The Ithacan

Lupe Fiasco returns with his final album before his split from Atlantic Records, bringing high-caliber raps.

There was something special about the energy in Emerson Suites last Thursday as Talib Kweli took up the mic not to rap, as some students had expected, but to discuss the hip-hop industry and the role of the artist in society.

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you may remember me drooling over Ryan Gosling’s movie “Drive” back in September. I was infatuated with the soundtrack in particular and I included a link to French electro artist Kavinsky’s song “Nightcall.”   Apparently Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco was just as impressed with Kavinsky’s track. On…