Another week and another sales milestone as Lil Wayne outsells G-Unit & Byrd Gang to remain number 2 on the charts. But what may be an even bigger notch in his belt is an article in Time Magazine titled Lil Wayne: The Best Rapper Alive.

Over four years, he morphed from a mediocre rapper with a thuggish point of view into a savant who merges sex, drugs and politics with a sneaky intellect, a freakish knowledge of pop culture and a voice out of the Delta. Whether Wayne is, as he claims, the “best rapper alive” is no longer even debated in hip-hop or commercial circles. Since June 10, when his latest album, Tha Carter III, sold 1,005,545 copies in its first week, he’s been the undisputed champ.

I was on a radio show this week discussing the state of hip hop and I tried to tell some of the ignorant panel members that Lil Wayne is the reigning king of hip hop but I come to the realization that you can’t change the mind of a hater.