Lupe lacks something what is it?
- Thread starter Mike Otherz
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your right that's another enjoyable song I forgot
You entitled to your opinion, but The Coolest ain't memorable?
That's one of my favorite songs of all time
Not The Ruler O9
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Straight ethered that culture vulture.
Ruler logic: only he can pull comments from other rappers to further his agenda but once you do it to him he runs away
Agreed.
I listedn to Conflict Diamonds the other day fro the first time in a few years. That's such a knowledgeable record. That was before the movie, before the Kanye verse. And he really broke it down. At the time it came out I was impressed but looking back it's even more impressive from a knowledge perspective.
Beig a "kicking knowledge" MC is his downfall and he never really had a clan or movement to be a part of. CRS doesn't count neither does that other shyt. He's not personal enough. He wasn't part of a wave like Talib was, Mos was, The Roots was.
Agree with you he doesn't really fit in anywhere but that's due to his own pretension.
Also at this point he's just making bad music. F&L 1 has aged terribly i'm sorry. Some of the production and hooks... awful. The Cool stands up as do the mixtapes.
Im a huge Lupe fan. Like immense. However, some of his later work has been undigestable even for me. I mean i listen to his shyt 3-4 times to grab everything but most fans will not commit.
i think its mostly his song structure and production that turns me away. Becuase nothing is worse than having deep lyrical music that you cant replay becuase the beat and hook annoy you to no end.
i think its mostly his song structure and production that turns me away. Becuase nothing is worse than having deep lyrical music that you cant replay becuase the beat and hook annoy you to no end.
and to add his best music is when it was more melodic. where he didnt do the hook he let jean or matthew or jill sing it and he just flowed and the beat was more on pace to that.
Some of ya have to look at it also in the realm of art. sometimes he spits what seems to be a stream of consciousness type shyt becuasse that the direction he wants it to go. Since when does everything in rap have to be straight forward without creative methods of delivery or content.
Some of ya have to look at it also in the realm of art. sometimes he spits what seems to be a stream of consciousness type shyt becuasse that the direction he wants it to go. Since when does everything in rap have to be straight forward without creative methods of delivery or content.
Ghostface Trillah
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Right bc he NEVER made a crossover song with Trey Songz
Yeah because your favorite rappers record label never told him to make something radio friendly or get his album shelved indefinitely
Agree Kendrick is fukking over rated as shyt
T&Y is by far his most melodic album from a musical standpoint, and by a good margin.
Now as far as his "best" work, that's up for debate.
But i didnt like it beyond the lyrics. He was most mainstream in a way with his production and flow . And i bought the album, but some of the features and beats where questionable. His early mixtapes and first two albums are what i hold him to.
thernbroom
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Like i said earlier Lupe needs somebody like kanye to produce a cohesive project for him kind of like game needs dre
Soundtrakk > Kanye
Don't get me wrong, Kendrick is talented and he has bar's. definitely one of the few of the new class who can rap to save they own life. but I think crowning him this early in his mainstream career is too premature and plus it produces an unhealthy mindset for Kendrick (in my humble opinion).