Lupe: I haven't held up highly prized items while taking self-portraits to put online for people to see in a Loooooongtiiimmmmeeeee....Hypebeast blog and NimNim halcyon days long since passed...
Somehow I just found this on my computer... It's old (from 2005) but some of you might haven't heard it before...if you wonder where this is from; Mike released an edition of the Fort Minor album "The Rising Tied" which featured comments for every track and this is the one for "Be Somebody."
Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental @ Boston College - March 27th 2009
"Genesis" by Justice is the perfect track to enter the stage... it creates this heroic feeling...the JC shirt is cool, too.
--Also check this review which was written byJ-REV--
Just got back to my room from the Lupe Fiasco and Ben Folds concert at my school. For those of you wondering why that combo was put together, trust me, I am right there with you. If you didn't know I'm a student at Boston College, which provided an interesting crowd that consisted of about a 50/50 split between the Fiasco and Folds fans.
This, along with our basketball stadium's horrible sound quality provided quite a challenge for Lupe.
After what seemed like an eternity, Folds' set was over and Fiasco took the stage starting off with "The Instrumental" off his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor.
The set lacked the organization that Lupe usually provides, but his great energy and intensity more than made up for it. He performed his basic songs including "Superstar", "Hip Hop Saved My Life", "Kick, Push", but also surprised the crowd by rapping his verse to "Everyone Nose".
The performance was somewhat cut short due to the midnight closing time, but Lupe still came out and did "Daydreaming" as an encore.
For the average fan or new listener, Lupe gave a great performance. Hopefully this motivated people to go out and spend the money to see him in a small venue with a full band. As someone who has seen him perform under perfect circumstances, this performance only showed part of his true potential.
Also for the beasts out there... Lupe mentioned that the CRS album is still in the making. I'm not sure I believe it, but as long as we get a couple more tracks I will be satisfied.
Atlantic Records is looking for a few bright, motivated, and creative college students who want hands-on experience producing online and mobile content for artists like Paramore, T.I., Missy Elliott, Simple Plan, Lupe Fiasco, Plies, Death Cab For Cutie and many more.
They're looking for people who love music and have a great feel for what's next in the online world...
Click here for more infos...and if you apply...good luck !
Lupe stated last week that he would only stay on Twitter for 2 weeks, well he just twitted saying: "one more week then it's a wrap..." which made me think of a theory, so here it is:
Lu teased us with a preview of Shining Down via live stream from a studio on monday night. I believe that in exactly one week, when he makes his last post on his twitter before he deletes it again, that he will finally release Shining Down officially, either that or something else.
So could it be that he is trying to go out with a bang?? only time will tell...
YAY is very passionate about this project....and I'm sorry that I took her entry off of the page caus' I didn't really know what it was all about....
Invisible Children is a non-profit organisation which was founded after three young filmakers made a movie called: Invisible Children: The Rough Cut. The documentary was filmed in 2003 when three young men from Southern California travelled to Sudan "to find a story".
Instead, their adventure took them into the depths of northern Uganda where they discovered thousands of people affected by the brutality and attacks of a rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army.
The documentary chronicles their experience as young Americans learning firsthand about a conflict largely unknown to the international community, while also informing audiences about the great humanitarian crisis of child soldiers.
After people saw the film, the overwhelming response has been, "How can I help?" To answer this question, the non-profit Invisible Children, Inc. was created, giving compassionate individuals an effective way to respond to the situation.
Check their website and get educated (like I just did)... if you have 5 bucks left...donate...
Here's the first of two big announcements from Hey Champ...
-They will be opening for the Swedish group "The Sounds" on the first leg of their Spring Tour!-
Here are the dates for Hey Champ/The Sounds:
Apr 27 TT The Bears -- Boston, Massachusetts Apr 28 The Mod Club -- Toronto Apr 29 Club Soda -- Montreal, Quebec May 1 Port City Music Hall -- Portland, Maine May 2 The Note -- West Chester, Pennsylvania May 5 The Grog Shop -- Cleveland, Ohio May 6 St Andrew’s Hall -- Detroit, Michigan May 7 Double Door -- Chicago, Illinois May 8 Varsity Theatre -- Minneapolis, Minnesota May 9 The Rave -- Milwaulkee, Wisconsin May 11 Peoples Court -- Des Moines, Iowa May 12 Bottleneck -- Lawrence, Kansas May 13 The Blue Note -- Columbia, Missouri May 14 Marquee -- Tulsa, Oklahoma
Stay tuned for more huge news in the next few weeks. You can also follow Hey Champ on their new twitter page at twitter.com/heychampmusic
The people over at The Marma Spot just recently interviewed Le Messie. He answered questions about his FALSE brand, the role of the internet in the global marketplace and some other things. Here's the part where he talked about his collabo with Lupe:
The Marma Spot: FALSE has been involved with some pretty powerful collaboration to date, most notably the collabs with Lupe Fiasco and BlackSmith Entertainment. Can you talk a bit about those collaborations, how they unfolded, how the process really worked, and could you let us in on any other/new collabos you have in the works?
