The Songs canon

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11 songs
SortEditorial Year Title
Person·Lil Wayne✕clear
R&B · Pop

How to Love

Lil Wayne
2011 · From Tha Carter IV

Wayne named Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up" as his model, then sang it over acoustic guitar into the top five.

★ 2.5
Hip hop

Love Me

Lil Wayne and Drake
2013 · From I Am Not a Human Being II

Mike WiLL Made It and A+ produced, Kanye West designed the artwork, and Future got his first top ten.

★ 2.6
R&B · Hip hop

Loyal

Chris Brown and Lil Wayne
2013

Nic Nac's beat borrows from "Money Ain't a Thang," and three regional versions carried it thirty-six weeks on the chart.

★ 2.9
Hip hop

The Motto

Drake and Lil Wayne
2011 · From Take Care

T-Minus built the beat, a digital bonus track that sold three million American copies and made YOLO inescapable.

★ 5.5
R&B · Dirty rap

Lollipop

Lil Wayne
2008 · From Tha Carter III

Deezle and Jim Jonsin's synth crawl, Static Major's hook recorded before his February 2008 death, and Wayne's first number one.

★ 6.4
A MilliLil Wayne
Hip hop

A Milli

Lil Wayne
2007 · From Tha Carter III

Bangladesh looped a pitched-down Tribe Called Quest vocal, skipped the chorus entirely, and Wayne rapped through the gap.

★ 7.5