Don’t let the name fool you here; this isn’t your typical Lupe Fiasco. If you’ve been following Lupe on Twitter over the last couple of months, you’ll no doubt have noticed that his feelings towards hip-hop haven’t exactly been positive lately. Accordingly so, it seems he’s decided to take a brief break from rap music to pursue his SNDCLSH side-project alongside partner Sky Gellatly. Although it may seem strange to fans of Lupe, this isn’t his first time branching out from the rap game, as he also had a rock band known as Japanese Cartoon not too long ago.
Similar to his work on Japanese Cartoon, Lupe takes over the role of lead vocalist here as well. “Thieves” is definitely an admirable effort from a man most wouldn’t associate with electronic music outside of his mixtapes. Then again, that’s what might have helped make this transition so natural for him. Lupe described how the evolution from emcee to DJ first began in an interview early last year,
I got an offer to DJ like a year-and-a-half ago,” he reveals. “It was something that I was good at, so it was like I got tired of playing other people’s music so it’s like, I might as well make my own dance music. It should be good.”
Seems like a simple enough answer from a man as talented as Lupe. Why don’t you judge for yourself by taking a listen to the single above? If you like it, make sure to check out some more SNDCLSH material over on their
SoundCloud and grab the single on
iTunes.
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