Lil Flip
hasn’t exactly had time to enjoy his success. For years now, he’s had
to deal with label drama and beef. But, after the trials and
tribulations, he’s ready to release I Need Mine.
hasn’t exactly had time to enjoy his success. For years now, he’s had
to deal with label drama and beef. But, after the trials and
tribulations, he’s ready to release I Need Mine.
“I don’t wanna say no names,” Flip told MTV of some of his troubles. “But there was a person [at Sony] who worked for me that used to work for the person I was beefin’ with. [And then] I did a song with Kelly Rowland,
I was on the ‘Can’t Nobody’ remix, but some dumbass engineer threw my
second verse off so it sounds like I’m rapping off-beat. So we had to
get that canned. Then the next opportunity comes, Beyoncé’s
‘Naughty Girl.’ That sh– comes out, cool, they play it everywhere.
They wanna shoot the video, but it’s, ‘Oh well, we can’t get the
OK.’…Meanwhile, the person I’m beefin’ with,” he continued , “had a
song with Destiny’s Child, ‘Soldier,’ that they shot a video for!”
I was on the ‘Can’t Nobody’ remix, but some dumbass engineer threw my
second verse off so it sounds like I’m rapping off-beat. So we had to
get that canned. Then the next opportunity comes, Beyoncé’s
‘Naughty Girl.’ That sh– comes out, cool, they play it everywhere.
They wanna shoot the video, but it’s, ‘Oh well, we can’t get the
OK.’…Meanwhile, the person I’m beefin’ with,” he continued , “had a
song with Destiny’s Child, ‘Soldier,’ that they shot a video for!”
Now on Asylum, he is ready to release the new, improved version of I Need Mine. Among his many other ventures, he is working on a reality show titled “Lil’ Flip’s American Rapper.”
“Now I’m back in my zone, where I got control over what I want to make…I feel like [Sony] put my career on hold. If I didn’t have show dates and know how to hustle, a mutha—— wouldn’t have
nothing, ya dig? For real.”
nothing, ya dig? For real.”
Let’s see if the Leprechaun’s luck will change. The album, I Need Mine, will be released through Asylum in late March.
