Song of the Day

Lupe Fiasco - "Double Burger With Cheese"
Second selection this week off Lupe's Friend of the People mixtape and this shit is just too dope. Lupe ties in moments from some of the movies that have greatly impacted hip-hop music and vice versa with references to Boyz N The Hood, Menace II Society, Juice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents and Sugar Hill among others. It got me to remember all the great moments from those flicks and had me ordering the DVDs for Boyz N The Hood and Menace II Society, which I had on VHS but needed to replace in DVD format regardless. I remember seeing Boyz N The Hood for the first time on HBO when my parents went out for the night and I stayed home to babysit my kid brother. I loved that movie and I'm looking forward to getting that DVD in the mail because I haven't seen it in years. Back to the song from Lupe, I've had to go back and listen to it multiple times just to pick up all the references and I find more and more every time I hear it. I was confused by the hook of "Double Burger With Cheese," because I couldn't quite place it, but then the snippet from Menace comes on when Caine jacks some guy for his rims and stereo at the drive thru and Caine tells him to order him a double burger with cheese. Classic!