Welcome back to Hip Hop Live! Kicking the weekend off is Lupe Fiasco with an 8:00 PM performance tonight (Oct. 11) at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD. Also performing at that time is Murs in the Nectar Lounge in Seattle, WA.

Lupe makes his way over to Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY tonorrow (Oct. 12) at 8:00 PM. On Monday (Oct. 13) night, Atmosphere continues the Paint the Nation Tour At the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. In what is sure to be a politically charged event, Talib Kweli and David Banner team up for a show Monday night at 9:00 PM in the Bluebird Nightclub in Bloomington, IN.

Digible Plantes make their way to Park West in Chicago, IL on Tuesday (Oct. 14) at 8:00 PM, while Kool Keith rocks the stage in Vogue Theatre in Indianapolis, IN at 9:00 PM the same night. Little Brother add to the list of shows on Tuesday, with a 9:00 PM performance at Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL.

Jay-Z makes a somewhat uncommon tour appearance on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at 8:00 PM in the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, CA. Indie stalwart Tech N9ne performs in the neighboring state of Nevada in New Oasis in the city of Sparks at the ssame time. Jay-Z continues into Thursday (Oct. 16) with a 7:30 PM show at House of Blues Houston in Houston, TX.

Friday (Oct. 17) has quite a lineup, beginning with Guru’s Jazzmatazz at Club Firestone in Orlando, FL at 7:00 PM. Also at 7:00 PM are Slick Rick and KRS One at the Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in Baltimore, MD. The FSU homecoming is also on Friday, and will feature T-Pain, Shawty Lo, Ace Hood, Hot Stylz and Plies at 7:30 PM at the Crown Center of Cumberland County in Fayetteville, NC. Concluding Friday’s shows are Method Man and Redman at the Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York, NY at 8:00 PM.

The Caltroit tour has just kicked off, featuring Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Bishop Lamont, eLZhi and Sean Price. The tour is in support of Black Millk and Bishop Lamont’s duo album Caltroit, as well as Black Milk’s solo album Tronic and Guilty Simpson’s Ode to the Ghetto. The tour began on October 8, and here are the remaining dates:

Sat-Oct-11 Paris, FRANCE Gibus
Mon-Oct-13 Leipzig, GERMANY Connie Island
Tue-Oct-14 Amsterdam, HOLLAND Paradiso
Wed-Oct-15 Rotterdam, HOLLAND Watt
Thu-Oct-16 Cologne, GERMANY TBA
Fri-Oct-17 Basel, SWITZERLAND Das Schiff
Sat-Oct-18 Oslo, NORWAY Bla
Fri-Oct-24 New York, NY Southpaw- "TRONIC" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Tue-Oct-28 Detroit, MI The Shelter@ St. Andrews Hall- "TRONIC" ALBUM
RELEASE PARTY
Thurs-Nov-6 Toronto, CANADA Revival- "TRONIC" ALBUM RELEASE PARTY w/eLZHI
Sat-Nov-15 Los Angeles, CA Key Club w/Sean Price

To conclude this week’s segment, here is Hip Hop Live’s Livest Show of the Week:

Large Professor Main Source [click to read] album release party featuring DJ Muggs, People Under the Stairs and Planet Asia on Sunday (Oct. 12) at 9:00 PM!

Check out Hip Hop Live next week with more on shows from T.I., The Roots and Devin the Dude.