Lil' Flip To Release 'I Need Mine'

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He says with all he does, he deserves everything he gets. "When you get grown, everything that's rightfully yours — whether it's publishing, endorsements deals, advances — I Need Mine," he said by way of explaining the album's title. "I'm one of the few artists that, I produce, I draw my own album covers, all the videos you see — from 'Game Over' to 'Sunshine' to the new 'What it Do' — I write the treatments, I direct my own videos. Some artists, they feel they too big to give stuff back to the fans. I still do the same thing I did when I came in the game. I feel I should be appreciated for the work I put in." Flipper is getting ready to go into full-overdrive mode. Before the end of the year he's putting out a DVD with eight videos from his new album and eight ones from his last double album, U Gotta Feel Me. He's also working on a myriad of mixtapes with the likes of DJs Whoo Kid and Ideal.

Slim Thug lashed out at him on a mixtape last summer, but Flip says he's shrugging it off. "When you on top, everybody is trying to get your spot," he said. "When I came in the game, I was taught no matter how much money you give a person, how much exposure you give a person, everybody ain't gonna like you. I'm here to try to bring Houston up, not down. For me to try to step down and battle somebody that's, like, in the CBA [Continental Basketball Association] and I'm in the NBA Hall of Fame right now, it wouldn't help me. As far as that whole situation [with Slim], SoundScan tells all the truth."