Cash Money was going to just pair this up and throw it in as a freebie with the Young Money album which drops Tuesday but decided against it at the last minute because the thought was they could cash in on a month typically plastered with weak albums and with the free. The musical choices of Rebirth are at times inaccessible and puzzling, but listen without expectations and you will receive what is arguably Wayne’s most revealing statement as a pop star. Well, this album is Lil' Wayne's foray in to the rock/rap genre and response to his overall singles have been lukewarm at best. “Drop the World” and “Knockout” rely on few words, but everything Wayne has to say is expressed in his vocalizing, which is in turns lusty, tortured, but always irrepressible. Wayne is a great lyricist, but Rebirth is predicated more on attitude than rhyme styles, and any true Wayne will tell you that his attitude and delivery are just as essential as his writing.

Rebirth may have been the last thing Wayne’s fans wanted, but no one can say that the music herein is not 100% true to its author’s personality. You have to admire an artist who is more comfortable in unfamiliar territory than he is on his regular turf. But because Wayne is Wayne he followed it up with Rebirth, an album of abrasive alternative rock. When his weird rap opus Tha Carter III became a sales phenomenon, the obvious thing to do would be to follow it up with more of the same. Lil Wayne’s whole career is premised on avoiding the obvious.

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