It’s already been a week since I returned back to Tokyo and finally on the 26th “The Cool”(Japanese Version) Came out!! It includes the bonus track “Black Out” that Max has put up in the previous posts. Make sure you peep that HERE. I wasn’t the only Lupe fan at the HMV store in Tokyo that morning to pick up my copy of Lu’s second album. Just shows how much people in Japan are beginning to appreciate Lu’s work. But how people here have accepted Lupe is quite different from the other major artists. He’s been to Japan 3 times and he even calls himself an “Otaku” which means that hes in love with Japanese manga and anime along with Japanese brands like A Bathing Ape, Bounty Hunter & Porter. Ive come across the single “Superstar” in several stores in Tokyo so its pretty obvious that people here see Lupe as not just an artist but also as an cultural icon.

After a day and already #2 in the hit chart(HMV store in Shibuya, Tokyo 12/26) If you’re wondering, #1 for this week in Tokyo was Nujabes (”Second Collection”)

” One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener”

walked into the BapeStore and , I heard this track playing in the background which Lupe performed at the concert I was at this month. FEEL GOOD!!?!

DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco - Happy Industries (from the “Fahrenheit 1/15 Part III: A RHYMING APE Mixtape” Lu rapping over The Gorillaz hit single “Feel Good Inc”)

-gowhere?