The First Top “10 Lil Wayne Mixtape Songs” List without “Sky IS ThA Limit” at No. 1
Listen, this is a definitive list and leaves no room for argument, debate, nor temper tantrums because a favorite song of yours was left off (s/o honorable mentions).
BUT WHERE THIS LIST ACTUALLY TAKES A STAND AGAINST THE LIKES OF LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE OTHER LIL WAYNE BEST MIXTAPE SONGS LIST IS IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT… it’s not “Sky’s The Limit”
Yeah I said it. Every other single blog out there on Wayne’s best mixtape songs lists Sky’s Tha Limit as #1… I’ve got it at #3.
Literally every single one. I’ll link to some at the end. You gotta read mine first.
courtesy Vibe Magazine cover
10. Kobe Bryant (OG version) / Sportscenter
Grouping these two for obvious reasons, but when “Kobe Bryant” came out. It was more than a fun song, it was the timing and the statement between the best rapper and the best baller at the moment letting the world know… again.
AND THE YOUTUBE HIGHLIGHT VIDEO WITH IT… oooooo
“He greatest on the court and I’m the greatest on the verse … goin for the fourth ring like it was his first.”
Shiiiiiittt…. Wayne had extra white, ginger Celtics fans rapping this song.
“Sportscenter” — A wordplay flex that Wayne never really needed to make. He was known as a lyricist pretty early in his never-ending or slowing career … but if he EVER needed to make it, it was on Da Drought 2 before Tha Carter III dropped. Combine the wordplay with his storytelling, as exhibited much more mightily on a million other tracks and you get yourself a god emcee. This song in particular was another good lean towards main stream appeal by an up-and-coming Weezy. But it’s clear it wasn’t that deep by the intro. He does this kind of thing in his sleep. An establishment on the brink.
9. You Song (ft. Chance The Rapper)
There’s not many songs on the later tapes that can compete with the Drought series, No Ceilings, and Sorry 4 The Wait, but “You Song” stands out as a complete tune with a top tier feature and a beautifully layered hook from the hottest rising rapper (at the time). A chill, follow up from Wayne that sons an incredible verse from Chance. The 1-2 punch here isn’t boom bap it’s smooth tap. It’s talent laid on thick without any need to rush through it. A storybook in a song that probably should’ve made somebody’s album.
Looking at the clouds / Thinking about your ass and how / it look like a big smile / I get mental flashbacks from your asscrack / lemme get back on track”
8. La La La
The man has two classics. One is “LA LA LA” the other “LA LA” … unreal.
A mixtape classic that gets slept on a touch too much. Don’t need many other words here.
Light a happy joint too this one right now. You’ve earned it for reading below the fold.
7. WE TAKIN OVER / Wasted / WALK IT OUT
3 W’s on 3 classics of the 00s. And the We Takin Over solo remix is just so disrespectfully cocky it belongs in a category of its own. He killed his verse in the original and went nah… this whole song deserves my own version. T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and Birdman are cool and all, but let Weezy work… he even took Khalid off.
Wayne also owns up to kissing Birdman in this song which was definitely something that could kill any rappers career and instead he dismissed it four bars and kept on killin’ shit like it was nothing.
That’s Best Rapper Alive shit, ladies and gentlemen.
THE RAPPER EATER STRIKES AGAIN!!! Headlines The Hollywood & HollyGrove papers alike.
FEED ME
— Lil Wayne, ALL 2007
And a similarly spectacular quote related to this one.
“Shout out my n*$$a Gucci.”
… a legendary moment, if you didn’t know.
6. Ambitionz Az A Ridah / SPITTER / I’m Wit Whatever
Top tier iPod nano song crowd right here, but I think Ambitionz rises above here. My all-time favorite Pac song. They’re able to stand together in epic solidarity. It’s always Pac’s song but Wayne offered the ultimate salute. And along side it you got Spitter.
