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Another wait for Rebirth
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-17 10:22
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While most of Lil Wayne's fans will have to wait until at least February for the rapper's often-promised and often-delayed album, about 500 Amazon customers who pre-ordered Rebirth are already enjoying the record, thanks to a shipping mishap.
According to sources and an e-mail to Billboard from an Amazon customer, the online merchant sent copies of the album to some customers who pre-ordered Rebirth. The album began arriving in mailboxes on Monday, despite a change in the street date from Dec 21 to Feb 1.
The release-date change - the sixth time Rebirth was pushed around the schedule - was announced Dec 10. But, roughly 1 million units had already been manufactured and about one-third shipped to accounts by then, sources said. Although Amazon received the word to return the Lil Wayne (pictured) album, supposedly about 500 copies were sent to customers. An Amazon spokesman didn't respond to an e-mail request for a comment.
The album was initially supposed to be released April 7, pushed back to May 19 and then Aug 18. And when that date came and went, the release date was pushed to Dec 15 and finally Dec 21. The latest delay stems from a decision by Lil Wayne's Cash Money/Universal labels to allow new single On Fire more time to build.
