As Lupe's gone on his lyrical journey of rapping good during his career he's gotten significantly worse with making songs.Lupe is just too good at rap
Go figure.
As Lupe's gone on his lyrical journey of rapping good during his career he's gotten significantly worse with making songs.Lupe is just too good at rap
Don't even feel like explaining. Lol.Why do you say?
Samurai is one of his best songs.As Lupe's gone on his lyrical journey of rapping good during his career he's gotten significantly worse with making songs.
Go figure.
Why do you say?
lolSamurai is one of his best songs.

lol
I've been a fan of Lupe since the mixtape days. Dating back to the IC (AllHipHop) and SOHH days. Used to sing his praises heavily to the point that people on his team would DM with links to tapes before they even dropped.
With that being said, man GTFOH.
If you think Samurai is on of his best songs, you really do not know a damn thing about his discography or what a "good" song sounds like.
He was already making the Winehouse album before he met Nas in the studio. He asked Nas to collab for an EP (Not for the Winehouse album) but he didnโt respond.Its an inside joke between me and @spliz
Basically Lupe went on his IG Live maybe 3 years ago and said that he met with Nas in the studio and they had a great conversation and Nas gave him his number. The next day he texted Nas โLets do an EP dedicated to Amy Whinehouseโ and Nas left him on read and never responded lmao.
Lupe never met Amy Whinehouse whilst Nas and Amy were really close friends. Spliz pointed out that Lupe asking Nas to
Collaborate on an EP dedicated to Amy when Lupe never knew her might come off as a boneheaded move.
Youโre telling me Samurai isnโt good?lol
I've been a fan of Lupe since the mixtape days. Dating back to the IC (AllHipHop) and SOHH days. Used to sing his praises heavily to the point that people on his team would DM with links to tapes before they even dropped.
With that being said, man GTFOH.
If you think Samurai is on of his best songs, you really do not know a damn thing about his discography or what a "good" song sounds like.

How you gonna say this to someone in a 100% subjective, opinion-based art form like music? Especially rap music. People like what they likeโฆand dislike what they dislike. Person isnโt wrong for loving a piece of art and thinking itโs one of an artistโs best just because you donโt agree, itโs art,If you think Samurai is on of his best songs, you really do not know a damn thing about his discography or what a "good" song sounds like.
If you haven't already, listen to Mick Jenkins instead. Younger and just more in tune and sharper lyrically than most of these guys right now... Including LupeI appreciate Lupe for Lupe and iโm also aware that he was traumatized by the shyt that went down at Atlantic to the point where he said โfukk it. Iโm focusing STRICTLY on lyricsโ. Heโs said that himself.
Drill Music In Zion was a really good album to me and iโm expecting Samurai to be the same. Lupe fulfills my โlyrical miracleโ listening needs and iโve got Kendrick, Cole, Joey Badass, and of course the legends like Nas, Common, and Pusha T if I want to hear expertly crafted balancing between lyricism and song writing.
In my mind Lupe already proved he can be an excellent song maker if he so desires. His first three albums are chalk full of great SONGS that donโt go overboard.
There's nothing special about Samurai as a song.Youโre telling me Samurai isnโt good?
Jawn is his highest rated single on various platforms for a reason.
Saying the song is one of his best, is disrespectful to his catalog. Subjectively speaking. No. It's not, let's just cut the bullshytHow you gonna say this to someone in a 100% subjective, opinion-based art form like music? Especially rap music. People like what they likeโฆand dislike what they dislike. Person isnโt wrong for loving a piece of art and thinking itโs one of an artistโs best just because you donโt agree, itโs art,![]()
Youโve heard it?It's out there