The Carter V Zip Series Finale Nonetheless

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rayshon Cobbs Jr, ComposerLyricist - Leo Daniels, ComposerLyricist.

Claiming supremacy while considering mortality has long been as natural as walking while chewing gum for Dwayne Carter, but theres a greater, grimmer sense across the long-anticipated Carter V that life is just a moment.

Waynes mother sets the tone with a spoken intro that verges on eulogistic, and through her tears somehow leaves the impression that even she is ever so slightly exasperated about the setbacks and protracted delays that plagued the fifth Carter after her son publicized its imminence in 2012.

A multitude of personal and professional obstacles, occasionally poignant featured appearances, and mixtapes and intervening albums of diminishing quality, were packed into the six years that passed since the fifth Carter volume was promised.

The Carter V Zip Series Finale Nonetheless

The series finale nonetheless arrives with an undue weight of expectation -- its maker already has a proven and immense catalog that includes ten Top Ten solo LPs -- and has some burdensome qualities itself.

Almost 90 minutes in length, its pieced together with material recorded from years to weeks ahead of release, and one cut goes back to resemble an early-2000s crossover bid, from its smoothly melodic Mannie Fresh production to its Ashanti hook.

Derogatory terms fly there and elsewhere, contradicting Waynes proclamation of growth, whether he was referring to artistic or human development.

Alternately, there are touching rhymes regarding parenthood, and the moments of romantic heartache and inner conflict -- especially the cathartic last verse of Let It All Work Out, concerning his attempted childhood suicide -- have instant and lasting resonance.

Hes also still inspired enough to match wits with Kendrick Lamar (on the suspenseful, bewildering Mona Lisa) and dash off cunning wordplay like You a roughneck, Im a cutthroat (over a Swizz Beatz recycling of the Ez Elpee news-flash beat he joked about disliking the first time he used it).

For all the excess and buildup, this exhibits Wayne on an upswing, lucid and invigorated.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Karavasilidis, ComposerLyricist.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Louie Haze, Producer - Willber Vincent, ComposerLyricist - Josuha Luellen, ComposerLyricist - Michael George Dean, ComposerLyricist.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DrtWrk, Producer - Sorena Soltani, ComposerLyricist.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Delattiboudere, Asst.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamal Reid, ComposerLyricist.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wil Baptiste, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Delattiboudere, Asst.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jakhoy Palmer, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Denson, ComposerLyricist.

Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bruno, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - McCoy Socalgargoyle, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Manny Galvez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Delattiboudere, Asst.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reginae Carter, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Samantha Sam Bruno, Producer.

Longmiles, ComposerLyricist - Isaac Lee Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Kamo, Producer, Co-Producer - Nathaniel D Hale, ComposerLyricist - Brian Anthony Bailey, ComposerLyricist - McCoy Socalgargoyle, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Manny Galvez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ro, Producer - Mario K Jefferson, ComposerLyricist - Darius Ginn Jr, ComposerLyricist - Jason Delattiboudere, Asst.

Molina, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jayones, Producer - Jason Delattiboudere, Asst.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Taquari Hatch, ComposerLyricist - Robert Isai Gonzalez, ComposerLyricist - Anita Faye Wilson, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer.

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