Like Father, Like Son (Birdman and Lil Wayne album)

Like Father, Like Son
Studio album by Birdman & Lil Wayne
Released October 31, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded CMR Studios, New Orleans, 2005–2006
Genre Hip hop, Southern hip hop
Length 74:05
Label Cash Money, Universal
Producer T-Mix, Scott Storch, Jim Jonsin, DJ Nasty & LVM, Angel, Robin Thicke
Birdman chronology
Fast Money
(2005)		 Like Father, Like Son
(2006)		 5 * Stunna
(2007)
Lil Wayne chronology
Tha Carter II
(2005)		 Like Father, Like Son
(2006)		 The Leak
(2007)

Like Father, Like Son is a collaborative studio album by Birdman and Lil Wayne. The album was released on October 31, 2006, through Cash Money Records and Universal Records. Guest appearances include Fat Joe, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Tha Dogg Pound, and All Star Cashville Prince. Producers included Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, and more. The album's first single is "Stuntin' Like My Daddy", for which there is a music video as well. The second single released from the album is "Leather So Soft". The third single is "You Ain't Know". Both of those singles have music videos as well.

Contents

Background

According to the [ Money Records]] website and an aggressive street campaign in Houston, the album was initially scheduled for release on September 26, 2006 but delays pushed the release back to October 31, 2006. Like Father, Like Son debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 176,000 copies sold.[1] As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 761,958 copies in the United States. During an interview, Lil Wayne said that "Army Gunz" may be the fourth single from the album. However, the song has not been released up to date. In January 2009, Birdman stated in an interview that a movie based on the title of the album and starring him and Wayne will be released in June 2009.[2] As of June 2009, there is no update on the film or if it will still be released. A sequel, appropriately entitled Like Father, Like Son 2 is reportedly in the works and is due for December 2011.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk.net (75/100)[3]
Allmusic [4]
Blender [5]
HipHopDX [6]
RapReviews (7/10)[7]
Rhapsody (favorable)[8]
Rolling Stone [9]
Stylus (C)[10]
XXL [11]

Like Father, Like Son received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying that "There's probably too much get money/stack-paper for those who want Wayne to speak on the injustices New Orleans has suffered post-Katrina, or to get to work on Tha Carter III, but that's not what Like Father, Like Son is about. This is the sure sound of Cash Money steadying the ship and getting back on course".

XXL Magazine also praised the album, giving it four stars out of five (XL), saying "With solid production throughout, Wayne's ever-evolving sentence structure and Baby's uncanny swagger, Like Father, Like Son falters only in the diversity department. Over the course of the project’s 20 tracks, continued references to their dope-dealing pasts ("1st Key" and "Over Here Hustlin'") begin to dilute what otherwise is a solid project that ushers in a new Cash Money dynasty."

Release and promotion

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot Rap Singles
2006 "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" 21 7 5
"Leather So Soft" 118 41 16
2007
"You Ain't Know" — 56 —
"Know What I'm Doin'" — 58 22

Lawsuit

On October 2009, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Cash Money Records and various music distribution outlets were sued for copyright infringement by Thomas Marasciullo, who claims his voice was used without permission. The rappers asked him to record some "Italian-styled spoken word recordings" in 2006. The lyrics were allegedly used on "Respect" and other tracks from Like Father, Like Son and Birdman's 5 * Stunna.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Loyalty" (skit)
  2. "Over Here Hustlin"
  3. "Stuntin' Like My Daddy"
  4. "1st Key"
  5. "Like Father Like Son"
  6. "You Ain't Know"
  7. "Family Rules" (skit)
  8. "Know What I'm Doin'" (featuring Rick Ross & T-Pain)
  9. "Don't Die"
  10. "Ain't Worried Bout Shit"
  11. "Out tha Pound"
  12. "Leather So Soft"
  13. "Army Gunz"
  14. "Protector" (skit)
  15. "Get That Money"
  16. "No More" (featuring All Star Cashville Prince)
  17. "High"
  18. "Cali Dro" (featuring Daz & Kurupt)
  19. "About All That" (featuring Fat Joe)
  20. "Respect" (skit)

Chart positions

Chart (2006) Peak
position[13]
U.S. Billboard 200 3
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums 1

References

  1. ^ Katie Hasty, "'Montana' Zooms By Manilow For Second Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, November 8, 2006.
  2. ^ http://www.lilwaynehq.com/filmography/like-father-like-son/
  3. ^ AbsolutePunk.net review
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Blender review
  6. ^ HipHopDX review
  7. ^ RapReviews review
  8. ^ Rhapsody review
  9. ^ Rolling Stone review
  10. ^ Stylus review
  11. ^ XXL review
  12. ^ allmusic ((( The Elephant in the Room > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))
Birdman
Studio albums
Collaboration albums
Like Father, Like Son · Like Father, Like Son 2 · The H
Singles
"Do That" · "What Happened to That Boy" · "Baby You Can Do It" · "Get Your Shine On" · "Neck of the Woods" · "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" · "Leather So Soft" · "Know What I'm Doin'" · "You Ain't Know" · "Pop Bottles" · "100 Million" · "I Run This" · "Always Strapped" · "Written on Her" · "Money to Blow" · "4 My Town (Play Ball)" · "Loyalty" · "Fire Flame" · "I Get Money" · "Y.U. Mad"
Featured singles
"Bigger Business" · "Hell Yeah"  · "Hell Yeah" · "Let's Get Down" · "Bounce Back"  · "Tuck Ya Ice"  · "We Takin' Over" · "I'm So Hood (Remix)" · "Haterz" · "Big Balla" · "Sun Come Up" · "Go" · "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" · "Like This, Like That"
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