No Ceilings
| No Ceilings | ||||
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| Mixtape by Lil Wayne | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2009 | |||
| Length | 72:34 | |||
| Label | Young Money, Cash Money | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[1] |
| Consequence of Sound |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [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] and it generally received positive reviews from critics.
Background
Lil Wayne had two tracks, "Wasted" and "Swag Surf," both of which were recorded and leaked onto the internet on October 11. 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, 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 featured Tyga and Lil Wayne.[10]
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Producer | Featured guest(s) | Instrumentals/Samples |
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| 1 | "Swag Surf" | 4:10 | K.E. on the Track |
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| 2 | "Ice Cream" | 3:25 | 2Much | ||
| 3 | "D.O.A." | 4:32 | No I.D. | Jay-Z | |
| 4 | "Skit #1" | 1:18 | Gudda Gudda |
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| 5 | "Wasted" | 4:13 | FATBOI |
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| 6 | "Watch My Shoes" | 4:39 | Mouse On Tha Track |
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| 7 | "Break Up" | 3:48 | Bangladesh | Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda |
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| 8 | "Banned From T.V." | 2:54 | Swizz Beatz |
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| 9 | "Throw It In the Bag" | 2:55 | Shatek |
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| 10 | "That's All I Have" | 3:55 | Polow da Don | Tyga & Shanell |
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| 11 | "Skit #2" | 1:39 | Shanell |
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| 12 | "Wayne On Me" | 4:15 | The Legendary Traxster | Shanell |
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| 13 | "I'm Good" | 2:26 | MonstaBeatz | Lucci Lou | |
| 14 | "Poke Her Face" | 2:16 | Kanye West | Jae Millz |
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| 15 | "Run This Town" | 2:49 | Kanye West, No I.D.. |
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| 16 | "I Got No Ceilings" | 3:46 | David Guetta | Mack Maine | |
| 17 | "Skit End" | 1:36 | David Guetta |
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| 18 | "No Ceilings (Pop That)" | 3:58 | Cool & Dre | Birdman |
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| 19 | "Oh Let's Do It" | 3:46 | L-Don Beatz | ||
| 20 | "I'm Single" | 5:33 | Noah "40" Shebib, Omen (co.) | ||
| 21 | "Sweet Dreams" | 4:47 | Jim Jonsin, Wayne Wilkins, Rico Love, Beyoncé Knowles | Beyoncé & Nicki Minaj |
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References
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Lil Wayne". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- ↑ Coplan, Chris (2009-11-16). "Album Review: Lil Wayne - No Ceilings". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (2009-11-16). "Lil Wayne: No Ceilings". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ Dolan, Jon (2009-11-09). "No Ceilings". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- ↑ "Young Money Entertainment". Weareyoungmoney.com. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ "Lil Wayne – No Ceilings (Mixtape) [The Official Version: 4 New Songs & Better Sound Quality]". Nah Right. 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ↑ "Loyalty EP on iTunes". iTunes. June 13. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
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