Lil Wayne vs. Juelz Santana pt.2

At age 16, Wayne launched his solo career with the release of 'Lil Wayne: Tha Block Is Hot' in 1999. This was followed by 'Lights Out' in 2000 and '500 Degreez' in 2002. These albums garnered moderate success. In 2004, Lil Wayne released 'Tha Carter'. This album was marked as a personal milestone as he claimed to have finally perfected his trade. He is famously known not to write any lyrics but takes on every song as a freestyle. It was also 'Tha Carter' that finally earned Lil Wayne mass notability outside the south as a lyricist.

His counterpart Juelz Santana released his debut album From Me to U in 2003. Unfortunately this album failed to take him out of at that time the large background of the stylish MC Cam'ron. In the process of making his album What the Game's Been Missing, originally 160 songs were recorded over a year. Thankfully the project slimmed down a bit and the album was certified gold. The album also peaked to #1 on the Top r&b/hip hop charts in 2005. By that point Juelz had set the launching pad to world success. The difficulty for him was just getting on.