A few things about this tune:
- This is an unfinished version (sounds finished to me though)
- It is on Lasers
- It's worth a listen or two
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Lupe Fiasco - Enemy Of The State: A Love Story (Mixtape)
Yes people, you will want this.
Lu's also got another tape dropping on Christmas! Now Christmas is already a pretty good day cause I can get drunk in the morning, but this year we've not only got a couple of NBA games (Lebron vs. Kobe) but now we have a mixtape to look forward too!
Lupe Fiasco - Enemy Of The State: A Love Story (Mixtape)
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 The National Anthem (Radiohead)
03 All The Way Turnt Up (Travis Porter)
04 Fireman (Lil Wayne)
05 L.A.S.E.R.S. Manifesto Interlude
06 Angels (Remix) (Dirty Money)
07 So Ghetto (Jay-Z)
08 Say Something (Timbaland)
09 Thank You (Jay-Z)
10 The One (Slaughterhouse)
11 Popular Demand (Clipse)
12 HP Skit
Lupe Fiasco - Solar Midnite (from the New Moon soundtrack)
Even though this song blows, I really respect Lupe's hustle.
Not only has he provided the hip-hop community with classic mixtapes and albums, but he's also managed to make what I assume is a very decent living off of his more mainstream tunes. I wonder what the publishing cheque looked like when he licensed "Superstar" to NBC's 2008 Olympic coverage?
Anyways, Lupe teamed up with the Twilight people and recorded a song for the New Moon soundtrack after getting a private screening of the new film. I've never seen Twilight, and from what I've heard it involves no sex and no violence. I'll stick to True Blood for my vampire fiction.
I can't be mad at this however, because it ensures that Lu will get that cheddar and has all the comfort he needs to record album after album of high quality hip-hop.
On a different note, Lupe not only wrote the tune, but he produced it himself.
It shows.
What I mean by that is that Lupe has a secret desire to be a rock star (just check out his side project Japanese Cartoon) and that desire is definitely reflected in this song's sound and structure. As for rappers turned rockers: Lupe needs to practice, but he's far from the worst.
Check out the song.
Lupe Fiasco - Solar Midnite
Nas: Open Letter To Young Warriors in Chicago
Nasir Jones took some time out of his day to write an open letter to the kids in Chicago who took part in the brutal gang fight that robbed the world of 16-year-old Derrion Albert last Thursday. Nas grew up in North America's largest project: the Queensbridge Houses in New York, and he's no stranger to senseless violence, gang warfare and tragedy.
Be sure to check out his letter cause the violence in Chicago (and the rest of North America) has got to stop. Kids shouldn't be getting killed on their lunch break.
Nas: Open Letter To Young Warriors in Chicago
I hate to say it, but the only reason this issue got so much attention is because it was caught on tape and the murder was just violent enough for the footage to be shown on TV. Also, news sites like Drudge Report tastelessly posted the video as proof that the city of Chicago is not a proper place for the 2016 Olympics.
Despite my commentary on the cautiously morbid nature of the mainstream media, I hope that Mr. Albert's senseless murder will rally people around the cause of non-violence and urban renewal.
It's truly tragic because Mr. Albert was just trying to help and ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Video: The Cool Kids Interview with Pyramidwest
I guy I know drunkenly claimed that the Cool Kids are the only people in hip-hop who should be allowed to sound like the Cool Kids. I'm inclined to agree.
Check out this interview for some info on their new release When Fish Ride Bicycles.
TimBuck2 - Drake Live From Chicago (mixtape)
This is old, but it looks like TimBuck2 got his hands on the soundboard for Drake's show in Chicago.
TimBuck2 Presents - Drake Live From Chicago (mixtape)
Really Doe - Marvelous
Really though, get the new Really Doe.
Hey, I can rhyme!
Really Doe's First Impressions drops Tueday August
Really Doe - Marvelous
Really Doe - First Impressions Artwork & Tracklist
You guys should get this when it drops on August 18th. I'm not even being sarcastic.
Truck North, Big Pooh & Mikkey Halsted Freestyle in The Park (RHTV)
Rhyming in the concrete jungle. That's how hip-hop started, right?
Kidz in the Hall - Flickin'
Their new album - Land of Make Believe - hits stores on October 13th.
Kidz in the Hall - Flickin'
Props to Matt.
Little Brother and Just Blaze Live in Chicago
Little Brother and Just Blaze do their thing in Chicago which is a little crazy right now with the whole gun violence thing.
