Staff writer Kyle Denis, senior director R&B/hip-hop Carl Lamarre and senior charts analyst Trevor Anderson returned with new moderator Delisa Shannon on Wednesday (June 11) as the trio debated the early returns of Lil Wayne's Tha Carter VI,

“Welcome 2 Tha Carter” follows with what sounds like an AI-generated soul sample. Wayne spits scorching bars, sounding confident and lucid. At this point, everything is going as expected—Wayne is sharp, the production feels ambitious, and you’re ready for a ride through a new royal era. But that momentum fades by track six.