Subject: Lil' Wayne

• A sinfully swank soiree: Black Card Ultralounge’s opening bash

  August 18, 2008

• Ear to the Street: Young Hot Rod

  August 22, 2008

• Ear to the Street: The Game's new joint "LAX"

  September 5, 2008

• Lil Wayne Alive and Present at Yuma Court Hearing Today

  November 6, 2008

• Chris Brown

  December 6, 2007

• Willie Nelson’s Forgotten Projects

  January 22, 2009

• Lil Wayne’s Live Performance Track Record Might Make You Think Twice about Attending His Show

  January 22, 2009

• Is The Game Over?

  February 19, 2009

• Dear Teenage Girls, Do You Really Like These Tokio Hotel Dudes?

  So I've never pretended to be an expert on the mind of the adolescent female, and I hate to sound like an out-of-touch old man, but I really don't get this Tokio Hotel thing. Last night at Phooson, they prompted a wave of shrieks at almost every turn, being topped only by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who is, of course, a well-established heartthrob who's had naked pictures circulated online and knocked up a semi-starlet. Tokio Hotel, though? It's very odd, indeed. The lead singer of the band, Bi

  December 6, 2008

• The Wisdom of the Metal Gods Vs. The Meditations of Hip-Hop MCs

  I just received a book titled Time Flies When You're In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods (A Plume Book), a funny little tome filled with lyrical adages from the world of heavy metal music. Edited by Mike Daly (formerly of alt. country band Whiskeytown), the book is divided into four sections: Meditations, Zen Questions, Daily Affirmations, and Words of Wisdom. The glossy, full-color format of the book is slick, but after reading through it, I was still lacking enlightenment, so I turned to the gurus of another genre: hip-hop.

  December 8, 2008

• The Best Album of 2008? Sorry 'Science,' I Go With Girl Talk

  Can an album comprised solely of samples really be an artistic achievement? Honestly, I'm a little bit torn about naming Girl Talk's Feed The Animals the best album of the year. After all, it is a record made up entirely of mashups, so, strictly speaking, there's not a note of new music in this banging 53-minutes club opus. But there is pretty much everything that's great about popular music, all tossed together into something joyously familiar yet excitingly new.So, while pretty much no one w

  December 22, 2008

• Dec. 19 In Blogs: Shaq, Lil Wayne, Cove Trattoria and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Shaq's Big Truck Gets Loaded With Presents -- Santa Must Have Sleigh Envy Dave Pratt No Longer Behind the Mic -- But He is Behind on Property Tax Up on the Sun: Just Announced: Lil Wayne Coming To U.S. Airways Chris Donathon Comments On The Medic Droid's Recent Break-

  December 19, 2008

• Just Announced: Eagles of Death Metal, Hank Williams III and More

  It seems like just yesterday we were reminding you how bad the Eagles of Death Metal are live while praising The Hives for putting on one of the best shows of the year. Well, the band Axl Rose so memorably dubbed The Pigeons of Shit Metal are coming back in February, and they won't have the Sweds to save them. Who else is coming? Well, fans of bands with names stolen from pop culture and skankers should definitely click the link for this week's concert announcements. --Martin Cizmar

  December 26, 2008

• The Year in Music: 2008's Top Ten Pop Songs

  By Annie ZaleskiPop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity. CHRIS

  December 29, 2008

• The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

  And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I provided a trusted colleague with the 16 artists who qualified and had him assign seeds--Lil Wayne you expect to go deep into a showdown like this, but Lucinda Williams? Some fantastic match-ups result

  December 30, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and i

  December 30, 2008

• The 10 Coolest Places You Can Catch Tomorrow's NFC Championship Game

  Where will you be watching Sunday's big game?Tomorrow is shaping up to be one of the biggest days in Phoenix sports history. It all depends, of course, on how well the Arizona Cardinals do against the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday's NFC Championship game. Will the Red Birds defy the predictions of nearly every single sports pundit and pull off an impossible win against Donovan McNabb and company? We can't say for certain, although we've got our fingers crossed and are hoping against hope that

  January 17, 2009

• In ESPN Super Bowl Blog, Lil Wayne Sides With State That's Prosecuting Him

  Arizona may be prosecuting Lil Wayne on felony weapons and drug charges, but the popular rap artist has no qualms with picking Arizona to win the upcoming Super Bowl.In his ESPN blog today, Lil Wayne writes that the Cards are going to take the Steelers "by 14 to 17 points. A lot of people will think that's crazy, but you gotta understand the Cardinals have all the motivation right now."He adds that the Cards will "stomp (the Steelers) hearts."As New Times readers may recall from our post on

