Mothafucking Kanye West. We were talking about him earlier and Andyboy says to me, "You know what it is? He's loved and hated and a dick and normal and all that but you know what? He's so good. He's just so good at what he does. And he keeps pushing, keeps doing things differently. He could've made another Graduation but he made 808's" I like that, and it's damn true. And yo, this fucking guy is about to do it again. In true Kanye West fashion, XXL got him to write his own cover story and I hear he addresses everything you can think in what I'm sure will have quotables for days. The best hip-hop magazine, in my opinion of course, will also feature stories on Kid Cudi, Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music family, Wiz Khalifa and XXL’s top 10 producers-turnt-rappers of all time as well as a 40-page spread creatively directed by Kanye West.

XXLMag has some excepts from the cover story here

On newsstands September 28th. "Runaway" is the best record of the year and maybe the most original I've ever heard.