There was a bit of an eLarceny Family gathering last weekend in Chi-Town, more specifically in one of the hip, north side boroughs that C$ calls home. We blew through, enjoyed the St. Patrick’s Day festivities, rode the EL, saw some of the sites and marveled at the large number of hipsters in Bucktown and their complaints about the newly installed neighborhood Urban Outfitters. A good time was had and now I’m back in Suburbia - counting the minutes until the weekend like I do every Monday. Only 8,000 or so to go.
I wish I’d had a bit more time to explore the city and some of its thriving music scenes. The Second City can rock with the best and has a category of house music named after it. But Chi-Town has also been spitting out great MCs for some time now. Most recently there was Twista and you should all know Kanye West but let me introduce you to Chicago’s latest protégé – Lupe Fiasco.
You may know Lupe from the Internets hype that seems to follow him around or the couple of bars he spits in Kanye's "Touch the Sky" off of Late Registration. Lupe has bounced from several labels, never able to get an album out, but now it seems the time has come. With a little help from his mentor Jayz, a lengthy list of guests and his love of comic books, sneakers and skateboarding, this will not be the typical rap album. And while he isn't Q-Tip or Common, Lupe has a lyricism that surpasses almost everyone in the game today tempered with a wealth of knowledge, from pop culture to literature, and the street cred to make it work in any situation.
Lupe's debut album Food & Liquor is set for release on June 27 and if his mixtapes are any indication, the album could rank among hip-hop's best, giving Chi-Town another reason to shine.
Website: Here
Stuff to Sample: From Lupe Fiasco’s mixtape Revenge Begins “Lupe the Killa†and “Mean and Viciousâ€
Wanna start a club called "I post on a semi-regular basis at elarceny.com?"
It would be a great club.
[1] Yeah, that would be a great club. Real great. I think it's about time to trim the fat. Anyone interested in doing a podcast?
Fire 'em all RFO. 'Cept for KW, of course. I thought Dr. Bone would follow through, but he underestimated the due diligence it takes to be a steady contributor to this wonderful forum we call eLarceny. And no offense, but I did think that a once a day, let alone once a week podcast was a bit ambitious. Oh. And as for your visit, well, fun was had by all and you and the Stutz and KW and Dirty K are welcome any time.
take it easy on bone. the oscar's only come around, what, twice a year? that's creates a long silence between posts.
[3] If I'm going be firing anybody, it's gonna be that ABBA loving monkey over at Midwest Wookie.
Ok, not really. He's like the third most prolific poster here at eLarceny, that is to say he posts atleast once a week and that's saying a lot. I'm not going to lie, I'm alittle disappointed by the lack of effort from some of the family members.
And yes, a daily podcast is a bit ambitious, but is once a month too much to ask?
But thank you C$ and KW for your continued effort to make eLarceny all that it can be - a subpar, amatuer web site run by a wacko hiding out in Suburbia.
an insider told me that all your elarceny frat-tastic reunion consisted of was eating brownies and watching movies. glad to know you found time to go outside and ridicule hipsters.
Well, I'm sensing a bit of animosity towards our little boys club. What's with that, Beefers?
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animosity towards overgrown frat boys??? never! i have an all female rock band in ohio and my g-fab all stars gang in the atl so who am i to talk! i fully embrace your secret society.
Wow. Did you know that Beef is a fellow ginger, RFO - excuse me, you are merely a daywalker. Nonetheless, the fire between you two is tangible.
Gingers and Daywalkers are like opposite sides of a magnet. Repel because of electrons facing different directions or something. Blah blah blah sciencey stuff.
Gilders?
What's a gilders?
You changed it from your original comment - don't be koi with me RFO.
[13] Koi? Like the fish?