lakers legend. Wayne spent years working on the album "Funeral" -- but when he learned about Kobe's death on Sunday, he connected with Young Money President, Mack Maine, and they agreed to make last-second changes to honor Bryant. The final decision was to lay in a moment of silence for Kobe at the end of the 8th song on the album, titled "Bing James" -- 24 seconds in total. Obviously, the numbers refer to Kobe's Lakers jersey numbers, #8 and #24.
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Mxdwn
Tha Carter V debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and had the second-largest streaming week for an album of all time. Not much is known about Funeral, but Complex reported that the album will feature production from The LoopHoles, Rio, Academics, MonstaBeatz, London on Da Track. The Loopholes is an Atlanta-based production collective with credits on Future’s The WIZRD, as well as records with Young Thug, Yung Nudy, and Wiz Khalifa.
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Tone Deaf
Funeral will be Lil Wayne’s 13th studio album. In an interview with Q93 last year, he spoke about working with the likes of Big Sean and Lil Baby, so we can potentially be seeing collaborations with these rappers making their appearance on Funeral. Those who have been following Wayne’s interviews since the release of Tha Carter V will have known that he’s been messing around with new material for a minute but given the time lapsed in between album releases in the past…the concept of two new Lil Wayne projects within the space of a year comes as a pleasant surprise.
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Capital Xtra
According to the alleged album leak, which Lil Wayne reposted on his Instagram story is true, the features on the album is interesting. The likes of pop singer Halsey, Corey Gunz, Gudda Gudda, Big Sean, Trippie Redd, Nicki Minaj, DaBaby, Lil Baby and JAY-Z are allegedly set to be on the album.
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Hip Hop Since 1987
Apparently so. Regardless, it’s a star-studded supporting roster and Lil Wayne doesn’t disappoint on his verses. As the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s “Tha Carter V,” “Funeral” delivers a modern feel.
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Ebru
Lil’ Wayne’s newest release, “Funeral,” has been officially named number one on the Billboard 200 Chart. Today (Feb 9th), Billboard announced the industry vet has just landed his fifth number one album. Funeral is the fifth leader for Lil Wayne, and it enters with 139,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
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