The Best Lil B Album Covers

By John Walaszek (@JWalaszek)

As a proud member of Task Force squadron #927, I encounter many fake based people every day while protecting Lil B and Lil B's music. The haters tell me that Lil B can't rap, that Lil B doesn't make real music, and that Lil B probably isn't even one of my top 100 most played artists on Spotify. One of those might be true.

Have I listened to all 101 songs on the 05 Fuck Em mixtape? No.

Do I love the 05 Fuck Em mixtape? Yes.

Either Aristotle or Lil B once said, "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Maybe each Lil B mixtape isn't a musical masterpiece by a critic's standards, but they're all part of something bigger because Lil B as a whole is greater than just his music. Lil B stands for unlimited positivity, The Task Force, Girl Time, Keke, cooking, collecting, cursing KD, tiny shirts, tiny pants, dirty Vans, a book, music and the entire Basedworld. The music might not be conventional, but the messages in his songs are transcendent. The Based God gives so much and asks for so little in return.

With the drop of the Hoop Life mixtape earlier this month, it's only right that we look back at some of the most important pieces in the Lil B catalog. Here are 20 of the best Lil B mixtape covers.

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Shouts out Soulja Slim! Based God pays homage to No Limit, and the world can rest easy with Lil B as the commander of the Task Force.

If you're getting crucified and still getting bras and panties thrown at you, you must be doing something right. "The Based God will never die, for he is the people." Wow, that's a very deep and truthful statement right there.

In an alternate universe, Lil B and Tupac starred in the 1997 thriller Face Off, John Travolta makes cult-classic movies every week, and Nicolas Cage is regarded as the greatest actor of all time.

Gold Dust is always a worthy #WCW.

"KEEP LOVE IN YOUR HEART. REAL VS FAKE FROM DAY 1" - The first thing I'll ever tell my children.

There's levels to this.

Lil B must have the Photoshop Gods on speed dial. This art is very rare, giving a glimpse of the boss behind bars, dirty Vans included. Based God is about to tell us "why he's thugged out" and now that I'm looking at this, I don't think this is photoshopped at all.

One of the great covers, and the picture looks to be from the same photoshoot of Lil B's legendary Twitter avi.

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*PRAYING HANDS EMOJI x 10*

This comes without releasing a Basedprint 1, and then he went and used Comic Sans for the title. The lack of effort works though. When you try hard, you die hard.

"The ultra BASED pool and patio for LIL B and his friends!!" I would pay around $30 for these action figures if they existed... and I really don't like spending $30 on anything besides food and booze.

Wow this is a v powerful cover, collect this.

Memoirs of a Lil B. The Based God looks poised and ready to take any and all bitches. Look out KD, Lil B is coming!

Based inception right here. Brandon out here dressed to the nines, cane and tophat included, looking into two mirrors at the same time. Pretty Young Thug, indeed.

If they were real places, I think I would rather go to Lil B's Basedworld Paradise than Kanye's MBDTF. The BWP would just be so positive and fun.

Ah, such a classic image. Lil B and his crew recreating the classic Death Row lineup. Wait a sec... that's just 4 Based Gods! #PrettyBitchOverload

Here we see a trio of scenarios. In "Slavery" we see a historical depection of slavery with men and women bound in shackles, maybe on a slave ship. In "Mental Slavery" we see a modern scene with people at a club in nice clothes, but still in chains because of their minds. (Many speculate that Kanye based "New Slaves" off of this imagery.) Finally we have "Mental Freedom," which includes Lil B breaking walls down and bringing joy to the people. All of this, and a Marvin Gaye reference (get it? Gay/Gaye?) Then you realize that it's all one picture, and fuck, Lil B is a genius.

As if the first installment wasn't enough, The Based God comes back with greater illusions and puffier sleeves. How one eats their fruit says a lot about a person, and eating fruit from the crown of a busty woman is maybe the best way to eat fruit.

Imagine bringing this girl home after a Lil B show. She pushes you on the bed, then turns around and takes her top off. You're fully torqued and dying for her to turn around. Then she turns... and it's even better than you expected. Everything is Lil B.