LXSERS

Last weekend (10/03/09) Lupe Fiasco came out to The Big Show at California State, Northridge. The event started at twelve noon. Included special guests the Crooks & Castles crew, Talib Kweli, and DJ Felli Fell. As you can see in the pictures below, the event consisted of more than just performances from the stars themselves. Californians filled up the lawn outside of Sierra Tower engaging in activities ranging from food and dance to spinning out and sliding down.

With two albums already in the bag for Lupe, his next release, titled LASERS, is expected to be a pretty big hit. The theme behind the LASERS concept is one that many people will be able to relate to in the sense that its breaking the mold and standard, very similar to the Cali Bred vision. The Lasers link will take you to the promotional site for the new album. “We will not lose cause we are not losers, we are LASERS.”

What I found to be most interesting, is that despite being from the great Mid-WEST, Lupe is indeed a Cali Breed. In his performance, not only did he shout out almost every region of California (including some small cities that most foreigners wouldn’t know about), he referred to himself as a Valley Boy. For those who don’t know what a Valley Boy/Girl is, it is a term given to someone bred in the San Fernando Valley, which is technically the outskirts of the City of Los Angeles. But not only does Lupe claim to be Cali Bred, but his whole band… Cali Bred.

Just goes to show, the West Side is still the Best Side. And even if the wheels fall off, we still ride!