reads like a cop out to me lol. im glad you moved from jus tossing out insults but its w/e. agree to disagree.

I was never really into Wayne like that until C3 came around, other than a few songs. I became a pretty big fan after I heard C3 for the first time. After going back and revisiting C2 it became my favorite. I still love C3 though.

I mean OG C5 is dope but over C2 and C3?

Even tho me and ignance disagree on this topic glad to see lil bro in here defending his stance

Loud pipes big rims woadie

I feel like Tha Block is Hot is Wayne's most underrated album by far.

To answer the OP though, C2 is his best album but C3 is a classic.

C2 by far

Well, i dont really like wayne and C2 happens to be my favorite wayne project. Also, cuz it has a real eastcoast flavor to it that C3 was missing imo.

C3 tbh

yall wouldnt rmbr c2 if c3 wasnt as big as it was
and dats FAX

This isnt making sense to me right now.
your saying if wayne never popped off, noone would credit him for C2? Alotta folks like me were propping him for dropping a fire project for carter 2. then carter 3 happend and everybody got in

Bro what

If c3 didnt drop c2 wouldnt be remembered like it is now. You can debate it if you want. I know c2 got props when it dropped, but its longevity now is definitley credited to c3

C3 >>> C2

This a lie because I got the bootleg of C2 from my barber when it came out and also remember the suffix and dedication 1 dropping around that time.

2005 was a colossal year in rap.
TM101 and Trap or Die
The Documentary
C2
B. Coming
GRODT Movie + Soundtrack
LR
The Massacre
Paul Wall's sht
Eminem's performance at the BET Awards.

In fact, 2005 was a bigger year for rap than 2008 even when wayne t.i. game and jeezy all came thru like titans

Lights Out more underrated than TBIH.

C3 is more memorable because it literally dropped when he was the face of rap. Any project he released back then was gonna do numbers because his hype was unreal. People keep talking about longevity, ignoring the fact that most of the people who grew up on C2 are nearly 30 or already in their 30s. That was when albums were bought...

AND C2 aged like fine wine. Hell, C1 aged better than C3. C3 has a lot of dated ass songs. I still listen to it and it's still a great album but sht is nowhere near C2 overall.

Exactly

C2 dropped right between TM101 and ti king (q1 2006)

Imo both those overshadowed c2. Ontop of that c2 didnt have the traditional southern sound that was popular at that time (camron influence; wayne was in NY alot of the time recording c2 with dipset)

It would of got forgotten over time is what im sayin

C3 literally has 1 bad song (La La) imo

I bump both albums alot (and have Physicals of both - since you brought up buying discs lol)

I really dont think c3 sounds dated especially to general public. Sometimes mrs officer or beat build will come on on shuffle in car w friends and we always let it ride - and those arent even the main singles

C3 >>> c2

C3

Man we talking about the music

C3 better music 2

C2 wayne following the NY blue print

C3 wayne honing wayne

The transition from a great rapper to a goat

But it didn't though. Wayne was already a fan favorite in the South since the 90s. Carter 1 was huge in the South and then Carter 2 was bigger. I'm not gonna dispute King because T.I. was bigger than Wayne until 2007 but if we are going by numbers, lol C2 sold more first week than Jeezy's album and fireman was a bigger hit than soul survivor. Obviously TM101 had more impact and influence but if we using the sales argument here, you can't say no1 was checking for it when we all know TM101 was a huge project and everyone checked for it and C2 sold more than TM101 first week.

C2 didn't need to have traditional sound. Dipset was one of the few acts to embrace the south and get love from the south. It's why you see southern artists name cam'ron as an influence. Example: Gunna. YFN Lucci remixed down and out last year. Dipset was like an east coast ugk to us. AND Dipset had already been working with southern acts for at least 3 years before C2 dropped.

Cam'ron was on a song with wayne in 02.

T.I. did 2 records with juelz. Here is one

the other was on T.I's classic mixtape in 2004.

And T.I. and Dipset were giving shoutouts to each other in 2002 when Cam'ron was promoting Purple Haze right after CHWM dropped. I can go all day about this lmao. Part of the reason I even became a dipset fan was because I saw them working with t.i. and wayne and those my 2 favorite southern rappers.