Initially planned to be released in 2007, Tha Carter III's largest delay came after the majority of the tracks were leaked and distributed on mixtapes, such as "The Drought Is Over Pt. 2" and "The Drought Is Over Pt. 4". Wayne initially decided to use the leaked tracks, plus four new tracks, to make a separate album, titled Tha Carter III: The Leak. The Leak was to be released December 18, 2007, with the actual album being delayed until March 18, 2008, The release of The Leak in this format never came to fruition, but an official EP titled The Leak and containing five tracks was released digitally on December 25, 2007. Tha Carter III now has a release date of June 10, 2008.. The first single "Lollipop", featuring Static has been released. The single quickly became the rapper's most commercially successful song of his career thus far, topping the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first Top 10 single for Wayne as a solo artist, as well as his first #1 on the chart. It also gave him his first #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks.
He has announced several possible projects following Tha Carter III, including a collaboration with rapper Juelz Santana entitled I Can't Feel My Face. He has also told the website HipHopDX.com about a possible R&B album titled Luv Sawngz by him, singing using a vocoder. He has also tentatively scheduled a collaboration album with singer Lloyd titled Best of Young Worlds.
In January 2008, DJ Drama stated that there would be a third installation of the Dedication mixtape series with Wayne, who has instead stated that he will do an album, not mixtape, under the title.
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