Lil Wayne Names The Jay Z Album That Impacted Him

Lil Wayne Reveals The Jay-Z Album That Changed The Game

During a recent interview with Lil Baby for Rolling Stone’s Musicians On Musicians  series, Lil Wayne actually revealed some of the albums that shaped him into the rapper he is today.

“Jay-Z, Life and Times of Shawn Carter, plain and simple,” reflects Weezy, when asked about the first album that impacted him.

“It was the first album where I actually [got] the car that the rapper was talking about. That was my album. Also, Jay talked so crazy. He went bananas on that album.”

Wayne continued, “I got lyrics from the album tattooed on me and shit. I have songs that are remakes of spinoffs of songs from that album, you know?”

The third volume of Jay-Z’s iconic series, Life & Times boasts classic cuts like “Big Pimpin,” “Dope Man,” “Watch Me,” “So Ghetto” and more.

Originally released in December of 1999, Lil Wayne would have been around seventeen years old upon its release. At that point, he had recently dropped his own debut album The Block Is Hot