Monday, April 30, 2012
Lupe just uploaded this short clip of him and Robert performing in NYC.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Lupe attended the Nothing but Net press conference for World Malaria Day @ The Pantages Theater in Hollywood, CA the other day. Check another pic below!
Now, as you know, I'm not the biggest Nas fan but this is dope. Same goes for his new single "Daughters." New album "Life is Good" is in stores July 17th. Looking forward to that.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Here's a small preview of the sneaker that Lupe designed for VANS OTW that'll be released soon.
Take this as a preview of the forthcoming Lupe Fiasco x Vans OTW Collection footwear set to release at the end of 2012. As an Advocate, Fiasco teamed up with our design crew to create his first signature shoe with Vans using one of the newer silhouettes from the OTW line. This collaboration will be distributed in limited runs so be prepared to cop quickly when they drop! Stay posted...
via VANS OTW
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Props: Complex
I wrote and gave this speech on Lupe Fiasco for my public speaking class. I received an A and the highest grade in the class for this week. Lupe is my favorite rapper! I got nervous during the speech and forgot to mention some of the older songs I knew and how I used to listen to him when I was younger, but I never really payed attention to lyrics back then. Then got a second chance and fell for his music :D
B.o.B's new album "Strange Clouds" drops on May 1st and in the May Issue of XXL Mag he talks about the album and how it's more organic than his debut.
By now, the origin story of B.o.B’s Billboard No. 1 song “Nothin’ on You” is part of industry lore: The Bruno Mars–led songwriting team The Smeezingtons created the track during writing sessions for Atlantic Records artists B.o.B, Travie McCoy and Lupe Fiasco; Fiasco and B.o.B both recorded versions of the record; Fiasco’s was deemed “wack,” in the alleged words of Atlantic co-chairman and CEO Craig Kallman, so B.o.B was bestowed with the smash. The whole thing revealed the assembly-line hitmaking process deployed at major record labels these days. (In an interesting twist, B.o.B once lost out on a big record of his own, having passed on Flo Rida’s club jam “Right Round.”)
B.o.B claims Strange Clouds’ second single, “So Good,” is the only song created in a similar manner to “Nothin’ on You,” and that the album is a bit more “organic.” It’s one of his favorite words. “I have a record called ‘Circles,’ which is like ‘Nothin’ on You’ but more organic,” he says. “This is how I’ll explain the whole project: It’s not about having a good song or a hit song, it’s about having songs that are organic. At least for me, that’s what it’s like. For me, this album is a lot more organic but just as good [as The Adventures of Bobby Ray]. Do you like burgers? Well, these burgers are organic and they taste better.”
More can be read HERE
It's World Malaria Day and we need your help to send 100,000 bed nets to refugees in South Sudan. With your support, we can save thousands of families from malaria—a disease spread by a single mosquito bite. Rally your NETworks of friends to send life-saving bed nets today!
Go HERE to send a net and save a life.
You might ask yourself how poker and Hip Hop work together. Well, it's pretty easy. A lot of poker players play their best poker while listening to upbeat tracks. A Hip Hop and poker playlist is widely preferred in the scene to keep concentration up.
Another trend that can be seen is that a lot of players are wearing Beat by Dre headphones which also shows that Hip Hop found its way into the poker scene.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The last food report is here. This time Lu reports about an all-out luxurious feast at the Sydney International Airport. - Read it HERE
Monday, April 23, 2012
PREVIOUSLY: Food Report 1
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Australian Pop singer Guy Sebastian, who was the first winner of Australian Idol, was in the studio with Lupe a few days ago for a song called "Battle Scars."
Had Lupe Fiasco in my studio 2day laying down his genius lyrics on 1 of my new songs called "Battle Scars". He's so talented its ridiculous - Guy
While in Sydney, Lupe, who dressed head-to-toe in Australian label Song For The Mute at this year's Grammys, went hunting for more threads from the local designer during a trip to Harrold's at Westfield CBD.
But staff at the store say that when Fiasco arrived the Songs For The Mute label had sold out.
So what to do? Go straight to the source with Fiasco then visiting the label's showroom and meeting with designers Melvin Tanaya and Lyna Ty before purchasing one of every garment.
