So you’re bored with hip hop and your real dream is to create streetwear. Cool. You feel like after three albums you’ve had enough of the industry and you would have achieved all that you came to do. Cool. You like to ruffle feathers on internet message boards and you had a very public moment during the tribute of a classic group that you didn’t care to listen to¹. Still cool. But you throw on a British accent change your name to Percival Fats and do your best Gnarles Barkley impression? Really? “Thanks for the hack you stupid bastards?” Really Lupe?! Really. Experimental session gone public maybe, but a British accent? REALLY?!?! Only time will tell if this is the evolution of Lupe or just studio fun. Hit the jump for links and to hear Lupe do his thing.

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1. Ironically, it sounds like Lu hired the lady from Midnight Marauders for the beginning of “Invaders Must Die”. I knew you listened! [↩]

These gems were said to have been released in 2003, hence the radical changes in the design and construction. The seller¹ claims to be a collector and that these babies are must have for any connoisseur. You be the judge. Pics and commentary after jumpation.

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1. who shall forever remain nameless because defamation is real and I refuse to find my way into the court system over some wack shit [↩]

Its everywhere. Its at work. In the news. On the streets. It ruins relationships, cancels debates, and fuels bootlegging. The Fakeness. If you’ve followed my tweets lately, you already know that I’ve been stung by the fakeness and I’m about as bitter as black columbian coffee. You also probably know where this is going. Stop the fakeness and stop it now. Lets discuss how the fakeness has slithered its way into your life, shall we?

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