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Rapper Murs will attempt to set Guinness World Record with 24-hour marathon

entirety on the season ending episode “Where You At? L.A.,” a live Boost Mobile online hip hop show hosted by the rapper.

“I’m probably going to start with the most energy and end with the most energy to keep the people tuning in. The people that are up at 4 in the morning with me, they’ll be tired and I’ll be tired but I’ll still be rapping,” Murs said a few days before his record attempt.

In order to set the record, Murs will have to rap continuously for an hour, then he gets a five minute break before he must start rapping again.

Los Angeles-based hip hop artist Murs is planning a rap marathon this week that he hopes will land him in the history books, or With the breaks factored in, Murs will be at least one very well-known book. performing for a total of 26 hours in order Murs, whose most recent album “Have a Nice Life” came out in 2015 and who just performed in Long Beach at the Village Fest on Oct. 1, will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest rap marathon by performing live for 24 hours.

It’s all going down starting at 9 a.m.

Wednesday and will be live-streamed in its

to set the record.

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DAR HIP HOP: LUPE FIASCO'S THE COOL @SpeedOnTheBeat You know where I stand on this one, guys.

Introduction By @TrueGodImmortal The Cool is, depending on how I'm feeling -The year was 2007. Jay had released a classic, Kanye vs 50 went down, T.I. continued a platinum streak, and at the moment, either Lupe's best or second-best album. I liked that he stepped Wayne rose even more in prominence through mixtapes and guest appearances. In the midst of all outside of the comfort zones he exhibited this, as the year came to a close, a Chicago MC would on Food and Liquor and made an album release an amazing conceptual album that would be a that feels timeless, but still within a complete departure from his semi successful debut certain era. and take a chance that won big. I've never been the What I mean by that is that the biggest fan of Lupe Fiasco, but I did really enjoy his first two albums and his most recent project. However,instrumentation tells us it's a late-2000s album that's got influence in 1990s my favorite Lupe album remains The Cool. It is a boombap and jazz rap with a bit of alt rock lesson in challenging traditional sequencing and influence (see "Intruder" and "Little coherence in album making along with just having some great sounds and more pop sensibility without Weapon"). However, that same instrumentation allows listeners to pick up sacrificing the quality of the art. With the album nearing its 9th anniversary, we decided to all sit down this capsule of the times and jam to it regardless of what they're expecting. and discuss the album that broke Lupe through the pop threshold and made him, for the moment at least, It's an album that's equal parts nostalgic a superstar (skits, concepts, and overarching themes), cinematic, and just plain good. I mean, the man raps from the perspective of a cheeseburger and makes you want to keep listening. Who does that? Now, is the album perfect?

Eh...it's not perfect. It's damned close and one of the best albums in hip-hop history, especially from the 2000s. But, it drags a teeny tiny bit with songs like "HiDefinition," the Snoop Dogg feature. Now, don't get me wrong. I love the album, and "Hi-Definition" is fun and breezy. But there are a few tiny pieces I'd rearrange to make it perfect to me. But, overall? You can't do much better than The Cool... unless we're talking Food and Liquor.

@CherchezLaPorsh I've always found rappers to be the most talented in the music industry. Most write their own rhymes and knowingly or not, incorporate literary/poetic devices and do this in a coherent and engaging way. That's one reason I love the genre of hip hop so much, it's filled with some of the most intelligent and insightful artists. I have an even more profound appreciation for rappers who bring a level of intelligence and elevation to their lyrics. They can keep the cursing to a minimum, they sometimes introduce new concepts but always provide insight, wisdom and perspective that isn't always common.

Lupe Fiasco is one of those rappers. His life's story is incredible and his rise to commercial success and visibility is even better. With self initiated underground projects to being signed to a label and that ending before it even started, to gaining the attention of superstar rappers like Kanye West, Lupe seems to have gone through just about everything. When I personally discovered Fiasco, I think it was way too late. His debut album was released in 2006, but it would be some years later that I would hear of him for the first time. That's the downfall of favoring the golden era so heavily I guess.

