Wayne is right though.
True lyricism doesn't have an age limit. You got dudes like Nas, Common, Black Thought, Cube, Redman, LL, Wu, Monch, Hiero, AZ, and mad others still cooking up projects and loving the feel of just creating. He's trying to act like he's outgrown the culture, and that's the problem with how he's positioned it. He told Rick Rubin himself a few years ago, that he doesn't know how he would approach a solo and that he's nervous to be out there alone now. He said the thought of it makes him anxious. So that's what it's about. Don’t try to cop out with the "I'm too old to rap" bullsh*t. That was corny. Dude has done a million features over the past few years, but he doesn't want the light to be on him. OutKast was some behemoth sh*t. It can't be topped by a 3000 solo. He knows that, but he's saying reckless sh*t to cover it up.
He would've been better off just saying he doesn't have the love for it anymore. That's cool. But when you start with the ageism sh*t, you make it harder for the other legends who are still feeding the culture with good music because they just love doing what they do. Hov is damn near 60 in a few years, billionaire, everything, and he's still working on music. 1/2 of the best artists out now, are from the 90's, or around the same age as Dre. So his whole thing right now with the "I'm too old" excuse, is bullsh*t.