  January 23, 2009

• Lil Wayne Very Late, Very Predictable at US Airways Center

  Robert Brandon Martinez Things I witnessed while waiting nearly two hours for Lil Wayne to perform at US Airways Center on Wednesday night: An impromptu routine by all of opener T-Pain's assortment of dancers, including two midgets, a fire-eating contortionist, two dudes with their faces painted like Juggalos and two of (what appeared to be) Gwen Stefani's former harajuku girls. T-Pain saying, "I'm gonna tell y'all the truth, promise y'all won't get mad.... The reason my fat ass is still up here

  January 29, 2009

• Pregnant M.I.A. Steals the Show at the Grammys

  No, you weirdo, she's actually pregnantFor those of you who tuned into the 51st annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, you were most likely treated to a lamely named performance of the "Rap Pack:" Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I., and Lil' Wayne. The four artists gave a dapper performance, no doubt flustering audiences of 40-year-olds in the Midwest who have no clue who any of the performers were. It didn't help that Sri Lankan rapper/activist/Day-Glo fabric champion M.I.A. joined the men on stag

  February 9, 2009

• Darkness Dear Boy Is Fighting For Local Music with The Best Fucking Live Show

  March 19, 2009

• Arizona's SxSW Contingent

  March 12, 2009

• T.I.

  October 9, 2008

• Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach

  March 13, 2008

• Kanye West

  Graduation
  (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

  September 20, 2007

• Hip-Hop Love Connection

  Bachelors in a row, it's you they would be dating/
  So evaluate their pitches and calculate your rating

  May 3, 2007

• The "Up Close and Personal" Tour

  Or far away and anonymous, depending on your seats

  September 28, 2006

• Other People's Blogs: Lil Wayne's Ode to Kobe, New Yo La Tengo Mp3, Mastodon Gets Vans Deal

  Spin: Hot Download: A-Camp's '80s Cover Rolling Stone: Lil Wayne Pens Ode To Kobe, "Rebirth" Pushed To August 18th Electric Mustache: mp3: Yo La Tengo - "Periodically Double Or Triple" Pitchfork: Mastodon Get Their Own Pair of Vans Idolator: The Most Beguiling "Weird Al" Yankovic Cover You Will Hear All Week

  June 5, 2009

• Lil Wayne

  Tha Carter, Vol. II
  (Cash Money)

  December 15, 2005

• Other People's Blogs: New Meat Puppets, No Cameras At Lil' Wayne's Trial, No Doubt Cameo on "Gossip Girl"

  Electric Mustache: Cinematic TitanicWaved Rumor: Meat Puppets 'Sewn Together' out todayNME: Cameras will be banned during Lil' Wayne drugs trialIdolator: Afroman Is Here To Remind Us That Drug Abuse Can Really Screw Up Your CopyrightsRolling Stone: No Doubt Cameo on '80s-Themed Episode of "Gossip Girl"NME: Flaming Lips to release double albumSpin: Top 10 All-Time Green Day Moments

  May 12, 2009

• The Odd Couplets

  May 14, 2009

• Reznor's Last US Show, Springsteen Wrongs Ticketmaster, Blur Back

  Idolator: Your Lil Wayne Imitation Could Bring You Some Young Money, BabyRolling Stone: Flashback: A Brief History of Phish, Before They Hit BonnarooPitchfork: Weezer Get an Online Radio StationNME: Trent Reznor says Bonnaroo was last-ever US showIdolator: Bruce Springsteen May Have To Apologize To TicketmasterPitchfork: Blur Make Live ReturnWaved Rumor: Rock Clips of the Week - Garage Rock Frenzy

  June 15, 2009

• Hot Links: County Suits, Lil Wayne, and the Asparagus Tribe

  An analysis released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget shows that legal disputes between Maricopa county officials cost taxpayers about $1.1. million in fees. In the past year, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, County Treasurer Charles Hoskins, and the Board of Supervisors have battled in court...Albert Thomas Rogers, the superintendent of a Tucson-area school district, was arrested on charges relating to the sexual exploitation of minors. Rogers had pai

