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Chamillionaire - GWHH Interview - Talks About Lupe

4:40 AM 4 comments


The good folks over at GWHH did an interview with Chamillionaire.
One part of it is about Lupe and Chicago...check it out !


GWHH: Well, I got a couple more general questions for ya. For one, I know Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco shows a lot of love toward Houston artists like yourself and being the #1 Chicago Hip Hop Blog, our readers would certainly be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Chicago hip hop scene, just like Lupe has with all you guys?

Chamillionaire: I don’t know man, Lupe man, I kinda scratch my head about him man. I saw him at an awards ceremony. I’m like, “Man, I’m a fan of your music.” When I told him that, “Man I’d love to do somethin’ with ya” and he’s like, “Yeah, we’ll exchange numbers later”. And I kinda thought that was weird ’cause I was lookin’ right at him and [thinkin’], “I’m standing right here in front of you, why can’t we exchange numbers now? “. He sat right behind me at the awards and then I turned around and looked and he was gone. So i was like, “Ok, that was kinda weird to not say nothin’”.

Lupe does this song where he comes to Houston and all these people are in the video and he shouts out everybody.. he never really says my name. Wait a second.. maybe he just.. I don’t get it. And that’s not sayin’ that to diss him [Lupe Fiasco]. I like him. I’m a fan of his music. I think he’s a very smart and intelligent guy. I talked to other people, and I asked them, like they know Lupe so, “What’s up with Lupe?” A friend who was a driver, he was takin’ Kanye and Lupe and all them around too so i asked him. I’m tryin’ to get different opinions because I’m tryin’ to figure out… Maybe he’s just on his own page like that and he likes to be solo just like me. Because that’s how I am. I don’t care about what other people are doin’ sometimes I just stay on my own page. Maybe he’s just like that? I never was able to get my own grasp on that.

But I do think that was a big thing to do that to Houston and show some love. When I actually heard that song on his album, I was pretty surprised. I was like, “Whoa! That was dope.” No artist really does that and he’s from Chicago and he’s showin’ love to all these Houston artists and why and all these reasons - that was really fresh to me. And for him to come to Houston and do that, I don’t know too many artists who do that. That was cool and I know people from Houston really embraced it. And he actually put the people in the video that I know. And they was lovin’ it and I tip my hat off to him for that.

As far as Chicago hip hop is concerned, I was out there for a minute. Stayin’ out there before the Swishahouse thing completely blew up, I was workin’ with Frank Thomas, the baseball player, a record label called Undeniable Entertainment, and I was workin’ with him, a guy named Dro and a guy, Hurt-M-Badd, who produced “Hail Mary” by 2Pac. I was out there a good 3, 4 months. We was workin’, tryin’ to get in the studio w/ Crucial Conflict and Psycho Drama and a lotta people from Chicago. And at that time, I wasn’t as big as I am now, I had a feelin’ I was gonna make it and I kept tellin’ them, “Man, I gotta get back to Texas ’cause I got this lil’ buzz happenin’ right now.”

At that time, they didn’t really know and they were tryin’ to get deals with like people and for me, but I just bounced and went back to Texas. People don’t know that about me. It was super windy like all the time it was real cold. You couldn’t turn your hat one direction ’cause of the gangs, you couldn’t turn it to the right. There was a lot of stuff that I was learnin’. I was like, “Wow man, Chicago’s crazy!” I was at the clubs and they was playin’ house music real fast. I was really young at that time and then I came back [to Texas] and my underground career just started takin’ off. I think everything happens for a reason. I learned a lot while I was out there and I learned a lot of Chicago artists and stuff too.

GWHH: Yeah, and with Chicago hip hop - that’s the central focus of our blog. We post a lot of various hip hop and R&B, trying to attract a wide, mainstream audience to pay more attention to our focus of Chicago hip hop. But yeah, and with the Lupe story, I’m not intending to twist that into..

Chamillionaire: Aw naw man. Do whatever you want. I know Lupe’s a smart guy, he knows I”m not beefin’ with him or anything. I just had to put that out there for real. Nobody has ever asked me that before. If anybody has asked me about Lupe, I woulda answered like that. I’m a fan of him. I’m a fan of him. I am a Lupe fan, even before and after this interview. I like his music. And i actually hear his frustration with not wanting to be in hip hop anymore because I be feelin’ the same way a lotta times.

