Enter The '9,999 Chambers': The Legacy of Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III'

On This Day in 2008, Lil Wayne Released the Biggest (And Maybe the Best) Album of His Career

On this day in 2008, Lil Wayne released his biggest and arguably his best album, which sold over a million copies.

Enter The '9,999 Chambers': The Legacy of Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III'

Say it’s 1704, and you’re seated in the room with the most powerful man in the world, the Kangxi Emperor. The Qing Dynasty is in full swing, and the emperor is building a legacy that will still be felt some 300 years later—specifically by me, a guy from the United States, standing outside that emperor’s palace, the Forbidden City, in Beijing in the fall of 2008, listening to Lil Wayne. The Kangxi Emperor is a man who can make the earth tremble w…