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David Jeffries, All Music Guide
Showing much respect for an album he's obviously a fan of, remixer Michael "5000" Watts steps his game up and turns Lil Wayne's Tha Carter, Vol. 2 into a hallucinatory, screwed-and-chopped classic. The opening two tracks suggest Watts isn't going to much more than slow the album down a little and scratch his turntable furiously in the background, but from "Money on My Mind" to the finish line he's fracturing the tracks with abandon. "Mind"'s great "Dear Mr. Toilet Seat" line stutters while a demonic chorus of Lil Waynes slither underneath. "Fireman" gets a drastic haunted house remix while "Shooter" creeps eerily across the floor before Watts melts the track with hypnotic in and out of phase tricks. His reordering of the album is spot on, creating an 80-minute, slow flow that's just right for hanging out. It's a shame Cash Money/Universal didn't put his name on the cover because with his remix of Tha Carter, Vol. 2, Watts has offered up one of the most involved, mesmerizing, and worthwhile screwed-and-chopped remixes you can buy aboveground.
