Lil' Wayne

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Lil Wayne, Mumford & Sons, Keith Urban, P!NK and More

It's all pop stars and mainstreamers today. Lil Wayne, P!nk, John Mayer, Mumford & Sons ... this is a show announcement post that doesn't happen all too often. Soak it in. But let's not lie, the biggest announcement is Lil Wayne's tour, especially since we've all been wondering if he's OK since bein ... More >>

Why Folks Are Complaining About Lil Wayne Breaking Elvis' Record - And Why They're Wrong

By Chaz Kangas Last week, rapper Lil Wayne added to his already-quite-substantial legacy by breaking Elvis Presley's record for most songs on the Hot 100 charts by a solo artist. Immediately, however, many began squawking that this record deserved an asterisk, a la Roger Maris' 61 home runs. See ... More >>

Five Reasons Why 2 Chainz Should Make A Presidential Bid

I don't know about you, but this election coverage is really starting to wear on me. Headline after headline, months and months of media saturation, all to try and convince me to wake up 25 minutes earlier on November 4 to hit an elementary school on the way to work. I'm so fed up with the overkill ... More >>

Top 10 Modern Hip-Hop Ad-Libs

Throughout hip-hop's history, rappers have sought to distinguish themselves through a variety of methods. While some have focused exclusively on lyrical content, others have focused on style and cadence. As of late, hip-hop has experienced a fundamental shift from an emphasis on substance to an emph ... More >>

Worst Musical Trends of 2011

C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Lil Wayne and Rick Ross at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, LloydGexa Energy PavilionSeptember 10, 2011Better than: a Super Bowl halftime show. Mike MezeulLil Wayne at Gexa on Saturday night. For more photos, check out the slideshow.​ Lil Wayne is a shapeshifter -- and, at that, one who has alrea ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Lloyd

Saturday, September 10, at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Play-N-Skillz Lawsuit Be Damned, Dorrough's Still Making Fire, Collaborating with Lil Wayne

"It's Dorrough Music!"​It's no surprise that basketball is reigning king around town these days -- a fact clearly not lost on Dallas rapper Dorrough, who, in the wake of the Mavericks clinching a trip to the NBA Finals in late May, released a Mavericks-centric version of his new single, "Bounce Da ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz Sue Lil Wayne -- And His Entire Posse -- For $1 Million Over "Got Money" Rights

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​For two years now, Juan and Oscar Salinas, the Dallas-based production duo known as Play-N-Skillz, have publicly and repeatedly claimed that they had never received payment for their work on the 2009 Grammy-winning T-Pain and Lil Wayne collaboration, "Got Money," from L ... More >>

Five Things Dallas Hip-Hop Could Learn From The Rest of The Dirty South Movement

​[Editor's Note: On Thursday night, Ben Westhoff, a frequent contributor to our print edition and a sometime contributor here on DC9, will be stopping by Cliff Notes in Oak Cliff for a reading and signing session to promote his new book, Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Souther ... More >>

Point/Counterpoint: Is Lil Wayne's Newfound Sobriety a Good or Bad Thing?

Weezy F. Baby​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a l ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz To Produce Again For Lil Wayne: Duo Confirms That Tha Carter IV Will Feature Wayne, T-Pain Collaboration Over Their Beat.

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​Dallas-based hip-hop super-producers Play-N-Skillz have wasted no time making good use of their G4 Muzik label's freshly created blog. Over the past few weeks, they've shared some new music, revealed that they're shooting a music video with Bun B in town today, and, well ... More >>

How To: Make A Hit Southern Hip-Hop Track

​After years of extensive research, we finally feel as if we've cracked the code of how to make a successful southern hip-hop track.So, with that, we present to you, after the jump, a major breakthrough -- a blueprint teaching people how to make a southern hip-hop song, no matter whether you hope ... More >>

Bonus MP3s: Denton Duo Roy G. and The Biv Returns As Production/Remix Outfit Basho

It's been a while since we heard anything from the half-Denton- and half-Boston-based electro-dance duo Roy G. and The Biv. Turns out, that's because Max Townsley and Drew Erickson decided to put the band to rest. They've still been keeping busy, though -- most recently, Townsley filled in as the to ... More >>

