No Ceilings

No Ceilings
Mixtape by Lil Wayne
Released October 31, 2009
Length 72:34
Label Young Money, Cash Money
Lil Wayne chronology
Dedication 3
(2008)
No Ceilings
(2009)
Sorry 4 the Wait
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Robert Christgau (A-)[1]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10)[2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Sputnikmusic [4]

No Ceilings is a mixtape by rap artist Lil Wayne. It was scheduled to be released on October 31, 2009, but was leaked before the official date. No Ceilings was officially released on October 31 (Halloween), with 4 additional tracks. The mixtape is available as a free and legal download.[5] The name No Ceilings refers to Lil Wayne's belief that he has "no ceilings", or no limit, to his rapping ability. As he says on Track 11, Skit #2, "I would love for you to look up into the building and understand that there is no ceilings; there is only the sky, and the sky is the limit."

Contents

Background

Lil Wayne has two tracks, "Wasted" and "Swag Surf," both of which were recorded and leaked onto the internet on October 22. These were followed by "Run This Town" on October 25. The majority of the mixtape was leaked out to the public on multiple websites October 26, 2009. The mixtape contains various freestyles over popular rap and R&B songs' instrumentals and features current artists from his Young Money label including Nicki Minaj, Short Dawg, B.Jones, Gudda Gudda, Shanell, Jae Millz, and Tyga. It was officially released on weareyoungmoney.com via a live Ustream[6][7][8][9] video and included higher quality audio as well as 4 additional tracks. The song "Single" was released on May 11, 2010 as a single on iTunes titled "I'm Single", and has charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A video for the track has been shot. The single was also released on Wayne's I am Not a Human Being album. The song "No Ceilings" was released to iTunes under the title Pop That on the "Loyalty EP" which also included Birdman's new single "Loyalty" which features Young Money Artist Tyga and Lil' Wayne.[10]

Track listing

# Title Length Producer Featured guest(s) Instrumentals/Samples
1 "Swag Surf" 4:10 K.E. On Tha Track
2 "Ice Cream" 3:25 2Much
3 "D.O.A." 4:32 No I.D. Jay-Z
4 "Skit #1" 1:18 Gudda Gudda
  • "Always Love You" by Gudda Gudda
5 "Wasted" 4:13 FATBOI
6 "Watch My Shoes" 4:39 Mouse
  • "Watch My Shoes" by 3 Deep
7 "Break Up" 3:48 Bangladesh Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda
8 "Banned From T.V." 2:54 Swizz Beatz
9 "Throw It In the Bag" 2:55 Shatek
10 "That's All I Have" 3:55 Polow da Don Tyga & Shanell
11 "Skit #2" 1:39 Shanell
  • "Save Me" by Shanell
12 "Wayne On Me" 4:15 The Legendary Traxster Shanell
13 "I'm Good" 2:26 Lucci Lou
14 "Poke Her Face" 2:16 Kanye West Jae Millz
15 "Run This Town" 2:49 Kanye West, No I.D..
16 "I Got No Ceilings" 3:46 David Guetta Mack Maine
17 "No Ceilings (Pop That)" 3:58 Cool & Dre Birdman
18 "Oh Let's Do It" 3:46 L-Don Beatz
19 "I'm Single" 5:33 Noah "40" Shebib, Omen (co.)
20 "Sweet Dreams" 4:47 Jim Jonsin, Wayne Wilkins, Rico Love, Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé & Nicki Minaj
21 "Skit End" 1:36 David Guetta

References

  1. ^ "Robert Christgau review". Webcitation.org. http://www.webcitation.org/5ozzVuIt8. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (2009-11-16). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13672-no-ceilings/. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  3. ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 28, 2009). "Lil Wayne Turns Out Otherworldly Rhymes on Leaked "No Ceilings"". Rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lil-wayne-turns-out-otherworldly-rhymes-on-leaked-no-ceilings-20091028. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  4. ^ "Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (review)". Sputnikmusic.com. 2009-10-31. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=43137. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  5. ^ "Young Money Entertainment". Weareyoungmoney.com. http://weareyoungmoney.com/releases.jsp?rid=1. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  6. ^ "Lil Wayne Live On Lil Twist TV talking about No Ceilings #LilWayne, Lil Wayne Live On Lil Twist TV talking about No Ceilings liltwisttv on USTREAM. Hip-Hop". Ustream.tv. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2467359. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  7. ^ "Lil Wayne live from the studio on Lil Twist TV for No Ceilings #LilWayne, Lil Wayne live from the studio on Lil Twist TV for No Ceilings liltwisttv on USTR". Ustream.tv. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2467982. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  8. ^ "Lil Wayne saying goodbye from the studio on Lil Twist TV #LilWayne, Lil Wayne saying goodbye from the studio on Lil Twist TV liltwisttv on USTREAM. Hip-Hop". Ustream.tv. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2468165. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  9. ^ "Lil Wayne – No Ceilings (Mixtape) [The Official Version: 4 New Songs & Better Sound Quality]". Nah Right. 2009-10-31. http://nahright.com/news/2009/10/31/lil-wayne-no-ceilings-mixtape-the-official-version-w-more-songs/. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
  10. ^ "Loyalty EP on iTunes". iTunes. June 13. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/loyalty-ep/id380715768. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 

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