Lil Wayne's love for Dipset is never talked about because it has become cool to flatten New York's superiority in hip-hop and act like no one is influenced by New York. Wayne might be from New Orleans but for a while there, he desired to be a malt-liquor drinking Harlem nigga. "Beat Without Bass" is amazing. Just incredible.
The entire Dedication 2 mixtape is essential, and the closer is one of its best moments. Smarter, funnier, more coherent, and a million times more emotionally resonant than any Immortal Technique song, Wayne even makes reference to conspiracies about the levees during Katrina so he's really beating Tech at his own game. The hidden track at the end is Wayne remixing Ambitionz Az A Ridah, too.
