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Young Money manager Cortez Bryant has come forward to speak on the now-mythical Tha Carter V album. Specifically, the high-profile executive explained how the project initially would have come out for free-99.
According to Bryant, Cash Money put a quick end to rapper Lil Wayne‘s intent to collaborate with Google for the album’s price tag-less release.
“We had a deal cut with Google where they were going to back the album and put it out for free. When I presented it to Slim and Baby, they didn’t get it and the label was against it. They basically told me ‘Yo, we can’t put the album out.’ When I had to tell Wayne that, he was like ‘What? You can’t stop me, you can’t hold me back. I got to tell my fans because they don’t deserve this and I’m ’bout to air it out. Before I got off the phone to call his lawyer to let him know we was about to have some sh*t, TMZ was on the other line.” (Rap Radar)
Recently, Wayne promised he had completed his contributions to Tha Carter V.
“It’s done, sitting and wrapped as is. I just listened to it for the first time in months the other day. I had forgotten every single word on it, because I work every day. I popped it in, and I was like, it’s still so much better than everything I’ve ever heard. Not what’s going on right now — everything I’ve ever heard.” (The New York Times)
Recent reports claimed Cash Money boss Birdman had nothing to do with Carter 5‘s delay.
Sources connected to Birdman tell TMZ … Wayne’s threat to retire isn’t sitting well with the Cash Money honcho, who says the narrative he’s holding the now-mythical album hostage … is total BS. We’re told Weezy has the physical recording, and refuses to fork it over — so Birdman feels like his hands are tied. For Wayne’s part, we’re told he’d be happy to give up ‘Carter V’ … AFTER they work out the money. We’re also told Weezy will never leak it on the Internet because he ain’t giving it up for free. (TMZ)
Last month, Lil Wayne publicly spoke out on his Cash Money battle.
“This was a tweet off of an argument,” Wayne said. “This was a tweet after an argument. Yeah, yeah, I’m a Libra. We’re known to, cliché, known to not hold back our emotions – we’re the only zodiac sign without a heart or soul – I was at my tipping point [because of] an argument over what’s going on. … This is business – when business is involved, I have a family, I have kids. I have a mother. We got bills.” (“Undisputed”)
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