Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS Light (Discussion Thread)
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VladTheImpaler
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Brehs...before I give this a good listen today....tell me...
is there one song on this album better that Blur my Hands from Tetsuo
is there one song on this album better that Blur my Hands from Tetsuo
Brehs...before I give this a good listen today....tell me...
is there one song on this album better that Blur my Hands from Tetsuo
Wanna put my name on itThe opening wordplay on law
But don't wanna end the friendship
Cuz that's a declaration of independence
Would you lie for it/would July 4 it?
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oO J Smooth Oo
All Star
Wanna put my name on it
But don't wanna end the friendship
Cuz that's a declaration of independence
Would you lie for it/would July 4 it?
Then the tiger Woods metaphor for sex in the last verse
Initial thoughts on album...
It's really good. I honestly feel like this was Lupe's way of showing "Ya'll want an album like this? I could do this easily." This album is basically the answer to people who say they don't like Lupe. With that said, unless a Lupe fan is super strict about needing bars to be heavy AF and the hip hop "pure", core fans will like this too. I'm a versatile listener of music, so I don't need my hip hop to be a certain way as long as it's not ignorant AF and destructive and shows a degree of skill. That's all there on this in spades, is what I expect from Lupe, so that's why I really like it even though it's definitely not what I'm used to from him.
First off, this album is WAY better than Lasers. This album has soul and grit and production that doesn't feel cheesy AF (sans Wild Child and Pick Up The Phone), which Lasers was saturated with. Lyrically it is not as dense as Food & Liquor 2, but it's so much more fun to listen to and Lupe obviously sounds way more interested on DL than on that.
This album is not a masterpiece. I think Pick Up the Phone is cheesy as fukk, and while I enjoy Wild Child more, it's also cheesy as fukk. Made in the USA is the only track on the first half I don't love, and the album clearly lacks the masterful cohesion of Tetsuo & Youth -- which was basically a perfect album -- The Cool or Food & Liquor.
But then again, for those who follow Lupe on Twitter, it was very obvious what this album was going to be at least a year ago. It's a LIGHT album, but it's still a really good one. I give it a solid B, or a 3.5/5.
Kill, Tranquillo, Dopamine Lit, and It's Not By Design are definitely the best songs on here for my own sensibilities. I know It's Not By Design isn't for everyone, but I came up on groovy sounding disco house music like that, so that beast + those guest vocals + Lupe bars was enough to sell me all the way.
Jump is the most Lupe-ish track on here and probably the favorite among his fans. City of the Year is fukking sick if you remove Rondo's verse. NGL is highly relevant and should be a must listen to any young brother or sister coming up in the hood. Promise is EXACTLY what these nikkas wanna here, and I rock with its simplicity heavy.
Dopamine Lit - 5/5
NGL - 4/5
Promise - 5/5
Made in the USA - 3/5
Jump - 5/5
City of the Year - 4/5 (5/5 without Rondo)
High - 3/5
Tranquillo - 5/5
Kill - 5/5 (the best song on the album)
LAW - 3/5
Pick Up The Phone - 2/5
It's Not Design - 5/5
More Than My Heart - 4/5
Final Score - 3.5/5, could grow to 4 or shrink to a 3 in time.
1. Tetsuo & Youth - A+
2. The Cool - A+
3. Food & Liquor - A
4. DROGAS light - B
5. Food & Liquor II - B-
6. Lasers - C-
It's really good. I honestly feel like this was Lupe's way of showing "Ya'll want an album like this? I could do this easily." This album is basically the answer to people who say they don't like Lupe. With that said, unless a Lupe fan is super strict about needing bars to be heavy AF and the hip hop "pure", core fans will like this too. I'm a versatile listener of music, so I don't need my hip hop to be a certain way as long as it's not ignorant AF and destructive and shows a degree of skill. That's all there on this in spades, is what I expect from Lupe, so that's why I really like it even though it's definitely not what I'm used to from him.
