PREVIOUSLY: Trae Tha Truth x Lupe Fiasco x Big Boi Collabo
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The good folks of Greedmont Park sat down to talk with Lupe a while ago, while he was in Atlanta. Now they released the new issue of their magazine and Lupe is on the cover.
Check out scans from the mag below or click HERE to check the full Mag!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Towards the end of his set at UCLA's JazzReggae Festival 2011 Lupe decided to freestyle and spit a couple of bars in good old Lupe fashion, including the one below:
"I don't need no duo, I'm going HAM all by my god damn self...."
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco Live @ UCLA's Jazz Reggae Festival
Here we have some pics from Lupe's performance @ UCLA's JazzReggae Festival yesterday, courtesy of Kai Kuusisto. - More can be found after the jump!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
DOWNLOAD: QuESt - Let It Out
After their set at TAO Beach on Friday, Lupe and Sky deejayed at LAVO Nightclub in Las Vegas yesterday. - Check out more pics below!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized.
Idiot boxes of the world unite! To fight off the effects of intelligence, replace smart quotes with fart jokes, substitute sense with scenes from Martin, let the baby's bathe in that glow and learn all manner of things they don't really need to know!
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Channel the content of some rambling nonsense deep into the annals of yo' subconscious, deprogram and depress chasing some televised success, be them, that, they and those be everything but in control,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Small claims Court drama, teenage baby mamas, Osama watching Osama, Celebrity Endorsed indoor saunas, the perfectly cooked piraña and other cannonfodder for you to ponder, all at the speed of imitations of life while the smoke of war gets inhaled thru the peace pipes, be still my beating heart and scare my brain from thinking thoughts as i sit intoxicated by the delights, sarcasm and 3 strikes thrown by my favorite pitcher in a sound surrounded, 3 dimensional, high death, full color mixture, wholly unsocializing and completely uncensored,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
By this one-eyed monster most of the world was raised, and by this hero most of the world was saved, and to this master most of the world is slaves, it factors your fears with actors and cheers from a live studio audience pushing you to engage in a heroic act of thoughtlessness for the grand prize of a little bread, fleeting fame in the circus and every thought in yo head,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
"Ain't no changing me" said my flat screen TV, No More Che's to the rescue, or Black Panthers to correct you, just coaxial cables and satellite signals to connect you to a world that doesn't really look like it does on TV, where everything is much shorter, fatter, uglier and in disorder, where u have to do it now because there are no digital recorders where if the present gets boring you can just fast forward,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
So there will be no revolution, or paradoxically ironic televised public execution of the entire worldwide televising institution, there wont even be a celebritized, televised trial of old baby blue, cuz you see my dear friends the television will not be revolutionized but what about the revolution that should taking place inside......................of you?
By Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco in Dedication to that guiding light of a human being Gil-Scott Heron.
Idiot boxes of the world unite! To fight off the effects of intelligence, replace smart quotes with fart jokes, substitute sense with scenes from Martin, let the baby's bathe in that glow and learn all manner of things they don't really need to know!
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Channel the content of some rambling nonsense deep into the annals of yo' subconscious, deprogram and depress chasing some televised success, be them, that, they and those be everything but in control,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Small claims Court drama, teenage baby mamas, Osama watching Osama, Celebrity Endorsed indoor saunas, the perfectly cooked piraña and other cannonfodder for you to ponder, all at the speed of imitations of life while the smoke of war gets inhaled thru the peace pipes, be still my beating heart and scare my brain from thinking thoughts as i sit intoxicated by the delights, sarcasm and 3 strikes thrown by my favorite pitcher in a sound surrounded, 3 dimensional, high death, full color mixture, wholly unsocializing and completely uncensored,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
By this one-eyed monster most of the world was raised, and by this hero most of the world was saved, and to this master most of the world is slaves, it factors your fears with actors and cheers from a live studio audience pushing you to engage in a heroic act of thoughtlessness for the grand prize of a little bread, fleeting fame in the circus and every thought in yo head,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
"Ain't no changing me" said my flat screen TV, No More Che's to the rescue, or Black Panthers to correct you, just coaxial cables and satellite signals to connect you to a world that doesn't really look like it does on TV, where everything is much shorter, fatter, uglier and in disorder, where u have to do it now because there are no digital recorders where if the present gets boring you can just fast forward,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
So there will be no revolution, or paradoxically ironic televised public execution of the entire worldwide televising institution, there wont even be a celebritized, televised trial of old baby blue, cuz you see my dear friends the television will not be revolutionized but what about the revolution that should taking place inside......................of you?
By Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco in Dedication to that guiding light of a human being Gil-Scott Heron.
Here are 2 pics that were taken backstage when Lupe performed @ the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in New York. - Check the 2nd one below!
Friday, May 27, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Nikki Jean - Pennies in a Jar [Title Track]
Mike Dreams, an artist who is no stranger over here at the LupEND Blog, recently released some visuals for his song So Long from his Just Waking Up mixtape. I personally really liked this song, so its only right that I share it to those who haven't heard it yet!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
KahBang Festival organizers announced on Thursday the final headlining act for the August event. Chicago-based rap artist Lupe Fiasco will close out the Friday night show on the Bangor Waterfront.
Individual day tickets for KahBang will go on sale on Friday, May 27 at kahbang.com and at Bull Moose Music locations, in addition to passes for all nine days of the festival and two-day music festival passes.
KahBang will be held Aug. 5-13, with seven days of film, music and arts events in downtown Bangor, ME, leading up to the two-day music festival on the Bangor Waterfront. - BangorDaily
'Out Of My Head' also climbs further up the charts and is on position #27 on the R&B/Hip Hop Song charts and #14 on the Rap Song charts.
Meanwhile Lasers dropped out of the Top 50 on the Billboard 200 and is now on position #55. It's #10 on the Rap Album charts and #14 on R&B/Hip Hop.
It's TheLupENDBlog.com now. No more blogspot BS or anything, that's the only URL now. So please make sure to change your bookmarks! Thanks.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
I first heard Fiasco’s name via his turn on West’s album, but merely passed his cameo off as some new kid rapper with bad taste in stage names. As I learned later, you have to look past the lyrics the majority of the time when dealing with Lupe’s bars.
Click HERE and check it out!
Monday, May 23, 2011
via Lupe's Site
Sunday, May 22, 2011
DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco interview w/ SNOL
Saturday, May 21, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco performs @ Ohio State University
Friday, May 20, 2011
Here are some pics from Lupe's performance at Ohio State University yesterday. Check out more after the jump! Also check a review HERE
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco Red Carpet Interview @ Wango Tango
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco @ Fantabuloso Dos [Pics]
Remember anything goes, just lets try to stay positive and if you don't agree with someone's ideas, then please don't decapitate them for it!
Ok GO!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
via Navjosh
'Out Of My Head' climbed further up on the R&B/Hip Hop Song charts and is now on position #29, it's also #19 on the Rap Song charts.
Meanwhile Lasers also climbed back up on the Billboard 200 to position #43 this week and it kept its position on the Rap Album charts at #6.
Black Markt comes through with some pics of Lupe and Ant at Wango Tango in LA. Check out more after the jump!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bassnectar will bring his regional Bass Center mini-festival concept to New York this August. The first Bass Island festival will take place on the South Island Field of Governors Island on August 13.The show will kick off at 5 PM and feature support sets from Lupe Fiasco, Z-Trip, Prefuse 73, Virtual Boy, Dave Nada and Joro Boro.New York-area fans should also take note that Bass Island is billed as Bassnectar’s only New York City appearance for the rest of 2011.
Tickets are available HERE // via JamBands
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
I'm gonna start it off with Lupe Fiasco. I feel like Lupe is one of those guys in hip-hop that gets overlooked. I feel like he's one of the best lyricists and arguably the best to ever do it as well.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Poem To Recite: “Words I Never Said”
Select Entry: “I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit/Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets/How much money does it take to really make a full clip?/9/11, Building 7, did they really pull it?” & “Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist/Gaza Strip was gettin bombed, Obama didn’t say shit/That’s why I ain’t vote for him, next one either”
Response: At first the entire right wing would label Lupe Fiasco a terrorist. He does have a song titled “American Terrorist” after all. But then they’d hear that Lupe didn’t vote for Obama and would try to recruit him.
Check the full list HERE. Thoughts?
Sunday, May 15, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco interview @ Wango Tango [Video]
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Nikki's debut album 'Pennies in a Jar' will drop on July 12th. Included on the album will be a collabo between Nikki, Lupe and Black Thought titled 'Million Star Motel.'
Check out the title track above and then check the full tracklist below!
BIG NEWS!!! I'm going to be performing at this year's @MTV #MovieAwards! My homey @TreySongz will be joining me too! June 5th 9pm. #Lasers
Lupe will perform 'The Show Goes On' and 'Out Of My Head.' Read more HERE
Lasers drops 21 positions on the Billboard 200 this week to #56. It's #6 on the Rap Album charts and #16 on R&B/Hip Hop.
