No Ceilings
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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 for a free-legal download.[1] 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."
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[2][3][4][5] 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. It has also been confirmed on an MTV interview with Young Money artist Drake, that he re-did the hook for "Single" and is on Lil' Wayne's new album I'm Not A Human Being. 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.[6]
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Producer | Performer(s) | Instrumentals/Sample |
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| 1 | "Swag Surf" | 4:10 | KE On Tha Track | Lil Wayne |
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| 2 | "Ice Cream" | 3:25 | 2Much | Lil Wayne | |
| 3 | "D.O.A." | 4:32 | No I.D. | Lil Wayne | |
| 4 | "Skit #1" | 1:18 | Lil Wayne |
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| 5 | "Wasted" | 4:13 | FATBOI | Lil Wayne |
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| 6 | "Watch My Shoes" | 4:39 | Mouse | Lil Wayne |
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| 7 | "Break Up" | 3:48 | Bangladesh | Lil Wayne, Short Dawg, Gudda Gudda |
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| 8 | "Banned From T.V." | 2:54 | Swizz Beatz | Lil Wayne |
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| 9 | "Throw It In The Bag" | 2:55 | Shatek | Lil Wayne |
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| 10 | "That's All I Have" | 3:55 | Polow da Don | Lil Wayne, Tyga, Shanell |
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| 11 | "Skit #2" | 1:39 | Lil Wayne |
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| 12 | "Wayne On Me" | 4:15 | The Legendary Traxster | Lil Wayne, Shanell | |
| 13 | "I'm Good" | 2:26 | Lil Wayne, Lucci Lou | ||
| 14 | "Poke Her Face" | 2:16 | Kanye West | Lil Wayne, Jae Millz |
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| 15 | "Run This Town" | 2:49 | Kanye West, No I.D.. | Lil Wayne |
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| 16 | "I Got No Ceilings" | 3:46 | David Guetta | Lil Wayne | |
| 17 | "Skit End" | 1:36 | David Guetta | Lil Wayne |
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| 18 | "No Ceilings" | 3:58 | Cool & Dre | Lil Wayne, Birdman |
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| 19 | "Oh Let's Do It" | 3:46 | LDon Beatz | Lil Wayne | |
| 20 | "Single" | 5:33 | Co-produced by Noah "40" Shebib and Omen | Lil Wayne | |
| 21 | "Sweet Dreams" | 4:47 | Jim Jonsin, Wayne Wilkins, Rico Love, Beyoncé Knowles | Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne |
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References
- ^ http://weareyoungmoney.com/releases.jsp?rid=1
- ^ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2467359
- ^ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2467982
- ^ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2468165
- ^ http://nahright.com/news/2009/10/31/lil-wayne-no-ceilings-mixtape-the-official-version-w-more-songs/
- ^ "Loyalty EP on iTunes". iTunes. June 13. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
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