Watch: Inertia feat. Tum Tum and Lil Wayne -- "Beddy Crocka"

Yesterday, Play-N-Skillz's G4 Muzik label released the music video for Inertia's "Beddy Crocka," which features a verse from Fort Worth's Tum Tum and a sample of Play-N-Skillz collaborator Lil Wayne. You may remember the song--the Brothers Salinas were kind enough to pass the song along our way as a ... More >>

Today In Music News: Weezy Gets Busted, More Beatle Stuff Is Sold And M.I.A. Keeps Opening Her Mouth

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 13, 2010...A "prison rat" tipped off officials at Rikers Island that Lil' Wayne was in possession of contraband. Time for Weezy sharpen up that toothbrush and get some prison justice!Is there anything that is associated with The Beatles that p ... More >>

The Problem With... Young Money's "Bedrock"

You know the saying: "Too many chefs spoil the broth."Well, this week's The Problem With... is an example of a broth with a host of problems: It's too salty (or as all the cool foodies say these days, too umami) and doesn't have enough herb. And, dammit, I expect more herb out of Lil Wayne.

Listen: Lil Twist & Lil Chuckee -- "Girl I Got You"

​Up to this point, we really haven't heard too much from 16-year-old Dallas rapper Lil Twist. We knew a few things, of course: Namely, that he's a member of Lil Wayne's Young Money crew and stopped by to join the man on stage at Wayne's American Airlines Center performance back in December '08. (H ... More >>

Picture Show: Lil Wayne at the Allen Event Center

Matt Nager​ Lil Wayne was the biggest thing going in Allen last night, with his stop at the frigid northern suburb's new Allen Event Center. Ticking off the tour dates before he heads to prison in early February, Wayne joined Reba McEntire on the short list of big acts to grace the venue's stage. ... More >>

Today In Music News: Lil Wayne Gets Busted In Texas, Adam Clayton Gets Bilked By Assistant And You Can Look Up To Snoop Dogg

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 21, 2009...Two of Lil Wayne's tour busses were found to have marijuana on them when they were searched outside Corpus Christi. What does this mean for his show in Allen?U2's Adam Clayton claims his former assistant bilked him out of million ... More >>

Today In Music News: Lil Wayne Can't Be Stopped, Spoon Sets Release Date and Corey Taylor Wanted To Be In Velvet Revolver

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, November, 2009...Not even prison can keep Lil Wayne from releasing music. Now if prison could only keep him from more horrible facial tattoos...Spoon will release their new album Transference in January. Sweet, more indie Billie Joel!Does Corey Tayl ... More >>

Today In Music News: Weezy Pleads Guilty, Bon Jovi Gets O2 Residency and Public Enemy Gets Fan Help

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 23, 2009...Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to his gun charge in New York. It's amazing what kids will do for some street cred.Even Bon Jovi gets an O2 Arena residency.  Really?I realize that Public Enemy is past its glory days, but, I didn't r ... More >>

Today In Music News: Weezy To Release Two Albums This Year, Jack White Talks Philosophy, and Ticketmaster Has A Sense Of Humor

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 20, 2009...Lil Wayne is set to release both Tha Carter IV and Rebirth before the end of the year.Jack White says his former band The Upholsterers hid 100 vinyl EPs in couches they upholstered when that was his day job. Oh, and he told this ... More >>

Download: Symbolyc One's Still Underrated, Vol. 1 Mixtape

Waco rapper/producer Symbolyc One of Strange Fruit Project is one of Texas's most under-appreciated hip-hop talents, flying largely under the radar despite working with Erykah Badu, Little Brother and others. Seems he's kinda embracing his place in life right now, though: Yesterday, S1 released a ne ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz Among Winners at 22nd Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards

Congratulations are in order for Dallas-based production duo Play-N-Skillz, whose work on Lil Wayne's "Got Money" was honored, along with 12 other 2008 rap songs, as the tops in its genre at this year's ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Friday night.Granted, it was just one of four songs from ... More >>

Listen: Play-N-Skillz Go On K104 To Explain Why They Haven't Yet Been Paid For Their Lil Wayne Work.