"It was so great to meet Lupe," Tanaya told Confidential.
More pics below!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Straight from Supafest, Lupe Fiasco spent time w/ Prancing Horse driving the Ferrari F430 spider, California and the new FF (special mention to Ferrari Maserati Sydney, who prepared this magnificent black example). Also present was Kelly Rowland who caught up with Lupe prior to departure from The Darling Sydney @ The Star.
Thanks to Matt from Prancing Horse Ferrari
The winners of the 3 tickets for Lupe's show @ Cal State on May 19th have been picked. Check the text below to see if you're one of them.
It was a hard decision. I got a lot of great emails from a lot of great people. But in the end, I could only pick three... And those three are:
- Narimane Nekkab
- Isaiah Morales
- Noe Araujo
I will be emailing the lucky winners to give them the information about how to receive their tickets. Thanks again to all who entered, the LupEND Blog for giving me the platform and, of course, my number one; Lupe Fiasco. I'm just passing on the love he's been showing me for years...
Hopefully I'll get to do another giveaway in the future. But until then...
Stay classy.
-The Girl with the Lupe Tattoo, RHOyal Fiasco
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
I love me some @lupefiasco! Thank you for showing love at @twsteel #bigtime
— KELENDRIA ROWLAND (@KELLYROWLAND) April 18, 2012
...and last week after arriving in Brisbane:
Thank you @lupefiasco for my lollipop!!!!!! I love it!!!! twitter.com/KELLYROWLAND/s…
— KELENDRIA ROWLAND (@KELLYROWLAND) April 12, 2012
Pic via Kelly's Tumblr
This beat is pretty nasty! Shout out to the homie Woody for the remix!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Supafest continues and yesterday Lupe performed during the Sydney stop. Check out a few pics of Lupe's set after the jump!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Keka aka RHOyal Fiasco will attend her 25th Lupe concert on May 19th. To celebrate that she decided to give away 3 tickets to his show @ Cal State. Check below to see what you have to do to enter. Good luck!
Lupe Fiasco has been great to me. He has done more for me than I ever could have hoped or imagined that he would do. I think everyone should be able to experience the greatness of Lu.The Cal State East Bay Springfest on May 19, 2012 will be my 25th time seeing Lupe live and I want to celebrate that by giving three people the opportunity to experience him live. This giveaway is open to people who have never seen Lupe Fiasco live before.Email me and tell me in 25 words (or less) why you've never seen him live. The winners of the giveaway will be announced on Thursday April 19th, 2012 right here on the LupEND Blog.
Please do not enter if you have already seen Lupe live before. And please do not enter if you are not able to make it to the show. I paid for the tickets with my own, hard-earned money and do not want them to go to waste. Good Luck!
- The Girl with the Lupe Tattoo, RHOyal Fiasco
Check out Eric Turner's performance of "Angels & Stars" on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno. He was joined by Lupe and Tinie Tempah.
Props: Yardie
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Is there a city in Australia that you’re particularly feeling, in terms of the food?
Melbourne is pretty good for food. But Sydney, man, that is good too. Those are the food cities, I'm telling you.
What types of food are you looking forward to the most?
My diet is somewhat restrictive. I try to eat halal as much as I can because I’m Muslim. Last time I was in Melbourne I found this Malaysian café and they had this barbecue chicken dish that was just awesome. I ate it like every day.
What do you like to eat before shows? Any food rituals?
I try not to eat a lot before shows. For instance, the last show I had was in Dayton, Ohio and I ate like a lobster roll at some random place. It was actually really bangin'. It depends on what city we’re at. If we’re in Philadelphia, we eat cheesesteaks all day. If we’re in New York, there’s this soul food spot in Brooklyn called Soul Spot. That’s off the chain.
I look forward to your food blogging and challenge you to eat some things you haven’t had before. We want to hear about your discoveries Down Under!
I’ll definitely run the gamut for you. One thing I haven’t had is true Aboriginal food. And there are some fast food spots down there that definitely have some items that need to be blogged about.
Read more HERE
"That was one of the most interesting collaborations that I've had recently, partly because of the friendship I was able to make with him," Bassnectar revealed.
