Originally 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". Lil Wayne at first decided to use the leaked tracks (plus four new tracks) to make a separate album, titled "". "The Leak" was to be released December 17, 2007, with the actual album being delayed until March 17, 2008, The release of "The Leak" in this format never came to fruition. An official EP titled "The Leak" contained five tracks and was released digitally on December 25, 2007.
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