Lupe Fiasco

I had the wonderful privilege of going to the Lupe Fiasco concert in Auckland this past Thursday. Lupe is my hero, the themes of his songs range from growing up in a single parent household to criticism of the current administrations foreign policies, to say it nicely. In every song though he approaches topics in a refreshing tone that brings out a new point of view. For example in the song he said she said, he takes the idea of a child growin up without his father. The first verse is told in the mother's voice, while the second verse is essentially the exact same lyrics, except altered so the speaker is the child himself. The power and depth of the verses forces the listener to delve into the topics of the feelings of abandonment, to the feelings of terror put into the world by our current administration.

As I babble in the above the truth is I'm in awe of what Lupe is able to say over a track that achieves commercial success. Even if his success is not in the same scale of that of 50cent (i'm about a dollar), just his voice is so strong. In writing a blog I attempt to find that truth in my voice. The move from that formal academic writing to the casual cool tone I use with friends. How am I supposed to sound in a blog? How do I produce a sound that is distinctly mine as Lupe's is his. Thats the constant struggle in keeping this blog. I thank those of you continuing to read and like I've told many of you I hope you find it interesting and entertaining.

So what I've captured is the first paragraph of this blog is bad (my apologies Lupe for not doing your performance or music justice), and the second although a stab at being good is more Luc Longley than the Dennis Rodman I would hope for (I say Dennis because he is always entertaining, remember when he took his shoes off during the game while on the Spurs?).

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