Here is a dope interview with Big Tigger and Lupe Fiasco shortly after Barack Obama was elected President.

Lupe Fiasco’s big announcement on the 31st of October was that his upcoming and last album will be a 3 DISK CD! Now that’s some damn good news for us Lupe fans! Hopefully it will add up to a good 30 tracks. The first disk will be called “Everywhere,” the second “Nowhere” and the last disk is titled “Down Here.” If you paid attention, the first letters of each disk spell out E.N.D. thus the album title “LupE.N.D.”

Check out the video below to see the actual announcement made by Lupe Fiasco.

Damn, listed to this original song that Kanye re-did for his new album. I know Kanye does this a lot but damn, this is very close haha!

This is the a short and simplified sample of Love Lockdown, Heartless and Coldest Winter Overture, based on Kanye West’s songs from his new CD 808’s and Heartbreak. Pretty sick if you ask me, especially the Heartless part.

Lupe Fiasco said that there will be a big announcement that will make us all happy at the end of this month. Nobody knows what it is, we’ll just have to be patient. We will have something on October 31st.

Here is the video where he announces it, then goes off on a unique freestyle:

Lupe Fiasco welcomes 1st and 15th’s new signing “Hey Champ.”

And here’s a video of Lupe introducing them. Check out what they are all about:

Here is a high quality (HQ) snippet of Kanye West’s “Heartless.” Already loving this song.

You might have heard this before but here’s a nice high quality version of a mash up between Kanye West’s Flashing Lights and Lupe’s Superstar.

Check out this cool remix in which “A La Bien” from Soprano was mixed
with Lupe’s “Kick, Push”:

Here’s a new song featuring Lupe Fiasco called “Slow Down.” Lupe’s verse comes towards the end. Listen and download the song here.

Lupe Fiasco put a cool twist on the beginning of “Daydreamin” while performing at the Univesity of Texas at Arlington. Check it out:

I have updated the list of concert dates for Lupe Fiasco. Click the “Tour” tab for more details.

10.09.08 Club Circa - Toronto, Canada
10.10.08 Club Circa - Toronto, Canada
10.11.08 Loyola College - Baltimore, MD
10.12.08 Binghamtom University - Binghamton, N.Y.
10.15.08 UCF Arena - Orlando, FL
10.17.08 Decker Gymnasisum - Mansfield University - Mansfield, PA
10.22.08 Morehouse College - Atlanta
10.23.08 Memorial Gym - Nashville, TN
10.26.08 Voodoo Island/City Park - New Orleans, LA
10.31.08 Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL
11.06.08 East Carolina University - Greenville, N.C.
11.07.08 Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA
11.12.08 Club Noika at LA Live - Los Angeles, CA
11.15.08 Jorgenson Theatre for Performing Arts - Storrs, CT
11.17.08 Elmira College - Elmira, N.Y.
11.22.08 Kuhl Gym - SUNY Geneseo - Geneseo, NY
12.05.08 University of Maryland - College Park, MD

Lupe Fiasco recently spoke about Barack Obama at Santa Clara University. Here is what he had to say:

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“Wake up!” commanded Lupe Fiasco as he took the stage in the sold-out Leavey Center Friday night.

Without sounding pretentious, Fiasco questioned the stereotypes and delusions revolving around the hip hop lifestyle.

Fiasco brought the presidential election to the attention of his audience with his abrupt slogan, which resonated throughout the arena and in the ears of many concert-goers well after the show.

The Knux, two brothers from Hollywood-via-New Orleans with a passion for abstract-progressive hip hop, opened the concert.

Following The Knux, the charismatic Fiasco hit the stage outfitted in all black to a crowd chanting, “Lu-pe. Lu-pe.”

What seemed to be Fiasco’s group of bodyguards turned out to be his back-up band, 1500 or Nothin’. The band and Lupe created a jazzy feel on stage. Their sound featured multiple keyboards, two guitars and a drum set.

