lupe fiasco glory

some thing i found on the net.




BLACKSBURG, Va. - Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs."
"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today," 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui says in a harsh monotone. "But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off."
NBC said the package contained a rambling and often-incoherent, 1,800-word video manifesto, plus 43 photos, 11 of them showing him aiming handguns at the camera.
He repeatedly suggests he was picked on or otherwise hurt.
"You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience," he says, apparently reading from his manifesto. "You thought it was one pathetic boy's life you were extinguishing. Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people."
The package arrived at NBC's headquarters in New York two days after Cho killed 32 people and committed suicide in the deadliest one-man shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. It bore a Postal Service time stamp showing that it had been mailed at a Virginia post office at 9:01 a.m. Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho first opened fire.
That would help explain one of the biggest mysteries about the massacre: where the gunman was and what he did during that two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire, at a high-rise dorm, and the second fusillade, at a classroom building.
"Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats," says Cho, a South Korean immigrant whose parents work at a dry cleaners in surburban Washington. "Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust funds wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac wasn't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything."
Some of the pictures show him smiling; others show him frowning and snarling. Some depict him brandishing two weapons at a time, one in each hand. He wears a khaki-colored military-style vest, fingerless gloves, a black T-shirt, a backpack and a backwards, black baseball cap. Another photo shows him swinging a hammer two-fisted. Another shows an angry-looking Cho holding a gun to his temple.
He refers to "martyrs like Eric and Dylan" — a reference to the teenage killers in the Columbine High massacre.
The package was sent by overnight delivery but did not arrive at NBC until Wednesday morning. It had apparently been delayed because it had the wrong ZIP code, NBC said.
An alert postal employee brought the package to NBC's attention after noticing the Blacksburg return address and a name similar to the words reportedly found scrawled in red ink on Cho's arm after the bloodbath, "Ismail Ax," NBC said.
NBC News President Steve Capus said that the network received the package around noon and notified the

FBI. He said the FBI asked NBC to hold off reporting on it so that the bureau could look at it first, and NBC complied, finally breaking the story just before a police announcement of the package at 4:30 p.m.
Capus said it was clear Cho videotaped himself, because he could be seen leaning in to shut off the camera.
State Police Spokeswoman Corinne Geller cautioned that, while the package was mailed between the two shootings, police have not inspected the footage and have yet to establish exactly when the images were made.

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[Nr4747]

Lupe is probably one of those artists who are/were just too far ahead of their time, I'm pretty sure, in 20-30 years, Lupe's lyrics will be dissected in advanced English courses at school.

[Legendary822]

One of the sickest rhyme schemes on any song. Classic Lupe. Perfect flow, delivery, metaphors, everything. Lasers was an Atlantic album. I can't wait for a "Lupe Album"... F&L 2 will be legendary.

[converseshoeboy]

did he just rhyme 3 verses with the same multiple syllablles? that's unbelievable! it was deep as hell to

[bball2908]

it sickens me when a video called "i has iron boobies" is even in the related videos in the first place but it also has almost 100k more views than this smdh

[JosephO75]

@KoldShadow I would imagine a talented MC and not a rapper would bless Madlib's track well. Check out the Beat Konducta series (instrumentals), Madvillain with MF DOOM, and what got me hooked was The Unseen by Quasimoto. He even did an album with Talib Kweli but I never listened to it.

Lupe is a good artists ultimately. I do like his material although i did not at first; i was never into the skateboard shit.

[JosephO75]

@KoldShadow Madlib has more of a raw feel to it. I just saw how I posted "lupe is average to me" 2 years ago. My opinion has changed, Lupe has put in work and I like him.

[JosephO75]

@KoldShadow dude, nice Big Pun track. I like the feel of Madlibs more. Lupe did a good job but I'd love to see Lupe work with Madlib.

[KoldShadow]

@JosephO75

The version of this sample Lupe hit is better than Madlib's IMO . . . the latter sounds virtually the same as Triple Seis - "Harsh Reality" (the first time I heard this sample). "Glory" has a better tempo and groove . . . this track wouldn't be a classic if Lupe hit Madlib's beat.

[JosephO75]

@KoldShadow he is one of the best

[KoldShadow]

@JosephO75

Good loox, I'll check that out . . . I've slept on Madlib but from the little I've heard he's an absolute juggernaut behind the boards.