Well, he did it. After months of delays, Lil Wayne's "rock" album has finally hit. And skeptics who thought that maybe he was using the term rock loosely are proven wrong within the album's first seconds as a distorted guitar chord is struck. And repeated over and over and over. The whole thing seemed a joke at first: Tha Carter III sold millions of copies and he was really going to follow it up with a rap-rock album? But now that it's here, it is all too scary. Apparently, Wayne associates rock with whiney angst. A majority of the songs here sound like songs rejected by unsuccessful 90s emo rockers (insert whoever here). Every now and then there is a bright spot (most notably Eminem's verse on "Drop the World" who continues to tear apart any track he's on during the past year) but overall Rebirth is a a half-cocked idea with even shabbier results. Funny how he went from his excellent mixtape at the end of last year (No Ceilings) to this. Proving that although he might like to think otherwise, Wayne does, in fact, have a ceiling and Rebirth proves how far his talents can reach.
2.1/5.0
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