Sunday, January 4, 2009

Lupe Fiasco Now A British Rocker Named Percival Fats?

I'm not 100% sure if this is going to be a side project, or if this is just a one off experiment, but Lupe (or rather, Percival Fats) is now fronting a rock band he is calling Japanese Cartoon, and is singing in a British accent.

Lu has been speaking in code lately on Twitter (with the exception of giving me my new moniker "Leaky") about his latest recordings, so maybe this is what he was hinting at.    Check it out for yourself.

Japanese Cartoon - "Heirplanes" 
Japanese Cartoon - "Army" 

In other Lupe news, he also recently announced his first single from Everywhere will be "Shining Down" and he also has a DVD dropping in March.  Hey Lu, can I leak that one too?

Thanks to Smoke and Sean 

35 Comments:

RasRok said...

w.w...this to me is sxtra....very gorillaz-ish......uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

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Becca the Promo Mami said...

he doesn't actually sound british... major affectations here - but i can get with the sound they're going for.

I hope this isn't going to be anything like Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines or Hannah Montana vs. Miley Cyrus.

Jarobi Phife and Tip said...

Dont forget Beyonce and Sasha Fierce...or maybe not.


But at any rate I think it sounds very good....creativity has no bounds. Do you Lu.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of new stuff

I just saw the biggie movie "Notorious" dropping officially on the 16th! Amazing

Ed said...

Check out 'Prodigy'
http://www.zshare.net/audio/53668153b6696039/

A-Town said...

Am I the only one who thinks this is the biggest piece of shit thats ever been made? His british accent fails miserably and if Lu is trying to go for some sort of unique sound then let me tell you Lu, stick to the bread and butter. You're not Kanye.

Anonymous said...

i dont know if im feeling this...

www.potholesinmyblog.com/blog

Anonymous said...

this is at least wayyyy better than lil wayne singing...when lil wayne started singing and the cool dropped lupe fiasco became my favorite rapper

WDTH Music said...

Cheers, Percival Fats

mikec. said...

according to their myspace, thats not lupe singing?

Yonathan said...

I got the 3rd track 'Shinobi Must Die' on my page...Thanks for the rip FSD!

http://spzship.blogspot.com/2009/01/lupe-fiasco-british-rock-star-meet.html

H.I.M.S.moove said...

i'm feeling these joints.

everybody's branching out now, tryna do things they dont usually do...and i'm down with that. isn't that what art is all about anyway? stepping outside of your comfort zone...keep it coming.

Anonymous said...

lupe already said its not him but it sounds like him

Mr. WTF U Got 2 say now Greedy? said...

chicago is the city of art expansion!!

WDTH Music said...

Chicago will be the next music Mecca, mark these words!

FlipSide said...

It sounds JUST like him, if it is not, but if it is, my ONLY beef would be the deliberate bite of Andre 3000's name, Percival Jenkins. That's been his name since STANKONIA, so anyone outside of him, using that name (unless, it is their birth given) is on the biting side of things...

Cory said...

musically i like this, but the only problem i have with this is that most brits don't sing with an accent, and so for lupe to sing with a british accent is kind of kitschy

305 Studios said...

wtf? i'm gone for a week and come back to this??? not going to lie though doesn't sound too bad. props to you lu

Anonymous said...

What the flyin' fuck is this shit?

How fake is this, singing in your fake as fuck put on, and may i add utter shite brittish accent. what the fuck happened to "keeping it real" ?

LETS BE REAL said...

WDTH Music said...
Chicago will be the next music Mecca, mark these words!
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Mufuckas been saying that shit for the last 10 years....until somebody with power decides to base themselves here, Chicago will continue to be the mecca for talent down the drain.....Common in LA shooting movies....Kanye talkin bout moving to London for fashion....Berg stay in LA....R. Kelly in the 15 years he been on aint done shit to help a Chicago movement....wishful thinking does nothing but keep the dream alive.....cant knock them cats for going elsewhere to pursue they careers but somebody gotta comeback and help establish an industry on the movie & entertainment side.

Ignite Mindz said...

dammit, this is the second time this year that someone has straight bitten the first song i ever wrote when i was 12 years old. Id only been playing guitar for a month when I wrote this. Step yalls game up!

Mr.White said...

Srry boyz, it's not Lupe ...

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Japanese Cartoon’s myspace page has been hacked.

Percival Fats (Born Percival Hindenburg-Fats) Is NOT Lupe Fiasco (Born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco). Although he is a dear friend.

Japanese Cartoon will reload songs onto the player as soon as we figure out how via the technical support fellows at Myspace.

Please DO NOT disseminate their music ILLEGALLY.

These guys have worked very hard and placed a large amount of energy and financial dedication into this project.

Lupe does finance the band but is NOT I REPEAT NOT THE SINGER IN JAPANESE CARTOON. He is however the producer and we value his participation very much.

We will not be taking any friend requests until this security matter is cleared up as we might not be able to keep this page.

-Percival Fats. Friend Of Millions, Foe Of Hacker Punks.

source:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=440389226&blogID=461354534

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Ow and if you are not British, dont sing British. But thats just my opinion

Anonymous said...

see how bogus this blog is? got ur panties in a bunch for nothing....lol

FSD Police said...

If you believe that press release then you have a rodent sized brain. I swear some of you are just retarded human beings.

Nikki Nikita said...

WTF is this bullshit?...i hope it's not Lupe.

Justin said...

lol how dumb does the ANON at 5:13 a.m. on Jan. 5th. he said that this is a bull shit accent and then it turns out to be a real accent. haha real smooth man... real fucking smooth

Anonymous said...

i remember when rappers were rappers. not singers.

"well, kanye, weezey, lupe are branching out. stretching their creativity! they're being artists!!!"

sure, but if everyone branches out to the same thing... then it's not being creative but more of the same.

i love lupe. i love punk music. i actually kind of dig japanese cartoon.

i just dont feel like this is a creative movement, but more corporate selling out of the same thing.

but i'll still listen to it.

Anonymous said...

percival fats sounds EXACTLY like lupe!

percival is not lupe just as much as batman is not bruce wayne.

Anonymous said...

i agree. kayne, lupe, and lil wayne are "being so creative" by doing what andre 3000 did a couple of years ago.... when it WASN'T the "thing to do"

Anonymous said...

stfu with 'british'
he clearly doesnt sound scottish welsh or northern irish.
therefore his accent is ENGLISH. AS IN ENGLAND. NOT THE LANGUAGE YOU RAPED.

Anonymous said...

brilliant. American rapper turned british rocker, incredible. Please be true.

Heinsain SwaggeR said...

this is ill, yall just dont hear it yet

just wait til this ilk is remixed...

>_>

PERCIVAL WAX said...

this is one of smokeyyyy's funny ideas to give bands he knows props. I'm surprised so many people posted about it this time.

Anonymous said...

I'm from London and the accent is embarrassingly shit. SHIT. It's what cool runnings was to a Jamaican accent. Can't even take the project seriously with the shit accent!!! This dude had the cheek to speak ill of the Tribe! Peep Q-Tips The Renaissance for some good music and bypass this fuckery.

Spiffy Hustles said...

LONG LIVE HIP HOP!!! Fuck all that bullshit and FUCKERY like my mans above said and this is coming from a dude that have Lupe as his #1 Emcee/Artist but now I'm leaning toward WALE. (Well until he get on that Jimmy Hendrix shit)

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