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A new Lil Wayne mixtape is out, featuring more of his nu-metal songs. It’s not all bad news, though. There’s also the excellent “Yes,” with Pharrell. “Blow My Mind,” aka “Red Rum,” has a nice Cool & Dre beat. And “New Orleans Maniac,” the one with the Bangladesh-produced “Diva” beat, turns out to be pretty great. On the other hand, there’s also a piano ballad. Called “Piano Man.” Our reaction follows.

maura: listen to ‘piano man’
maura: o_O
Mike: I kind of like it
Mike: oh wait
Mike: no
Mike: the chorus
Mike: ow
Mike: owwwww
maura: yeah.

Lil Wayne [DatPiff]

 
By Mike Barthel at 2:30 AM on Mon Feb 2 2009
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  • LostTurntable

    I'm beginning to think that rappers aren't using auto-tune and that rappers are just actually becoming cyborgs.

  • T'Challa

    And I think it's safe to say the "Piano Man" chorus was directly inspired by T-Baby's inner city classic "It's so Cold in The D"--both songs I'm loathe to say I kind of love, in that 'oh no s/he didn't!!' kind of way...

  • T'Challa

    And I think it's safe to say the "Piano Man" chorus was directly inspired by T-Baby's inner city classic "It's so Cold in The D"--both songs I'm loathe to say I kind of love, in that 'oh no s/he didn't!!' kind of way...

  • Maura Johnston

    @Audif Jackson Winters III: admittedly, i was hoping that it was a billy joel cover when i first heard it late saturday night, so there was no way i wasn't going to be let down. (i may have been semi-zonked on alcoholic milkshakes at the time.) but ... yeesh. yeah.

  • T'Challa

    That exchange between Mike and Maura is classic!

  • T'Challa

    That exchange between Mike and Maura is classic!

  • Audif Jackson Winters III

    That almost looks like a Mad Magazine parody of a Limp Bizkit album cover.

  • Al Shipley

    "excellent" is not the word I would use to the describe Pharrell's hilariously embarrassing Wayne impression

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