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Amid the flourishing underground rap scene of Houston, Lil' Flip rose to quick and prosperous fame after his independently released 2000 album The Leprechaun broke through to a national audience, prompting the young rapper's signing to Universal Records soon after. Nicknamed the Freestyle King, Flip as a teen initially won the attention of the immortalized DJ Screw, who ushered the rapper into his loose-knit Screwed Up Click. The affiliation brought instant respect for Flip throughout Texas as well as the greater South, and his Leprechaun album capitalized on that, moving an impressive number of units for an independently released album. The album's slowly mounting yet ultimately broad reach and Flip's youthful appeal attracted Universal Records, who signed the barely 20 year old to a major-label contract in 2002 and released Undaground Legend later in the year. Driven by the lead single, "The Way We Ball," as well as a remix of "I Can Do Dat," a hit previously released on The Leprechaun, the album extended Flip's audience nationally and heralded him as one of the South's most promising young rappers of the early 2000s.

In 2002, Flip returned with Undaground Legend, a slick sophomore effort. It would go practically unnoticed. Two years later, Flip returned to the scene with the more expansive double-disc set U Gotta Feel Me. The set spawned a couple sizable hits, namely "Game Over (Flip)" and "Sunshine," and brought Flip the national fame he'd long been courting. With that fame came competition, and it wasn't long before Flip was beefing with T.I. for the right to don the crown of King of the South. Flip kept his profile public not only with such drama but also with a string of mixtapes, most notably the Freestyle Kings series, which reached its sixth volume in 2005. Flip's next album was planned to follow that year, but at the last minute Sony refused to release it and the rapper was without a label for the next three years. I Need Mine finally appeared in 2007 as a double CD and on the Asylum label. A year later his collaboration with Outlawz member Young Noble, All Eyez On Us, was released. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music GuideMore

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Lil Flip
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Nov 8th, 9:34am
yal all must be on dem unreleased 2010 x pills if u think dat flip can rap better dan t.i. lmao matter a fact qtip got fli[p beat lol just playin flip can rap a lil but he way behind t.i.
Sep 23rd, 5:20pm
Luv ya FLIP, u got skillz
Jul 19th, 4:35am
Yo let me set it strait!!!! The Leprechuan is THE best flip album by far. To all the peeps who hatin' on Flip get ya mind right cause u know TI isnt droppin shit from the pen!!! And to my man Flip Gates get at me for dat piff when you round boston!! Tino11776@aim.com
Jun 17th, 1:24am
lil flip u can rap
Jun 13th, 2:56am
please post sunshine? so i may post it on my blog.
Apr 16th, 11:45pm Last edited Apr 16th, 11:45pm.
Apr 13th, 10:59pm
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Apr 9th, 5:45am
nice playlist...
Apr 9th, 1:20am
FLIP GATES NICCA FUCK THA HATERZ!!!!!!11ONE
Mar 27th, 10:33pm
hey wats up man hey u did ur thing in odessa tx. keep on doing ur thing man