The conscious level is definitely low and the substance of the music is so much lighter, but you have to understand the game is young in new places. It's still growing.We really need some of that consciousness, that fly on the wall that watches over us and comments. I like B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco a lot, they're both exploring the music, but I don't see a lot of artistry out there.
Read the full article HERE
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Busy: I had Lu sign a bunch of Lasers posters backstage @ Colbert Report the other day. So who wants one? All you have to do is sign-up to this site and leave a comment below with your favorite Lupe song and why. I'll pick five at random to win. Let's goooooo!
Click HERE, sign up and leave a comment. Good Luck!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
...and what's our next TV hit? Can't say yet...but it's going to be BIG...keep it locked right here to LupeFiasco.com for the announcement coming real soon!
Now, what could this be?
HitsDailyDouble comes through with their sales report once again and not much has changed this week compared to last.
11,019 copies of Lasers were sold which pushes the total number to ca. 369k.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Show airs on Comedy Central @ 11:30pm EST. - Tune in!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Check out the speech that Lupe gave before performing 'Words I Never Said' @ the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Friday.
We need books over bombs. Fuck Bin Laden. When you gonna rebuild New Orleans? Forget new drones. When you gonna rebuild Detroit? When are you gonna invest in our future? When are you gonna stop investing in the warfare, when are you gonna stop investing into political tyranny, when are you gonna stop investing in imperialism and invest in the future of humanity?
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco performs @ New Orleans Jazz Fest
Saturday, May 7, 2011
When artists explore basic notions of truth, albeit through different mediums and personal experiences, their work begins to look very similar. Bronx-born visual artist Glenn Ligon and Lupe Fiasco are both artists of the highbrow caliber. One’s work hangs on the walls of museums and the other’s work takes the form of hip-hop music.
Ligon’s retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, grapples with the ideas of race, gender, and identity along the historical stream of the American experience. The exhibition features around a hundred works but there are a few pieces in particular that are consistent with some of the themes in Fiasco’s latest album Lasers.
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco @ New Orleans Jazz Fest [Pics]
Lupe performed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest yesterday. Check out some pics from his performance after the jump and read a review HERE
"I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence"
So I want to try a little experiment and if it works out, I'll do posts like this maybe every week or something. I want to fuel debates/convos/etc, so in this post, I want you all to talk about WHATEVER. It can be about Hip Hop, it can be about what the best album ever is, hell it can even be about why you enjoy brushing your teeth with peanut butter or something... (I hope nobody does that last one though LOL)
The whole point of this post is to get people to talk and express what's on their mind, so go!
Note: Remember one thing, everyone is entitled to an opinion, so just because someone may disagree with something you say, doesn't mean they're wrong. So no stabbing each other or disrespect please!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Matthew Santos is currently getting ready to record his new album, completely independent, and he needs your help to make it happen. How? Well, first off you can click on the video above and hear Matthew himself telling you what you can do.
After that you can go to this site right HERE and put in your pledge (Donation). The more you're willing to give, the more you'll receive.
“I can’t tell you how big of a Lupe fan I was when he first came out. I didn’t know a damn thing about skateboarding, but I was like, ‘This fly Chicago nigga man, he’s spitting. For real.’ That Revenge of The Nerds mixtape? Fucking crazy. And it was the start man.People think Kanye started these new niggas. But Lupe Fiasco started all of this shit for us to get a chance and for Complex to really fuck with niggas like us. I can’t even really compare it to B.O.B. and Meek, because they’re more street-based. But for someone like myself, Cudi, or even my artist Black Cobain, that kind of gave us that other look.”
Check the full list HERE // Props to Matt L.
Hit the jump to watch breakdowns of "Lupe The Killer", "Absolute Freestyle" and "Dead Presidents Freestyle"!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Here are 2 pics from Lupe's performance for Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio Live show at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in New York City. - 2nd one after the jump!
Watch the full show HERE
Check out the clip above to see "Words I Never Said” featured in promos for the new MTV series Teen Wolf. The spots are running now through June 6th. - Busy
'Out Of My Head' on the other hand moved further up this week. It's #44 on the R&B/Hip Hop song charts now and #22 on Rap Songs.
Meanwhile Lasers climbed up 9 spots to position #35 on the Billboard 200 and remains #4 on the Rap Album charts.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Lupe performed live @ the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in New York yesterday. Power 105.1 presented and streamed the show live online and also made it available for your viewing pleasure...so check it out!
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