Lupe Fiasco at UCSD's RIMAC Arena - A Report

Fall Fest was pretty! The first flyer I saw when I arrived to UCSD was the Fall Fest 2008 flyer with the words “Lupe Fiasco” in large print. After reading it, I quickly told Angela, who got interested right away. Today, Angela and I were late to line up, so we had Betty line up for us. Once we reached there, the line was so full that we climbed over the rails to stay with the group. There were three groups playing: We Are Lions, Ben Kweller, and Lupe Fiasco. I thought they were all really good, but some audiences wanted them to hurry up and finish so Lupe would go on faster. I wouldn’t mind listening to one or two more of their songs then, but they finished off with around five-six songs each. Once Lupe got on, everyone started screaming. Of course, he sang his famous songs, “Hip Hop Saved My Life”, “Superstar”, and “Kick, Push”. I barely knew the other ones, but some were also good. He had loads of energy just moving around and dancing on stage. I don’t think there was a second where his dancing/singing looked like he was stabbing someone or beating someone. I’m sure it takes loads of energy to be able to dance like that for around three hours on stage. His energy made the concert so much better than if he was just rapping while walking left and right across the stage.

He gave a really inspiring speech about us making changes and voting. He said it doesn’t really matter who we vote for. The most important vote is to vote for ourselves. We have to wake up from our sleep and start being active leaders.

Taken from ch3ckit