Lupe Fiasco is my dude, for real. He is one of the bright lights in helping to bring real hip-hop back. I mean his mixtapes are better than most rappers whole albums. His metaphors are so above and beyond most good listeners ears, he might as well be speaking in French because you won’t be able to catch his flow. The new single, I’m Beamin, from his forthcoming third album, LASERS, really sets the tone of what type of material we can expect for him following the release of Solar Midnite and Shining Down (featuring Matthew Santos).
Lupe is teaming up with Converse on the PROJECT (RED) again, this time with the 100 Supplementaire All Stars. The PROJECT (RED), of course, raises awareness and funds for different humanitarian efforts. These kicks portray Lupe’s political agenda in newspaper display on the classic white All Stars model. These will be available at select Converse accounts soon. Via hypebeast.
Lupe Fiasco is set to launch his much anticipated clothing line, Fall Of Rome, this fall. The rapper and streetwear extraordinaire has admitted that the line will be all black, a very different taste from his Righteous Kungfu t-shirt line that he started in 2006.
On his Fall of Rome line: “When your game is to sell clothes and for people to believe in you your brand and to push your brand, you keep your game fare on. The logo for it is this broken statue that was pushed down when Rome was invaded; it represents the decay of beauty. I give my clothing a story. I create a purpose for it.”
Coming up in a week, Lupe’s Fall Of Rome and the Singapore label FALSE will bring a quick collabo’ teaser for the Fall Of Rome line. The teaser collection will be called “Fallacy of Rome“. The website for it will be complete soon.
Finally, even Nike is getting into the action, as very limited edition AF1 was recently created to celebrate the launch of the Fall Of Rome line (pictured below). HAAP.
A few unreleased Lupe tracks have been floating around lately. Here is one featuring the Gemstones and produced by Prolyfic, titled “I Know Why”. This should have made the last LP. HAAP.
Another previously shelved and unreleased Lupe track. This time Kanye lays down the groundwork for the track, adding his familiar background vocal sample. Lupe rips it like he always does. Don’t be made because we keep giving you what you want.
