Lil Wayne once called Jay-Z as his favorite MC but said that he is the "best rapper alive since the best rapper retired," when Jay-Z went into hiatus.

But now that the Hova is back, the Weezy has changed his stance by saying he has declared that he is still the best even now that his idol once is back on the playing field.

He took the issue on Jay-Z being the savior of hip-hop disapprovingly commenting that "I don't like what he's saying about how he had to come back because hip-hop's dead and we need him," Lil Wayne said.

"I'm better than him," Lil Wayne said in the new issue of Complex magazine, which features the Cash Money Millionaire on the cover with Travis Barker. "I'm 24 years old. ... I'm 13 years deep with five albums and 10 million records sold."

In the article, Wayne also had some disparaging words for the Clipse, Pharrell Williams and Young Buck, and said he took issue with Jay rapping about being "hip-hop's savior."

Lil Wayne released a collaborative album ?Like Father Like Son? with the Birdman on October 31, 2006. Guest appearances include Fat Joe, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Tha Dogg Pound and Allstar Cashville Prince.

Like Father Like Son took off from the closeness of the two artists, so close that they could take anybody by surprise by displaying a Lil Wayne and bird man kissing scene. Listen to stuntin' like my daddy by Lil Wayne on free stream sites.

Producers included Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch and more. The album's first single Lil Wayne like my daddy, for which there is a Lil Wayne stunning like my daddy music video as well. The second single, following Lil Wayne stuttin like my daddy, to be released from the album is "Leather So Soft".

According to the cash-money website and an aggressive street campaign in Houston, the album was initially scheduled for release on September 26, 2006 but delays pushed the release back to October 31, 2006. The album was leaked on the internet on October 17, 2006. The album, with cover of Lil Wayne birdman picture, debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 176,000 copies sold.

Stunting like my daddy birdman ft. Lil Wayne peaked in at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Lil Wayne stunting like my daddy has also hit number 1 on BET's 106 and Park.

Lil Wayne was initially known best as the youngest Hot Boy, who grew up quickly and enjoyed an underground Lil Wayne steady stream of hits in the process.

The New Orleans rapper began his long stint with Cash Money as part of the Hot Boys, a popular late-'90s supergroup also comprised of Juvenile, b.g. Lil Wayne turk that set the stage for respective solo careers. Juvenile and B.G. made their solo debuts first in 1999 and racked up a pair of simultaneous big hits, "Back That Azz Up" and "Bling Bling," respectively.

Lil Wayne picture gallery showed that he made his solo debut later that year and similarly came out of the gate with a huge hit, Tha Block Is Hot. Following this wave of astounding success in 1999, the Cash Money frenzy simmered a little bit thereafter.

During the two years between Lil Wayne's second album, Lights Out, and his third, 500 Degreez, Cash Money consequently purged itself of Hot Boys, dropping Juvenile, B.G., and Turk while retaining only Lil Wayne.

The label's loyalty paid off, as 500 Degreez sold massively, driven by the single "Way of Life." Tha Carter was released two years later, powered by the hit single "Go DJ." In 2005 he became the president of the Cash Money label and began work on a new album. Tha Carter, Vol. 2 appeared at the end of year while Lil Wayne was busy in his native New Orleans make it rain Lil Wayne raising money for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

While Wayne might no longer be the youngest in the game, he's become a microphone ruler over the past two years.

"I love what I do," he added. "I love this job. My job is my dream, so every time I get in the studio, I get to dream again. I just chase my dream. I'm always in the studio, so people find things to do.

Like Father, Like Son dropped on Halloween, and I Can't Feel My Face should be dropping sometime in late winter or early spring. After that, Wayne's pulling out his big big gun, Tha Carter, Vol. 3.