Release date: December 9th (For Part 1)

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LATEST UPDATE

October 28th, 2014

Lil Wayne announces the pushback of Tha Carter V & Drops a new single called "Gotti" Featuring The Lox

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October 18th, 2013: Mel Smith tweets about Carter V
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February 4th, 2014: Birdmans Son Says Lil Wayne Will Not Retire After Carter V, Calls The Album Unbelievable
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February 10th, 2014: Drake tweets "Tha Carter V" (confirmed feature?)
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February 11th, 2014: Mannie Fresh rumored to be handling the production of Carter V

At the very least, rumors courtesy of Gotty that Mannie Fresh is handling the production should inspire some excitement. Better that than pretty much anybody else, if youre missing that old Cash Money Records sound.

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February 14th, 2014: Wayne very close to be dropping Tha Carter V, plans to release it like Beyonce released her last album

Read below an interview with Mel Smith discussing Lil Wayne's upcoming Tha Carter V album.

Now nearly four months later, and following a similar Carter 5 tweet from Young Money artist Drake, theres no more need for speculation. The highly anticipated fifth installment to Lil Waynes Tha Carter album series is coming soon.

Were very close to dropping the album, Smith told the Griffin. Its going to be a huge surprise to everyone, its an incredible album I cant release the date because he wants to surprise people, he wants his true fan base to get excited but hes worked extremely hard on it and you wont be disappointed.

The album will be Lil Waynes first Tha Carter installment since 2011s Tha Carter IV, which sold 964,000 copies in its first week. His last album, I Am Not A Human Being II, sold just 217,000 copies in its opening week last March.

While Smith was careful as to not spoil the direction of Tha Carter V, he mentioned that it was more in line with its four predecessors as opposed to the IANAHB series.

Hes one of the artists like Prince who just continues to record, he said. He does it for the love of the art, for the record, he continues to work hard to top himself, like when he does the I Am Not A Human Being records that hes, which are a little more rock and roll tangent, a little more pop tangent while Tha Carter V is a little more Lil Wayne getting it to you straight from New Orleans.

Smith had no idea as to whether or not the album might serve as Waynes retirement record, which has been speculated for some time, but he does find it hard to see the rapper he kindly refers to as a studio rat leaving the booth despite all the talk.

Thats the thing about Wayne, when we put out the last Carter, we put it out and sold almost 1,000,000 records in one week. The day we put it out, he was still in the studio recording, he said.

Regardless of whether or not it proves to be his last album, it wont be the last you hear from the MC Smith says Wayne will absolutely be going on tour, and to expect the artist to be on the road for the summer or fall.

Until then, fans can wait for the surprise release of what the Cash Money executive calls an epic album.

Everybody whos heard it feels the same way, the general excitement of something big coming, he said. Youre just generally excited for when the world hears it.

All credits to LWHQ

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February 16th, 2014: Big Sean may be featured on Carter V

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February 17th, 2014: First C5 single coming soon?
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March 14th, 2014: Wayne confirms new single dropping this week

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April 30th. 2014: Floyd Mayweather confirms Tha Carter V season has begun and shows Lil Wayne and Drake in the studio working on whats supposed to be C5 first single, "Believe Me"
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May 3rd, 2014: First single, Believe Me, is out

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May 3rd, 2014: Lil Wayne Hits The Studio With Jeremih To Work On C5
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May 6th, 2014: Soulja Boy Talks Working On C5 With Lil Wayne & Justin Bieber

During a recent interview with The FADER, Soulja Boy confirms that he is currently working on Lil Waynes upcoming Tha Carter V album and says he has already done two beats for the project.
Soulja mentions that when he was down in Miami last month he hit up the studio with Tune and Justin Bieber to work on C5, as well explains what the vibe was like as they were all trying to come up with the best sound for the summer.

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May 15th, 2014: Christina Milian Talks Working On Tha Carter V With Mannie Fresh.

During the interview, Milian confirmed that she has recorded on two songs for Tunechis upcoming Tha Carter V album; one of which was with Mannie Fresh. She also mentioned that she is excited for the world to hear C5 and that it is going to be a killer album.

