Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos – “Superstar” Live on David Letterman As Popeye pointed out to me, Mr. Letterman keeps calling him Loopy. Nice beard, Dave.

I saw this floating around today, so I figured I’d throw it up on Fake Shore. It’s the “unauthorized” video for Kanye West’s “Bittersweet” that features everyone’s favorite creepy crooner, John Mayer. However, instead of actually starring John Mayer, Kanye or at least one of Kanye’s couch warmers, it stars a bunch of “Dramatization” actors….

Update:  Link has been fixed  Rhymefest’s Michael Jackson dedication mixtape Man In The Mirror just hit the internets today. You can download a free copy here Also, make sure to check out Rhymefest live in Chicago on January 18th at the Metro. Look for a ticket giveaway coming soon courtesy of Fake Shore Drive and…

…Well actually it’s more like January 21, 2011, but you get the idea. A close associate of Percy Chapman a.k.a. Intelligent Hoodlum a.k.a. Tragedy Khadafi hit me up this morning to alert me that Mr. Khadafi recently got pinched on a drug charge and got sent up the river until 2011. Damn. I hate to…

1. Did the world really need another Chingy album?2. Screw BET, DMX needs to have his own A&E “reality show”3. Is Birdman’s video for “100 Million” a joke that everyone else is in on but me?4. …And why do these songs feature the same revolving door of southern rappers?5. Are there any other singles that…

The “It Was All A Dream” Award Winner:  Keith Murray – Rapmurphobia Did this album really happen? I mean, I think it came out, but then again it really could be a dream. Talk about falling on deaf ears (Ayo Foxy!). I don’t remember this album being mentioned critically and it definitely didn’t show up…

2007 was a surprisingly solid year for Hip Hop albums.  Like it or not, vets and rookies went for the gusto this past calendar.  We may agree to disagree on most of the list, so feel free to chime in and share your valued (seriously) opinion.  This is the first of the year end lists…

Alright, alright, alright…I know this isn’t Chicago-related, per se, but I had some “inside” information on this, so I thought I would share. Apparently MF Doom is still up to his tomfoolery and is booking shows but sending impostors to perform in his place. This was rumored to have taken place this summer at some…

Yeezy was named “Entertainer of the Year” in this month’s Spin Magzine. You can check out the entire interview here. I’m trying to gauge if you’re being sincere or facetious. It is what it is. A lot of things that are funny have truth in them. So my music is a mix between some good…