Artist: Lupe

Big Boi -  Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Def Jam: 2012 Many of the greats, if they haven’t fallen off, or been cut short by untimely death, have at least one album that sticks out like the plus-size contestant on America’s Next Top Model . It’s usually a shift towards a more popular sound or an experimental exercise. If we just stick to rap Common has Electric Circus and UMC , The Roots have Phrenology , Yasiin Bey has The New Danger, and Lupe has Lasers . [...]

In the following clip Lupe sits down with Peter Bailey of NBC for a " NiteCap " interview while in Miami headlining U of M's homecoming. In the interview Lu goes in depth explaining the examples of duality within the industry, as well as touching more on Chicago Hip-Hop and the role he now plays. Peep the two-part interview after the jump.

photo by Reid Rolls Tomorrow Lupe Fiasco will release his new LP Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1.  On the cusp of his new album, we decided to pay homage to Lupe Fiasco with this Top 30 song list.  Lupe has made a career out of creating inspiring, thoughtful, and lyrically driven records and  has a full discography ready for our picking. From his lyrical spaz outs like "Switch", "Go To Sleep", and "Lupe The Killer" to more the scripted and issue targeting songs like "Little Weapon", "Conflict Diamonds" [...]

In the midst of the end of Chicago's deadly summer, a day after Chicago Public Schools began and 18 year old rapper was killed, Chief Keef took to Twitter about 15 minutes ago saying Lupe Fiasco was "a hoe ass nigga And wen I see him I'ma smack him like da lil bitch he is #3003. Lupe responded referring presumably too the life Keef & many Chicago youth lead, stating he's Seen this in as many ways as there can be, and it just takes and takes from you  (Tweet has since been deleted).  This is definitely a conversation that [...]

The views expressed are of Asst. Editor: @SeanCK Lupe Fiasco took to his routine method of action today, standing up for his art in protest to Spin Magazine's recent critique of Lupe's "B*tch Bad" music video . The writer referred to Lupe's latest work as "half-baked conscious hip-pop" and that "it is the umpteenth example of so-called "conscious" hip-hop replacing one type of misogyny with another". Now Lupe has responded by tweeting, "My dignity and my respect for my art is of more value than a few visits to your website and [...]

This song should be doing damage on the charts. Lupe was a nice add.

Depois da divulgação dos singles Há algo de podre no reino de Minas Gerais e Às Vezes , a banda Lupe de Lupe lança hoje o seu primeiro álbum. Sucessor do EP Recreio (trabalho de estreia dos mineiros, de 2011), Sal Grosso traz onze canções que estarão para download gratuito no TramaVirtua l. O álbum foi gravado no estúdio Lumen e está sendo lançado em pareceria com o selo Popfuzz Records . Em uma das faixas, o disco conta [...]

Bubblin’ & pumpin’ through a vintage bound five minutes and forty odd foothold, Amsterdam’s wunderkind of Lupe , shows off his skills excellently amid an acid house sequence and an electro n’ techno smackdown of clarity. Awesome. LUPE – Beating The Drum

• LUPE – Beating The Drum » 3pdh.mp3

Another collabo for Lupe and Lorin. Mind-bending visual! "Lightspeed.. Engage."

Just when we taught things had calmed down Lupe has reignited the flames of controversy by firing back at Pete Rock.  The single at the center of the controversy is called "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)” and uses a sample of "T.R.O.Y.", in essence it is a sample of a sample. And this is what makes Pete

After Lupe Fiasco called in to Sway In The Morning to respond to Pete Rock’s twitter tirade against his re-creation of the beat to “T.R.O.Y.”, the Soul Brother #1 went to speak to Sway himself to clear the air. Pete insisted that he granted conditional clearance to recreate the beat but said he was supposed

We went from Twitter words exchanged to venting over the radio and now visual response to 1 record. Check out what Pete Rock had to say in a sit down with Sway and MTV in response to the recent interview by Lupe on Shade 45 radio. "At that point, my emotions were working — I'm still thinking about Heavy D and Troy is a dear friend to me, and my emotions got the best of me, and I expressed myself on Twitter. It wasn’t my intention to hurt Lupe’s career [...]

DJ A-Trak ft Lupe Fiasco - Me and My Sneakers Off the new A-trak Nike Running Mix. Good stuff

Pete Rock is upset Lupe Fiasco used his "T.R.O.Y." sample on Food & Liquor 22s first single, "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)", thus eliciting a (bulls***) response from the Chicago native.The latest/first single released off Lupe's much-anticipated Food & Liquor 2:The Great American Rap Album, "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free), received some constructive

Bassnectar's new album "Vava Voom" is finally out. No need for a review, really, it's exactly what you would expect (in a good way). If I had to pick a favorite track or three, I would definitely recommend "Empathy," "Laughter Crescendo," and "Butterfly." I hope to see Lorin show us more of his lighter side as time goes on. He's an excellent producer, and I think I'm not the only one who is getting a little worn out from all of this heavy heavy. Stream the album below, and be sure to pick it up from Bassnectar.net :

Bassnectar is dropping a new album on April 10th titled Vava Voom and released a free track titled "Ugly" as well as a preview of the title track "Vava Voom" which features Lupe Fiasco. There are no surprises here folks. Lorin still manages to stay within the boundaries of his signature style while at the same time creating something slightly fresh. Preview "Vava Voom" below, and be sure to grab a free DL of "Ugly" as well:

Bassnectar & Lupe - Va Va Voom

• Va Va Voom » 20120323-Bassnectar_feat_Lupe_Fiasco_Vav....mp3

Some really interesting (at least I thought) quotes from Robert Glasper on the progression of Jazz in the LA Times. His album 'Black Radio', released last month, did astonishingly well for a jazz record, ending up 15th on the Pop chart, an album Glasper thinks of as a Herbie Hancock type record. 'Black Radio' blurred the bounderies between jazz, hip-hop and soul; a natural progression according to Glasper, who said some thought provoking stuff regarding the current state of jazz: "The jazz community kind of kills the alive to praise the dead. You look in any [...]

Pointer Sisters. Nothing wrong with that.

No text