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Lil Wayne s long-awaited Tha Carter V is still slated to release sometime in the. Lil Wayne tour in Hartford, Connecticut, with special guest 50 Cent on Wednesday. Lil Wayne Talks Tha Carter V & Admits He Tried to Commit Suicide at 12-Years-Old in Billboard Cover Story. He also released a grateful video thanking his fans for their continued support. Lil’ Wayne Reveals ‘Carter V’ Album Cover, Release Date On ESPN. The album did not appear - Lil Wayne called it “a misunderstanding” - but this week, the rapper posted a countdown clock on his website which ticked down to Thursday at midnight.
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That may have played a part in yet another delay: Tha Carter V was initially expected last Friday. However, he was reportedly still recording this week. Lil Wayne is a notoriously prolific in the studio, and the album has presumably been in the works since its announcement. Though all the legal and business-related issues relating to the album have reportedly since been cleared up, it remains unclear when the bulk of Tha Carter V was recorded. “I am truly sorry and I don’t blame ya if ya fed up with waiting 4 me & this album,” he added. “I am a prisoner and so is my creativity,” Wayne tweeted at the time. Days before a possible December release date, however, Wayne took to Twitter to announce that his former Cash Money label had “refuse to release” the album. Drake joined Wayne on ‘Believe Me,’ which was going to be the lead single. The album was first supposed to come out in 2014. The production on the album was mostly handled by Cash Moneys former in-house producer Mannie Fresh, before Mannie left the label. But the fifth instalment of Wayne’s series, which began in 2004 when he was just 22, was mired in label delays for over five years. Tha Carter is the fourth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne.It was released on June 29, 2004, by Cash Money Records and Universal Records. Lil Wayne first announced Tha Carter V in 2012, following the 2011 release of Tha Carter IV.