TAG: lupe

Dec21

Blitzen (Lupe) vs. Kobe, Lebron & Santa (KRS-One) for Nike (Video)

I love and hate this at the same time. LUPE what are you doing?! Send us your new record… instead, we get this Nike Basketball commercial, which features KRS-One as Santa. How come when I was a kid we didn’t have  a n y t h i n g like this? I mean, we had The Muppets, but they were a lame a– crew; this is in a league all its own. I think it’s cute; however, I hope this does not spark a trend. Is this the future of rap battles for 2010? I just don’t think music should be “cute.” Hey, Santa, ya hear me? No cutesy rappers like 50 advertising Care Bears in ’10, okay?

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Dec21

Best of ’09: Indie Heart & Electro Beat (Areti)

Kiss 2009 Goodbye: Highlights through the Lens of Music 

I played Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” in groups of six, saw Wilco back-to-back at The Wiltern, put my right-hand high with Kid Sister, blew a kiss to Ben Gibbard as Hollywood Bowl exploded with fireworks, chilled with A Place to Bury Strangers, worked-out to Miike Snow, beatboxed with Matis, moved to Silver Lake, boogied down at Nightmares on Wax, got blinded by Mandy’s rock, took my clothes off at Phoenix…