For the full interview Click Here

We Made It To Kanye's Blog !

8:02 AM 11 comments

You have to click the pic to see it or just visit
Kanye's Blog and check "kanYe's FAVORITES"

After Lupe Fiasco, Ibn Jasper and Consequence already included us
in their link-lists, we now made it to Kanye's Blog !

This is so damn exciting !
I guess hard work does pay off !

Thank You Kanye

Welcome to everyone who reads "The LupE.N.D. Blog" for the first time today.
Enjoy your stay, and feel free to bookmark our site if you like what you see !

Once again, thanks to everyone who supports us, ya'll awesome !

Featured Blog Of The Week - GoWhereHipHop

2:55 PM No comments



GoWhereHipHop is a Hip Hop website which is based in Chicago.

They are one of our long-time-affiliates and what makes their site unique and special to me is the way they update . They don't do it like your usual blog....instead of putting up 20 different updates every day, they combine everything into 1 or 2 entries and always put a highlight on top and attach more to it.

What's also a thing that keeps me interested in the site is that they always give you background infos and their own personal opinion about almost everything that they post. They also have a lot of exclusive tracks from up and coming artists in the Chi which is another thing that makes them kinda unique.

I also like that they post some cool art every now and then (there should be more of that). If you are interested in reading another dope blog...head on over there, leave them some comments and enjoy your stay !


Lupe Fiasco//Dope Couture - The "Steal From The Rich" Tee

7:31 PM 2 comments






I just got those exclusive pics from Dope Couture.

You can see how Lupe rocked one of their
Steal From The Rich shirts at a recent concert.


Here's a little bit of background info about it:

This shirt is especially cool because a lot of brands steal from high fashion brands but none give back.

"Steal From The Rich And Give To The Poor" proceeds will be donated to Opportunity International, an organization that provides loans and basic business training to the poor, enabling people to work their own way out of poverty.

The shirt is made from various letters from the following brands: YSL, Moet, Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Maybach, Tiffany, Hermes, Rolls Royce, Lanvin, Chanel, Hublot, and Veuve Cliquot. It is currently only available online at shop.dopecouture.com.

So..as you can see, you are not only getting a dope shirt, you'll also do something positive when you purchase one.

Head on over to the Dope Couture Shop now and order your shirt before they are sold out !



thanks to Matt from Dope Couture for sending this to us

Lupe Fiasco Live In Chicago - GWHH Review

5:40 AM 1 comment


The whole GWHH Crew was in the building yesterday,
they just put a review online, check it out:

L.U.P.End will be Lupe Fiasco’s last album… Oh, you already knew that, but the shocking news… L.U.P.End will be an unprecedented TRIPLE album!!! The ‘E’ stands for Everywhere, the ‘N’ for Nowhere, and the ‘D’ for Down Here. (Can we get a ‘G’ somewhere in there for Gowhere, Lu? Haha..)

Wow. Unreal. I flipped out along w/ the rest of the GWHH fam (Max G., Mr. Music, LA, S-Preme, limrik) and am no longer salty that L.U.P.End will be Lu’s last album, haha. As for the show itself, Lupe outdid himself again, simply put. He came out with a chilling introduction, helped created by a live band, complete with a horns section, keys, and an orchestra!

The eerie start turned into an energetic performance of “Kick, Push”, which he then followed up even stronger with “Hip Hop Saved My Life” with Sarah Green filling in for Nikki Jean on the chorus. My favorite performance of the night has to go to “Streets On Fire”, which Lupe set up perfectly with the “Tonight…” line and Matthew Santos came on to kill that one. I had chills. Lupe was spittin’ word for word with clarity and his usual intense Chicago flow not only on “Streets On Fire” but throughout the entire show, even goin’ an approximate 20 seconds without taking a breath on the 2nd verse of “Go Go Gadget Flow”.

To read more, click here

Featured Artist: Mr. Music - Make Up Your Mind

6:50 PM 2 comments



They guys over at GWHH get all the exclusives when it comes to Mr. Music.

So far, every track has been really good...
and this one doesn't disappoint either.

Get It Here Now !


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Regarding features on this blog...I'm getting so much tracks and mixtape submissions right now...it's not really possible to throw them all on here. It's really cool though, that so many people want to see their music on here.

I'll try to get some people a chance...you'll probably see 2 not so well known artists on here every week from now on. I'll bring that featured artist category back. No one minds some good new music, right?


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