disgust at them nikkas in that Lupe thread saying FL2 is better than LIG
Lupe Fiasco's album is a perfect example of being popular online ONLY
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gotdamn yall got trolled 
Haven't heard the album yet, haven't had much of an urge to listen to any new stuff. I got Cruel Summer and Big Sean's tape too and just haven't really had the urge to listen to them.
Haven't heard the album yet, haven't had much of an urge to listen to any new stuff. I got Cruel Summer and Big Sean's tape too and just haven't really had the urge to listen to them.
it's like he wants you to have theface after every line.
I noticed that. It used to be so effortless for him before, especially on his mixtapes.
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can I come
sorry just seein this. hell yeah!
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find me anytime after 11 or so, i'll be in the DJ booth
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if you think lupe's raps are condescending and smug you should see his inbred stans
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Real nikkas don't bump Lu at parties.... fukk wrong with you? 
I'm a Lupe stan and you play him around some college bytches who wanna see your "intellectual" side 
Lupe Fiasco makes trill music, it's just for more a chill audience, don't sleep I fukk with Rozay and Meek Milly HARD
Oh always shoutout to the TROLL GOD Char
I'm a Lupe stan and you play him around some college bytches who wanna see your "intellectual" side Lupe Fiasco makes trill music, it's just for more a chill audience, don't sleep I fukk with Rozay and Meek Milly HARD
Oh always shoutout to the TROLL GOD Char
I noticed that. It used to be so effortless for him before, especially on his mixtapes.
Why do nikkas have a disdain for effort?
seriously.
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Why do nikkas have a disdain for effort?
he tries too hard, it sounds forced and contrived and corny
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The only rap artists I hear people play in real life are as follows:
Rick Ross
Drake
Lil Wayne
Tyga
Waka Flocka
2 Chainz
Young Jeezy
Future.
Whether or not Lupe is too in depth or boring for these people is irrelevant. If it isn't what the mainstream is pushing, these people aren't listening to it.
Rick Ross
Drake
Lil Wayne
Tyga
Waka Flocka
2 Chainz
Young Jeezy
Future.
Whether or not Lupe is too in depth or boring for these people is irrelevant. If it isn't what the mainstream is pushing, these people aren't listening to it.
I hear this alot here and heard it back on :therat: about Jigga, Nas, Papoose, Buttons, Wayne, Lupe etc.
Can anyone using Lupe as an example show me the effortless vs too much effort. Citing his actual raps, because I just dont hear it.
Maybe im thinking about it wrong, but forcing it would be too me like Lil Wayne rappin tryin to rap a song like Lucifer or something 'exquisite' like yachts and speedboats, exotic places and seafoods ala Ross.
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I've caught on to the whole over the top internet troll schtick and that's cool. But food for thought. Feeding your ego will always come natural and easier than having control over it. If you're standing for change and improvement for the people you love it's going to take effort. Especially when people are against you for it. It's easier going with the status quo and being loved for negativity. Than being hated for taking a stand.
Listened to it last night and again this morning. Album is FIRE. I can appreciate Freedom Ain't Free and Lamborghini Angels more now within the context of the album. Lupe Fiasco, like Nas ironically, isn't really a "singles" artist per say. When he drops something natural to himself that just happens to cross over (Kick Push, Superstar) it's a great thing, but when he does something forced and label coerced (Show Goes On, Out Of My Head) then it just doesn't feel right. I'm one of the main ones who enjoyed Lasers outside of the songs that were obviously forced on him, F&L2 is an improvement in almost EVERY facet in comparison. This truly is his Stillmatic in the sense that its a statement album for those who should have never doubted him in the first place. When has Lupe EVER fallen off lyrically? When has he truly ever lost his way? Is this NOT the same man who had both Sunshine and American Terrorist on the album? The same man who had Superstar and Hi-Definition on the same album next to an entire semi-concept album about a young man falling victim to the street life? The same man who Hello/Goodbye next to Dumb It Down and The Die?
Now where exactly was the great and unforgivable hypocrisy of Lasers? An album that had Till I Get There mixed with Words I Never Said. Show Goes On mixed with All Black Everything. It's the natural progression of the artist, as the artist himself said that certain things were forced upon him by the label and never backed down from those claims even as he debuted at number 1 for the first time? It boggles my mind when I hear posters saying that Lasers was just so garbage that they had completely given up on him
it doesn't make any sense, ESPECIALLY since he gave us an excellent mixtape before that album and another excellent mixtape following...
