Lupe Fiasco Pays Homage to the City That Raised Him On "100 Chicago’s"

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As rap fans patiently await the upcoming release of his new album, Drill Music In Zion, Chicago legend Lupe Fiasco has no shortage of tunes in the stash to keep feeding the streets. Lupe officially dropped his new song “100 Chicagos” on DSPs, which originally dropped on his YouTube back in January. The track is an ethereal and anthemic lyrical exercise, eschewing percussion and deriving its rhythm from Lupe’s clipped pronouncements and his interplay with the song’s sliding 808s. The self-produced cut is adorned with synth melodies, as he weaves in references to local landmarks, cliques, and neighborhoods amidst his casual demonstrations acute lyrical ability: “Rest In Peace Virg’, LV, it’s Vice Lord backwards/A simple flip of the monogram/That ain’t shit, I had similes on my sonogram, my momma’s man/Before I was born, I was doing reconnaissance/My baba taught me how to chop a n**** with my chopper hand.”

Lupe Fiasco – “100 Chicagos” – https://orcd.co/100chicagos

Lupe also recently announced more details about his “LFT” program, a new NFT program that allows fans to get closer than ever to Lupe. Unlike many NFTs, which solely exist in the digital space, the “LFT” program offers token-holders an array of online and offline benefits. The benefits start with a generative art profile pic–each LFT holder gets a unique digital artwork inspired by Lupe’s album Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool, which celebrates its 15th birthday this year. Holders of the “LFT” can participate in the “meta-narrative” surrounding the upcoming Drill Music In Zion, will have first access to a signed limited edition print of the cover art, and be the first group to receive the album’s limited edition vinyl copy. Lupe’s “LFT” officially mints next week, with a pre-sale date of April 4th and goes on sale to the general public on April 5th.