[NEW] Lupe Fiasco - Cake (2nd single off Samurai)

[NormanConnors]

I'ma blame chill sadly...




At this point em and Lupe need to release a collaboration album.

I get why you're saying this, but Lu was scared to do a collabo album with Royce out of fear of being out rapped . No way he'd share project with Em.

 

[Pop123]

I get why you're saying this, but Lu was scared to do a collabo album with Royce out of fear of being out rapped . No way he'd share project with Em.

Lupe was begging to be part of Slaughterhouse…probably just to show how much better he is than all them nigs, ….you really think he was scared to rap with Royce the 5’9? Lol, , perhaps…I just can’t see that tho, he’s way way better than Royce, imo (and Eminem)

 

[GoldenGlove]

He’s being super super duper wordy and squeezing a million words in every bar and internal rhyming in all types of different directions on this one so idk, to me it’s just flow pockets, I don’t think he’s off beat. I’m biased tho, I could be trying not to hear it cause that’s my guy, lol.

I think this song is deliberately "try hard" with the rhyming the way he is...I think he'll probably explain why he's doing that Eminem/Royce flow on this track specifically, this isn't his normal rap style. Remember, all this shhit ties into Amy Winehouse becoming a battle rapper, lol. Everything Lupe does is methodical I've come to notice.

 

[Hood Critic]

My n*gga is a master of wordplay but struggles at making interesting music. He's literally a human run on sentence.

How do you make a sing-songy attempt at a radio-friendly song so hard to listen to?

 

[Pop123]

My n*gga is a master of wordplay but struggles at making interesting music. He's literally a human run on sentence.

How do you make a sing-songy attempt at a radio-friendly song so hard to listen to?

Superstar
Can’t get you out of my head
Show goes on
Sunshine
Paris Tokyo
Kick Push
Words I Never Said
Battle scars

He knows how to make radio friendly records, obviously, he’s a great song writer (Idk why yall don’t give him his credit for this, )…keep reminding yourself that this whole album is a theme centered joint, Amy Winehouse becoming a battle rapper. He’s not just trying to make radio songs and little neat regular joints, there’s a direction. I doubt he cares about trying to appease radio or anybody really at this point outside of his core

 

[TheWiseWon]

Aside from the chorus, I am surprised by the disdain for great rapping in the worst rap era by a wide margin. What do people expect from an artist teaching at Ivy League schools at least a decade removed from commercial relevance?

Consuming the comments and then vomiting up the Vonnegut

 

[I'm Blackman]

Whelp this thread made me finally realize I'm a Lupe stan cause this shyt is FIRE to me.

I spun this shyt 100 times in the gym this morning

same for me...its been on repeat.

 

[SunZoo]

Funny the video made me like the song a lil more lol

But I’ll say that the two joints out right now will probably be on the lower end of the project.

 

[GoldenGlove]

keep reminding yourself that this whole album is a theme centered joint, Amy Winehouse becoming a battle rapper.

Just take a second and think about how ridiculous this sounds. Life is too short to take such nonsense serious. As talented as Lupe is, shyt like this is an absolute waste of time, energy and brain cells defending

 

[Left.A1]

Superstar
Can’t get you out of my head
Show goes on
Sunshine
Paris Tokyo
Kick Push
Words I Never Said
Battle scars

He knows how to make radio friendly records, obviously, he’s a great song writer (Idk why yall don’t give him his credit for this, )…keep reminding yourself that this whole album is a theme centered joint, Amy Winehouse becoming a battle rapper. He’s not just trying to make radio songs and little neat regular joints, there’s a direction. I doubt he cares about trying to appease radio or anybody really at this point outside of his core

This is the kind of absurd babble that only Lupe is allowed to feed his Stanbase and have it be accepted

 

[Return of the Jedi]

I usually think Lupe's hooks and production is trash but I like this for some reason. A group of superproducers needs to remix like 85% of Lupe's catalog so he can be fully appreciated

Dude I thought the exact same thing listening to this. Some guy on YouTube will throw this on a lofi beat or something and it’s gonna be fire.

 

[Return of the Jedi]

I liked the first single more. I’ll still listen to the album.

 

[Pop123]

This is the kind of absurd babble that only Lupe is allowed to feed his Stanbase and have it be accepted

That’s neither here nor there, …I’m just saying what it is, the joint is themed. One man’s creativity is another man’s “absurd babble”, . I appreciate the creativity, whether it connects with us the way it connects and works in his mind is a whole other something, we shall see..

 

[bigde09]

How is this any different from the shyt y’all criticize Eminem for?

 

[Dboy41]

Just take a second and think about how ridiculous this sounds. Life is too short to take such nonsense serious. As talented as Lupe is, shyt like this is an absolute waste of time, energy and brain cells defending

We could have had a Nas/Lupe joint album by now if not for this weird ass idea.