Purple weed / Purple drink / Purple Heart Seargeant
…. I’m the best rapper in the game no arguin’
5. SORRY 4 THE WAIT (ROLLING IN THE DEEP REMIX)
YES.
SORRY 4 THE WAIT.
First ballot Mixtape Hall of Fame. Probably one of the few songs you were 100% sure would be included. That and the next one for sure. But oh is this just a wonderful musical fusion of killer hip-hop and the best of our musical time. Stamping it with an incredible performance and Adele with a hood pass in the process.
Hello, goodbye, where are you Wayne?
I’m somewhere in between joy and painAnd I reached for the stars, got stuck in the clouds
Got high as a b*tch and left my love on the ground
4. i feel like dying
No caption needed. A classic.
3. The Sky Is The Limit
All-time great rap track. Mixtapes, albums, freestyles, everything hip-hop.
A hit on an any album.
The build. The heart AND the humor. The anthem.
I’mma ride for my guys and the sky is the limit.
A stone pressed solidification of the top 3 status and its standing alone with a mixtape HOF bronze dome is because this Mike Jones song also exists…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kcs7P59Wpo
He didn’t rap over a famous track. He devoured a Mike Jones single.
THE RAPPER EATER STRIKES AGAIN!!
2. d.o.a.
It’s the moment that takes this over the edge.
Wayne kills this.
Rather than letting Weezy dunk on his head, Jay had to throw him the oop —
“Hold up, this shit need a verse from Jeezy...
I might send this to the mixtape Weezy”
But this ain’t no oridnary shout out here. This is on the lead single on a generational Jay-Z album, The Blueprint 3. The ultimate tip of the cap and of the biggest feathers in Tnuchi’s Rebirth fedora.
Hov—one step ahead as always. Ultimately he gets his ROI through a random Philly music blog mention in Lil Wayne’s Top 10 Mixtape Tracks 12 years later.
A Business Maverick. A Genius.
For the record — I’d take the dinner.
Then I’d pitch him on a milly yaa diiiiiiiigg…
but I’m serious though.
What can I say, I’mma ramblin gamblin’ man, Momma.
I drink verses and eat hooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBagyhIhJA
and noww….
YOU FORGOT.
YOU REALLY DID.
FOR PETE’S SAKE…
WE’RE TALKIN ALLLLL-TIMEEEE QUOTABLE BARS, BABAYYy
" Boy, that chopper keep drumming, like brr-at-da-dat-dat
Or Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum, and I'm so young
But I'm a giant, like,
Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum"
Just bought a new crib inside SO DUMB
Got some money put away in case the hurricane come"
SCOTT STORCH ON THE BEAT
bringin’ the heat
I MEAN
THIS SONG HAD WHITE CHILDREN ACROSS THE GLOBE YELLING AT THE TOP OF THEIR FUCKING LUNGS LIKE:
THE JUDGE JUST A BITCH
THE JURY SUCK DICK
IMMA EAST SIDE BLOOD AND I DON’T SMOKE DAT CRIP!!!
IT’S EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A GREAT WEEZY MIXTAPE SONG
A MOBBIN BEAT
FIRE, UNFORGETTABLE WORDPLAY
AND A BOULDERING FLOW THAT CRESENDOS AND EXPLODES
SO…
IF YOU JUST so HAPPEN TO BE SITTING ON YOUR ASS ON THIS FINE DAY...
BITCH….
GET BACK ON YO GRIZZY
1. back on my grizzy
WAYNE COCKED THAT FIRST VERSE BACK
HE KNEW IT WAS OVER AFTER THAT…
THEN HE TOOK OFF
AND THREW THAT BITCH DOWN
ON YAO MING
Honorable Mentions:
Live From The 504
Tunechi Rollin
Swag Surfin
Green Ranger (ft. J. Cole)
Dear Anne
Ice Cream Paint Job
Knock If You Buck
Wasted
P.S. Any loser annoyed by the groupings in my made up ranking system of Lil Wayne Free Songs list needs to take up an extracurricular activity that gets them even a single beam of sunlight.