Blue lights danced as Fiasco performed the first few tracks from his debut album, “Food & Liquor.”

An obvious energy filtered from stage to audience, with little down time between songs.

Heralded as being the next vanguard for the continuously changing hip hop scene, Fiasco’s second song of the night was the atypical story of a skateboarding youngster escaping his troubles in “Kick, Push.”

The song refrains from spreading the stereotypical portrayal of the hip hop lifestyle that is often heard on the radio. Instead, Fiasco shed a different light on drugs, money and “hoes.”

Like other social activists who have been progressive within the hip hop world — including Nas, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z — Fiasco’s lyrics encourage listeners to be content with themselves without having to seek happiness through less fulfilling means.

Fiasco embraces his Muslim background and condemns drugs, drinking and living the flashy lifestyle of many other artists.

The atmosphere livened up even more with a few tracks from Fiasco’s newest album, “The Cool.” Lupe’s energetic performances further set him apart from many other hip hop artists.

As the concert occurred only hours after the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, Fiasco had no trouble conveniently making a few comments about this year’s election.

“A vote for Barack is a vote for the future, a vote for McCain is a vote for the past,” said Fiasco. He added, “Ladies and gentlemen, the most important vote is the vote for yourselves.” At this point, Lupe’s sunglasses came off and the performance became a bit more personal.

Near the end of the show, Fiasco performed what is arguably his most famous single, “Superstar.” He then entered into a lengthy dialogue with the crowd, imploring them up from the apathetic daydream that seems to be characteristic of much of our generation: “If we don’t wake up now, ladies and gentlemen, there might not be a tomorrow to wake up to. Wake up!”

It will be interesting to see how successful Fiasco is at redefining “cool” and remaining true to his abstinence from the frivolous lifestyles of other artists as he makes his mark in the hip hop world.

Though his lyrical messages may not have rung out as loudly as his political dialogue between songs, without a doubt, the performance was timely and well-received by students.”

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This just came out! Kanye West showed off his new official video for “Love Lockdown” on the Ellen show.

I run another site besides this Lupe blog. It’s a site about freestyle soccer. Most of you probably don’t know anything about it, but it’s pretty damn cool. Check out this video I made today. If you like it, you can get more at www.beyondfootball.com.

The video speaks for itself. Simple but real nice.

The time has finally come! Lupe Fiasco has released two versions of “Paris, Tokyo” today.

Remix 1: Lupe Fiasco ft. Q-Tip, Pharrell & Sarah Green - “Paris Tokyo” (Remix)
Listen & Download

Remix 2: Lupe Fiasco - “Paris Tokyo (Jazz Remix)” Produced by Chris Paultre
Listen & Download

Kanye West’s upcoming fourth album will be called “808’s & Heartbreaks” and is set to be released on December 16th, 2008.

As I’ve posted before, it’s not going to be called “Good Ass Job” as many thought. Kanye West is obviously going to take a different standpoint for “808’s & Heartbreaks.” Although nothing specific has been announced, I’m sure his mom’s death and his break up with his fiance will give this album a more love-like and unique flow. Kanye will also use auto-tune a lot more on this album. I have even read that he’ll use it on the entire album. I hope it’s not true, but even if he does, I won’t mind too much. Kanye West pulls off the auto-tune the best at the moment.

Listen to this remix/freestyle of Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” by Jin. It’s creative and has a very nice flow.

Click here to listen to it.

We all continue to hope that Lupe Fiasco will not stop rapping after his next and last album. It seems like our wishes will not come true, especially after Lupe Fiasco firmly stated that he’ll step away from rapping after his next album.

Lupe Fiasco was quoted saying: “I just don’t really feel like rapping anymore.”
“I’m going to write a book and put out [other artists'] albums like Matthew Santos.”

He claims he will not change his mind like Jay Z did. Lupe Fiasco also hasn’t started working on his new album. In an interview with Mister Bentley on the red carpet, Lupe said he won’t start recording until the end of the year.