Lil Wayne is the latest rapper to take the hot seat on Elliott Wilson's CRWN, and he took the opportunity to reflect on his career, as well as speak on his future endeavors.
The Young Money rapper talked about his team, his respect for Kanye West, Drake's "untouchable" status, Tha Carter V and more.
Read some excerpts from the interview below.
On Tha Carter V: “I’m approaching it like it is my last project and I think that’s why it’s a lot different than everything else. I’m approaching it as if you don’t have tomorrow.”
On Jay Z: “When he said he was retiring, I was like a basketball player looking up at Kobe or looking up at Jordan, if Jordan’s like LeBron, like somebody gotta step up.”
On why he stopped calling himself the “best rapper alive: “I have awesome artists, and I’m not trying to outshine them at all. I have artists that I feel, I want you to be better than me.”
On Drake: “When I heard his music, and everytime I hear his music, I still get the same feeling, like, ‘Man, ain’t nobody can touch this dude.’”
On signing Nicki Minaj: “She was being Nicki. That’s who I met and that was without the glitz and the glamour. When I first heard the first two or four bars, it wasn’t even about she’s rapping better than any female rapper, it was about man, she’s rapping better than the rappers, period.”
On Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse: “When I hear a Kendrick verse or something like that, I be like, ‘Oh man, I’m tired of this, man.’ I’m not about to be out here talking about I’m the best. I don’t need nobody coming at my neck.”
On Kanye West: “I rock with anything he does. That man’s a genius.”
On watching “The Yeezus Tour,”: “When he came out with the mask, I was like, ‘This nigga crazy. … I found myself out of breath in that bitch. Now you know that’s a show.”
Watch the full interview.
[via Rap-Up]
