Lupe Fiasco Drops “The Pen and the Needlz” and “Ohh Oh” on ‘Chill’s Spotlight 3’

Earlier this summer, Chicago wordsmith Lupe Fiasco dropped off his 8th studio album, DRILL MUSIC IN ZION. Now prepping his syllabus for his rap course at MIT, Lupe still found the time to lend his talents to the new 1st & 15th compilation EP Chill’s Spotlight 3, with “The Pen and the Needlz” and “Ohh Oh,” two songs from his vast archive. The two unearthed tracks hail from Lupe’s 2005 mixtape Fahrenheit 1/15, and provide an example of how he, even at the young age of 23, was already proving himself as a force to be reckoned with when it came to wordplay. In further throwback news, Lupe’s sophomore album, The Cool, just celebrated its 15th birthday this year, and officially received Platinum certification from the RIAA. He’s been performing the album in full in a string of tour dates, and still has a couple dates left in SF on 9/30 and LA on 10/1.