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May 16th, 2014: D'usse is out, song was recorded for Tha Carter V, but theres no confirmation its going to be on the album

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May 19th, 2014: Nicki Minaj Speaks On If She Will Be Featured On Lil Waynes Tha Carter V Album

The Young Money Barbie also mentioned that Lil Wayne had sent her something for Tha Carter V, but she does not know if it will make the album just yet.

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May 29th, 2014: In this weeks Weezy Wednesdays episode, we can see Lil Wayne previewing a brand new song called Side ****, which could appear on his Tha Carter V album.

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May 29th, 2014: Lil Waynes Believe Me Single Featuring Drake Now On iTunes
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June 2nd, 2014: Lil Waynes Tha Carter V Is Now Dropping After Nicki Minajs The Pink Print & Will Have A Release Date

Mack Maine revealed to XXL yesterday that Nickis album will now be dropping before C5. The Young Money President also confirmed that both projects will have a release date and not drop out of the blue like how Beyonces latest album did.

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June 10th, 2014: Lil Wayne Tha Carter V Billboards Spotted In New Orleans & Atlanta
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June 17th, 2014: Mike WiLL Made It Confirms He Has 3 Beats On Lil Waynes Upcoming Tha Carter V Album

Mike WiLL Made It recently stopped by Power 105.1s The Breakfast Club radio show to chop it up with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy.
During their conversation, Mike Will discussed his new single Buy The World featuring Lil Wayne, Future and Kendrick Lamar, and confirmed that he has three beats on Waynes upcoming Tha Carter V album.
The producer also mentioned that Weezy F Baby is sounding crazy, on one right now, and ripping everything after he gets asked how Weezy is sounding on C5!

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June 25th, 2014: In this weeks Weezy Wednesdays episode, we can hear a very short preview of an upcoming Lil Wayne song called Krazy, which was produced by Infamous and will appear on the upcoming Tha Carter V album.
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June 27th, 2014: Another song that nobody knows if its a single neither if it will appears on C5, Krazy, is out

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July 1st, 2014: Lil Wayne Teases Tha Carter V Release Date, Says Da Other Album Will Drop 2 Months After


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Tha Carter V release date:
Im so not good with that. I think it drops either in September and then we have ah I cant tell you the sneak thing. Anyway, yeah, I think it drops in September or August.
If Tha Carter V will drop before the Drake vs. Lil Wayne tour:
It might drop before then, in July. Or August 25 or something like that? Im finished, Im done
Da Other Album release date:
If Tha Carter was to drop in August, DOA would be October.

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July 2nd, 2014: Lil Waynes Krazy Single Now On iTunes
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July 8th, 2014: Wayne Confirms Nicki & Drake Will Both Appear On Tha Carter V

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In related news, Weezy F Baby confirmed to MTV that both Nicki and Drizzy Drake will appear on his upcoming Tha Carter V album, because they would not be albums without them.

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July 14th, 2014: Lil Wayne & Drakes Believe Me Single Is Now #1 On Billboards Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart

According to Billboard, Lil Waynes Believe Me single featuring Drake has gone from #4 to #1 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, which tracks radio and Internet airplay of songs, says Believe Me saw a 6% rise in broadcasting time all the way up to 3,296 spins.
This now means that Weezy F Baby is in second place for the most No. 1s on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with his Young Money artist Drizzy in first place who has a total of 18 No. 1 records. Congratulations to them both!

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July 19th, 2014: Theotis Beasley Confirms Lil Wayne Is Still Working On His Tha Carter V Album

Late night missions in the studio while my family finishing up his album. **** finna get nutz. #YMCMB over errrrthanggg #CarterV

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July 22nd, 2014: Lil Wayne Plays Lil Twist A New Song Out Of His Maybach Possibly Off Tha Carter V

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August 8th, 2014: Tha Carter V new single, Grindin, is out.
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August 11th, 2014: Music Video for the Carter V single, Krazy, is out.

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August 14th, 2014: Official Artwork & Release Date For Lil Waynes Tha Carter V Album
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As promised, Lil Wayne has revealed the official artwork for his forthcoming album, Tha Carter V, on ESPNs First Take sport show.
Weezy F Baby didnt just show off the cover for his album, he also announced that it would be released on October 28th.