Food & Liquor Week: "Daydreamin'" Video

I forgot to post a Food & Liquor week entry yesterday. That's actually good cause due to the fact that I couldn't get clearance to post the video I originally wanted to put up today we'll just go with Daydreamin' for the last day of Food & Liquor week.

Daydreamin' was the 3rd single released in the States and Lupe won a Grammy for it in 2008. In the clip Lupe plays the owner of a fictional Righteous Kung Fu Toy/Vinyl store in which a robot becomes alive, Toy Story style. ....I said ROBOT!

Food & Liquor Week: "The Emperor's Soundtrack" [Video]

We continue Food & Liquor week, looking back at another video. This time it's the one for "The Emperor's Soundtrack" which was also directed by the good folks of Impakt Studios.

Now there are some rumors that this was supposed to be a longer clip but I don't know about that. The way it looks to me it was only supposed to be as long as it is, but who knows.

The video itself was shot at the Iron Studios in Chicago, IL. I really like the little effects that they put on it and as I said before, I like the charm of those videos that are not so high budget/glossy looking.

Food & Liquor Week: "Kick, Push" Video

Today we're looking back at the video for Lupe's first single "Kick, Push" which was also directed by Chris & Blaq of Impakt Studios. Besides the video for Ye's "Touch the Sky" this was the first video most fans saw of Lupe.

What I like about this clip is the whole urban/street atmosphere. That's always been something I really liked in Hip Hop videos. Lupe also got that vibe in the "Failure" video but more recently his clips are more polished and I'm kinda missing that aspect and hope that he might goes back to that for a clip in the future.

Looking back at it, you might notice that some familiar faces from Lu's crew are in the clip. I want to especially point out Ant because a lot of people been asking "Where did he come from?" when he started to join Lupe on stage. He was already there back then.

Food & Liquor Week: "He Say She Say" [Video]

It's day 2 of Food & Liquor week and today we're looking back at the video for "He Say She Say." After the Food & Liquor Webchat yesterday it seemed that quite some people didn't remember this vid so I decided to throw it back up on here for you to check out.

Very emotional video going along perfectly with the song. Video is starring Gemini and was directed by the good folks over at Impakt Studios.

PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - A Retrospective

Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor Live Chat

Lupe's live chat commemorating the 5th anniversary of Food & Liquor is going down at 6PM EST! If you have any questions, go HERE and ask them in the sidebar chat!

UPDATE: Live stream is over but you can watch it all above!

Happy 5th Birthday #FoodAndLiquor

With 9/18/11 being the five year anniversary since the release of Food & Liquor, it's only right that we try and make #FoodAndLiquor trend. Feel free to tweet your favorite Food & Liquor lyrics, memories, or anything that you can think of and then add the #FoodAndLiquor hashtag!

UPDATE: WE DID IT!

Check this site and tweet Lupe your favorite tracks! F&L2 coming soon!

PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - A Retrospective

Food & Liquor Webchat at 6PM Tonight!

Lupe just announced on Twitter that the Food & Liquor chat will go down today at 6PM EST. We'll be posting the uStream on here when it starts so make sure you tune in and ask your questions about the album!

Food & Liquor Week: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - A Retrospective

What did you do today, 5 years ago? Some of you probably went to a CD store and grabbed a copy of Lupe's debut album. I personally can't say that I bought the album on that day, I'm not even sure if it dropped on the same day over here in Germany.

What I can say though is that I immediately bought it when I saw it in a store. After grabbing my copy I went through the same routine that I go through with every album that I buy, I put it in my CD player, pressed play and read the booklet.

While checking the booklet of Food & Liquor one of the first things I noticed were the pics of kids in school with guns and I found that whole imagery very fascinating. It kinda took away from the first listening cause I really looked at those photos and tried to catch all the details.

Same goes for the album cover, which in my opinion is one of the dopest covers ever. I mean what other artist could have all these things on his cover and actually get it all cleared from every company...alone that is a crazy little detail about the album.