A Lil Wayne/Kanye West Mash-Up Appears on Mardi Gras Mixtape

Date: May 2008

West’s “Flashing Lights” inspired many remixes from a number of artists. On DJ Cinema’s Mardi Gras mixtape, he mashed up an unreleased Wayne verse with ‘Ye’s verse from the "My Drink n My 2 Step" remix and Jay-Z’s from “Success.” Although unofficial, it offered a glance at what things may have been like if Wayne had really signed with Rocafella, as he was rumored to be considering, during a brief moment of free agency before he resigned with Cash Money.