It doesn't even matter that he once rhymed "haters gotta go on iTunes to go get me" with "gators, matadors, baboons, and those grizzlies." It doesn't matter that the Wikipedia page for his discography is about as long as the health care reform bill.
It doesn't matter that Lil Wayne went platinum in one week in 2008 and fell only 34,000 copies short of doing it again in 2011. For better or for worse, rap is constantly asking accomplished veterans, what have you done for me lately? It's the reason why Jay-Z has to make songs like "Reminder," and this chronic amnesia is also part of the reason why Lil Wayne has gone from critical darling to polarizing punchbag in half a decade's time. We don't treat our legends with the same unequivocal respect that's kept rock bands like U2 relevant well past their musical prime. Written by Ernest Baker ( doesn't care about what you did five years ago. A few reasons why Tunechi's new single should kill any talk that he's fallen off.
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