I Am Not a Human Being

by Lil Wayne

Overview

Released with less fanfare than you'd expect from the self-proclaimed "greatest rapper alive," Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being landed on the streets while the rapper was behind bars. Any effort finished while in prison automatically falls into the "stopgap release" category, but what was originally planned as an EP to mark Weezy's birthday somehow became a ten-track mini-album, and its quality is just a shade below any given entry in his Carter series. The biggest flaws are run time and an overall layout that just doesn't flow like his albums, but when sci-fi beats ("shout out to all my moon men") and sexually transmitted diseases collide on the vicious "Gonorrhea," it's obvious these aren't just leftovers. Human Being barely seems concerned with current affairs either, as grand single "Right Above It" swaggers and struts like a free man cruising through the club ("I been fly for so long/I fell asleep on the f'n plane"), while Weezy's good luck with the ladies is the topic that drives three killer cuts (the freaky doo wop "With You," the woozy porno dream "I'm Single," and the free-association smut number "Popular"). His Young Money crew is well represented with Drake on four tracks and Nicki Minaj on one and the production is as slick and clever as ever, making a full recovery after the drabness found on his rap-rock effort, Rebirth. This is too short and scattered to put on his top shelf, but it comes awfully close, which is downright astonishing considering the circumstances. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	10/12/2010
Label:	Cash Money
UPC:	0602527536927

Tracks

1. Gonorrhea
2. Hold Up
3. With You
4. I Am Not a Human Being
5. I'm Single
6. What's Wrong With Them
7. Right Above It
8. Popular
9. That Ain't Me
10. Bill Gates
11. YM Banger
12. YM Salute
13. I Don't Like the Look of It

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lil Wayne   Primary Artist
Jay Sean   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
T Streets   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Gudda Gudda   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Lil Twist   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jae Millz   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Tyga   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Nicki Minaj   Featured Artist
Drake   Featured Artist
I.L.O.   Keyboards
Lil Chuckee   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Dwayne Carter   Executive Producer,Composer
J. James   Composer
Cool & Dre   Producer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Streetrunner   Producer
Nicki Minaj   Composer
Andre Lyon   Composer
Finis "KY" White   Engineer
Nicholas Warwar   Composer
Bryan Williams   Executive Producer
B. Wicker   Composer
Mike Aiello   Composer
M. Burnett   Composer
Michael Aiello   Composer
Brian Parker   Composer,Composer
Carl Lilly   Composer
Marco Rodriguez Diaz   Composer
David Anthony Stokes   Composer
Roger Pasco   Composer
M. Aeillo   Composer
Rashard Ballard   Composer
B. Parker   Composer
Infamous   Producer
Jae Millz   Composer
D. Johnson   Composer
Barry White   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Lil Wayne   Composer
Andrews Correa   Engineer
Jay Sean   Composer
Boi-1da   Producer
Fareed Salamah   Digital Editing
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner   Mastering
C. Moore   Composer
Joshua Berkman   A&R
Rondell Cobbs   Composer
D. Stokes   Composer
Aubrey Graham   Composer
I.L.O.   Additional Production
Noah Shebib   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Michael Stevenson   Composer
DJ Folk   Production Coordination
Ariel Chobaz   Engineer
Keith Miller   Composer
The Olympics   Producer
Jesse James   Composer
Cool   Producer
Kane   Producer
Mack Maine   Executive Producer
Mr. Beatz   Producer
Ronald "Slim Tha Don" Williams   Executive Producer
Thara Prashad   Composer
R. Cobbs   Composer
Elizabeth Gallardo   Mixing Assistant
Michael "Banger" Cadahia   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Kevin Zulueta   Engineer
Edward "Jewfro" Lidow   Recording Assistant
Onika Maraj   Composer
Marcello Valenzano   Composer
Cortez Bryant   Executive Producer
Noel Cadastre   Mixing Assistant
Matthew Burnett   Composer,Additional Production
Matthew Samuels   Composer
Drew Correa   Composer,Producer
Alton Bates, Jr.   Recording Assistant
T. Prashad   Composer
Mr. Pyro   Producer
Alton Bates   Recording Assistant
Roland "DJ Folk" Bailey   Production Coordination
Daniel Johnson   Composer
Christopher Moore   Composer
Brian Wicker   Composer
Rashad Ballard   Composer