F&L2 isn't a return to the "old" Lupe. It's less a sequel and more a progression, in the same way that "Nasty Nas" will never again appear for an entire album, neither so will the 25 year old Lupe who was on the OG F&L. This is what the artist has grown to be and that's a damn great MC who chooses to use his platform to speak on issues that are relevant to not only Black culture, but the greater AMERICAN culture. This album should receive the utmost of praise for its lyrical prowess, message, and determination to actually SPEAK to the listener. Again for those who say that they are tired of preaching and heavy handed messages throughout the music let me ask you, who ELSE on a mainstream level is doing this? Are Hot 97 and your local radio stations blasting Freedom Ain't Free all day on the radio? Has video been number 1 on 106 & c00ns for the past two months? Has the album received nonstop promotion that I've been personally missing? Where ELSE are we being "preached too" in popular music? The only other artist who goes as deeply into such subjects for an albums length is Nas, that's pretty much it. J.Cole will give you a Lost Ones and Lights Please every so often, Kendrick Lamar will spit a fukk Your Ethnicity or Hiiipower, but Lupe Fiasco will shoot a video for bytch Bad and break it down for you EXACTLY how the popular themes and messages sent to today's youth have negatively effected our culture. How can we dismiss such songs as "overly preachy" when such songs are such a tiny minority of our genre? A genre that we are so quick to claim as an expression of "Black Culture and ingenuity"? THIS is what we should championing as the forefront representative of Hip Hop, not Chief Keef laughing over the murder of a fellow teenaged rapper. Not Kanye West proudly proclaiming that his bytch got famous over a home made porno video that her MOTHER leaked
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Lupe Fiasco is an extremely gifted lyricist who has crafted an excellent album that can be placed alongside Life Is Good and R.A.P Music as the finest examples of Hip Hop for a more seasoned listener, and by more seasoned Im not implying older or even more mature, I'm saying that the themes expressed in these albums speak to the appreciation of Hip Hop as art through expression. Pain, Joy, grief, disappointment, longing, ambition, determination and great contemplation went into the writing, production, arraignment, sequencing, and concept of these albums. How in the world can somebody listen to this album and come away thinking that Lupe lacks passion for subject? Listen to Battle Scars, sure it's a love song, but the lyrics, delivery, and presentation of the entire song doesn't scream "generic club banger". Form Follows Function doesn't scream "lazy/uninspired". This is exactly what we've been waiting on from an artist of Lupe's caliber. This is a beautiful album brehs, a piece of work that was given very careful thought and should be appreciated as such
Now where exactly was the great and unforgivable hypocrisy of Lasers? An album that had Till I Get There mixed with Words I Never Said. Show Goes On mixed with All Black Everything. It's the natural progression of the artist, as the artist himself said that certain things were forced upon him by the label and never backed down from those claims even as he debuted at number 1 for the first time? It boggles my mind when I hear posters saying that Lasers was just so garbage that they had completely given up on him
it doesn't make any sense, ESPECIALLY since he gave us an excellent mixtape before that album and another excellent mixtape following...F&L2 isn't a return to the "old" Lupe. It's less a sequel and more a progression, in the same way that "Nasty Nas" will never again appear for an entire album, neither so will the 25 year old Lupe who was on the OG F&L. This is what the artist has grown to be and that's a damn great MC who chooses to use his platform to speak on issues that are relevant to not only Black culture, but the greater AMERICAN culture. This album should receive the utmost of praise for its lyrical prowess, message, and determination to actually SPEAK to the listener. Again for those who say that they are tired of preaching and heavy handed messages throughout the music let me ask you, who ELSE on a mainstream level is doing this? Are Hot 97 and your local radio stations blasting Freedom Ain't Free all day on the radio? Has video been number 1 on 106 & c00ns for the past two months? Has the album received nonstop promotion that I've been personally missing? Where ELSE are we being "preached too" in popular music? The only other artist who goes as deeply into such subjects for an albums length is Nas, that's pretty much it. J.Cole will give you a Lost Ones and Lights Please every so often, Kendrick Lamar will spit a fukk Your Ethnicity or Hiiipower, but Lupe Fiasco will shoot a video for bytch Bad and break it down for you EXACTLY how the popular themes and messages sent to today's youth have negatively effected our culture. How can we dismiss such songs as "overly preachy" when such songs are such a tiny minority of our genre? A genre that we are so quick to claim as an expression of "Black Culture and ingenuity"? THIS is what we should championing as the forefront representative of Hip Hop, not Chief Keef laughing over the murder of a fellow teenaged rapper. Not Kanye West proudly proclaiming that his bytch got famous over a home made porno video that her MOTHER leaked
