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Contents:

• I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)
• I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)
• WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SONG ON I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY) BY LIL B?COMMUNY ANSWERTHE MOST POPULAR SONG ON I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY) BY LIL B IS “I HATE MYSELF” WH A TOTAL OF 25.6K PAGE VIEWS.I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)LIL B73.6K VIEWSVIEW ALBUM SOURCED BY 153 GENI NTRIBUTORSSIGN UP TO ADD YOUR KNOWLEDGERELATED QUTNS ABOUT I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)WHEN DID LIL B RELEASE I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)?RELATED QUTNS ABOUT LIL BWHEN DID LIL B'S FIRST ALBUM RELEASE?WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ALBUM BY LIL B?WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SONG BY LIL B?WHEN DID LIL B START MAKG MIC?SIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGEKNOW SOMETHG WE DON’T ABOUT I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY) BY LIL B? GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• REVIEW: LIL B, I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)
• I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)

I’m Gay (I’m Happy) marks the fifth stud album om Lil B, released on June 29, 2011 through Amalgam Digal and Basedworld. The other beg that he was heavily cricized for namg his album I’m Gay.

Many saw the move as a publicy stunt; however, the rapper stated that the tle is meant to be ed as the formal fn of ‘gay’ (merry) and as a msage of support to the LGBT muny. 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. Geni Q&ACommuny AnswerThe most popular song on I'm Gay (I'm Happy) by Lil B is “I Hate Myself” wh a total of 25.

I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)

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WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SONG ON I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY) BY LIL B?COMMUNY ANSWERTHE MOST POPULAR SONG ON I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY) BY LIL B IS “I HATE MYSELF” WH A TOTAL OF 25.6K PAGE VIEWS.I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)LIL B73.6K VIEWSVIEW ALBUM SOURCED BY 153 GENI NTRIBUTORSSIGN UP TO ADD YOUR KNOWLEDGERELATED QUTNS ABOUT I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)WHEN DID LIL B RELEASE I'M GAY (I'M HAPPY)?RELATED QUTNS ABOUT LIL BWHEN DID LIL B'S FIRST ALBUM RELEASE?WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ALBUM BY LIL B?WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR SONG BY LIL B?WHEN DID LIL B START MAKG MIC?SIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGEKNOW SOMETHG WE DON’T ABOUT I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY) BY LIL B? GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

6K ViewsView Album Sourced by 153 Geni ntributorsRelated qutns about I’m Gay (I’m Happy)When did Lil B release I'm Gay (I'm Happy)? Sign Up and Drop KnowledgeKnow somethg we don’t about I’m Gay (I’m Happy) by Lil B? 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.

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

REVIEW: LIL B, I’M GAY (I’M HAPPY)

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.

I'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.