With a discography that's only five albums deep, he definitely made a name for himself with each release and although his debut album is my favorite, coincidentally his sophomore release of "The Cool" is a close second. What fans know they can expect from Lupe is an innovative and thought provoking project and he delivers exactly that. What he did that I find incredibly brillant and a sure sign of his talent is he built "The Cool" off the track with the same name from his debut as well as made character references from other tracks from the debut as well. This, in essence was a very solid and totally cohesive sequel. Lupe has mastered the use of personification and this album from beginning to end shows that. Of course my favorite tracks on the album also happen to be the singles as "Hip Hop Saved My Life", "Superstar" and "Paris, Tokyo" are truly amazing and the others are not far behind.

Lyrically, he's complex which I appreciate. This album, more so than any other in his catalog, requires several listens to truly gain an adequate appreciation for what he's trying to convey. He's truly a master of the craft.

On the production side, much like his debut, he strays from the norm of steady beats against instrumental

HAITIAN FOLK MUSIC MEETS HIP HOP O HIFADILITY’S NEW ALBUM ‘MEMOIRS OF Hailing from Boston with beats finer than your grandmother’s China is the 28-year-old emerging artist, HiFadility, a cosmic composer and crafter of soulful sounds. Fadil Cantave, born of Bernadette and Alix Cantave, has been honing in on his gift of manipulating sound for 24 years. Both raised in Haiti, Fadil’s parents share a diverse background of Haitian and Dominican as well as Arawak, an indigenous people from the Caribbean

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. “My parents introduced me to various types of music and believed that studying world cultures promoted a healthy, well-rounded life,” Fadil reflects. “They were adamant about cultural education and commitment to values which had a great impact on me and my process of creativity.”

Cantave’s new album Memoirs of a Traveling Soul fuses elements of Haitian folk music, afrobeat, hip hop, trip hop, Latin jazz, soul and electronica to create 10 velvety-smooth songs that are flawlessly mastered. Cantave explores inter-sonic dimensions and experimental soundscapes reminiscent of artists such as Flying Lotus and the late, J Dilla.

Though comparable to these artists, HiFadility is truly one-of-a-kind as his album tells the tale of various cultures, from the oppressed to the liberated, from becoming enlightened to being enlightened, and the many challenges we face not as separated races, but as one human race.

“Racine” starts off the album with a spicy Latin melody that immediately raises the pulse until it smoothly transforms into a sexy hip hop beat. Meanwhile, a sampled speech punctuates the track with passionate statements about the people of Haiti, one of the many powerful messages this album conveys. The next track, “Boukman,” showcases Cantave’s skill at transforming old sounds into something new as he mixes classic voices with sensual trip top dynamics but then suddenly awakens the listeners with a fast-paced cumbia interlude. With every track, you travel without moving, see without looking, and feel without touching. You are taken on a sonic voyage through a timeless place where all cultures come together under one cohesive umbrella that is Memoirs of a Traveling Soul.

In the song “I Can,” Cantave continues the journey through exotic percussion paired with an encouraging hip hop mantra stating “you can be anything in the world,” a smooth retake on Nas’ 2002 track “I Can.” He not only pays tribute to the world music his parents shared with him but also the music of his generation. In the track “Favela Mundiale,” he samples an emotive speech from the chairman of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, whose words resonate deep within the mind as a soft crackling and sweet marimba guide his voice through the song. Combining a modern sound with a slice of our civil right’s history is just one of the many evocative composition techniques that Cantave utilizes on Memoirs of a Traveling Soul The track “This Is Love,” a clever homage to Bob Marley’s “Is This Love,” stands out to me the most, not necessarily being my favorite, but rather being the one that first caught my ear with its undulating bass tones. As he elegantly samples Bob Marley’s voice, its heavy dub beat and ethereal melodies reminiscent of a harp arpeggio, shook my sacral chakra.

Sampling Bob Marley can often sound trite but Cantave created the perfect balance by delicately blending Marley’s voice with his own, euphoric composition.

“This exposure to world music and its people really impacted my style as I sought to discover a sort of universal language, a language, whether it be sign or symbol, that when communicated could connect all people regardless of race, creed, politics, or gender. It was beautiful to see on my travels to places like Haiti, the ways in which instruments were produced from nature and also performed in nature; the idea of harmony and how our creations, creative methods, impact the world around us.”

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