First off, this album is WAY better than Lasers. This album has soul and grit and production that doesn't feel cheesy AF (sans Wild Child and Pick Up The Phone), which Lasers was saturated with. Lyrically it is not as dense as Food & Liquor 2, but it's so much more fun to listen to and Lupe obviously sounds way more interested on DL than on that.
This album is not a masterpiece. I think Pick Up the Phone is cheesy as fukk, and while I enjoy Wild Child more, it's also cheesy as fukk. Made in the USA is the only track on the first half I don't love, and the album clearly lacks the masterful cohesion of Tetsuo & Youth -- which was basically a perfect album -- The Cool or Food & Liquor.
But then again, for those who follow Lupe on Twitter, it was very obvious what this album was going to be at least a year ago. It's a LIGHT album, but it's still a really good one. I give it a solid B, or a 3.5/5.
Kill, Tranquillo, Dopamine Lit, and It's Not By Design are definitely the best songs on here for my own sensibilities. I know It's Not By Design isn't for everyone, but I came up on groovy sounding disco house music like that, so that beast + those guest vocals + Lupe bars was enough to sell me all the way.
Jump is the most Lupe-ish track on here and probably the favorite among his fans. City of the Year is fukking sick if you remove Rondo's verse. NGL is highly relevant and should be a must listen to any young brother or sister coming up in the hood. Promise is EXACTLY what these nikkas wanna here, and I rock with its simplicity heavy.
Dopamine Lit - 5/5
NGL - 4/5
Promise - 5/5
Made in the USA - 3/5
Jump - 5/5
City of the Year - 4/5 (5/5 without Rondo)
High - 3/5
Tranquillo - 5/5
Kill - 5/5 (the best song on the album)
LAW - 3/5
Pick Up The Phone - 2/5
It's Not Design - 5/5
More Than My Heart - 4/5
Final Score - 3.5/5, could grow to 4 or shrink to a 3 in time.
1. Tetsuo & Youth - A+
2. The Cool - A+
3. Food & Liquor - A
4. DROGAS light - B
5. Food & Liquor II - B-
6. Lasers - C-
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Didnt like Ty until that Money Showers joint (to which I thot he outshined both rappers... He and the beat were mutually a strong tandem and were basically the opus of the track).
That said, really anticipating gold based on what yall testimonies are alluding towards.
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That said, really anticipating gold based on what yall testimonies are alluding towards.
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Lupe hittem with the
Promise, but I keep it real
I keep it 100, I Promise
I keep it 100, I Promise
I keep it 1000, I Promise
I keep it 10000, I Promise
I'm keepin' it honest, I Promise...
I keep it 100, I Promise
I keep it 100, I Promise
I keep it 1000, I Promise
I keep it 10000, I Promise
I'm keepin' it honest, I Promise...
What Lupe can freestyle off the top is what nikkas need to give themselves migraines to write.
In Drake's case hire writers
AldavisAlbundyAllah!
All Star
You need to learn elementary mathmatics in order to be a Lupe fan. ( New rule , starting today
)YOUR score : 59 points ( out of 13 tracks )
Perfect score: 65 points
59/65 = 0.90
5 * 0.90= 4.5
YOU GAVE DROGAS LIGHT 4.5 / 5.
IF nikkaS CANT DO MATH, nikkaS GONNA LOSE !!
I made an error , can you find it 
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Brehs...before I give this a good listen today....tell me...
is there one song on this album better that Blur my Hands from Tetsuo
No.
qnsfinest
Superstar
Fukkk man, I've only listened to the first 6 tracks so far and I'm not impressed. Coming from a huge lupe fan, he swung and missed.
I clearly see what he is trying to do with this album, but this isn't his lane. Food n liquor, the cool and tetso are clearly his lane.
So far, tranquillo is my only half way decent track like.
I clearly see what he is trying to do with this album, but this isn't his lane. Food n liquor, the cool and tetso are clearly his lane.
So far, tranquillo is my only half way decent track like.