Lupe Fiasco previously felt like he was ready to retire, with his next album being his final one, the Chicago rapper has new inspiration.

In an interview with MTV's Mixtape Daily, Lupe revealed that he will be releasing a brand new mixtape on Thanksgiving night.

Why would he do this? Especially if he wants to retire? Well, he has something to prove ... that he's one the nicest MCs out. He caught the big when he was left of MTV's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list in October, due to inactivity.

"The last six months, it's been like, 'I gotta really, really go out there and show that I'm nicer than all of them,' " the rapper explained. "It's like, 'All right, so be it. If it takes three more albums to do it, then so be it.' That's what I got left with Atlantic. Three more after Lasers. I'm already done with two. The mixtape is coming Thanksgiving. It'll be another mixtape after that and an album after that.

"It's really to get that status and lock it in and [and have people] be like, 'Look at this positive dude, the underdog. The positive one who came and murdered all these dudes. And he's there, and he's good,' " Lupe continued.

And when Lupe says lock in that status, he means in anything -- if it's performances, mixtapes, album ... he wants to do it the best.

"I'm finnin' to house every single mode and arena I can get into," Fiasco promised. "If y'all had somewhere where it's live performances, I'm finnin to have the best live performances. If it's mixtapes, I'm finnin' to have the best mixtapes. If it's albums again, it's gonna be the best verse. If it's the best dressed, I'm going hard as well."

Details regarding the mixtape were unknown at press time, but Lupe will most likely leak the new release on his official Twitter page @WeAreLasers.

Lasers had no release date at press time.