Lil Wayne Graces XXL’s July/August 2011 Cover
XXL’s July/August 2011 issue, featuring Lil Wayne, hits newsstands nationwide on July 12…
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Lil Wayne is gearing up to release Tha Carter IV, his highly anticipated follow up to 2008’s multi-platinum smash album, Tha Carter III, but before putting the long delayed disc on shelves, XXL sat down with Mr. Carter in Miami’s famed studio The Hit Factory for our forthcoming July/August 2011 issue to speak on everything from his recording process, his retirement plans, Drake and Nicki Minaj’s success, and why he’ll never record with pop sensation Justin Bieber.
Writer Shaheem Reid, chopped it up with Weezy in Miami about how a rapper as prolific as himself, was able to actually select tracks for Tha Carter IV. Asked, when he knew that the album was ready, Wayne said: “You don’t. When they tell you. When [manager Cortez Bryant] call me and tell me and say, ‘You got such and such date is your deadline to stop,’ I be like, ‘Aight.’ ’Cause I never stop recording, obviously. So it’s just on him to say, “Okay, stop. We’re gonna pick these songs, and that’s the album.’ That’s how we do it.”
Fans might ask what fills the contents of such songs? Weezy explains: “What is good about me is that I’m an interesting muthafucka. I’m Dwayne Michael Carter period! Whether I’m a rapper or not, I’m interesting. And that’s what my album’s gonna be about: me and how interesting I am.”
The Young Money leader also revealed to XXL that he plans to retire soon and hints at C4 possibly being his last offering. “I’m bowing out still on top,” he says. “I’ma make y’all want me when I retire. I’ma make y’all be like, ‘Nooo!’ I ain’t leaving out this bitch when y’all be like, ‘Yeah, it’s about time, dawg.’ Carter IV might be my last one. I’ma make y’all be like, ‘Fuck!’ Yeah, nigga, I’m gone.”
Wayne saying being a good father to his children would be the cause for an retirement. “Honestly, this is the real truth,” he says. “I honestly think it’s unfair to my kids. I’m super dedicated into what I do. Like, it’s no questions—it’s hands down, I do this. I live this. I don’t have a day out my week that I do something else. I do this every day of my life, and I’m not about to stop, ’cause that’s the only way you can succeed in this business, is to do it the way I do it. I want to succeed the way I want to succeed. You can succeed. You can put out a hit… But to do it the way I want to do it, to be comfortable to do what the fuck I want to do, you’ve got to work like no other. Like I said, it’s unfair to my kids. So about 30, 31, 32, I gotta get ready.
Luckily for Wayne his superstar Young Money signees, Drake and Nicki Minaj, are sure to keep his pockets fat in his absence. In fact, Birdman, Jr. counts on it. “You already know what I expect,” Weezy says of Drizzy and Nick’s imminent success. “I expect to eat, and eat well. I expect [Drake] to be a lot more successful than he has ever been. I mean, this guy’s a superstar. He is the definition. That’s what I told y’all before he was: ‘That’s the definition of a superstar.’ And like Nicki, he’s only breaking ice. He has yet to be who he’s going to be. I’m banking on them.”
While fans can expect to hear both Heartbreak Drake and Ms. Minaj on Tha Carter IV, it’s the two Justin’s that Weezy F. also talks about. “That’s my little homie now,” Wayne says of The Biebs. “He texts me every night asking me to do [his] damn song. That’s my nigga, but I can’t do it. Like I said, I don’t want to fuck his shit up. But like I said, I want to work with Justin Timberlake. That boy got a voice; that boy can sing. He needs to come back right there on Tha Carter IV.”
Along with Lil Wayne, XXL’s July/August 2011 issue also features interviews with Weezy’s buddy, Justin Bieber, out-there interviewer Nardwuar, and producer Boi-1da. In addition XXL investigates hip-hop’s controversial history with homophobia, while also sitting down with the rap world’s most colorful, heterosexual couple, Ice-T & Coco and much, much more.
