― danzig (danzig), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link
the Lisa Loeb of 00s hip-hop?
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― yuengling participle (rotten03), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Thats why I've liked his mixtapes, its that early 90s clever and down-to-earth backpacker thing. Kris Ex was actually otm about him, he's got the range and talent to make a great album but its too early to call.
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link
but dig the digital casio!
― anonymous celebrity (anonymous celebrity), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tynan DeLong (TynanTynan!), Thursday, 8 June 2006 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Harpal (harpal), Monday, 12 June 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― applejack carney (dubplatestyle), Monday, 12 June 2006 23:59 (seventeen years ago) link
The new DJ Envy/Lupe Chi-Town Guevera mixtape is. FUCKING. HOTTTTTT11111
i'm lovin it!
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 25 August 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 10 September 2006 23:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Sunday, 10 September 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 11 September 2006 01:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― danzig (danzig), Monday, 11 September 2006 09:17 (seventeen years ago) link
i hope this clears everything up for people.
― rtccc (mwah), Monday, 11 September 2006 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney doesn't dance, he boogies. (R. J. Greene), Monday, 11 September 2006 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney doesn't dance, he boogies. (R. J. Greene), Monday, 11 September 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
i'm still excited for lupe!!! yahoo!
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 11 September 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
and the album cover was designed by young buck, hot shit illustrator/designer chuck anderson. one of the most copied kids out there right now. http://www.nopattern.com
― jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 18 September 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
deej you can hear a bunch of it on his myspace. i checked it out sounded good even thru my shitty mono speaker at work.
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Monday, 18 September 2006 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Friday, 22 September 2006 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― alext (alext), Friday, 22 September 2006 07:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― ng-unit (ng-unit), Friday, 22 September 2006 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 22 September 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 22 September 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rowlando for the kidz (Sam Rowlands), Friday, 22 September 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
but that said, i think only Kick Push and Spaze Out are the only standout tracks on the album.
― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 22 September 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 22 September 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link
in all...duddish.
― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― struttin' with some barbecue (jimnaseum), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Most of these filler tracks that take up space between the killers have overbusy beats that still manage to be unmemorable.
I'm disappointed. I really wanted to like this.
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 25 September 2006 14:17 (seventeen years ago) link
When did "Illmatic" overtake "The Ministrel Show" in their affections?
― Sadly, he will be the next Alexis Petridish. (Dom Passantino), Monday, 25 September 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney doesn't like polka. He is racist. (R. J. Greene), Monday, 25 September 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.alltshirts4you.com/images/Anarchy-Logo.jpg
lololo
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
All I've heard so far is "I'm Beaming" and some other horrendous piece of shit that made me decide I am going to focus on my positive memories of The Cool.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
A rapper who wears glasses in his video, how refreshing.
― danzig (danzig), Wednesday, 7 June 2006 16:03 (4 years ago)
LOL not really novel any more huh
― deej, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JC483JP0L.jpg
― little humma boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Considering "I'm Beaming" isn't even on here, you are much better off focusing elsewhere.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i wish he would have somehow let us know this was going to be a fiasco
― open jason segal (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
what a fiasco for lupe disaster
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
"As Lupe tells it, "Strange Fruition" is a re-imagining of "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday. "It's about slaves in the south, and how they looked like strange fruit in the south. Which is funny, because the song was written by a white guy," says Lupe. "The fruit has ripened in 2012, it's still just as strange, just as odd, among the other layers in the song. That's the "America" portion of the album."
http://hiphopwired.com/2012/08/23/8-things-you-must-know-about-lupe-fiascos-food-liquor-2-the-great-american-rap-album-pt-1/2/
― (professor) (longneck), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
this fuckin guy
― some dude, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
you know, I read that comment and really didn't parse it until you said "this fuckin guy"
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
That's the "America" portion of the thread.
― some dude, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
u_u
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Saturday, 25 August 2012 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
as opposed to the "great" portion of the album
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 August 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
have we observed that the album cover idea was stolen from spinal tap
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Saturday, 25 August 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno -- Lupe himself is stolen from Spinal TAp
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 August 2012 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
second response hall of fame up there
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Saturday, 25 August 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
'An example of the split of the album is evident in its introductory track, "Strange Fruition (The Art Of Falling Off)." The first voice you hear on the album is a speech by James Baldwin on the "N-Word" and how it is a word created by Americans. "We invented the word N-Word, white people invented it," says Baldwin on the track before the Soundtrakk-produced beat drops. The song sets the pace for the album not as a return to form of the old Lupe from Food And Liquor, but as an evolution to what he is now. He's backing up his bold statements of our homeland with facts from historians.'
― thomp, Saturday, 25 August 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
i thought this revive would be for the SPIN thing
― thomp, Saturday, 25 August 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
spin thing chat is in the spin thread
― The Reverend, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
so... Food & Liquor II appears to be a boring, poorly conceived exercise in concern-trolling
no real surprises there, I guess
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
He's backing up his bold statements of our homeland with facts from historians.'
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
The thing that made The Cool work for me was so many of the songs were told from the standpoint of a character, whether it was Lupe himself talking about how much he sucks at Street Fighter II or vignettes about child soldiers or epidemics or a dude struggling to make it in the rap game; he was telling a story, and there was an implied moral viewpoint but you didn't need to subscribe to it, and the points where there was an explicit moral viewpoint were tied up in crazy allusions and wordplay (see: "Dumb It Down").
