Well, it’s that time of year. Everybody is compiling their lists of Top What-Nots. As for me, I’ve never done such a thing. Such a thing is foreign to me. Listing things from descending order of awesomest to crappiest? That’s too much thinking! But for you, ETSers, anything. 2009 was a great year of discovering …
Lupe Fiasco was featured in one of my favorite Kanye West songs, “Touch the Sky” but it wasn’t until I was introduced to Fiasco’s music when my brother (who I grew up following around when he and his friends were skateboarding) showed me his video for “Kick, Push,” the single off his debut album “Food & Liquor.” The horns and lyrics that all skaters could relate to got me hooked so when “The Cool” was released in 2007, I was definitely interested.
“Man on the Moon: The End of Day.” This ambitious conceptual album had a lot of hype behind it, thanks greatly to the fact that this Shaker Heights native is the protégé of Mr. West. Not to mention we heard his debut single, “Day ‘n’ Nite,” all summer long.