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Lil Wayne - On Fire
Artist: Lil Wayne
Producer: Cool & Dre
Album: Rebirth
Label: Cash Money/Universal Motown
For the record, I support Lil Wayne’s movement to conquer other genres…in theory. Every great artist needs to evolve or die, and I’d love to hear Wayne do some serious headbanging, unless said headbanging sounds like On Fire. The new single off his Rebirth album, On Fire is a disjointed combination of some Cool & Dre production that rocks but doesn’t rock hard enough and Weezy’s always schizophrenic vocals and wordplay, which here simply aren’t strong enough to hold the track together. If On Fire is any indication of Rebirth as a whole, we may be looking at the “Michael Jordan plays baseball” portion of Wayne’s career, an admirable but ultimately failed attempt to prove his worth in another game. Then again, the Booth and I don’t always see eye to eye. Anyone disagree? Lil Wayne fanatics will be sure to get their fill of his royal Weezyness later this month when both Rebirth and his compilation album We Are Young Money drop on December 21.
This song first appeared on the
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on December 14, 2009
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1338 |
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I love it, I love it, I LOVE IT! This song is an instant CLASSIC. Love how they switched up "She's On Fire" from Scarface and its hard to believe Wayne supplied his own guitar riffs, pretty nice! Love the lyrics though, Wayne is on the right track to get Rebirth's success.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 433 |
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You know, it's good that Lil Wayne is stepping outside of his box to do stuff like this. I'm not going to lie, the first two seconds of this song sounded like an 80's song. The production by Cool & Dre is great, but the lyrics are only average. This is pretty hot.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 609 |
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After all the disapointing songs leaked off Rebirth, finally we have a decent track to bump! Although this nowhere near the standard of the material on the carter iii, its still a hot recod! Im very curious of how this album will play out....rotation
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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After I remembered that it is indeed 2009 and not 1986, I simply forgot to like this record. Catchy... but not nearly enough to please my eardrums.
Universal isn't promoting this album at all... should be interesting to see what happens. 
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 89 |
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the beat was catchy from time to time. it wasnt as bad as i thought
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH NATHAN S.
2.5 |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 89 |
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its not like wayne killed it or anything i just preferred the beat
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Yeah Z I'm scratching my head why we haven't seen/heard ANY promotion at all for this - I wouldn't be surprised at all to see under 150,000 for the first week...
That being said, this is a pass for me. The concept was pretty cool but it was way too repetitive and sounds too much like his other material for the album. Might bump this up to 3 stars if I turned this up in the ride, but right now I can't really jump on this one. |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 254 |
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Not the Carter IV but still better than half the music out
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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WTF IS WAYNE DOING TO HIMSELF? This project is a failure artistically. I'll wait for the Carter IV but this foray into rock is not a good look for Mr. Carter. I too would not be surprised to see under 150,000 the first week. The production on this is the only highlight.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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@Nathan - That was a good metaphor about Jordan and baseball.
Anyway, Cool & Dre's production was tight (I've come to expect nothing less) and there were parts of this song that I liked in terms of Weezy. I'll rotate it for a little bit probly but it will get old. |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 391 |
this song proves Wayne is way over rated!!!
can he ever rap hard??? i think he is just so drug F@#$*D that what he says is just rubbish mumbo jumbo that doesnt make any sense to anyone but him!!! but tu some ppl they think its so clever!!! now i see right past Weezy!!! |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 68 |
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its okay, i aint ever gunna love these kinda tracks from him.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Auto Tune!!! Lil Wayne!!! WooHoo! Trash!
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I have heard better Lil' Wayne, but lately he seems like he is just having fun and being extremely experimental so I can't hate on that. It's like always taking the job interview even when you know the job is garbage...
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Im not a fan, though I can see & understand why some will enjoy this track
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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imma have to go wit everyone else...wayne im not to into but this is ok i can listen to it specially when they OVER play it on the radio soon smh
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I dont know. I think this song turned out kinda messy :/ too much crashing instead of the tunes working together
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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haha i love this song, def not even close to weezy at his best, but its probably just me, cause i just diggggg weezy .