On Tuesday afternoon, Play-N-Skillz went to K104's studios and talked with DJ Bay Bay about the recent stories circulating in which they claim they never got paid for their work on Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. Turns out, the brothers Salinas aren't necessarily blaming Wayne, or anyone in particular, ... More >>

Got Money? Not So Much, It Turns Out

You hear the Play-N-Skillz name dropped at the start of the Lil Wayne song "Got Money," sure--which makes sense, as the local products produced the beat for the song--but word today is that, despite all the talk we heard in the past year about how much producing the track would boost the local rapp ... More >>

Today In Music News: Behind The Music Returns, Courtney Love Makes Some Bank and The Stone Roses Say There Is No Reunion

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 20, 2009... Lil Wayne and Scott Weiland are just two of the upcoming subjects on VH1's relaunched Behind The Music.  Looks like Courtney Love is the only one who made any money from a publishing deal to license Nirvana's music. ... More >>

Last Night: T.I. at Nokia Theatre

T.I.Nokia TheatreMarch 11, 2009 Better than: Watching T.I.'s Road To Redemption on MTV, which is no Rock of Love, that's for sure. During one of his (too) many monologues to a crowded--but not nearly sold out--Nokia Theatre last night, T.I. thanked God for allowing him to reach t ... More >>

Today In Music News: RZA's Working On A New Project, Kanye's Not Into Bi-Porn, Lil Wayne's Rock Album En Route

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, January 26, 2009...Wu-Tang mastermind RZA and System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadijan are working to finish up a collaboration on a new album. The group, called, Achozen, will not, according to Odadijan, be a Nu-Metal band...Kanye West has denied th ... More >>

The End Of The End Of Year Lists: Jesse Hughey's Favorite Albums Of 2008

Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues... This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer's music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one m ... More >>

Lil Wil and Play (of Play-N-Skillz) Share Their Favorites of 2008

Worst Lyrics of 2008

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Ohgr, 12 Stones, Some Kid From Degrassi

Now that you've had, oh, about three hours to settle back into the work week, I guess it's time to fondly look back on the weekend that was, eh? Let's get right into it.Lil Wayne and T-Pain at American Airlines CenterLooking back on it now, my glorious prose doesn't really do Lil Wayne's entrance on ... More >>

Last Night: Lil Wayne at American Airlines Center

Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Keyshia ColeAmerican Airlines CenterDecember 19, 2008 Better Than: Listening to a whole bunch of records in which T-Pain and Lil Wayne are just the featured acts. Check out our photos from the show here.As if, at any point over the course of this past year, there was still doubt ... More >>

Top Ten Pop Songs of 2008

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

Buyer Beware: Lil Wayne's Got a Crappy Record at Live Performances

Who's The Odd Man Out In The Lil Wayne Concert Lineup?

We've been privy to the Lil' Wayne concert for a while now, but only recently did I start hearing radio drops for it that announce who else would be sharing the stage with him: Keyshia Cole (OK), T-Pain (I can see that), and Gym Class Heroes (WTF)? Not taking anything away from GCH because they fuck ... More >>

MTV Names New Amerykah The 9th Best Disc Of '08`

Considering that I've only seen eight of the 25 artists mentioned in MTV's year-end best albums list (Kanye West, Lil Wayne, No Age, Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, Panic At The Disco, MGMT, Coldplay) actually have their viddeos played on MTV or sister network VH1, you've gotta imagine that, for 17 of t ... More >>

T.I.

Paper Trail (Atlantic)

Sane in the Membrane

Despite drinking enough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated

Play-N-Skillz Are Gonna Be On BET's "Rap City" Momentarily...

The Halftime Report

With six months X'd off of the calendar year, we look back at the best music of the year—and wonder which albums we'll remember come December

Lil Wayne

Tha Carter III (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)

Why?

Alopecia (Anticon)

Get Small

Li'l Abner visits Plano

Blow Average

You, too, could be a star...but please don't try

Take Another Hit

Do You Have What It Takes To Take...I Mean Make A Hit?

Jingle Jam 2005

Saturday, December 17, at the Dallas Convention Center