A Year of Lil Wayne: “Watcha Wanna Do”

Day 159: “Watcha Wanna Do” – Tha Block Is Hot , 1999

I think, in a smarter world, this sound is the Rap Ideal, that we all look to the way Mannie Fresh built these looming synths and Wayne just patters around over it and keeps everything menacing and exciting and upbeat and agree that it knocks immeasurably. So, yeah, let’s just celebrate an Ideal Sound, courtesy of Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne.

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