Other reviews are average or mixed: Chase Hoffberger of The Austin Chronicle gave the album three stars out of five and said, "It's Wayne's personality that both floats and sinks TCIII." Kilian Murphy of Hot Press also gave it a score of three out of five and stated, "Gifted MC loses the run of himself without Mannie Fresh." Lewis P. "Phone Home" also features various alien metaphors reminiscent of the film E.T. "Tie My Hands", featuring Robin Thicke, was praised as a deep track featuring "political commentary" and "despair" with Thicke's performance being the most complementary to Wayne. Carter", the sixth track, was also praised for lyrical content and humor as Wayne took on the persona of a doctor performing surgery on various patients (a metaphor for Wayne resurrecting hip-hop). The song garnered countless freestyles and remixes, while Wayne's original version was praised with "spectacular rhyme". The second single, "A Milli", was a top ten hit and was praised as one of the best songs of 2008. Jay-Z's guest verse on the song was praised, which was seen as him passing the throne to Wayne. Carter", was nominated for a Grammy while also peaking within the Hot 100.
The song was praised as an "electro-bumpin'.infectious track", perceived as more of a "bubblegum" pop track than rap. It was Wayne's most successful solo single in his career, winning one Grammy Award, a BET Award, and an MTV VMA. Tha Carter III's lead single, "Lollipop", peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, staying at the top for three weeks.
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