Lil’ Flip has had a horrible past few years. First, he got embroiled in a war of words with T.I. (which has since been squashed). Then, beef with his label led to accusations that Sony leaked his fourth solo album, I Need Mine, after he jumped ship for Asylum. With the early version of his disc panned by critics, Flip hit the studio to update the LP with some new material. Looking forward to a better New Year, the H-Town Leprechaun hopes there’s still a pot of gold at the end of his rainbow.
With production duo the Symphony scoring a bulk of the disc, things start off in the right direction. Take the lead single, “Ghetto Mindstate,” an urban tell-all cloaked in stone-cold synths and Lyfe Jennings’ frosty croonings, wherein Flipperachi barks on naysayers with, “Why everybody tryna bring me down/Because of me they respect H-Town.” Similarly, DJ Squeaky’s intense bass and scratchy violin chords for “Can’t U Tell” give Flip and guests MJG and Squad Up enough legroom to kick a few flows and pimp a few hoes. The Freestyle King even displays his knack for storytelling on the baby-mama anthem “Single Mother.”
But with the good always comes the bad. On the self-produced “Fly Boy,” Flip drops bird-shit lines like “I got more drugs than CVS” and “The kid got more beef than a meat market.” Then there are Kraft singles, like the Mya-featured “Flippin’” and the cliché drug-personified-as-a-woman cut “Addicted.”
Although tweaked, I Need Mine still includes some of the questionable material from its previous incarnation—namely, the lyrically limp “Take You There” and the lazily constructed “Sorry Lil’ Mama.” Buried among the upgraded tracks, the sore thumbs are not as prominent as before, but they hold Flip back from fully regaining his underground-legend status. —BRIAN MILLER
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April 2nd, 2007
at 1:24 pm
L.B.C says:
IT’s gonna be good i like flip
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April 2nd, 2007
at 1:56 pm
Hip-Hop Lives (KRS-ONE is back) says:
hot album
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April 2nd, 2007
at 3:01 pm
tony g says:
he better step his game up cuz tha rest of houston has just leap frogged him into the past!
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April 2nd, 2007
at 3:05 pm
tony g says:
he better step his game up because the rest of houston just leap frogged him into the past!
P.S. Save ure better material for albums or stick 2 featured on mixtapes from now on!
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April 2nd, 2007
at 6:22 pm
StripedShirt says:
all tracks sound the same….40 tracks of garbage……..terminated
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April 3rd, 2007
at 4:00 am
Styleballer says:
The album is hott, definitely worth the wait.
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April 3rd, 2007
at 4:01 am
J.Lee of G-MAFIA says:
Here goes another wackass person trying 2 write a review on someone STOP HATIN SHIT!!!GOOD SHIT FLIP KEEP DOING THA DAMN THANG!!! “I NEED MINES” iz a CLASSIC I COPPED IT FUCK BRIAN MILLER HOE ASS!!!G-MAFIA & CLOVER GEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!!!!!
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April 3rd, 2007
at 7:10 am
Big Chris says:
man fuck flip. He fake. He aint from cloverland. even face say the nigga fruad. Dirty World 4 Life! The world dirty. the money dirty. the blunts dirty. Dirty World nigga.
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April 3rd, 2007
at 1:50 pm
lupa says:
fuck what an ugly lil nigga
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April 3rd, 2007
at 3:31 pm
ICE GOTTI says:
Flip I bought the album, it’s on point my nigga. All you gotta do it’s bring the right single’s out, because the cd can carry the weight if you drop the right singles.
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April 3rd, 2007
at 6:54 pm
rip screw says:
the album is throwd man sorry lil mama is the shit with my nig z-ro you cant make everyone happy the album still the shit
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April 3rd, 2007
at 7:01 pm
eastsidah says:
this album is actually aight cuz its mixed up with the playa shit a nigga can vibe to and that gansgta shit i like dat da nigga keep it real and dont got all tracks just straight hood and mixes it up a lil bit
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April 3rd, 2007
at 10:08 pm
Cuban Link says:
its a pretty decent CD he kinda got screwed out of it thou i wish he had just completely re done it.
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April 4th, 2007
at 5:24 am
bear says:
All discussion about Flip aside, XXL does terrible writing in it’s reviews. It’s the same damn stock material recycled about a few songs and then a discussion about the news the artist has been involved in.
You could probably read that review and not even know whether it’s a good album or not, what songs are good or bad, or whether there’s anything particularly interesting or useful about it. All I would get out of it is that he had beef with T.I., some random adjectives about songs, and who produced it followed by mindless quotations. come on man.
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April 4th, 2007
at 7:51 pm
sukafree says:
BIG CHRIS WROTE…
“man fuck flip. He fake. He aint from cloverland. even face say the nigga fruad. Dirty World 4 Life! The world dirty. the money dirty. the blunts dirty. Dirty World nigga.”
