One of my fave hip hop rappers of all times.. CL (Pete Rock & CL Smooth) will be dropping a solo LP soon. I will check that out. Also, be on the lookout for a reunion LP from both CL and Pete Rock.
Veteran hip hop star CL Smooth has announced that he will be releasing his first solo album in six years. The famed rhymer is set to release The Emancipation of Corey Penn in early 2013. CL and his legendary former partner, superproducer Pete Rock, are celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their classic album Mecca and the Soul Brother. They've embarked ona world tour and will be performing in London later this month. There are reports that the duo is working on an album together, as well.
Lupe Fiasco again addressed the controversy over his single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" and its sampling of the Pete Rock & CL Smooth classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" Pete Rock blasted Lupe and the song via Twitter, and Lupe said he had no idea that Rock would react so harshly.
"That was a little unexpected, seeing as we already reached out to him to get his blessing and all that. We went and did it," he said. "Especially because of what it means to him and what it represents to him and how deep, how personal the record is for him. At the same time, too, with Heavy D passing and all that stuff, we tried to be as sensitive as possible with it and make sure that we represent it correctly. But there are so many remakes of ‘T.R.O.Y.’ out there. That's what was surprising."
"Nah. The friends and family is dealing with that. They’re the ones who put that together, so I’m kind of like a third party in it," he added. "But the people who initially reached out to him from my camp to his camp, I guess they was on the phone last night trying to figure out what was going on. It was a shock to me and it’s best for me to fall back."
He makes very valid points.. BUT for ME personally.. I'm not doing no mo blogs on this shyt mane..
Lupe Fiasco experienced something of a backlash from some hip hop fans and superproducer Pete Rock for sampling the Pete Rock & CL Smooth classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" Despite the outrage on some quarters that he would use such an iconic song for his new single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)," Lupe explained how and why he jumped at the chance to do the song.
"All the credit goes to my partner and manager Chill, he just felt like it was time to bring back a joint," he said. "Go back and take one of the iconic records of hip-hop and put a new spin on it and put it back out there. I spit on it a couple times before, some mixtape stuff back in the day, Chill felt it needed a bigger look than that."
Lupe is currently prepping his fourth album Food & Liquor II for release.
WELP.. Looks like Lupe done pissed off Pete Rock for using the "T.R.O.Y." sample.. check it out.
Lupe Fiasco debuted his new single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" today (May 21st), but the song drew the outrage of hip hop producer Pete Rock. The song samples the classic Pete Rock & CL Smooth tune "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" and Rock blasted Lupe via Twitter for using the sample.
"No disrespect to lupe fiasco and i like him alot but TROY should be left alone. Feel so violated,the beat is next to my heart and was made... Outta anguish and pain. When it's like that it should not be touched by no one!" he wrote. "It's so hard for folks to make original music, I possess that, but these dudes are scared of that and this is supposed to be HIP HOP?"
"Man I'm a lupe fan and everything but TROY was my homie man. I think about him and Hev every fucking day!!!! Smh," he continued. "Who ever Re-created that didn't do a good job @ all. #nohate."
"This business can be so lame, sometimes I make beats blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back and still these cats can't be original to," he wrote. "So untalented and unoriginal. Makes me feel like I'm truly the best that ever did it. Yo hev and t-Roy I love and miss da shit outta y'all."
I dunno.. on one hand I feel like Lupe not doing nothing silly with the sample.. but on the other hand..I feel like Pete is entitled to feel this way being that the song is so personal for him. I think once they chop it up..this could get squashed. Anyhoo.. check out the song..
