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Original 2008 US pressing of Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III on Cash Money Records / Universal Motown (B0011671-01), spread across two LPs and released just months after the album's June 2008 debut. Produced by an all-star roster including Bangladesh, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Cool & Dre, T-Pain, Jim Jonsin, and Robin Thicke, Tha Carter III arrived as the most anticipated rap album of its era after years of mixtape dominance and became one of the fastest-selling albums in US history — moving over one million copies in its first week. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and won the 2009 Grammy for Best Rap Album, anchored by multi-platinum singles "Lollipop" featuring Static Major, "A Milli," "Got Money" with T-Pain, and "Mr. Carter" with Jay-Z — plus deep cuts "Dr. Carter," "Phone Home," and "Tie My Hands" with Robin Thicke that cemented Wayne's range. An 8x platinum cultural landmark. Original 2008 US vinyl pressings of Carter III are genuinely scarce — this is the one serious hip-hop collectors want, predating all reissues by years. Record and sleeve are VG or better.