XXL’s July/August 2011 issue will hit newsstands nationwide on July 12. —XXL Staff
Fucking kidding right?
Had to check my calendar to make sure this wasn’t April Fools. Is Hip hop homophobic? and Justin beiber in this issue.
What’s next. How to build a house for your Barbie dolls.
That’s it. I’m done with the mag and I’m done with this site. Doubt I’ll be the only one. Enough is enough.
Fuck this shit!
dang straight ma man! thas whas good im outta here!!!!
It’s June, dickhead. what you need a calendar for?
He probably needs his calendar for the same reason I do.
To check off all the days your momma suck my dick!
lmaooooo
hahahahaha
Hahaha Thats what i saw too… “Is Hip Hop Homophobic and then the next words are JUSTIN BEIBER hahah whoever designed the cover was prolly sittin at they’re desk gigglin. Justin Hoe Ass…
AMEN!
considering ur name is “nigga black” im assuming u are african-american. so i assume u have been victim of prejudice. how does that shit make u feel? u know what prejudice feels like. so why the hate on gays exercise it on somebody else? XXL is increasing their journalistic integrity by addressing an issue that hip-hop is dealing with. so quit hatin
hate on gays and exercise*
I get my exercise by hating on gays. Like U!
if can tell me what country ass packers come from us niggas will quit maken fun of homos. we are a people we were repressed, being a fag is a prefrence you ignorent dip shit
Sexual Orientation- including gay, lesbian and bisexuality- is not a preference but a proven biological sexuality. Is YOUR attraction to women a preference? Nope. Neither is a man being attracted to men. And i applaud this magazine for standing up for whats right and writing about HOMOPHOBIA. Ask any historian- homosexuals are more repressed now than black people and ANY OTHER minority COMBINED. And the comments left on this article prove it. Get with the times, look within yourself and ask, “Is being so hateful really worth my time and energy?” and the sane voice within will say it isnt. Move on, get with the times, dont be someone your children will look at with disgust in 30 years because they were brought up in a prejudice free world while you were the one contributing to the hate.
NO H8
FCK H8.com
visit the websites.
Snake Eyes, nigga ur gay
“that’s what my album’s gonna be about: me and how interesting I am”. Seriously?!
Is it also gonna be about how he kisses dudes on the lips?
Who he think he is?
I know a lot of yall reading this are big F.AN.s of this dude so fuck him and fuck you too.
FAGGOT
ASS
NIGGAS!
wat DA FUCK iz ur fuckin problem???ur just a low life hater. Derz NUTHIN rong wiv wat he said. u cant deny hez unique nd he just wants 2 emphasize dat. so SHUT da fuck up nd stop bein a useless bitch
Da cover ain’t just about Lil Gayne you faggot.
You got that beiber fever do ya?
Razorr you talk like a fuckin nigger
It looks like a big ass cricket dressed like a skateboarder.
For those whom have already commented…such negative energy isn’t needed. Seriously. Take it & Recieve it. Hip Hop has enough issues
It’s the comment section Bitch! Fuck you and Fuck Your issues. Don’t like it then Fuck off you prissy bitch.
IS THIS REAL? LOL THIS GOTTA BE A JOKE
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT DIS PUSSY DIS DA SMAE NIGGA DAT RAP ABOUT BEIN A G AND SHOOTN PISTOLS LOL
WHO DA FUCK IS SCARED OF DIS NIGGA OR ANY NIGGA WITTA TIGHT ASS SHIRT ON AND SKINNY JEANS LOL
DIS GENERATION IS COMEDY
smh.. go fuck with him and see wat happenz 2 u..
Quick question, what make is the sweatshirt he’s wearing? tis nice
Sweat shirt made by Fly Pelican… I cant believe after everything that Wayne has done for Hip Hop you still have some many ppl who dont believe. He said it best “Stop, analyzing, criticizing, You should realize who I am begin epitomizing”. But, Not everyone is able to deal with Anothers Success. C4 Otw.
Have you resorted to a man that kissed another faggot for rating,my goodness another mag going down the drain!!!!
Shudda fucc up! Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive!