Sidewalk Hustle

Wow, I am impressed! Seri­ously! I have had my mis­giv­ings about Lupe since the first time I heard him. The doubts stem from the fact that some­times it sim­ply kills it on the track, and other times, I am itch­ing to press next track. Well I would like to say that after lis­ten­ing to his Enemy of the State: A Love Story, my doubts have been laid to rest. Released for free online via his offi­cial blog, The LupeE.N.D., on Amer­i­can Thanks­giv­ing.   The approach is sim­ple, nine new tracks, two skits and an intro, with Lupe spit­ting new freestyles over Tim­ba­land and Drake’s “Say Some­thing,” Slaughterhouse’s “The One,” Clipse’s “Pop­u­lar Demand,” plus many more.  The tracks aren’t long and get right to the point, of being awe­some. As I said I am really impressed, a lit­tle while ago Lupe Fiasco announced would retire after his next album some time next year. To me that sounded odd since he only had two albums under his belt, how­ever a cou­ple weeks ago he announced he had a recent bout of inspi­ra­tion and would be drop­ping new mix­tapes in the near future. True to his word, we have Enemy of the State, as well as a date for the next install­ment, this time on Christ­mas enti­tled Friend of the Peo­ple. YAY!I have to insist you all check it out and give it a lis­ten, it is worth it, and it is free!

Here is the offi­cial tracklist:

1. Intro
2. The National Anthem
3. Turnt Up
4. Yoga Flame
5. Laz­ers (skit)
6. Angels Remix
7. So Ghetto
8. Say Some­thin
9. Thank You
10. The One
11. Pop­u­lar Demand
12. HP Skit