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First Spin, We Hear

Kanye Vs. Lupe? With Any Luck This is True

Not that we want anything to endanger the execution of the oft-mythologized CRS project, but this is too juicy not to post. According to HamptonRoads, Kanye got into it with Lupe Fiasco over a verse for the "Everyone Nose" remix,...

nOvaMatic  |  05/13/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Soul Fashioned

CRS is a T-Shirt, If Not an Album

Despite a hint or two dropped by Lupe Fiasco and a CRS "mixtape" (chock full of tracks we already own), it began to look like Lulu, Kanye and McThefty were playing with our emotions. The CRS album project is starting...

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2008 at 1:17 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Art & Soul

Retro-Futurey!

Here's the bright, shiny poster for Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" tour (click to enlarge), that employs the same retro-futurism that has been his visual identity since the course of The Graduation began. At once we recognize how the...

nOvaMatic  |  01/30/2008 at 11:15 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Rap Snacks

Common: The Standard is Coming

Common and Q-Tip are onto something. While most of us are anticipating the debut of CRS, cats like me are waiting with bated breath for The Standard. Until recently, most of what we heard about the project has been from...

nOvaMatic  |  11/26/2007 at 11:00 AM  |  Permalink

Rap Snacks

Lupe Fiasco Making Promises (Threats)

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool drops the same day as Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains, so this is probably the last time I'll be writing about him. Kidding! "The Cool" was my favorite joint from Food and Liquor, mainly because the...

nOvaMatic  |  11/20/2007 at 11:00 AM  |  Permalink