Yesterday, Lil B did the unthinkable and dropped his awaited and highly controversial “I’m Gay” album. The Based God also did something that no label has been able to do for more than a decade, and that’s release an retail album without it leaking out to the masses. How he did it is still yet to be figured out but if you haven’t got a chance to get it, make sure you do that on iTunes. I’ve listened to it numerous times and it’s pretty good. Don’t believe me? Well, why don’t you take Lupe Fiasco’s word for it. He recently praised Lil B and his work in a blog on his website. An excerpt from the blog is below.

So Lil B is from The Bay and he’s a youth hahaha we can stop right here! He already good in my book. But what gets Lil B admission into my coveted genre of “Liberation Rock” is his absolute lack of fear when it comes to challenging the status quo. Whether it be in hip-hop, which is very elitist and caste and class oriented, or just society in general, which is very elitist and class centric. His albeit “rocky” road musically has been honestly at times unbearable to walk on. Some of Lil B’s past works have been underwhelming to say the least and at moments I would seriously consider heading out for smoother pavement. But every now and again an absolute jewel would come to the surface and I’d find myself unable to fathom leaving this kids side for any reason. The vulgar lyrics, happy go lucky cooking dances and sometimes pointless stream of conscious style rambling started to give way to hints of a deadly serious revolutionary mentality lurking underneath.

Despite the confusion arising surrounding the title of album, Lil B is heterosexual, so he won’t be heading over to Gay Fuck Tube like many gay men do any time soon. He says the title is a message of support to the LGBT community, though. Referring to the original definition of gay, he says he is gay because he is happy.

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