"He's a really creative person, and he rhymes fully improvisationally," Bassnectar revealed. "So, he makes one sentence, and then you play back that sentence, and he comes up with another one. There's two sentences, and then he says the third sentence. And then, basically, this crazy poem unfolds. It was wicked."
via MTV
Monday, April 9, 2012
Food&Liquor2:GreatAmericanRapAlbumPt.1 is in NYC...1st Label Listening Session....
Update: Green Light!
...Prepare Yourselves....F&L2 is a GO... Shout to @AtlanticRecords
Looks like Bishop heard F&L2...here's what he posted about it on his Facebook:
SO YEAH...FOR THE RECORD, LUPE FIASCOS FOOD AND LIQUOR 2...IS THE BEST AND REALEST AND MOST IMPORTANT POTENT NEEDED AT THIS TIME MUSIK I EVER HEARD! IM PROUD TO SAY THAT HE IS THE BEST! CANT WAIT FOR THE WORLD...WELL...FUCK THE WORLD REALLY...FOR YALL TO HEAR IT. SHIT...FOR MY GRANDMA TO HEAR IT. ITS TRULY GLORIOUS. no comments needed.
When asked if it will be a single disc or a double album he said:
DOUBLE...WITH THE ONE HALF COMING...THEN THE OTHER A COUPLE MONTHS LATER.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
The homie Mike Dreams releases a dubstep remix of his new record, The Lights, The LifeBy the way, here's also the original just in case you missed it:
Thursday, April 5, 2012
via Hypetrak
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
I guess we'll finally get to hear "Skate On." Possibly later today...
Mikkey Halsted Writes:
In light of “37 SHOOTINGS, 46 VICTIMS & 9 MURDERS” during Chicago’s first ‘warm’ weekend, the Trayvon travesty, 6-year old Aliyah Shell, and in honor of my cousins Ismail & Malik that were gunned down last summer...I felt as though this was the time to drop this song. Shouts to Lupe for helping me paint a vivid picture of what goes on everyday in Chicago and every other ghetto in America. Also, shouts to David ‘D.A.’ Doman & Jim LaVigne for providing us the perfect canvas to paint upon.
Special Dedication to Blair Holt and the hundreds of CPS students lost to senseless violence.
WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT FOR OTHERS, SEEMINGLY UNAFFECTED BY OUR ISSUES, TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS FOR US. SPEAK OUT AND SAY SOMETHING, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO SOMETHING.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Tonight, Lupe will be talking to Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. Tune in on Current TV at 7/6c! Click HERE for the live stream!PREVIOUSLY: TYT discusses Lupe's Obama Statement
“I just want people to shed their fears and embrace their failures, we fail every single day. Failure doesn't stop us from what we desire. But fear can literally prevent you from everything you want to achieve and more.” - QuESt
Go ahead and listen to the album below!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Lupe's "Food & Liquor" made it to position 62 on that list. It's time for Vol. 2 now. Here's what they said about the album:
Carrying on the Chicago tradition of conscious, street-wise rappers was this bespectacled kid with a name based on a Japanese manga cartoon. Lupe Fiasco was rapping about skateboarding and streetwear a good five or so years before the rest of the game became enamored with the "alternative" lifestyle.
With production handled by big names like The Neptunes, Kanye West, and Mike Shinoda—as well as a few of his in-house producers—Lupe put together a debut that explored what life was like for a kid who was from the hood but didn't let that fact define him. As much as Kanye helped usher in a new set of sensibilities within rap, Lupe played a big part as well with his blend of great storytellling and sociopolitical commentary.
Check the full list HERE
New cut from Donald Glover! I literally haven't stopped playing this since I downloaded it this morning.
Keep an eye on the official website!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
TWV: Do you feel like having no features allowed this to be a more personal project for you?
Mickey: Definitely, if I could do it all again I would still try to have Lupe on there for political reasons but that would be the only guest feature. Still, I’m happy with the way it came out because it allowed MauSe to have a central voice.
Read the full interview HERE
The homie Sway got himself Childish Gambino for the international Remix of his current single "Level Up." - Pre-Order the Level Up EP on iTunes!
PREVIOUSLY: Sway - Level Up
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