I’m sorry, soon after TI called Scarface, TI went to cloverland with intentions of proving Lil’ Flip a non resident, unfortunantly this is when TI got his fuckin mouth busted up by capone, shut the fuck up biiatch, CLOVA GEEZ.
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April 5th, 2007
at 10:58 pm
McNizzle says:
This album surprised me. Definitely worth the buy! Love starched & clean ft Lil Keke and Playas for life ft chamillionaire, among many others…. this was a bad review IMO.
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April 6th, 2007
at 2:26 pm
11kap says:
certified gangsta shit.
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April 7th, 2007
at 5:07 am
pilarsito says:
I bought the album and my favorite tracks are starches and clean , take u there, we goe make it out the hood, Sorry Lil mama, and Single mother, there is definitely some hot shit on this album.
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April 7th, 2007
at 10:53 pm
REAL OG says:
crazy album!! worth the buy XXL gave the review way 2 low. white cup starched and cleaned play 4 life ghetto mindstate r all real good.
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April 8th, 2007
at 6:04 pm
jayrich23 says:
Good review everyone has a different opinion I personally thought the album was a gem. Keep it up flip. Lil’ Flip- I’m a Ridah not on the album is sick check it out remake of pacs ima ridah
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April 9th, 2007
at 3:47 am
Dipset says:
THis album iz Fire.. DEad ass all u hatin niggaz eat a dik wit Aids on da Tip.
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April 10th, 2007
at 4:59 am
Dante says:
Come on! Some of yall are trippin! Lil Flip is one of the most lyrically-lackin emcees out there! Just look at his album cover. How many covers look like that? It’s all the same shit, over and over.
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April 10th, 2007
at 7:40 pm
the music press: Chayanne, Los Tigres Del Norte, Lil’ Flip and Nek on mun2 :: Spictacular! says:
[...] Houston rapper Lil’ Flip is back with his fourth album, I Need Mine. Hip Hop’s XXL Magazine is not impressed, arguing that although the album preserves Flip’s “underground-legend status,” it contains some doozies. Spin.com pleas confusion: “is he advertising his battle-honed script-flipping ability, or hinting at his screwed comic sensibility?” [...]
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April 11th, 2007
at 7:11 am
QC says:
I roll with filp
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April 11th, 2007
at 5:09 pm
Benzel says:
this just shows the east coast bias of this magazine. It used to be tight but now it sticks to rappers with largely mainstream focus. No speak of the fact that the album already has at least four videos or the versatile subject matter. Sometimes I wonder if the reviewer listens to more than the singles and the features, maybe 2 and half hours was too long. A “horrible” few years for flip? How about dozens of mixtapes with original and barrowed beats to regain his underground base? Not to mention the fact that his major album is twice as long as any other material coming out these days. Its a sad day when a storied publication falls to popular thought in ATL with less acknowledgment of the real facets that constitute a successful album.
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April 13th, 2007
at 8:07 pm
b-rad4sac says:
I actually read this magazine quite regularly, however I notice the ridiculous amount of bias that takes place towards certain artists. XXL has given less than decent artists good ratings but Lil Flips an L. That’s crap it has nearly fourty songs with great features and offers reggea, rock, screwed and chopped and dance songs. This magazine should consider that as an ability to make hits from multiple genres, which very few artists are capable of.
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April 14th, 2007
at 2:40 am
DJ says:
flip is a bitch and lost all street cred wen TI lyricly ass raped him no homo. c’mon man down wit da king had me lol after the 50th time i heard it. all da singles he pts out are ither bubble gum or him tryin too hard to be a g fuck flip P$C all day baby
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April 15th, 2007
at 2:26 pm
BIGNAT says:
can u guys make a xs rating just for lil flip’s album hahahaha
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April 15th, 2007
at 4:30 pm
J.LEE OF G-MAFIA says:
You niggaz thought it wuz a wrap but he bounced BACK!!!CLOVER GEEEEEEEEEEZZZ!!!
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April 15th, 2007
at 8:25 pm
Clover G Vet says:
this album is hot, 39 tracks of pure fire homie, CLOVER GEEZ 4 LIFE!!!!!
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April 18th, 2007
at 11:02 pm
lala says:
FUCK ALL OF YALL!!! DONT BE HATIN MY ALBUM. CAUSE EVEN THOUGH HES BEEN GONE FOR A MINUTE HE IS STILL THA SHIT. SO WIPE HIM DOWN!!!
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April 20th, 2007
at 3:41 am
Exclusive says:
never been a flip fan
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April 20th, 2007
at 3:20 pm
jfoxgotraps says:
if u didnt buy the album dont comment. its fuckin fire. Flip is the shit. His music have a great sound. Flip does some poppy tracks but most of the album is bully rap (thats what i like). Warrior has been the shit since i heard it on DJ Double R. new VT tribute is hott too.
