Lupe Fiasco - Haile Selassie Appreciation

[Figaro]

I'm not sure why this didn't make Tetsuo & Youth, the vibe fits perfect with the album...

I was off Lu after Lasers and F&L II.....but when i heard this joint man i had hope for the next album & he delivered

Him & Soundtrakk just need to stop fukking around & drop a album together.

The content, the beat, the lyrics & that thought provoking chorus...let's all appreciate this together brehs

 

[Cadillac]

he could put this on the upcoming album, but I doubt it

this might come out on a 5th anniversary edition of T&Y if there will be one

 

[brianwuzhere]

I'm not sure why this didn't make Tetsuo & Youth, the vibe fits perfect with the album...

This was one of the loosies he was letting go every week while Atlantic was holding his album hostage again. So, it didn't make the album cause T&Y as we know it didn't exist yet and at this point, it was still only Album #5, just another compromise made up of half of DROGAS Light songs and the other half, stuff that sounds like Old School Love. Soundtrakk collabs have created some of Lu's best music, so it's great he's supposed to be handling a good chunk of the production on Wave and the 3rd verse sounds like a preview of what's to come:

Hydrant open wide
On the side of the colonized
Swimmin' in the street, fell asleep on my mama thighs
Blockin' out the noise that destroys little boys
Live enjoy, ships ahoy, get deployed by the rock-a-byes

 

[smokeurobinson]

Off topic.....within the past 2 years I came across 3 American raised Jamacians in their early 20's who didnt know who Haile Selassie was. Broke my heart.

 

[Enzo]

Off topic.....within the past 2 years I came across 3 American raised Jamacians in their early 20's who didnt know who Haile Selassie was. Broke my heart.

They may not be Rasta

 

[LevelUp]

Rep

 

[dready]

One of lupes best tracks. We know why the record label was holding back lupe from releasing music,they don't want anything with substance coming out the black man's mouth and have it be their dollar pushing it BUT they love to kick n push poison and ignorant artists. Allah bless lupe!