Illecism is a 19 year old up and coming MC from Cali. In a recent interview he was asked about his top 5 dead or alive and Lupe made it to his list. Check out what he had to say:
Thanks to Wasalu a ni**a changed his entire style. I used to do nothing but gangsta rap, heard “Kick, Push” and never sold another bag of tree again. He felt like hip hop to me when I needed it the most. Had Lupe never dropped, my rap name would probably be Ill Steel or some corny hood shit.
Also his album The Cool was possibly the deepest conceptual album I ever heard in my life. Michael Young History is a character that any kid from the hood could identify with. For Lupe to create him in his previous album and build on him for a full disc was genius…not to mention his poetic delivery. Ridiculous.
After listening to that album and hearing the demise of The Cool on “The Die” I said to myself, “this album could change a hood ni**as’ life quicker than a Bible”. Lupe’s complexity helps me stretch myself so he made my list. He’s “cool as a pool in a blizzard with ice cubes in it…”
"My music sounds like so many things that it sounds like nothing.."
ReplyDeleteGreat quote from that interview :P
His top5 list looks good and it seems like he has somehow been through the same artists and understands them in the same way I do... strange I better check this artist out.