For those who saw this years Hip Hop Honors on VH1, Lupe Fiasco was included in the tribute to A Tribe Called Quest. Lupe fumbled on some of the words and pissed off alot hip hop fans with his post on Okayplayer:

So I've explained this to a lot of people...let me name drop a few:

#1 Fab 5 Freddy
#2 Q-TIP!!!!...THAT'S RIGHT THE LEADER OF THE GROUP HIMSELF!!!
#3 Common
#4 Questlove

and more....ahem....

"I DID NOT GROW UP ON ATCQ!!!..."

THE LITTLE GHETTO KID FROM THE MEAN STREETS OF THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO GREW UP ON SPICE 1, 8-BALL & MJG, NWA AND SNOOP DOGG...

I WASNT A BACKPACKER RAP ENTHUSIAST!!!...I NEVER CLAIMED TO BE...I GREW UP ON GANGSTA RAP!!!

HAVE I LISTENED TO MM IN ITS ENTIRETY?...NO!!!...(Sorry Quest)...

GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSES AND YOUR SACRED COWS...SOME OF YA'LL MAKE ME SICK...

AND FYI WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY OFFERED TO ME I TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS OUT OF PLACE FOR ME TO BE HONORING THEM BECAUSE WHILE I WAS FULLY AWARE OF THEIR IMPACT IN HIP-HOP I WASNT REALLY AWARE OF THEIR MUSIC LIKE THAT...BUT GUESS WHO WANTED ME TO BE APART OF IT....HMMMM...HOW ABOUT...Q-TIP!!!...

SO NOW ARE YOU GOING TO HATE ON "ATCQ" BECAUSE THEY WANTED SOMEBODY WHO DIDNT REALLY KNOW THERE MUSIC TO HONOR THEM BY COVERING SOME OF THEIR MUSIC?...THINK ON THAT OKP'S

P.S. I FORGET THE WORDS TO SOME OF MY OWN SONGS ON STAGE...HEY IT HAPPENS...



Problem is.....he lied about Q Tip asking him.

Q Tip's response on Miss Info's show:

from Info's site
http://www.missinfo.tv/?p=326

Lupe Lost.

I just had a nice conversation with Q-tip. A really intelligent and introspective fellow. And it was so funny to hear his thoughts on the recent “retro” movement in hip hop, especially here in NY. (my theory: lost in translation. his theory: the stepford wives. HA! love it). Tip says his album will be out in February, and he’s still doing shows, including a show at CMJ next week, and at the Apple Store on Oct. 19th! (He and Common ripped Nokia theater this past Sunday)

But obviously, we also spoke about Lupe Fiasco-Gate. Tip wanted to clarify something that Lupe has been claiming, since the Hip Hop Honors show. Lupe says Q-Tip personally reached out to Lupe and asked him to be in the tribute, against his will. (“He could have picked anybody but he picked me for whatever reason so I can come out and represent the young people ”-from hiphopdx)

Q-tip says:

“I’m not trying to make this any bigger than it is. But, I just want to clear up one thing….


We never hunted him down and begged him to be a part of the show or anything like that. His name was pitched to us by VH1, and we said, ok cool. The only time I spoke to Lupe about the Hip Hop honors performance was on a conference call, which we did with the others artists too, like Busta and Common, to plan the performance.


When VH1 brought his name up, based on what he had said about us before, I thought it was ironic and it kind of humored me. All that stuff he said about never listening to a Tribe album before and having no interest in doing so, it doesn’t make sense to me.

As I said on the show itself, it was listening to NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton” that inspired us to make “Low-End Theory,” and years later, I spoke to Dr. Dre and he told me that hearing “Low-End Theory,” inspired him to make “The Chronic.” That’s what music does. That’s what artists do, they seek out information, of all kinds.

But no, I never hunted him down to be part of the tribute. That didn’t happen.”

class.


Hmmmmm

DAMN!

Timmy84 said:

Lupe's thread:
http://board.okayplayer.c...c_id=90521

The thread about Q Tip:
http://board.okayplayer.c...id=1418397

The people on OKP are ROASTING Lupe with no mercy and he was trying to get a comeback...


but failed

I'm a fan but he truly fucked himself up with this one
[Edited 10/10/07 9:31am]

How bad did Lupe mess up? Was it cringe-worthy?

JackieBlue said:

He just fumbled some of the words.

The problem started when he basically said he never listened to the MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS album or Tribe Called Quest but his "good friend" Q Tip personally asked him to perform during the tribute, and that was the bust

bboy87 said:

Once he was booked why didn't check out some ATCQ? I sorta like the guy too but if that's true he should have kept his mouth shut instead of trying to defend himself.

i love okayplayer....

Rhondab said:

are you a member?

Lupe

He made it worse by posting on the thread.

smoothoperator said:

He made a thread!

And people roasted him to no end

JackieBlue said:

not at all...He was actually pretty good as was the whole ATCQ tribute

bboy87 said:

bboy87 said:

sad thing is

ask any kid who listens to rap who Lupe is and they can tell you

ask them who Qtip is and they can't tell you

So "Lupe Fiasco" is a person, not a group?? I don't know who this mf is (obviously ) but he sounds like a true jackass to participate in a tribute to someone/thing & not do any research or show any respect. WHY do it then? All the wrong reasons

Wait, Lupe said he was raised on G-rap and thuggery? Then what the fuck is his ass doing skateboarding and shit? Oh yeah, Lupe - skateboarding - That's REAL gangsta! Now PUSH!

MuthaFunka said:

I know, right? These clowns who call themselves "rappers" these days don't have a fucking clue anymore, do they?.

Rhondab said:

Can you contact Erykah and ask her what's going on? j/k But seriously is there any news? I'm about to put her in the box in the back of the closet with Sade and Remy Shand.

MuthaFunka said:

TonyVanDam said:

MuthaFunka said:

There's alot of rappers skateboarding now. More black kids are skating these days

uh-oh.
I have been a member of okp since 2000. I haven't visited the site in a long time.

damn i should go back and see what they're saying about this shit right here.

Timmy84 said:

Definitely cosign! When I first heard Lupe's music, I immediately thought that he was probably influenced by ATCQ. He probably just lied to cover his ass after messing up.

why agree to pay tribute to someone or something you know nothing about? this dude just wanted air time

I can't wait for Dr Dre's response:

“I’m not trying to make this any bigger than it is. But, I just want to clear up one thing….

I never told Q-Tip that hearing Low-End Theory inspired me to make The Chronic. That didn’t happen.”

bboy87 said:

Yeah, but none of them are claiming Crip or Blood while they skate their asses through the hood!

Cinnie said:

he just lost 4 cool points from me.

alwayslate said:

I posted the links to both threads above