Here's another unreleased Lupe Fiasco album. Hey Lupe' is a song produced by the Chicago emcee before his critically acclaimed Food & Liquor debut album was released in 2006.
The album is more than 15 years old and is now being released as part of the compilation "Chill's Spotlight," curated by Charles "Chill" Patton, 1st & 15th co-founder. Hear the song inspired by Funk below where the rapper sounds sharp as ever.
“I vividly remember the day Lupe recorded this song,” Chill told The FADER over email. “I got the beat from the producer and played it twice for Lu while we were riding in a white Suburban, 20 minutes later we made it to the studio and he immediately went in and knocked out the whole song — verses, hook, adlibs, etc. It was natural for him, but not so natural for me to see this, and I had been around some of the greats. This is when I knew he was a Monster!! It’s been in the vaults for many years, and now we are excited to share it with his fans.”
Hear the previous unreleased drop ‘Run Game’