Lil Wayne says Funeral album is completed

The rapper announced that Funeral, his follow-up to the seemingly forever-anticipated Tha Carter V, is already done and waiting for the Cash Money stamp of approval.

Lil Wayne first announced the project back in 2016 and is now merely waiting for the Young Money president, Maine, to pick some songs, name them and make them ready for release.

In an interview with Q93.3, Wayne shared that he’s had Funeral finished for a while and is merely waiting for the go-ahead to release it; he also expects the album will be out by the end of the year.

“You know how it works,” he says. “My album’s always done. It just takes Mack to come in there to rack up a couple of songs and name them. That’s how it goes round here. I work every day. It just take them to come in and say ‘let me get these twenty songs, can I have these and name them, and we go from there.‘”

Wayne also said that he’s maintained his typical songwriting methods, relying on freestyle:

“Same formula, I can’t write nothing down, I got way too old to be trying to read something. I can’t write nothing down, I’m going straight off the top…It makes everything more valid, more valuable.”

Wayne previously told XXL that he’s collaborated with a “bunch of artists” for Funeral including Lil Baby and Big Sean, along with producers such as LoopHoles, Rio, Academics, MonstaBeatz, and London On Da Track.

The album will have a more current feel. “With me, what the new thing is for me is actually trying to put out music that sounds like a little more like today’s music,” the rapper says. “What that means for me is the difference is adding hooks. I forget about hooks. I forget ’em. Somebody gotta come in the booth and stop me from rapping, like, ‘This is where you stop it and add a hook.‘”

Weezy also hinted at the potential for a Carter VI. When asked if there would be a sequel to 2018’s Tha Carter V, he replied, “I’m not sure. I wouldn’t count it out.”

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As we anticipate Funeral, we also anticipate his continuous existence both musically and physically, despite the ominous-sounding name of the album.