Le Messie: Yes yes, I personally really love those. Lupe and myself are good buddies. That collabo has been in the back burner for almost a year. I managed to get something up that I liked and Lupe felt strongly for, we worked through it together and TADA! I created Lupe the Killer… the feminine alter ego hero of Lupe!...
Side Note: On his FaceBook profile he said that he produced a track for Lupe's next album and that he hopes that it'll make the cut... - I hope so too because he did a great job producing "Fighters".
XXL reports that the album title is simply "Lasers" not "We Are Lasers".
"Lupe Fiasco announced last year that he was retiring from hip-hop after the release of his third disc, LupE.N.D. But now, according to his Twitter account, that project has been abandoned in place of an album titled ‘We Are Lasers.’
The album is just called "Lasers", according to a rep for Lupe, who also confirms that the Twitter account is official. "
-Lupe played his new track, "Shining Down" -Old songs that haven't been released yet were played -Lupe basically plugged a bunch of Trilly & Truly clothes -and they had a bunch of MacBooks...lol
I didn't see the whole stream...if I missed something important, let me know in the comments.
They better not be the same design as the ones he posted on FNF Army!!!
Sean's edit: Lupe said that the laser pics that he used are not part of the official artwork, they are just placeholders for now... so I don't think that they will end up on a shirt.
Wanna go to Coachella to see Lupe, N.A.S.A., TRV$DJ-AM, M.I.A, The Clipse, Lykke Li and all the other acts that are going to perform this year? You can win ticketshere. Or you can purchase tickets here.
Last week everyone has seen the "We're not Losers, We're Lasers" post, well here's the follow up on that... Lupe Fiasco made a post on the FNF Army site with a Twitter link and a quote:
UPDATE: I think I figured out the riddle, on that twitter, the name is "Album no.3", and We Are Lasers is the album title, so much for The Great American Rap Album... btw until further notice, this is just a theory, so don't go telling everyone THAT RHYMESTYLE SAID THIS,RHYMESTYLE SAID THAT
UPDATE #2: I was right, "We Are Lasers" is the title of Lupe's next album. Check the latest blog entry that was published on Lu's MySpace:
Keep track of the new album via Twitter. We set up a new Twitter page so guys can keep tabs on how the album No. 3 is turning out...
It's been a while since this concert went down...I'm glad that someone captured this speech and put it on YouTube...very inspirational words from Lupe.
"I like music because... It gives me a chance to escape and reach people I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to reach. And without music the world would be kinda quiet."
Lyrically, I have not heard an emcee whose stanzas contain as much depth, attention to word choice, etc. as his. His effortless lyricism is incomparable and he utilizes intellectual, elaborate to paint incredible mental visuals on wax.
His wordplay is remarkable as well as there are few people that can toy with words like he can whether it be the intricate metaphors, references or just flat out rhyming… NO ONE does it quite like he does.
While many emcees need three (or more) verses to flesh out their message, Lupe dares to go a bit further by stuffing one verse with so much information that is impossible to catch all the hidden meanings in one listen and he succeeds without losing the topic or his ground (”Theme Music to a Drive-By”).
To be such a young emcee, he is also consistent with his rhymes meaning he doesn’t just drop a classic verse here and there, but he’ll consistently drop great rhymes.
In the vein of the Notorious B.I.G., Lupe sets the bar so high for himself that even material that is considered “filler” for him is still better than a lot of other emcees’ material. Like only a few before him, there is no such thing as “a bad Lupe verse”.
And this was only the part about Lupe's lyrics, CLICK HERE to read part 1 of the full article.
This is for all the Lupe fans in Australia: Join Lupe Fiasco as he guest programs Rage this Saturday, March 21st.
Expect more than a few surprises as Lupe programs everything from Joy Division to Alice In Chains, plus of course some of his favourite hip-hop artists.
Join him on the Rage couch from 10am – 11am Saturday morning, then enjoy the full guest programming starting at 11pm Saturday night on ABC1.
If you can't watch it, you can Click Here and check the playlist that Lupe put together.
If you don't know who she is...check this video or go to her Official Website! She's already pretty successful in Australia and Europe.
Neon Limelight caught up with Gabriella in January...during the interview she revealed that she want's to organize a Johnny Cash tribute concert at Madison Square Garden...
NL: Do you have any goals you’d like to accomplish here like playing Madison Square Garden…
GC: Yeah. I’d like to organize a Johnny Cash tribute concert at Madison Square Garden. That’s like one of my long time goals. [laughs]
NL: Do you have anyone in mind you’d like to include in your Johnny Cash tribute concert?
GC: Yes. Lupe Fiasco. I love him. [laughs]
NL: I can’t imagine what he would sing. [laughs]
GC: Yeah, me either. But you never know. It would be interesting to see people’s different takes on things. Kings of Leon I’d have there. Beck and the Gorillaz.
The guys from Hey Champ are down in Texas right now to play various SXSW gigs. Here's a review of one of those performances:
Hey Champ turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I guess they’ve been co-signed by Lupe. It's not the type of stuff I generally listen to, but live I was feeling the energy.
The drummer was live, and the lead vocalist held it down with a guitar in hand, and a keyboardist added the very momentary electric feel that everyone is on these days. They’re compositions were clean, and the singer’s voice carried over well. Read more @ Zion-I
