What in the world were they thinking on THIS one? One music blogger writing for the Houston Press declares this the WORST hip hop cover in the history of the Houston scene. We’ll go that one better and say that this is simply one of the worst album covers, like, ever. Nothing says, “Hey, take me seriously” like a guy dressed up like the Lucky Charms mascot.
Gotta give Lil’ Flip points for originality in one respect–he’s not pointing a gun at the cover, standing against a brick wall with his arms folded and his chin stuck in the air like a weathervane, or making some ding-dong finger exercises that are supposed to indicate which side of the street he lives on. So good on you for that.
Ever since Lil’ Kim gained traction in the music industry, hip hop and related sounds has suffered from a veritable flood of “me too” rappers and hip hoppers all trying to get some of that “lil” magic to rub off on them. Seems pathetic, doesn’t? Lil Flip is only one of a shameful crop of intellectually bankrupt me too-ers. My question for all these Lil’ guys–do you want to be known as Lil ANYTHING when you’re FORTY? I didn’t think so. We can NEVER forgive Lil Kim for unleashing this torrent of Lil knockoffs.
Behold the list of the damned, courtesy of Wikipedia.
- Lil’ 1/2 Dead, American rapper
- Lil Bastard, American wrestler
- Lil’ Boosie, American rapper
- Lil’ Bow Wow American rapper and actor
- Lil’ Brotha, American rapper
- Lil’ Cahill, Garage MC in Jersey, Channel Islands,
- Lil’ Cease, American rapper
- Lil’ Chris, British pop singer
- Lil’ Flip, American rapper
- Lil’ Fizz, American rapper and actor
- Lil’ J, American rapper
- Lil’ Jon, American music producer
- Lil’ Keke, American rapper
- Lil’ Malik, (today Mr. Malik) American rapper
- Lil’ Mama, American rapper
- Lil’ Mo, American singer
- Lil Poison, Professional video gamer
- Lil’ O, American rapper
- Lil Rob, American rapper
- Lil’ Romeo (today only Romeo), American actor and rapper
- Lil’ Ronnie American music producer
- Lil’ Scrappy, American rapper
- Lil’ T, Danish rapper and singer
- Lil Wayne, American rapper
- Lil’ Will, American rapper
- Lil’ Wyte, American rapper
- Lil’ Ye, American rapper and all-around entertainment mogul
- Lil’ Zane, American rapper and dancer
- Lil’ Buster, Moroccan rapper , From 4Styles Crew
Hows about somebody calling themselves Lil Dumbass?