Damn Monk... Where you been man? That song is like 7 months old ;-)...

I agree with you though. Actually his entire album is nice. Lupe is one of the most talented MC's out there right now. He's the best newcomer we've had in a loooong time. Also he doesn't curse in any of his rhymes which is kinda cool to me for some reason. I appreciate that he's made it cool to be smart again - like it was during the early 90's in hip-hop.

Belgium. :)




yeah it's nice, real nice, to not have to censor you files lol!!

I knew who he was, and that he'd been around just hadn't really paid any attention to his stuff then i just dug the "Kick Push" track out the other day to drop in a mix tape i'm working on, and it all just clicked...

So now I been listening to it a load over the last few days and the whole albums just stuck in my head now.

Check out my cheeky little mix of Kick Push :)

www.myspace.com

Lupe's stuff is d.o.p.e

HA!HA! man thats dope, totally flips it.....

Yeah... I'm kinda nerdy and sh*t and so is he, so I'll him say little things that NO other rapper would even mention... Like making reference to the Anime character Lupin III on "Touch The Sky"... I remember hearing that and being like, dudes have no clue who he's talking about.

Phat you play in shoredicth?

I used to play in Shroedicth a loads. i used to run "they do play records dont they?" at the Embassy bar in essex road and used to play at the ruby lounges aroudn london, catch 22, Herbal etc...

not been there for a couple of years since i moved with work, whats the scene like now?

yeah i love little name checks and stuff being in MC's rhymes, just gives you something to connect with.

Hey Monk. Scene is still cool. Lots of little nights running, plenty of bars with half decent sound systems. Heard good things about The Embassy Bar, never actually been. I play just down the road in a bar called the Winchester (used to be called Bar & Dining room before it was refurbished). Playing there tonight for NYE actually. Decent up for it crowd in that area.

yeah atlantic sent me a cd single of kick push wayyy over a year ago..... it was just marked with a marker not even a label and I was like who the fuck is this..... this track is fire. About a month after that one of the guys from atlantic was at one of the concerts I was spinning at and I asked him who the hell lupe fiasco was and the guy from the label didnt even know him......

cool, i know the Winchester from when it was "Bar & Dining", quite nice. Who owns it now?

Always a nice eclectic up for ti crowd in islington & Shoredicth, some annoying people yeah but it's more fun then annoyance when you're DJ'ing, they would be more annoying as a punter i reckon.

The Embassy Bar was excellent, till it changed hands. The guy who owned it then when we used to play there was Dan, who now owns the Keston Lodge on upper street and the Lock Tavern in Camden. We had the first night there and it really took off, sundays just playing whatever we felt like was really nice.

Ah nice, I didn't know the Lock Tavern connection. Some great stuff there. Was there just last week in fact. Nice little room upstairs. Subscribe to the podcast Monk, reckon you'll like it. Search for phatplastic on itunes, you'll see it.

Nice mix phatplastic, I'd play it.

will do Phat... check my myspace:

www.myspace.com and have alisten to the Elements and Needlework FM mix - mightbe your thing.

Yeah the Lock is nice, but abit too pub for me.. i loved the Embassy and i loved the Ruby Lounges... i'll deffo go back there, the rubies, when i return to the uk. best bar people i've dealt with in london bar none... :)

enjoy NYe mate... peace

Happy to post an MP3 if enough people want it?