This has been replaced by songs like "Audobon Ballroom" with this immortal chorus:
Now white peopleCan't say 'nigga'Sorry gotta take it backNow black peopleWe're not niggasCuz God made us better than that
DROP THAT SCIENCE, LUPE
ffs no one wanted you to rap MORE like Kanye, you moron
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
oh my god and "Bitch Bad" actually makes me want to smack my head against a brick wall
seriously how do you even make a song like this and not go "huh, not only is this condescending paternalistic Marc Loiism to the nth degree, but it also sounds like hot trash in July"
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
how is this the same person who wrote "Dumb It Down"
has he been smoking a lot of weed, is that what happened?
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, what the hell, I'll defend this record. I can't rep for "Bad Bitch" and some of the sillier songs on the second half of the disc, but the first side has a great energy. It's spirited and funny, and for the first time in a while Lupe sounds open to the suggestion that maybe he's opinions aren't the end all be all. He seems more self-aware than his obnoxious online presence would have you believe, and I like the way he #KanyeShrugs his way through some of his stupidier positions (not voting, calling the president a terrorist). Plus the production is really good. All in all way better than I could have expected from post-Lasers Lupe.
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
huh
I didn't even make it to the second half of the album because I found the first half so self-important and stupid, so I can't even imagine what the second half must be like
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Second half has some bad love songs and some misguided features, and it just goes on too long. But I think you're missing the humor in the record, taking some things at face value that aren't meant to be. That's probably Lupe's fault—he puts his foot in his mouth so much these days—but I think he finds a good balance on this album between serious Lupe and just fucking around Lupe
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
one of the worst things about "Bitch Bad" is the smirking "ah, the plot thickens" attemps at levity
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
So many bad things about "Bad Bitch" I couldn't even list them, but the "reading from a teleprompter" flow is a deal breaker, too. Also the story just makes no damn sense.
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
"Bitch Bad," excuse me. Allergy med season has me typo-ing like crazy
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
there's a local radio DJ who intros the song like "let's get into some new lupe, bad beeeeeyotch" with zero irony
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
hahahaha. The weird thing is Lupe uses "bitch" in a non-ironic, non-deconstructed way on the album, too. Granted he doesn't direct it at women, but it just muddles his already confused argument that much more
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
His "I'm killing these bitchesssss!" adlib is maybe the only part of that song I like. It's legitimately funny, and it makes an argument more cleanly in about two seconds than he's able to in 48 bars
― Evan R, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Lupe 2016
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, I was actually thinking of you when that story broke.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
So did I!
― Ulna (Nicole), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
he'll only be 34, dammit
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
LF was tweeting about social revolution, Marxist analysis of technology etc and retweeting others doing the same, then came this: https://twitter.com/LupeFiasco/status/333713212933562368. RIP Lupe, brutally silenced by capitalist apparatchiks.
― ohmigud (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 12 May 2013 23:44 (ten years ago) link
my favorite part of this is that the account now constantly retweets people who praise lupe, including one person who likes him "because he doesn't sugar code"
― seanpennderizer (some dude), Sunday, 12 May 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
I am under the impression that Tetsuo & Youth is kind of awesome. I own no previous LP LPs but I am going to probably pick this one up. What does ILX think of it? It's getting solid reviews elsewhere...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 7 March 2015 11:54 (nine years ago) link
i think it's surprisingly good compared to his last 2 albums but not necessarily that great by any other measure, and definitely not as good as Food & Liquor
lol the first post in this thread
― some dude, Saturday, 7 March 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
i like food & liquor! well, i played most of it anyway. and liked it. never heard it. that's all i got...
― scott seward, Saturday, 21 March 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Tetsuo and Youth is an amazing album that has depth to it but is very easily digestible, it goes down smooth, real smooth. Highly recommended.
― Sunnyside, Saturday, 21 March 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
i enjoy "kick push" very much
― brimstead, Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Listening to the Lasers LP now.
― Sunnyside, Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
Ahh someone please help. There's an awesome Lupe song that's like 7 or 8?min long and the piano on it is so dope, it just kind of develops and progress and then the song ends with him singing in harmony with himself. Can't find it anywhere after I first listened to it!!!
― Sunnyside, Sunday, 22 March 2015 07:06 (nine years ago) link
Tetsuo & Youth had been a highlight of hip hop in 2015, when I was still distantly following new releases.I'm playing it back now and I find it literally brilliant with its combination of chill long tracks and great bass lines. I can sip on it. It also really sounds like Kanye West if he was not bipolar and talented at rap (the influence is pretty obvious, back then I was thinking more of Cunninlynguists' Oneirology).Has ILX considered doing a POLL of 2010s hip hop ?
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
I agree that its a great and even underrated album
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 18 October 2019 06:52 (four years ago) link
I missed Lupe's set Friday night at Yankee Stadium - it took three hours to leave my place and get into Yankee Stadium, and when I finally got in, Common was finishing up - but I've been catching up today via the livestream that's still up. He's at 02:25:00 (whole show was eight hours long):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgGyYGPTXCg
Great set, I especially love the stage shots where you see Yankee Stadium in front of him - is this the biggest audience he ever had for a solo performance? Thought it was sweet how he said he felt like a rookie at an All-Star Game, but he lives up to the moment - it never ceases to amaze me how he'll unleash a torrent of words on every single verse that never seems to stop. Really amazing breath control.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 13 August 2023 21:19 (seven months ago) link