I Can't Feel My Face

'I Can't Feel My Face' is a collaboration album with rappers Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana. This is Juelz Santana's first collaboration and has not had an album since What the Game's Been Missing! in 2005. Lil Wayne is coming off his sixth studio album Tha Carter III, which has passed the 2 times platinum mark . The album is set to come out November 25th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_III#endnote_playing]

Juelz Santana addressed the news of his collaboration, saying “Me and Wayne met years back and we both had genuine respect for each other’s music and we immediately clicked.” Studio sessions in Harlem and New Orleans ensued and the camaraderie was building and natural competition was sparked in the booth. “When we both step in that booth we come as hard as possible because we both know our abilities. It’s not competition, it’s more like inspiration,” said Santana. “We like brothers and we know that this has never been seen before. One force from the South and one from the east coming together to dominate the game.” This album has been in the works for some time, but shows no sign of hitting shelves soon.

He mentioned the amount of the paper work which needed to be done by their labels and competitiveness of both sides. “We have an album done already. "He’s on Universal/Cash Money and I’m on Dipset/Def Jam so you have your basic label issues,” said Santana. “We also plan to expand the “I Can’t Feel My Face” brand we’re we will develop mixtapes from different artists from different regions to bring together unity and creativity.” [ [http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_news.php?artist_id=518&news_id=105063 Juelz Santana official website @ defjam.com - News ] ]

They released a mixtape together; The I Can't Feel My Face Prequel in 2006.

Juelz Santana was featured on Lil Wayne's track "You Ain't Got Nuthin'", alongside Fabolous, which made the final cut of Tha Carter III. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_III]

The freestyle of Black Republican was leaked to the internet in 2007 confirming of the album. [ [http://www.defsounds.com/categories/search?query=Black+Republican+&category_id= Defsounds — Your #1 Hip Hop News Magazine ] ] Originally started as a mixtape for the fans, the project eventually turned into a full retail LP album and might even become an annual series. “How we gone do it is, the first album we gon’ drop is gone be me and him [Juelz] ,” Weezy told XXLMag.com. “Then, we gon’ do it and figure out where we gonna put it. Then, we gon’ get two hip-hop artists to do the I Can’t Feel My Face every year.” But Weezy and Juelz won’t be abandoning the franchise altogether. “Then, like three artist’s albums down the line, we come back with our reunion album,” Wayne told XXLMag.com. “They need to know that. Get ready artists, make that cut!” [ [http://www.defsounds.com/news/Lil_wayne_talks_i_cant_feel_my_face [News Lil Wayne Talks I Can't Feel My Face ] ] [ [http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=11878 XXLmag.com | Hip-Hop On A Higher Level | » Lil Wayne Speaks on the I Can’t Feel My Face Album, Says it Could Become a Series ] ]

Juelz Santana blames the delay on the album on Camron. [ [http://www.rapbasement.com/news/juelz-santana/juelz-santana-blames-cam-ron-for-delayed-album.html Juelz Santana Blames Cam'ron For Delayed Album | Rap Basement ] ] In the summer of 2008, Camron sold Juelz Santana's rights to DefJam Records for 2 million dollars. Juelz claims that Camron blocked collaborations by other artists. [http://www.rapbasement.com/juelz-santana/081908-juelz-santana-talks-new-deal-with-def-jam-and-tracks-cam-ron-blocked.html] Ever since the deal Juelz has had intentions of releasing his two projects: Born to Lose, Built to Win (The Rise of the Skull Gang), and I Can't Feel My Face.

In September 2008, Juelz Santana was interviewed by sohh and said that the collab album with Lil Wayne is coming soon. Juelz Santana talked about the much talked about album "I Can't Feel My Face," saying “The album is done,” he confirmed. "The situation I had stopped me from doing a lot of things before is the reason that the album hasn't come out yet. But the album is done. It’s not like we gotta go in and do a bunch of songs. We got about 35 records done so we just waiting for the politics and bullsh*t to get out the way and then we gonna put the album out.

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