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A lot of Lil Wayne

LIL WAYNE at the Molson Amphitheatre, Friday, August 19. Rating: NNNN


Volume has always been Lil Wayne’s strong suit. That’s “volume” as in amount of musical content, not loudness, though his Molson Amphitheatre show was pitched above the whirring clamour of the nearby CNE.

As Weezy cycled through old and new internet, radio, mixtape, R&B, rock and pop hits, including his crowd-pleasing turn in Chris Brown’s Look At Me Now, it became apparent not just how long but how much the New Orleans rapper’s been making music.

Just as awe-inspiring is his devotion to his audience. In a red-striped Where’s Waldo shirt, he told the crowd he loved and appreciated them, pointing out that he can have or do anything he wants in life, so why would he lie?

Drake, who must have a red phone with a direct line to every rapper in town (or maybe they flash a bat signal), performed I’m On One and Miss Me with his mentor. In spite of the strippers onstage, the show’s third and fourth quarters were strictly for the ladies.

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