Released on August 29, 2011, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV stands as one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of the 2010s. Coming off the massive success of Tha Carter III and a highly publicised prison sentence, Wayne delivered a commercial powerhouse that debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling nearly one million copies in its first week alone.

In the years since its release, Tha Carter IV has undergone something of a critical reappraisal. Contemporary fans on platforms like Album of the Year have argued that the album is "criminally underrated" and praised it as "an album full of fire songs with amazing verses from Weezy". Some listeners rank it as the "second best Carter only to 2," praising "the many bangers" that populate the tracklist.

: Amazon MP3, Qobuz, and the iTunes Store all allow you to purchase Tha Carter IV as a digital download. These purchases typically include the tracks in DRM-free MP3 format (or FLAC on Qobuz), which you can keep in your personal library forever.