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April 23rd, 2007
at 2:20 am
what it do says:
Lil Flip Is the king of houston, This album deserves a XXL not a L. Remember lil flip is the reason they respect H-town, Big shout out to Trae of ABN and Z-RO..
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April 26th, 2007
at 8:11 pm
615banga says:
album deserves the L because most of the album is redundant but it has some good songs
1.I Get Money
2. Bust A Clip
3. Starched & Cleaned
4. White Cup
5.Get It Crunk
6.3,2,1 Go
7.What It Do and
8. You’z A Trick(remix) not a lot but they are so good and spread out it keeps the album up
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April 27th, 2007
at 9:43 am
ThugAngel says:
Dis album is tight I done copped it
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April 27th, 2007
at 9:43 am
ThugAngel says:
Dis album is tight I done copped it
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April 29th, 2007
at 12:44 pm
Cease says:
dis whole album is garbage. He needs to just give it up. His time is over
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April 29th, 2007
at 5:01 pm
laude320 says:
flip is a bitch ti killed him silenced him forever
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May 1st, 2007
at 7:17 pm
Ese Manny says:
This Lil Flip Album Deserve A XXL, Get Ya Shit Together and Double Check Yo Shit Before U Reviews An Album!!!!!!!
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May 1st, 2007
at 11:34 pm
what it do says:
tp laude320 lil flip aint no bitch. T.I. is a lil bitch. what the fuck is the 5foot 3in 125 pound skinny ass bitch going to do to flip. Lil flip would fuck his ass up. Z-Ro alreday did. Screwed up Click u bitch ass nigga
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May 3rd, 2007
at 9:10 pm
explosive says:
this cd is the shit i’m playing it all the time theRE is way more theN 8 good songs there so many i had trouble thinking of which one he should put for his single it XXL MOTHERFUCKER n people please stop talking about old beef lil flip is the shit STOP HATING THE SOUTH
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May 4th, 2007
at 8:22 pm
STEEL CITY says:
get a free box of lucky charms with every purchase
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May 6th, 2007
at 12:05 pm
ddd says:
Deelishesmami1: lol.ay dio smio,tranquilo
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May 7th, 2007
at 4:54 pm
STEEL CITY says:
no playboy what you need is a better ghost writer & a time machine so you can smack the shit out yaself for wearin that fuckin lucky charm outfit dumb ass
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May 9th, 2007
at 8:53 pm
Rob says:
CMON. U DUMB BITCHES,,U ACTUALLY THINK THAT LIL HOE T.I. IS TOUGH,,THAT DUDE FAKE AS HELL GO TO YOU TUBE AND TYPE IN LIL FLIP ON THE SEARCH BOX ULL THEN SEE THE FLIP/T.I FIGHT IN CLOVERLAND THAT TOOK PLACE ,,AND U SEE THE REAL BITCH ,HAHHA,,THA HOE T.I. OF COURSE,,FLIPPA A REAL AS NIGGA,,AND IF U HATIN ON HIM THEN YOU’ZA STR8 BITCH!! t.I. WAS IN CLOVERLAND FO LESS THAN 2 MINUTES HAHA THAT WANNA BE PUSSY ASS NIGGA,, HAHA..CLOVER G’Z BITCH..THEN FLIP ROLLED UP TO BOX THAT LIL HOE UP, AND T.I. RAN LIKE A HOE!!!!!!FLIP THE TRUTH,,,, I NEED MINE IS A CLASSIC,,DONT LIKE IT THEN FUCK U HATIN ASS BITCHES…
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May 10th, 2007
at 11:36 pm
Tre 6 G says:
Fuck Flip he’s a hoe cuz real talk
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May 17th, 2007
at 11:18 am
what it do says:
the homeboy rob know whats up. Lil Flip is the king of houston. And TRE 6 G. Your a hoe and thats real talk. Come down to cloverland talking shit. The Screwed up click will fuck ur bitc ass up
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June 1st, 2007
at 2:51 pm
LaLa__ *H*tOwN'z FiNEsT* says:
Maaayne daz sum bullshit!! XXL iz a bias a$$ magazine any damn way!! I bet if some EastCoast rapper had his shitty ass album to be rated up here,he woulda got a XXL…Dat be sum bullshit..Lil’Flip be keepin’ it hott all da time! T.I. iz a lil fake ass scary nigga who had da nerve 2 come down to da H actin’ like he knew wassup..HAHAHAHA…daz Y he ran his scary ass out dat Southside Cloverland REAL QUICK! haha..FUCK ALL U HATAZ! YALL AINT SHIT.KEEP HATIN BITCHEZ..LIL’FLIP stay throwed..Good Luck 2 him..DUECE
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June 15th, 2007
at 8:22 pm
Alan Martinez says:
I NEED MINE should deserve a XL review. Lil’ Flip is the best artist from Texas. He is the freestyle king. This album is about everything (not just about money and ice). CLOVER G MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!!!!!
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