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Along with the Young Money-style punchline (e.g.’it’s going down…basement’) the ‘first name {blank}, last name {blank}’ rhyme pattern has become very popular as of late. Check out some of the funnier examples of this. Artist: Drake Alias: Greatest Ever Origin: ‘Forever’ Lyric: “Last name ever, first name greatest.” [pagebreak] Artist: Gucci Mane Alias: Get Some […]

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This morning’s mixtape is the ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ mixtape brought to you but thisisred.net and Redlight! Clothing and it features the latest tracks from Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Big Sean, N.E.R.D., Charles Hamilton, Kid Cudi, Diggy Simmons, and many more. Check out the tape!   Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Provided by DatPiff.com  

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Heres the first video for Lupe Fiascos single ‘I’m Beaming’ coming off his up & coming album ‘Lasers’. I loved this song when he first released it because the beat is dope the chorus is crack and of course we all know Lupe is one of the dopest with the pen & the pad out […]

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Lupe Fiasco and his Steppin/Lasers tour rocked through Charlotte North Carolina on the campus of UNC Charlotte this weekend.  Bobby Ray (B.O.B) opened for Lupe Fiasco and what turned out to be a very high energy show.  The two artists performed 3 hours with a quick 20 minute intermission in between the 2 acts.  The […]

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    Supposedly this track was written in 2007 and produced by Chad Hugo for Alicia Keys project but it never made the cut. It seems like they threw this track at Lupe Fiasco to see what he would do with it. I feel like he went in on this track but that isn’t a […]

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  This new Lupe Fiaso joint is a problem! ‘Horn Synth’ produced by the Neptunes I don’t know if anybody comes as hard as these dudes on the track. Not even everybody’s new favorite Drake. Lupe Fiasco is one of those artist that are to advanced for the rap game. Hes almost like a Nas […]

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A large part of hip-hop is competition. Every emcee is constantly gunning for that number one spot, for that one verse that makes everyone  go crazy, for the throne of “G.O.A.T.”. Collaboration is another tenet of hip hop, with top artists constantly featuring on each others tracks, and putting new artists on through guest spots. […]

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B.O.B. is getting ready to drop his debut album, and it seems like a new track is leaking every week. The latest from the ATL native features Chicago’s own Lupe Fiasco. They both link up for this smooth sounding track, ‘Past My Shades.’ Check out the track below! Are you feeling this new track? Are […]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Welcome to the first week of our brand new blog series "MIXTAPE SHOUT-OUT". Basically each week will co-sign three tapes we’re currently listening to &amp; approve of here at Sparkhop Records. These are non Sparkhop artists, musicians, emcee’s we feel deserve a shout-out for their efforts! Just like us a lot of these mentions will […]

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One of my favorite rapper’s Lupe Fiasco just released this new video & song featuring Kenna titled Resurrection’ for Haiti. Lupe has been out of the game for a minute a couple months back he released some new music but no promo for him. I figured he was still in the studio getting the album […]

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On March 14 at 9 p.m. MTV will air the documentary of the journey to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro by Lupe Fiasco, Jessica Biel, and others. Check out the trailer to the special below.