Lupe Fiasco

Yeah, I was a little weirded out by that. Figure he knows that Lupe's audience is different from his so he drops that clumsy Warhol reference like Ooh the college kids'll like this. And he's never been good with beats that make him rap slowly (cf. "Hustlin").

For me "Just Might Be Okay" is the abosolute killer.

I think this is like a 70/30 split, damn near classic if he had trimmed it and toyed with the sequencing a bit. Fucking intro, fucking 16 minutes of shout outs, and putting that slow track up front really soured my first few listens. Now that I've dug back into it I'm significantly happier than I was initially, but still disappointed it doesn't fulfill the promise of the leak.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/mygreyfriends/LPFag.gif

they say one of the songs on jigga's album will be based on some basquiat painting he owns as well.

(bagsy 'rammelljay-z' btw)

yeah or like, choosing bapes over nike. really making a statement yknow?

it's a mystery to me why people don't find lupe as trite as pharrell.

I thought that beat was crazydumbhotness!

Re: the Jay track, absolute agreement. WTF.

And you know what, fuck all that anyway because he's a killer MC. And I shouldn't even have to qualify that. The most gut-wrenching ONE BAR I've heard in hip-hop all year is from Lupe, because it's complicated subject matter phrased with a complicated rhyme scheme and full of great visuals, yet he makes it seem so EFFORTLESS:

No positive male role model/To play football or build railroad models

The new DJ Envy/Lupe Chi-Town Guevera mixtape is. FUCKING. HOTTTTTT11111

Wot? Where? How?

"check your ingredients before you overdose on...the cool"

Apparently the new record is called The Cool and will continue the story of the guy from the least entertaining song on the first album.

-- Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Friday, January 19, 2007 10:15 PM

"Dumb It Down" is awesome.

Actually the whole album ranges from good to awesome.

he was on ellen this AM

woah, really? That's surprising!

yep she had kanye on once too, kanye made the "i had to come on your show cuz i'll do anything for a blonde dyke" joke tee hee

lololololololol

Soulja Boy dude was on Ellen, too. she is single-handedly responsible for all black music in America today. i believe she also gave Ice Cube his verse on 'Straight Outta Compton' to build his confidence.

What a wonderful world this would be if the above were true!

i never lie about the ellen show

I meant the whole "Ellen gave Ice Cube his verse on 'Straight Outta Compton'" thing.

i know! i just want people to know where i stand, it's an election year

lol

My mom, last night: "Some rapper has dropped out of Last Day of Classes so he can tour with Kanye West."
Me: "What's his name?"
Her: "Now I can't think of it..."
Me: "Uh... Yung Joc? Hurricane Chris? Souja Boy? It can't be Lil Wayne."
Her: "No, it's not Lil Wayne."
Me: !

hahaha

i can't believe danzig started this thread

I can.

He's a featured artist on mtv all week

danzig?

danzig

i have some questions about this superstar joint

1) who is this tard singing the chorus?? is this the cat from one republic or coldplay dude or what?

2) why does the intro sound like old acid house? is this sampled from a guy called gerald or something?

it's some random guy lupe signed to his label

His name is Matthew Santos.

1) who is this tard singing the chorus?? is this the cat from one republic or coldplay dude or what?

false coldplay dude called matthew santos. did some bad choruses on food & liquor too.

2) why does the intro sound like old acid house? is this sampled from a guy called gerald or something?

cause fnf's in-house producers are crazy

-- and what, Thursday, 14 February 2008 19:20

xp

did some bad choruses on food & liquor too.

I'm sure I've said this before but "American Terrorist" was like my #1 keeper off that album.

Why does the beginning of the "Superstar" video look like the beginning of the "U Got the Look" video?

Lupe's bungling of Tribe Called Quest lyrics on some award show seems to have tainted him for some

lol welcome to three months ago

it did make him seem like a taint, yeah.

I think cuz he's on tour now it was getting brought up again.

Lupe's bungling of Tribe Called Quest lyrics on some award show seems to have tainted him for some

-- curmudgeon, Friday, 15 February 2008 21:04

yeah i'm a little skeptical of his 'i never heard tribe before' shit cause "paris, tokyo" sounds straight off midnight marauders.