Weezer Talks About Lil Wayne Cameo
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 10.08.2009
How were the Ninja Turtles involved?
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has opened up about how and why the band got Lil Wayne to do a guest spot on their upcoming Raditude album.
"The first time I really became aware of [Lil Wayne] was when he worked the Ninja Turtles into the [Tha Carter III bonus track] ‘Kush,' " Cuomo said. "‘I feel like I'm racing a bunch of little turtles/ Keep a bandana like the Ninja Turtles.' First of all, he rhymes ‘turtles' with ‘turtles,' which is crazy! Second, he pronounces ‘turtles' with this real hard ‘R' so he sounds super nerdy, which is something you don't often hear from black rappers. Third, he references the Ninja Turtles! That's another thing you don't often hear."
Rivers also said that Weezy didn't join Weezer in the studio to record his verse on the track. "He sounds like he's totally insane, and not just for the sake of sounding crazy. He's not trying to sound ghetto or gangsta or intellectual. he's just very natural and weird," Cuomo says. "He really tapped into the spirit of the song, which I really struggled with at first… He's rapping about how you can't stop mixing drugs and alcohol, but there are a few words he chooses which are surprising and suggest a terrible end to the party. The last line is: ‘I hope the killer doesn't take the life of the party.' "
