From Lupe to Luda, All the Dopeness You Missed Over the Holidays (Video & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 11/28/11 | Filed under Downloads, Features, Video, Ludacris, Wale, Lupe Fiasco, Mac Miller, Black Star

Believe it or not, this rappity rap blogging thing is more than a full time job. So when the holidays hit I seize the chance to eat, sleep, hang out with the fam and otherwise be a normal, functioning member of society.

But Mondays here, which means it’s back to RefinedHype’s obsessive rap nerdery. Just in case you also tore yourself away from the interwebs for a few days, and frankly I hope you did, here are five essential projects you might have missed.

Index:       1. Lupe Fiasco - Friend of the People Mixtape       2. Ludacris - Bada Boom (Video)       3. Black Star - You Already Know       4. Wale - Barry Sanders (Video)       5. Mac Miller - Black Friday Mixtape      

• Mac Miller’s “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” Will Outsell Kanye & Cole on June 18
• Lupe Fiasco Refuses To Dumb It Down For The Masses On “Animal Pharm” (Listen & Download)
• Wale Has Himself A “LoveHate Thing” & Drops “The Gifted” Tracklist (Listen)
• Grown Man Rap: Statik Selektah ft. Sean Price & Mac Miller “21 & Over” (Listen)