The supergroup Child Rebel Soldier, which boasted Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, and Lupe Fiasco as its members, might very well be a thing of the past.
Lupe revealed as much in a new episode of Okayplayer’s show, The Almanac of Rap, sharing CRS’ origin story and where the seemingly defunct group now stands.
“It was me rapping over Radiohead beats, right?” Fiasco said at around the 22:50 minute mark, describing some of the music he was working on back in the mid-aughts. “And I just so happened to get P to jump on the joint and then I think Ye heard it and was like, ‘I wanna be on it too.’ And then it turned into like, ‘Oh, oh, this is pretty dope.’”
In 2007, CRS released its debut single, “Us Placers,” for which Vashtie shot the music video. “Somewhere in between that, was in the studio and P was like ‘Yo, we should just be a group and we should call it Child Rebel Soldier,'” Fiasco continued. “‘Lupe, you gon be the child, Ye gon be the rebel, I’m going to be the soldier.’”
Lupe explained that the group spawned songs like CRS’ “Don’t Stop” and the remix for N.E.R.D.’s song “Everyone Nose.”
“And then it was just like n***as got rich and crazy, then it was over with,” Fiasco added, of Yeezy and Pharrell. “But it was always a good idea, [we] could never … get together. … P chasing fashion, Ye chasing fashion … to the point where it’s like, ‘Look, this shit never finna happen.’”
The “Kick Push” rapper then divulged that after posting YouTube videos of them rapping over Radiohead songs, the British group sent them a cease and desist to remove the tracks. “And that’s the end of CRS,” Lupe said.
“Us Placers” sampled Radiohead lead singer Thome Yorke’s song, “The Eraser” from his debut solo album of the same name. “Us Placers” was followed by the N.E.R.D. remix of “Everybody Nose” in 2008, and CRS’ 2010 track, “Don’t Stop,” which arrived as a G.O.O.D. Fridays song release. The group eventually disbanded in 2013.
Most recently, Lupe dropped off CRS’ unreleased solo song “SHRINK” in August, which features him rapping over a sample of Radiohead’s 2000 Kid A album cut, “Optimistic.”
Prior to its release, he spoke of rebooting the project, telling Stereogum, “I’ll just go back to that original [vibe], just go back and find those dope loops and samples from Radiohead or their solo records, loop the shit up, and make little beats out of it, and crush with some dope ass lyrics. I’ll either do some loosie freestyle shit or a proper tape, get sued for it, and keep it moving.”
However, the “SHRINK” video has since been removed from YouTube, though you can still hear it here.
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