Lil Wayne: Hip Hop's Kobe Bryant

Why does Lil Wayne consider himself the Kobe Bryant of Hip Hop? Wayne recently opened up about his recent collabos, future projects, a new live show and more."I am the Kobe Bryant of hip hop. I'm gonna get my 81 points this year," the star said in an interview with MTV. He went on to speak on recent collaborations."Yung Joc, Remy Martin's 'Conceited' remix, I did the 'What You Know' remix with T.I. I just done a song with Kardinal Official ... Trick Daddy, Fat Joe, T-Pain ... and, oh yeah, Ms. Beyoncé. I can't forget about Ms. Beyoncé. Everybody. Everybody is always sending me something, and I never say no. I make sure the price is reasonable. If they can't do it, we gonna work something out," he noted.He's also apparently ready for a change. "Right now, I do a lot of college shows. But basically, what I'm doing now, I go from old [songs], then to [Tha Carter, Vol. II], then go back to old stuff and end with Carter II. But the tour is going to be totally different. I'm going back in the studio. I actually think we're gonna have a band. A live band, a DJ," he added. Live bands and Hip-Hop go hand in hand nowadays. The Roots, DJ Quik, Kanye West and Atmosphere are just some performers who showcase live-bands at their concerts to back them up.Birdman and Weezy F Baby are also planning a duet album, Like Father, Like Son. "Me and Stunna never did an album together. People seem to forget that because we've done so many songs together, but this is actually the first album me and him did. If we would have done something like this back in the day, it would have been more or less Baby saying, 'Wayne, let's do a song about this.' Now he knows I'm the lyricist and he's like, 'Wayne, you come up with the ideas, and we gonna go with it.' Stunna is still being Stunna, though."