Still, Like Father Like Son catches Wayne in the middle of his banner season (2006-2007), and he gets all the best lines. When they collaborate on the perfectly pitched sticky soul of “1st Key” or “Don’t Die” it's hard to imagine a more effective duo.
Birdman’s stolid, workmanlike delivery is the perfect set-up for Wayne’s mischievous detours. It’s easy to assume that Like Father Like Son would be stronger as a Wayne solo album, but that theory discounts the ways in which Birdman and Wayne’s voices blend and complement each other. Of course, Birdman is only the name on the marquee - the star of this show is Lil Wayne. This is the sure sound of Cash Money steadying the ship and getting back on course.Cash Money CEO Birdman is not a rapper by trade, but he has enough clout and gritty New Orleans attitude to pull off albums of his own. The first blast from the album is the red-hot anthem, 'Fireman'. For his fifth album, Lil' Wayne has stretched his wings further artistically than ever before. Like Father, Like Son produced four singles, including 'Stuntin Like My Daddy', which peaked at number 21 on the Hot 100. Fans can expect special guest appearances from CMR artists such as Baby, Mannie Fresh, Lil'Mo, and other CMR Artists.
wav Radio show to speak on the early days of Cash Money, his documentary, Drake, and plenty more. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. Birdman: Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V Album Is Definitely Coming Out Fri, by Daniel Mousdell Birdman recently made an appearance on Travis Scott and Chase B’s Beats 1. There's probably too much get money/stack-paper for those who want Wayne to speak on the injustices New Orleans has suffered post-Katrina, or to get to work on Tha Carter 3, but that's not what Like Father, Like Son is about. In 2006, Birdman released Like Father, Like Son, a collaboration album with fellow rapper Lil Wayne. The mix of familiar and strange is fascinating, the team-up feels like family, and at 20 tracks long, the album doesn't wear out its welcome. The woozy "Leather So Soft" had to be Wayne's idea, "Army Gunz" features one of his most broken deliveries yet, and on the title track he offers, "I'll put you niggas in the closet in the shirt space/Niggas yellow like Sesame Street's Bert face." Production comes primarily from TMIX - the UGK-sampling "1st Key" is his masterwork - although Scott Storch stops by for the so-so "You Ain't Know," a great argument the beat-maker is spread too thin in his prolific 2006. NEW ORLEANS In the wake of the Lil Wayne and Birdman drama, Birdman has publicly admitted that rapper Lil Wayne is a homosexual, presuambly an attempt to ruin the image of the Young Money rapper. Birdman might be reinforcing what Cash Money was built on, but he's well aware of his boy's talent and gives the freedom-craving, forward-looking baller adequate room to roam.
Synthesized horns blast out "Stuntin' Like My Daddy"'s triumphant melody, while the instantly gripping "Know What I'm Doing" works because it's keep-it-simple-stupid swagger music like the Big Tymers used to kick. When it came to singles, Tha Carter 2 stalled after the leadoff "Fireman," so it's no big surprise this album is filled with hooks, infectious beats, and that trunk-rumbling weekend music Cash Money was built on. Like Father, Like Son is a celebration of Wayne and Cash Money's success, a testament to the allegiance the two feel toward each other, and most likely a way for Birdman to set Wayne on the right path as label boss. Lil Wayne s got a slew of projects in the works, Nicki MInaj is working on her highly anticipated second album, Roman Reloaded, and Birdman s cooking up an album of his own, Bigga Then Life. The biggest reason of all is Lil Wayne's Tha Carter 2, so Birdman bumps him up to president and suddenly the rapper who was evolving with more complex lyrics, strange vocal rhythms, and risky production choices is creative director of the label that used be the down-low dirty-dirty. Critically, they're doing better than ever, respected in a way they weren't back when they had Juvenile and Mannie Fresh. Cash Money's rise and fall has been talked to death, but it's important to note that the 2006 collaboration between Birdman (Cash Money CEO) and Lil Wayne ( Birdman's "surrogate son" and Cash Money's president) lands while the label is on the upswing.