Lupe lacks something what is it?

[NoHalfWay]

He also did Battle Scars () which also went platinum.

Lupe low-key has HITS but it just isn't in his heart to do them

 

[Jack Don the G]

People act like none of the other greats have weaknesses...

Tell me one rapper (thats not dead) that have slumps when it comes to albums.

Him not having a strong voice is subjective. It would feel even weirder if he had similar voices to Ice cube or DMX voice and spitting the lyrics hes spitting.

 

[B-Mint94]

If he didn't try so hard to go over listeners head he would be a superb MC

He doesn't know how to be complex, but still simple enough to understand

Yes he does:

 

[Jack Don the G]

but Lupe was a big artist at 1 point and a lot of people liked the ish on his 1st 2 albums so many people know him, he seems to be alienating those fans in some ways and creating for a small core fan base who like puzzle raps and going on Rap Genius to read about obscure references. I think there's a balance that can be achieved, infact I know there is, where he could satisfy both, I hope he does it, we'll see. Am willing to listen

This just shows that you are lacking in knowledge. I hate to use the term puzzle rap, but he has been doing that style since day one. That's one of the reasons he got a big fan following.

You whole post stinks of ignorance biased on your view of Testuo.

You didnt like it. Fine. Its was a very conceptual album and was clearly intended as a piece of art.
And fukk out here with the puzzle rap nonsense. I have already posted this in another thread but ill say it again.

Artists have always made songs that are hard to know the meaning of and that have been okay. But when a rapper does it, its "pseudo intellectual" or corny.
Take All along the watchtower lyrics. Lupe fiasco's lyrics makes a lot more sense, but Dylan is hailed as a great songwriter.

Spoiler: All along the watchtower lyrics

There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief

Business men, they drink my wine
Plowman dig my earth
None were level on the mind
Nobody up at his word
Hey, hey

No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talkin' falsely now
The hour's getting late, hey

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl

but I do fear for the path he's on because it's limited and getting gassed by a small hardcore fan base I don't think overall will help him

And even if Tetsuo was a very complex and conceptual album he did balance it with "straight forward" raps on Delivery, Chopper and to some degree prisoner 1&2.
The majority was "puzzle rap" but that doesn't tell us nothing what path hes on. Hes always been on this path and sometimes he will release songs that are hard to decipher and sometimes he will make songs that are "straight forward".
There has always been balance and Im certain its gonna be balance in the future also.

And lets not forget Tetsuo was a reaction to Atlantic forcing him to make music he didnt want, not trying to satisfy a small hard core fan group. This was his PURGE.

I think he's lacking great albums, replay value, songwriting

Dude, even the most hardcore Lupe hater would have a hard time writing this.

Lack great albums.... 2 classics is lacking great albums now?

Both critical acclaimed and fan loved.

Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco

The Cool by Lupe Fiasco

Lacking replay value.... He got hits from EVERY single one of his albums that still get play from tons of people. Check his Spotify top list. All albums represented. with 2.412,813 listeners every MONTH.

Lack in songwriting.... Too many examples to even begin addressing this stupid statement.


Again your lack of knowledge of Lupes music is showing. I shouldnt even reply when you make statements like that.

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

He lacks a lot to me, as an MC he has a lot of room for improvement, his delivery can be off sometimes. At times his voice and vocal presence is lacking too.

I think he lacks lyrical potency at times and consistency. I don't think of him as solid, I think he can be too conformative and also pseudo intellectual and pseudo complex with his lyrics and content at time, like someone said a college student instead of a full blown master. I think he gets gassed up by some of his stans that want to sound intelligent but when you deal with someone who actually breaks the ish down some of it is wack and extremely remedial. Being abstract is a style but within that style you have to be potent with the delivery, flow and lyrics to make it work. That's some of the things he lacks to me.

Also in terms of discography I think he's lacking great albums, replay value, songwriting, he's lacking a lot in many areas.

That being said he has some good songs and he can be a good lyricist and MC on his day but to me that day is too irregular for me to rank him that highly, not a fan of the path he's been on recently either, even though some people shytted on Lasers and understandably so in some regards it had a few songs that were really dope and if Lupe had a similar lane to the pinnacle of the material on there regularly I could rank him higher. I still hope he releases some solid more solid material and fulfills the potential he has, but I do fear for the path he's on because it's limited and getting gassed by a small hardcore fan base I don't think overall will help him, it will feed them but Lupe was a big artist at 1 point and a lot of people liked the ish on his 1st 2 albums so many people know him, he seems to be alienating those fans in some ways and creating for a small core fan base who like puzzle raps and going on Rap Genius to read about obscure references. I think there's a balance that can be achieved, infact I know there is, where he could satisfy both, I hope he does it, we'll see. Am willing to listen...

While i don't agree with your sentiments about Lupe lacking songwriting ability and great albums I'm not going to lie you hit the nail on the head by saying he has alienated the casual listeners by being to intricate with his lyricism.

No lie for all the shyt i give you about being a Krino stan you seem to be a decent poster

 

[wire28]

Spoiler

Lol







Never gets old

 

[Drip Bayless]

Dude is pretentious as hell and always tries to stress that he's smarter than his audience, and the rest of the rap game. Overly complex lyrics for the sake of saying absolutely nothing gets you Food and Liquor 2 shyt. Everything he's made after The Cool is so forced. It just goes to show you that you need more than just lyrics. Lupe bar for bar is prolly one of the best lyricists ever, but he dont make music you can feel anymore.

 

[T-K-G]

Only thing lupe lacks is the yearning for mass appeal like the rest of these rap clowns. He's not out here dumbing down shyt or talking about ignorant shyt just so 14 year old white girls and ignorant nikkas will fukk with him.

If lupe can write shyt like mural and SLR while "missing" something then let him keep missing it.

He only wrote the first 20 bars of Mural everything else was off the top (obviously he was punching in and out like wayne/hov do)

 

[thernbroom]

he needs kanye to produce the whole album

 

[NoHalfWay]

@The Ruler 09 you just got ether'd by @Jack Don the G

Dude is pretentious as hell and always tries to stress that he's smarter than his audience, and the rest of the rap game. Overly complex lyrics for the sake of saying absolutely nothing gets you Food and Liquor 2 shyt. Everything he's made after The Cool is so forced. It just goes to show you that you need more than just lyrics. Lupe bar for bar is prolly one of the best lyricists ever, but he dont make music you can feel anymore.

Food & Liquor 2 wasn't overly complex tho

It just had a lot of garbage hooks & wack production

 

[NoHalfWay]

he needs kanye to produce the whole album

2016 Kanye?

 

[Champion]

A lot of his hooks are trash and he thinks every song needs to be on some lyrical miracle shyt.

 

[CELL]

Worst part is its the same mother fukkers in here critiquing Lupe that be blasting Desiigner. There's no consistency to the metrics people here are measuring, just baseless tripe trying to stir some shyt up. Lupe is a fantastic rapper who occasionally has strokes of genius, he's unfortunately not as consistent as he used to be but w.e. I'm a fan.

 

[AldavisAlbundyAllah!]

He's not a big fan of rapping about women.

Doesn't have the urge to fukk bytches.

When's the last time you seen Lupe with a woman ? Other than his mom.

He might be a undercover Queer or thinks he too smart to have a partner.

 

[NoHalfWay]

top 5 most terrible fits EVER

Pfffft. Lupe be pulling hoes in that fit.

nikka look like he thought he was walking into a Comicon convention and stumbled into the Grammys instead