'Dedication 5'

Dedication 5'

Lil Wayne pulls no punches. His apology for what we’ve been thinking all year was direct and genuine. He’s been slacking. And he's sorry. Yet Wayne heads (no Damon) hope the newest installment of his famed mixtape series with DJ Drama will break him out of his slump. As we patiently await Lil Wayne’s new mixtape Dedication 5, VIBE offers a recipe for redemption. —John Kennedy