Lil B, I’m Gay - XXL

Contents:

• I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• REVIEW: LIL B, I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)
• LIL B - I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• LIL BI'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• LIL B I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• ALBUM REVIEW: LIL B – I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)
• LIL B, I’M GAY
• LIL B I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

I'm Gay appeared on iTun last week, and by nvenience or sign, 's his most herent, hive, and accsible sgle release to date.

His followers may bate whether Ra England or 6 Kiss or Illns of Granur or Bch Mob: Rpect Da Bch is better (Lil B has a flair for tl), but for the uniated, I'm Gay do a great job of articulatg his ethos and appeal the space of one album. If you're trigued by Lil B but shrk om the mment of keepg pace wh a human data stream,  might be the only rerd you'll ever 's not to say that I'm Gay ntas all of Lil B's personae.

I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

So while I'm Gay isn't a five statement, is an pecially pellg pot on a bizarre trajectory, one that feels worth keepg around. The thread that tethers I'm Gay to the rt of Lil B's immense, sprawlg talogue is his earnt loyalty to the central tes of the "based" movement: love and posivy the face of adversy. 'I'm Gay', modified by 'I'm Gay (I'm Happy)' after the many ntroversi the rapper wentEventually a rapper wh an acceptance msage!

REVIEW: LIL B, I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)

'I'm Gay', modified by 'I'm Gay (I'm Happy)' after the many ntroversi the rapper went through, is another of the numero bricks nstutg Lil B's disgraphy. On I’m Gay (I’m Happy), Lil B is more likely to talk circl around himself than do anythg like rappg.

We n assume that I’m Gay (I’m Happy) wouldn’t have been a blockbter even whout Lil B’s active role tankg s mercial prospects, though ’s funny to see how jt how much light his tractors take repeatg s abysmal sal (ls than 2, 000 pi a week).

Promotn asi, no one uld hear the mic on I’m Gay (I’m Happy) and thk was created wh rad play, or even cult-h stat, md.

LIL B - I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

But the bnt of the material on I’m Gay (I’m Happy) dit somethg more radil.

Em>I’m Gay (I’m Happy) isn’t sly and tertextual, ’s an alternate universe beholn only to s own laws.

For that reason, I’m Gay (I’m Happy) n be both exhstgly self-referential and as rolutely ncerned wh the tth as any Native Tongu classic. I’m Gay (I’m Happy) is a staed glimpse at that character’s soul, his pacy for feelg nnected to the world and his longg for eedom. Ser Lil B observers—among them, GLAAD—have qutned the tentns behd the MC’s cisn to name his rerd I’m Gay (I’m Happy); genue mment to the e vers empty publicy stunt has been the bary of choice.

LIL BI'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

Early reviews of the album have not only upbraid Lil B for dilutg his msage of solidary by addg the parenthetil subtle, but advanced the cricism that, terms of s ntent, the album has nothg to do wh beg gay. There’s certaly no mentn of gay people, but there’s much Lil B’s msage that n ronate wh people who’ve been ma to feel ashamed of their sexualy. To the ears of this gay hip-hop fan, “I need to rewre my history bee I hate myself” feels closer to the tth than “Words n’t brg down.

” But as a scene the ongog Lil B show, I’m Gay (I’m Happy) mak an even more important statement.

LIL B I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

I hear I’m Gay (I’m Happy) as an album wh a this, an argument that for all our bickerg and chatterg, for all our soul-stroyg addictn to Inter junk, we’re still pable of sublime thoughts. [DISCUSSION] Lil B - I'm Gay (I'm Happy) | (10 years later). I'm Gay (I'm Happy) is Lil B's fifth stud album, surprise dropped whout notice on June 29, 2011.

Ten years later, there's fely somethg to be said about the legacy and fluence of Lil B general, and I'm Gay (I'm Happy) is a good pot at which to reflect. I’m Gay stood the chance of swgg a hammer at a Berl Wall wh Rap, and then the Based God threw (I’m Happy) on there to waffle, missg any pri para bookgs.

Announced wh a flood and released wh a trickle I’m Gay (I’m Happy) is a five (yet ee? Lil B’s I’m Gay is not unlike a novice rapper prentg his mo to the world, and awag nstctive cricism wh an earnt se.

ALBUM REVIEW: LIL B – I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)

Wh some really powerful moments, I’m Gay equently veers back to the pocket of tertg Inter productn wh one-take proclamatns wh any sub-movement Hip Hop, there are re Based God fans.

LIL B, I’M GAY

To that elephant – the mastream, who is still figurg out what to make of the Dudley Do-Right rapper who still has “ho on his dick ’e he looks like J, ” there are fely some walkaway jams on I’m Gay (I’m Happy). The gre of separatn between Based God and Lil Wayne are shrkg, and today’s meme is tomorrow’s B – I’m Gay.

LIL B I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

On I'm Gay Lil B manag to create somewhat of a masterpiece of soulful, upliftg nsc hip hop.

Read moreIm Gay is like a ls herent TPAB, like serly a lot of the msag so eloquently articulated on TPAB are weaved to on this album by the basedgod himself. Read moreWhat is there to say about I’m Gay that hasn’t already been said?

I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

Brandon Christopher McCartney is a real person, he is a regular person jt as the rt of are, and on I'm Gay he really lets that show wh lyrics touchg on his childhood the abive low enomic areas that Ameri has forced 's ethnic mori to. Really surprised on this, thought was really tracks: uncha me, the wilrnsleast fav track: get while s goodSwagso proud of him for g out ❤️i'm gay > tpabWe are lucky to have someone as talented as the based god himself this shty rpted world.

I'm Gay (I'm Happy) fely helped form my mic taste today and every time i look... No, he’s not as poignant, eloquent, or grandiloquent as perennial rap favor Jay-Z and Kanye Wt, but there’s ltle argument about l like the one Lupe Fias highlighted as I’m Gay‘s emotnal cx a great edrial about the rerd: “The hood is a lie/Man, you better wake up before you’re ad or surprised.

After announcg the tle of his album would be I’m Gay, the California native’s name was plastered mastream prs clippgs om the Huffgton Post to CNN. I’m Gay and his last mixtape, Bch Mob Vol. Like Angels Exod, I’m Gay is fluenced by tradnal East Coast boom-bap productn styl.