  June 23, 2009

• Lil Wayne's Lawyers Making Moves in Arizona Courts, Deftones Wiping Bassist Off Record, Casey Kasem Goes For Good

  Rolling Stone: Lil Wayne's Lawyer Questions Role of Drug-Sniffing Dog in Bust NME: Deftones re-record new album without bassist Pitchfork: Jay Bennett's Death: Overdose Idolator: Casey Kasem To Reach For The Stars For The Last Time Next Week Electric Mustache: Video: Know Your Enemy NME: Florence And The Machine: 'my life so far has gone into debut album' Pitchfork: Pavement's Spiral Stairs Set to Release First Solo Album on Matador Rolling Stone: Joe Jonas on Taylor Swift Dis: "That's Just How

  June 24, 2009

• June 24 In Blogs: Randi Rhodes, Phx Bux, Twitter, and Kirk Adams

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Randi Rhodes Returns to Phoenix Airwaves as 1480 AM Reverts Back to Progressive Radio Up on the Sun: Arty Girl: Local Currency, Phx Bux, Launches July 4th Lil Wayne's Lawyers Making Moves in Arizona Courts, Deftones Wiping Bassist Off Record, Casey Kasem Goes For Good Chow Bella: Follow Miche

  June 24, 2009

• Could Jay Z Replace Michael Jackson?

  Luke HolwerdaJay Z took the "connect with the fans" thing to extremes at his Dodge Theatre show.Jay Z's claim to being "The Best Rapper Alive" is delivered so flippantly it's almost filler anymore. Certainly, there was a time after 2003's The Black Album dropped that it'd have been indisputable to any serious fan of hip-hop music, but, in the years since, it's become such a droning constant that I can't recall the last time I put Jigga's self-applied title under any real scrutiny. Maybe now

  July 3, 2009

• Incoming: Lil Wayne, Daughtry, Cherry Poppin Daddies

  Robert Brandon MartinezLast time Lil Wayne came to town he was two hours late to the stage, causing a chain reaction of show-stalling shenanigans that involved the opener, T-Pain, coming back on stage wearing pajamas and a scarf to dance in a futile effort to quell the crowd. None of it worked and, as things wore on, the crowd chanted "this is bullshit" and booed Weezy who was, apparently, stuck at a border checkpoint.After all that, maybe you'd expect to see something else leading this week's s

  July 6, 2009

• July 6 In Blogs: J.T. Ready, Michael Jackson, Digestif, and Arizona Photo Enforcement

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson Up on the Sun: Michael Jackson In 2009, As Seen From 1984 Incoming: Lil Wayne, Daughtry, Cherry Poppin Daddies Chow Bella: Monday Night Martha: Cake Mix Cookies Digestif Moving; Kasperski Sell

  July 6, 2009

• Jordin Sparks Hammered In Reviews, Chester Bennington Talks About Drugs, Pearl Jam On The Radio

  So Much Silence: Alvin Band: Temple Pressure (video, mp3) Idolator: Highlights from various Jordin Sparks reviews NME: LCD Soundsystem set for new release of '45:33' Idolator: Will Lil Wayne's "Rebirth" Ever See The Light Of Day? Rolling Stone: Pearl Jam's New "Backspacer" Single "The Fixer" Hits Radio NME: Jay-Z: 'the anti-auto-tune record was Kanye West's idea' Spin: Linkin Park's Bennington Discusses His Drug Addiction Sound of the City: Q-Tip's Memoir to Elaborate on Industry Rule 4,080 and

  July 20, 2009

• Lil Wayne at Cricket Wireless Pavilion In Photos

  Luke HolwerdaLil Wayne on stage at Cricket Wireless Pavilion​Lil Wayne and his entourage fired up Cricket Wireless Pavilion with pyrotechnics, giant screens and all the hot dance moves they could Flash for the "America's Most Wanted Tour" on Wednesday. Check out shots from the show in our Lil Wayne slide show.

