Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (Discussion thread)*Stream*

[Anti-Anime]

nikka COOKED Ab-Soul

Beat retarded with a flow to match

notice all the comments yapping about soul's verse when it was so basic compared to lupe's

 

[NoHalfWay]

notice all the comments yapping about soul's verse when it was so basic compared to lupe's

People in the comments all over them lil wordplay and corny punchlines Soul was throwing out

Lupe was on some other shyt with the metaphors and imagery.

 

[KiD WavE]

to be honest listening to lupe makes me feel like a dumbass so much shyt i dont understand

 

[NoHalfWay]

to be honest listening to lupe makes me feel like a dumbass so much shyt i dont understand

I think I got most of this album

Well, not every single lyric, but the general idea/plot behind the tracks.

He did say this album was an abstract painting, a lot of it is left for listener's personal interpretation.

 

[DrX]

to be honest listening to lupe makes me feel like a dumbass so much shyt i dont understand

that's because he don't be saying nothing...just be brainwashing ppl into thinking hes "deep"

 

[NoHalfWay]

that's because he don't be saying nothing...just be brainwashing ppl into thinking hes "deep"

But... he's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf

 

[OfTheCross]

But... he's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf

 

[Malta]

AOTY


Nothing else has the staying power like this shyt, can still listen to it from start to end.

 

[We Major]

(Tell me what to do)
Limo to the limit, fill it till the brim get in it
You can't get it, if you gotta ask
(Make me pretty)
In that case I want two masks
Bottom class, dollar cast
Poppin' tags, droppin' trash in shopping bags
Till Akeem take our pocket cash
(Am I beautiful?)
Write it in lights, molly in the body of Christ
Drop me to the lobby from heights
Then over the threshold to redeem the doorway
Fourteen broads like the king of Norway
Fourteen broads having dreams of foreplay
Fourteen arm Shiva (viva la coup!)
If the government get it I'm a fool





and then this opener...

I got my chopper full and my black tee, slide


2 of those moments of hip-hop this year that make me

 

[NoHalfWay]

The hooks on this album are phenomenal.

 

[hustlemania]

 

[NoHalfWay]

5th year with the DOC
You can see what's CO see
Robocop opt his COP
3 hots and a C-O-T
Lived in a small town, his whole life
Never left, soundin' like the hole, right?
Either working at the prison, or it's no lights
In the system working with the po-lice
In the prison stripping nikkas phone rights
Got a malice, on the other side of the bars
Watching nikkas get smart, watching nikkas get strong
Watching nikkas get home, he jail us
But deep down he jealous
With each sweep down, he tell us
With each beat down, he help us
Wrong one gon' knock his ass out though
It's why he gotta lock all the nikkas out for
Warden told the boy he better calm down
Step back from the brink and put the bomb down
But how the whole world in your palm sound?
It's why they treat nikkas like shyt
Writing raps to the taps, keep the face mask on 'em these nikkas might spit!

Powerful

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

I feel like I didn't give this album a proper spin I gotta go back and do that.

 

[We Major]

I feel like I didn't give this album a proper spin I gotta go back and do that.

 

[IslandG]

Finally copped it. Amazing. Right up there with The Cool