Lupe Fiasco Freestyle @ Congress Theater, Chicago

J. Cole: "World Is Empty"

By now, the rest of the world should have caught up with J. Cole (either from listening to him spit on "BP3" or from knowing of him as the 1st signee to Jay Z's RocNation). Well this is my favorite track off oh his 2nd mixtape, "The Warm Up", his follow=up to the acclaimed "Come Up" mixtape.

This cat is iTunes worthy by all means. For now, I put his rookie skills somewhere between when I first heard mixtape Lupe and early Drake (circa, 2007). I can't wait to see what dude has in store in the future. I just hope his commercial growth won't inspire me to stop being as big of a fan- like I usually do when rappers get too mainstream.

Btw, if anybody knows the track he sampled, please let me know so I can get the original.

Coverage of The Swagger 10th Anniversary Festivities

Mickey Factz, Lupe Fiasco, & The Cool Kids in Japan

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Lupe & The Cool Kids Chillin' Backstage:

Swagger 10th Anniversary Party Items

This past weekend Swagger celebrated their 10th anniversary in Tokyo. For the occasion they had The Cool Kids, Mickey Factz and Lupe Fiasco perform live. Of course they also made some limited edition product for the party occasion. A special commemorative t-shirt and party towel have been released and are now also available through choiceisyours.