Banned from NO

Reviewing Tha Carter VI for Slant Magazine, Paul Attard considered the song one of the album's "high points", which he also described as "little more than reminders of the baseline competence that Wayne was once capable of" and "offer scant evidence that he's still evolving as an artist". Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork was critical of the song, commenting "The chorus of 'Banned From NO' is a barrage of rhyming phrases ('The cocaine whiter/The rope chain brighter/The choke chain tighter/The close-range sniper/The dope-game lifer…') delivered with such sleepy obligation as to become totally uninteresting." ==Remix==

The official remix with Nicki Minaj and was released on June 11, 2025 as a bonus track from Tha Carter VI. Prior to its release, Lil Wayne was rumored to have a collaboration with Minaj on Tha Carter VI and fans were initially disappointed when Minaj did not appear on the album. On the remix, Nicki Minaj references NBA teams Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers in double entendres, as well as the 2025 NBA Finals, before performing her verse. followed by a reference to Lil Wayne's line "The 'F' is for 'phenomenal'" on his song "Yes". ==Charts==