Over the summer, Charlotte rapper Lute announced that he had finished recording a followup to his stellar debut album, West 1996, entitled West ’96 Pt. II: Still Slummin’. But then things got quiet. Perhaps for good reason.

Over the weekend, J. Cole released a mixtape entitled Revenge of the Dreamers II. Featured on the nine-track album is a reworked version of Lute’s song, “Still Slummin’.” Then came word that Dreamville Records has signed Lute to a deal.

Lute is a former member of Forever FC, the Charlotte hip-hop collective which has since disbanded. The group was also featured on Vol. 6 of CL’s Homebrew music series.

Congratulations, Lute. We can’t wait to see where this leads you. 


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This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2015.

Jeff Hahne became the music editor for Creative Loafing Charlotte in March 2007. He graduated with a degree in journalism and minor in Spanish from Auburn University in 1997. Since then he has worked for...

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  1. Wat about his very talented friend here in fayetteville, living in a shed, that has major talent…filthydirty???, I’m not a hip hop or rap fan, but when I hear a mix tape (homemade) that catches my undivided attention, u got something major…..keep getting filthy dirty, something gotta give!

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