In November 2012, Lil Wayne announced that Kanye West would be designing everything from the cover art to the album packaging. The themes of sex, violence, and drugs are all allegories in the album according to Carter and the producers which claim that it is a story about American struggles of singlehood, poverty, violence, disease, and physical pain. Described as extremely vulgar by Complex, the album contains 182 uses of the word "nigga", 102 uses of "bitch", 63 references to having sex, 39 mentions of marijuana and 38 references to shooting people among other numerous references to pills, codeine, getting fellatio, giving cunnilingus, and skateboarding. The album incorporates much of his traditional hip hop styles, also experiments with rock-influenced elements. Much in the vein of Lil Wayne's earlier works, I Am Not a Human Being II addresses themes of drugs and sex.
In January 2013, the album was included as one of the multiples on "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists, such as the one by MTV and was on the twelfth place on the XXL's list. It was first originally planned for the fall 2012 release, but it was delayed until stating the release for February 19, 2013, I Am Not a Human Being II was eventually announced to be released on March 26. I Am Not a Human Being II contains some of the unused materials from the earlier recording sessions that took place for Tha Carter III and IV. Wayne later announced to MTV that he completed the album, while putting even greater attention to the quality control than its predecessor, and he said that he had to "rushed" it to the finish from the original project before serving his time in jail after his sentence for the illegal possession of a weapon. In January 2012, Birdman confirmed that the production is underway for the sequel to Lil Wayne's eighth album, I Am Not a Human Being (2010), titled I Am Not a Human Being II.
In September 2020, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 217,000 copies in its first week. However, upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who criticized its production and panned Wayne's lyrics. I Am Not a Human Being II was included as one of the multiples on "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists. It was the last album Lil Wayne released under Cash Money Records. The album was supported by three singles: " No Worries" featuring Detail, " Love Me" featuring Drake and Future, and " Rich As Fuck" featuring 2 Chainz the latter of which peaked at numbers 29, 9 and 38 respectively, on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album serves as the sequel to I Am Not a Human Being (2010), incorporating the elements of these hip hop styles. Recording sessions took place during 2006 to 2012, with Lil Wayne serving as the records executive producers, alongside Ronald "Slim" Williams and Birdman, who enlisted a wide variety of record producers such as Cool & Dre, Mike Will Made It, David Banner, T-Minus, Diplo, Juicy J and Street Runner, among others. It was released on March 22, 2013, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. I Am Not a Human Being II is the tenth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne.
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