July 23, 2007 @ 1:14 pm

Lil Wayne & Friends, New York City (review)

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Weezy performed with Baby, Juelz Santana, Kanye West, Ja Rule, Mack Maine, DJ Khaled, Kia Shine.

Photos by Tiffany Shepard and Harold Shepard If I were the type of man interested only in fanning the flames of legacy, then to celebrate last night's Lil Wayne performance would be an easy task. But it wasn't life-altering. Great, good and decent, not necessarily in that order. With a keen flair for the dramatic and an otherworldly sense of self, he did deliver several disarming, sometimes thrilling moments. Though I couldn't shake something. Last night, pulsing with the anxiousness only a young audience can provide (there were several under-17s in the crowd) and riddled with billowy smoke, was potentially more about tragedy than anything else. Or at least leaving the door wide open for something tragic. And then it wasn't. At all. Wayne stomped onto the stage to the muffled sounds of "Fireman" just past 10pm and tore off a pair of Gucci sunglasses to reveal two sunken, drooping eyelids. He looked unwell, agitated, dazed. The crowd, dependably, lost control and Wayne proceeded with an average, almost unprepared version of the song from The Carter II, his best and most recent solo album. He followed with an equally balky "Hustler Musik," the second single from the same album. At this point Wayne, seemingly getting his sea legs, eyes widening, told the crowd "I am nothing without you. You made this happen," a credo he repeated several times throughout the nearly 75 minute performance. And strangely, the moment he acknowledged the audience, he came alive. Read the rest on VIBE's Rapidshare blog.

Weezy y Kanyeezy: no really, who rock'd it better?

Step into the cypher.

Juelz Santana sans bandana, talking on a tiny phone. You saw it at VIBE first.

Lissssten!

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Nelson says:

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if it was really possible,i would have done a collabo with him

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MISS CARTER says:

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MAN MAN LOOK AT MY BAE LOOKING ALL AND SUFF BUT I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE WEEZY SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH WEEZY F. BABY PLE. SAY THE BABY AND IF CAN'T SAY THE BABY THEN DON'T SAY IT ALL!!!!!!!!!! CASH MONEY BABY THE N.O. ALL DAY

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dufflebagggirrlll says:

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lil wayne you are the best rapper alive babe.
my dream to come true would be to meet you i know you have like milliions + of fans that want to meet you
but it means more then me to waht you look like u are the best raper alive and i live where your from n man i wishh i could meet you when you comne to a concert i just wanna come to ur homee in hollygrove i livee kind of close to therr babe

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KENTERRIA WHITTED says:

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LIL WAYNE IS MI HUSBAND...
HE SOSOSOSOSOSOSO FiiNE iiT DONT MAKE NO SENSE.......

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lil thug says:

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lil wayne is my husband i love me some lil wayne and i wish i could see him one of these days i love you lil wayne my # is 1608-852-6854 call me boo!!!!!!!!!

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CHRISTIANA WINFREE says:

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LIL WAYNE IS SOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOSOSOSOSOSSOSOSOSOOSOSOSOOSOSOOSOO SEXY!!!!! AND IS TRULEY THE BEST RAPPA ALIVE YOU DIG!!!!

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aNTONIO JONES says:

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THESE NIGG*S ARE THE MOST UNIQUE 2 MAN BAND MAN ALL OF THE I CANT FEEL MY FACE-MICK BOOGIE SHIT IS SO HARD MAN THEY ARE PHENOMINAL THEY IS MY IDOL(S)
WEEZY-8 AM OPEN MY EYES KICK MY b**ch TELL HER OPEN THE BLINDS AND IM OVER THE STOVE AT 9
-jUELZ- UP LATE THINKIN HOW IM GONNA GET IT LOTTO TICKET THINKIN HOW IM GONNA WIN IT COUPLE HUNDRE THINK HOW IM GONNA SPEND IT.........

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julia says:

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i am sick of people shittin on weezy. he IS the best rapper alive right now bar none .CARTER 3!! i wish i saw that concert it looks off. i saw juelz before and that was a crazy show.

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kay$lay says:

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wayne yu are grasping too much attention,yu ain't rockin' n' yu trynna' act wat yu are not,yu are too young to die!hip hop ain't yo papa's thang,relax young lad,nway f*** u!!

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DOUGLA CAT says:

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I THINK LITTLE WAYNE IS WACK. I WOULD CRUSH HIM ANYTIME ON WAX.
WAYNE CLAIMS TO BE A SOLDIER
BUT THINK WE DON'T KNOW
THE LITTLE FIREMAN
PACKING HIS HOSE
IN BABY'S HOLE

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yemirelli says:

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u lord at

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kee-kee says:

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I would love to meet you one on one. Im sure we would have a nice sexual time.cuz I got that fire too. love u!

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lakevia says:

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yea whats poppin lil wayne i just want to tell you i love you so much n i'm one of your biggest fans

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Mealyn says:

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I'm from Souith Africa and I absolutley luv this website it keeos me so up to date with all the latest new about my favourite musicians.The articles are also wonderful because they are not prillyimar about Bling culture .

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Shoniece 19 says:

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I LOVe u Weezy my boo 4 lyfe and who ever said that my Boo LIL WAYNE waz on x need 2 shut the f**k up whay r u jealous of him bithch yea I stick up 4 my boo and i dont care u can call me a f**kin GRUPPIe at least I went back stage with Lil Wayne and took mad pics of us 2 gether and he gave me a kiss on the cheek plus i waz dancin on him on stage so fall back H@^TER

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Shoniece 19 says:

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I just love him so much and i hate when people talk about him what r thet jealous of him or somethin but all H@TERS need 2 F@LL B@CK and leave LIl Wayne alone

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Shoniece 19 says:

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I think Lil Wayne is so sexy and i love him so much

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keisha smith says:

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first of all lil wayne did his thing and theN.O. was on the map and to black romeo he need to watch what he is saying about someone being on drugs. YOU CANT KNOCK THE HUSTLER

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birdman says:

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I like aka dawayne carter too 4ever

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black romeo says:

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i was at that concert and it sucked you can tell lil wanye was on those X and full coke you have to do better Weezy F Baby

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ahmed apau says:

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thanks

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MISS. KISHA says:

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I LOVE U WEEZY ALWAYS AND FOREVER MY BOO!!

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Shahadu Mohammed Hardi says:

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This is fantastic.Continue with that cos it is good.I wish you could have send me vibe magazines.This is my address: Shahadu Mohammed Hardi
post office Box 1373,
Tamale N/R
Ghana W/A.

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Michelle Ramirez says:

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wayne needs to get off that lean, them drugs are taken an affect on him. hate to see dude die of an overdose, but other than that looks like a good time.

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