. Lupe Fiasco is an extremely gifted lyricist who has crafted an excellent album that can be placed alongside Life Is Good and R.A.P Music as the finest examples of Hip Hop for a more seasoned listener, and by more seasoned Im not implying older or even more mature, I'm saying that the themes expressed in these albums speak to the appreciation of Hip Hop as art through expression. Pain, Joy, grief, disappointment, longing, ambition, determination and great contemplation went into the writing, production, arraignment, sequencing, and concept of these albums. How in the world can somebody listen to this album and come away thinking that Lupe lacks passion for subject? Listen to Battle Scars, sure it's a love song, but the lyrics, delivery, and presentation of the entire song doesn't scream "generic club banger". Form Follows Function doesn't scream "lazy/uninspired". This is exactly what we've been waiting on from an artist of Lupe's caliber. This is a beautiful album brehs, a piece of work that was given very careful thought and should be appreciated as such
Sorry my dude but...Listened to it last night and again this morning. Album is FIRE. I can appreciate Freedom Ain't Free and Lamborghini Angels more now within the context of the album. Lupe Fiasco, like Nas ironically, isn't really a "singles" artist per say. When he drops something natural to himself that just happens to cross over (Kick Push, Superstar) it's a great thing, but when he does something forced and label coerced (Show Goes On, Out Of My Head) then it just doesn't feel right. I'm one of the main ones who enjoyed Lasers outside of the songs that were obviously forced on him, F&L2 is an improvement in almost EVERY facet in comparison. This truly is his Stillmatic in the sense that its a statement album for those who should have never doubted him in the first place. When has Lupe EVER fallen off lyrically? When has he truly ever lost his way? Is this NOT the same man who had both Sunshine and American Terrorist on the album? The same man who had Superstar and Hi-Definition on the same album next to an entire semi-concept album about a young man falling victim to the street life? The same man who Hello/Goodbye next to Dumb It Down and The Die?
Now where exactly was the great and unforgivable hypocrisy of Lasers? An album that had Till I Get There mixed with Words I Never Said. Show Goes On mixed with All Black Everything. It's the natural progression of the artist, as the artist himself said that certain things were forced upon him by the label and never backed down from those claims even as he debuted at number 1 for the first time? It boggles my mind when I hear posters saying that Lasers was just so garbage that they had completely given up on him
F&L2 isn't a return to the "old" Lupe. It's less a sequel and more a progression, in the same way that "Nasty Nas" will never again appear for an entire album, neither so will the 25 year old Lupe who was on the OG F&L. This is what the artist has grown to be and that's a damn great MC who chooses to use his platform to speak on issues that are relevant to not only Black culture, but the greater AMERICAN culture. This album should receive the utmost of praise for its lyrical prowess, message, and determination to actually SPEAK to the listener. Again for those who say that they are tired of preaching and heavy handed messages throughout the music let me ask you, who ELSE on a mainstream level is doing this? Are Hot 97 and your local radio stations blasting Freedom Ain't Free all day on the radio? Has video been number 1 on 106 & c00ns for the past two months? Has the album received nonstop promotion that I've been personally missing? Where ELSE are we being "preached too" in popular music? The only other artist who goes as deeply into such subjects for an albums length is Nas, that's pretty much it. J.Cole will give you a Lost Ones and Lights Please every so often, Kendrick Lamar will spit a fukk Your Ethnicity or Hiiipower, but Lupe Fiasco will shoot a video for bytch Bad and break it down for you EXACTLY how the popular themes and messages sent to today's youth have negatively effected our culture. How can we dismiss such songs as "overly preachy" when such songs are such a tiny minority of our genre? A genre that we are so quick to claim as an expression of "Black Culture and ingenuity"? THIS is what we should championing as the forefront representative of Hip Hop, not Chief Keef laughing over the murder of a fellow teenaged rapper. Not Kanye West proudly proclaiming that his bytch got famous over a home made porno video that her MOTHER leaked
Lupe Fiasco is an extremely gifted lyricist who has crafted an excellent album that can be placed alongside Life Is Good and R.A.P Music as the finest examples of Hip Hop for a more seasoned listener, and by more seasoned Im not implying older or even more mature, I'm saying that the themes expressed in these albums speak to the appreciation of Hip Hop as art through expression. Pain, Joy, grief, disappointment, longing, ambition, determination and great contemplation went into the writing, production, arraignment, sequencing, and concept of these albums. How in the world can somebody listen to this album and come away thinking that Lupe lacks passion for subject? Listen to Battle Scars, sure it's a love song, but the lyrics, delivery, and presentation of the entire song doesn't scream "generic club banger". Form Follows Function doesn't scream "lazy/uninspired". This is exactly what we've been waiting on from an artist of Lupe's caliber. This is a beautiful album brehs, a piece of work that was given very careful thought and should be appreciated as such