  August 13, 2009

• Violence Breaks Out After Lil' Wayne Concert in Phoenix; Who Woulda Thought?

  www.weallscheme.com Lil Wayne​Rapper Lil Wayne brought more than beats and bling to the Valley when he performed here last week; police say the hip-hop hood also brought along a little drama.After a concert at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion last Wednesday, police say Lil Wayne and his "posse" got in an altercation at an apartment complex near the venue, where at least one gunshot was fired.According to police, several women were seen getting on and off one of the rapper's four

  August 19, 2009

• Fall Out Boy Arrest, Kings of Leon Remixed By Pharrell, Timberlake and Ronson, Madonna Works With Weezy, No Age Download

  Spin: Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump ArrestedElectric Mustache: mp3: Stricken City "Pull The House Down"Idolator: The Best-Selling Album Of 2009 Is Actually A Compilation From 2003Idolator: Madonna Is Now Hung Up On Lil WayneNME: Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake set for Kings Of Leon remix albumPitchfork: Download No Age's "You're a Target"Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan Welcomes Guitarist Charlie Sexton Back Into His Band

  August 26, 2009

• Jason Mraz, Fall Out Boy, and Other Must-See Sets at Fall Frenzy

  September 17, 2009

• Lil Wayne Trial Date Set in Yuma

  Lil Wayne​Nearly two years after he was arrested on drug and weapons charges, rapper Lil Wayne is set to stand trial in Yuma County. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was busted at a checkpoint near Yuma in January, 2008, when police found a quarter-pound of marijuana, an ounce of cocaine, and 41 grams of Ecstasy on his tour bus as he and his entourage tried to go through the checkpoint.

  October 2, 2009

• DJ Dossier: Slippe

  ​The never-ending economic nightmare hasn't been a complete tragedy for everyone. In fact, for folks like DJ Slippe it's been something of a boon. As more and more drinkers and urbanites spend less and less of their money at Valley nightclubs, some club owners have turned to the underage crowd to help keep themselves in the black. Enter DJ Slippe, who operates two of the most popular 18-and-over dance nights at Myst in Scottsdale and Tempe's Cherry Lounge and Pit and is making bank with hi

  October 2, 2009

• Oct. 2 In Blogs: 2012, Brian Setzer, Saturday Morning Cartoons, and Lil Wayne

  ​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: 2012 Survival Conference Rocks Scottsdale October 17, Teaches You to Survive Mayan Apocalypse Up on the Sun: Arty Girl: Two Botanical Art Exhibitions Come to Phoenix Incoming: Dierks Bentley, Jello Biafra, fun., Brian Setzer Chow Bella: Top 5 Saturday Morning Cartoon / Breakfast Cereal Pai

  October 2, 2009

• Surprise Plea In Lil' Wayne Gun Case

  Lil Wayne​Rapper Lil' Wayne has for months been denying charges that he was in possession of an illegal gun back in 2007 in New York City. Well, with the threat of a January trial, "Lil" has changed his tune. Wayne copped a surprise plea deal yesterday that could keep him off of drug and gun filled tour busses for up to a year.

  October 22, 2009

• Weezer with Lil Wayne MP3, Strokes Disagreeing on New Record, Gibbard and Farrar Play Kerouac

  Electric Mustache: Videos: The Mumlers Live @ The Rhythm RoomIdolator: Parsing The Pulp: Is Jarvis Cocker Really Getting The Band Back Together For Glastonbury?Idolator: Tegan & Sara Still Have Time To ChatNME: Fall Out Boy to release Greatest Hits collectionPitchfork: Hear the Weezer Song With Lil WaynePitchfork: Casablancas Says Strokes Are Divided Over Progress of Fourth LPSo Much Silence: DJ Shadow: Artifact (w/Zack de la Rocha vocals)Spin: Ben Gibbard, Jay Farrar Perform Kerouac MusicWa

  October 26, 2009

• Jimmy Rollins in Old MC Hammer Video, Jackson Film a Hit, Nirvana Live at Reading Trailer

  Sound of the City: And Now Let's Play "Find Jimmy Rollins In The MC Hammer Video"So Much Silence: Dfactor: Shake ItIdolator: I Can't Wait For Lil Wayne To Create A Whole Mixtape About The Cake Created In His LikenessWaved Rumor: Sea Wolf, Sara Lov Friday at Modified (PHX)Electric Mustache: Video: Talk Normal "In a Strangeland"Idolator: "This Is It" Box Office Success No Doubt Sparking Heated Talks About SequelNME: Black Flag collaborator Chuck Biscuits diesPitchfork: Video: No Age: "Losing Feeli

  October 29, 2009

• We're Starting to Like Chris Brown Again... Are You?

  Don't judge us, but we're sort of digging Chris Brown's latest single, "Transform You."

  October 30, 2009