Rolling_Stone
06-10-2008, 01:23 PM
Mixtape strategy pays off with new "Tha Carter III"• Tha Carter III ReviewLil Wayne was in the middle of one of his all-night recording sessions when he had a breakthrough. "He called and said, 'Slim, come here,'" recalls Ronald "Slim" Williams, president and CEO of Wayne's longtime label, Cash Money Records. "He played 'Lollipop' for me, and I'm like, 'Play it again, I love this record.' He played that record about 10 times, and I said, 'That's it, Wayne, that's the record right there. We hit the lottery.'"On "Lollipop,"...
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