Dedication 2

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{{Infobox album

| name = Dedication 2

| type = Mixtape

| artist = Lil Wayne

| cover = Dedication 2.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2006|5|22}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 81:07

| label = Cash Money, The Aphilliates

| producer =

• Hannon Lane
• Jamall "Pimpin" Wingham
• Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton
• Don Cannon
• Infamous
• DJ Green Lantern
• Clayton Haraba
• Swizz Beatz
• Organized Noize
• 9th Wonder
• Kanye West
• DJ Paul
• Juicy J
• DJ Toomp
• The Runners
• Xcel
• Pimp C
• N.O. Joe
• Just Blaze
• Vudu Spellz
• Daz Dillinger

| compiler = DJ Drama

| prev_title = Tha Carter II

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Like Father, Like Son

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Back cover

| type = Mixtape

| cover = Dedication 2 back.png

| border =

| alt =

| caption =

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [https://www.allmusic.com/album/dedication-2-mw0000772671 link]

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}} [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lil+Wayne link]

| rev3 = Pitchfork Media

| rev3Score = (8.1/10)

| rev4 = RapReviews

| rev4Score = (8/10) [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2007_01_dedication2.html link]

| rev5 = Rhapsody

| rev5Score = (favorable) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090514041948/http://www.rhapsody.com/lil-wayne/dedication-2 link]

| rev6 = Slate

| rev6Score = (favorable)

| rev7 = Stylus

| rev7Score = B [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620023907/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/dj-dramalilwayne/dedication-2.htm link]

| rev8 = Village Voice

| rev8Score = (favorable)

| rev9 = Washington Post

| rev9Score = (favorable)

| rev10 = XXL

| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}} {{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

}}

Dedication 2 is the sixth mixtape by Lil Wayne, hosted by DJ Drama. It is a sequel to Lil Wayne's previous mixtape, The Dedication, and is second in DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz series with Lil Wayne. It is one of the few mixtapes in the hip hop genre to be both financially successful and critically acclaimed.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/arts/music/01wayn.html|title=A Rap Star at His Peak, With Fans to Let Down|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|author-link=Kelefa Sanneh|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 1, 2006|access-date=2007-10-07}} Despite its illegal use of unlicensed instrumentals and samples,{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070400883.html|title=Hip-Hop Mixtapes: Unlicensed to Thrill|last=Richards|first=Chris|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 5, 2006|page=C5|access-date=2007-10-07}} it was sold through iTunes and retail stores such as Best Buy and FYE,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/magazine/18djdrama.t.html?pagewanted=all|title=Hip-Hop Outlaw (Industry Version)|last=Shapiro|first=Samantha M.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 18, 2007|access-date=2007-10-07}} was widely reviewed in the mainstream media, and peaked at #69 on Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-05-24/r-b-hip-hop-albums |title=Artist Chart History - Lil Wayne |magazine=Billboard |year=2007 |access-date=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427201012/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-05-24/r-b-hip-hop-albums |archive-date=April 27, 2014 }} The cover shows Lil Wayne with "Fear God" tattooed on his eyelids.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9148-dedication-2|title=DJ Drama & Lil Wayne - Dedication 2|last=Macia|first=Peter|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=June 22, 2006|access-date=2013-08-28}} Much of the mixtape showcases Lil Wayne's free associating rhymes and "liquid non-sequiturs."{{cite news|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/07/the_quarterly_r_6.php/|title=The Quarterly Report: The Summer's Best Albums|last=Breihan|first=Tom|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=2007-10-07}}