Saturday, January 19, 2008

discussions

n an interview with writer Margeaux Watson in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco discusses everything from being “cool” to his supposed retirement. The Rap-Up recently pointed out an especially interesting quote, where Lupe explains why “the whole gangsta image” ain’t a thing to him:

EW: Did you get picked on a lot when you were a kid?
LF: When the gangbangers would try to pull it, I was like, “Yo, I will fuck you up. And if you wanna call your cousin, call him. I’ll call me! I’ll call me right now.” We were shooting TEC-9s when we were babies, so the whole gangsta image, that ain’t nothing. When I was growing up, there was a crack house next door to us and they were trying to expand. My father was like, Are you serious? He took his gun, walked next door, and said, “You’re done,” while I aimed my gun out of the window. I was 13 or 14 and to see that, a lot of the facade and the upkeep [of trying] to impress people was eliminated very early for me.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

if it comin from lupe its real sheet.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to say a couple things. First off Lupe is nothing but real when he comes to rapping and speaking.

Second off.
You don't post like you used to, like big posts from back a couple months ago you know. Whats going on? This site is going down hill.

But props on that story post, i liked it.

Anonymous said...

i agree with the guy above. i'm glad you have a post on Lupe, my favorite rapper alive.. but seriously chico, you gotta get this blog steamrolling again.

Anonymous said...

aye can ya get a song i know its old its called "sittin on 24s" by traxamillion?i cant find it anywhere

Anonymous said...

to the guy above... blakeequalshyphy.blogspot.com

search for the song.

Anonymous said...

ay chico

you think you can post some songs produced by Soundtrakk? he did a bunch of songs off "The Cool" and they had dope beats.

much appreciated