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Well, this was bound to happen. Lil Wayne's long-time-coming Tha Carter III will not, as previously reported, be released May 13 via Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown.

The new street date for the highly anticipated disc from Automatic Weezy now stands at June 10, though one should probably refrain from sending out invitations to any listening parties just yet. Wayne's talked quite a bit about how he doesn't want any leaked material to appear on the retail version of Tha Carter III, and that might be what's holding it up. Plus, he's a pothead-- you try getting one of those folks to adhere to a deadline.

No official word yet as to whether that incredible cover is, in fact, the genuine article, though it is still up on Amazon, and on purely aesthetic terms, it's way better than the other kinda boring grayscale one I've seen elsewhere.

Very real are a pair of Wayne dates over the weekend, listed after the jump.

Wayne:

04-26 Winston-Salem, NC - Joel Coliseum
04-27 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena