Tha Carter III could have been a continuation of this approach, and the leaks show that it nearly was. It wasn't as though the Lil Wayne of 2005 was incapable of making hit songs, but they were a different type of hit. But to a fan of Tha Carter II, that direction was indeed a shift. In retrospect, that shift was obvious and necessary to create the Lil Wayne we all know and love today, the Lil Wayne that appeals to fans across the spectrum. Those hits foreshadowed Wayne's career over the next couple years, as he put a stranglehold on the pop charts with feature appearances. I don't know if anything could have derailed the sales of Tha Carter III given the juggernaut that Wayne was at the time, but it certainly didn't hurt that it had a wide breadth of sounds, that it presented the version of Wayne that casual listeners were discovering and would continue to discover on radio. Officer," which turned out to be a smart bet and is likely reflective of the direction Wayne's own interests were headed. The final album skews more obviously pop, thanks to songs like "Lollipop" and "Ms. The leak-which exists in two very slightly different forms as either the one I had, The Carter III Mixtape, or as part of the The Empire's running leak series, The Drought Is Over 2 (The Carter 3 Sessions)-offers an interesting view of what Tha Carter III might have been versus what it became, a shift that can be easily understood when you look at the volume at which Wayne was recording during this period.
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