Andrew Matson over at the Seattle Times posts an interesting review of The Carter today. Extremely insightful but yet totally focused on the “Sizzurp subplot” of the film. An interview between myself and Mr Matson is forthcoming.

For 77 minutes, “The Carter” shows Lil’ Wayne traveling the world, recording songs in hotel rooms and studios, playing concerts to rabid fans, and receiving news that his album “Tha Carter 3” has gone platinum, an unheard of feat for a hiphop release in the age of downloading. But what “The Carter” is really about is the fact that nobody is willing to meaningfully communicate to the 27-year-old that his headlong plunge into regular codeine/promethazine cough syrup drinking, by-the-pound marijuana smoking, and round-the-clock studio recording has arced from a fun hobby — and the recipe for Wayne’s stellar mid-/late-decade mixtape run — to a habit that’s detrimental to his art and health.