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Lupe Fiasco Rhymes Over Radiohead on New Mixtape

“Your attention please, your attention—I need it, so i can sit you in a position from which I see it.” So begins Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape, somewhat confusingly titled Enemy of the State. The 22-minute set, released for free download recently via 2dopeboyz, features a typically hungry Fiasco spitting his philosophizing rhymes like a seasoned veteran—the same wise-beyond-his-experience temperament he carried through his excellent debut Food & Liquor and modern-day classic follow-up The Cool....  read more

Lupe Fiasco to retire following three-disc album?

It's a tale all too common in the hip-hop world today: a rapper claiming retirement. We've been there with Jay-Z. We idly sat by while M.I.A. said she was bowing out for good (this before the explosion of "Paper Planes"). Now it might be Lupe Fiasco's turn. ...  read more