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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Lil Wayne ruined this song the second he opened his mouth... his slurred auto-tune mumbling is inaudible on this. Another great beat done wasted.
Last time I was this angry over sampling was when I first time heard Juelz Santana's "Lets Go". |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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this is hard but im waitin for that track wit em
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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This is at the lower end of the scale, Wayne sounds average on this song.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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@Mr Top Hat - What was wrong with Let's Go? Its a pretty dope track with a great beat & some good verses from Cam & Juelz.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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@Aussie_Pride - I don't think every song needs to be touched (remix or sampled), and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" is one of them, actually it tops that list.
But personal preference aside, they took it and made nothing but a run-of-the-mill smack talking Hip-Hop joint AROUND it. There are others too which done sampled Original, but I consider this the worst of the lot. They raped the sensuality out off Original. So, yeah I was pissed off! :p |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 181 |
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4 For The BEAT and 2 For WAYNE'S LYRICS Cause He's One Of The Most OVER-RATED RAPPERS IN THE INDUSTRY... I Don't Give A FU*K What NOBODY Says!!!
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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what can I say I'm feeling this one
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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i like dis shit...
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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this cannot get any worse than this, seriously, why do people like lil wayne because i used to but damnnnn this is awful, auto-tune is s%&# and he is way to mainstream for my liking.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I like that Wayne isnt scared to try new stuff - but I cant consider him real hiphop. Sorry.
Look back over the last decade, run by one gene, n pinpoint where it went wrong / right for you...http://tiny.cc/5pph6 |
| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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lights out lil wayne and carter 1 lil wayne need to come bk
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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just as hot if not hotter than any of his other shit comin out
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I can't go from eminem to this, it was like "forever" all over again. Em proves he is the best in the game again. I am a big Weezey fan and i know he is trying to switch it up but i have no interest in this. "No Ceilings" was amazing this is just a dud.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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The first time I heard this I thought it was a demo that leaked. Really, this is the finished product? Sounds really messy to me.
Plus the first twenty seconds sound like a 80s aerobic video, and no, that's not a compliment.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Without the bass, it sounds like something out of an old street fighter game. I cant understand anything he says other than "gasoline shes on fire" and its repetitive. The real weezy needs to come back
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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The beat on this track is sick..& the lyrics were aiight
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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I am not feelin this at all. The drums are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too busy and I got bored within the 1st minute of the track.
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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Oohhh shit shit shit shit, Lil Wayne did it again, when i heard the intro of the song i was like ( NO WAYNE, THATS NOT COOL) but when the music stopped and the real tune start, man that was orgasmic, cant explain more,
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2009 |
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yea the beggin kinda scared me cuz mi bby wil no go through this song lyk dat nd it turned out iight
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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THIS SONG IS STARIGHT NICE WAYNE SONG..
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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This is definetly different from what I'm used to but I still love, "The carter"
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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This song has absolutely no flow to it. It sounds like a bunch of random auto-tuned lyrics combined with a choppy and inconsistent beat with Wayne repeating "On Fire" every other breath. Trash.
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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Good song, Waynes doing ok on the rock scene.
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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I absolutely hated this at first, but it grew on me. Props to Weezy!
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| Posted on Dec 09, 2009 |
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dont mind this at all.
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| Posted on Dec 09, 2009 |
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The production seemed to be pretty well constructed. It sounded messy because Wayne's flow was FAR TOO slow for the majority of the track. About half way he had a little more intensity, but then went soft again. This track woulda been a scorcher if Weeze had brought that Carter I sound, instead we got smoldering coals..
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| Posted on Dec 09, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 20 |
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I can't believe the ratings I'm seeing!
The production by Cool & Dre are amazing! Plus I read that Weezy played guitar for this track. Great job by him. Even though I can understand half of the words he's saying on here it doesn't matter, because vocals aren't really necessary for this track. I did enjoy the first 13 seconds of this song. It reminded me of an old Street Fighters intro. Haha! |
| Posted on Dec 09, 2009 |
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