Lil Wayne Covers XXL Magazine’s July/August 2011 Issue
Lil Wayne graces the front cover of XXL Magazine‘s July/August 2011 issue, which will hit newsstands on July 12th. You can view the front cover above, and after the jump you can read some excerpts from the issue were Wayne speaks on Tha Carter IV, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Justin Timberlake, why he won’t record with Justin Bieber, and planning to retire in a couple of years š
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: āYou donāt. When they tell you. When manager Cortez Bryant call me and tell me and say, āYou got such and such date is your deadline to stop,ā I be like, āAight.ā āCause I never stop recording, obviously. So itās just on him to say, āOkay, stop. Weāre gonna pick these songs, and thatās the album.ā Thatās how we do it.ā
Fans might ask what fills the contents of such songs? Weezy explains: āWhat is good about me is that Iām an interesting muthafucka. Iām Dwayne Michael Carter period! Whether Iām a rapper or not, Iām interesting. And thatās what my albumās gonna be about: me and how interesting I am.ā
The Young Money leader also revealed to XXL that he plans to retire soon and hints at C4 possibly being his last offering. āIām bowing out still on top,ā he says. āIāma make yāall want me when I retire. Iāma make yāall be like, āNooo!ā I aināt leaving out this bitch when yāall be like, āYeah, itās about time, dawg.ā Carter IV might be my last one. Iāma make yāall be like, āFuck!ā Yeah, nigga, Iām gone.ā
Wayne saying being a good father to his children would be the cause for an retirement. āHonestly, this is the real truth,ā he says. āI honestly think itās unfair to my kids. Iām super dedicated into what I do. Like, itās no questionsāitās hands down, I do this. I live this. I donāt have a day out my week that I do something else. I do this every day of my life, and Iām not about to stop, ācause thatās 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, youāve got to work like no other. Like I said, itās 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. āYou already know what I expect,ā Weezy says of Drizzy and Nickās imminent success. āI expect to eat, and eat well. I expect Drake to be a lot more successful than he has ever been. I mean, this guyās a superstar. He is the definition. Thatās what I told yāall before he was: āThatās the definition of a superstar.ā And like Nicki, heās only breaking ice. He has yet to be who heās going to be. Iām banking on them.ā
While fans can expect to hear both Heartbreak Drake and Ms. Minaj on Tha Carter IV, itās the two Justinās that Weezy F. also talks about. āThatās my little homie now,ā Wayne says of The Biebs. āHe texts me every night asking me to do his damn song. Thatās my nigga, but I canāt do it. Like I said, I donāt 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.ā
Via XXL