Who is more of the "father" to Lupe's rapping style: Nas, Jay, Kool Keith, or Canibus?

[Cladyclad]

Conceptually. Yes. shyt he has a song called King Nas.

This conceptual shyt always crack me up like hundreds of other rappers don’t do the same.

 

[spliz]

This conceptual shyt always crack me up like hundreds of other rappers don’t do the same.

Bro. When Lupe came out with Food and Liquor. How many mainstream rappers was doing conceptual records like that outside of Nas? In that time frame. Again. U are arguing against the man himself. He himself has said this.

 

[Cladyclad]

Bro. When Lupe came out with Food and Liquor. How many mainstream rappers was doing conceptual records like that outside of Nas? In that time frame. Again. U are arguing against the man himself. He himself has said this.

More than not lol

 

[spliz]

More than not lol

Bro I don't know what we arguing about take it up wit Lupe it's what he's said himself. Lol

 

[LevelUp]

Nas or Bis.

I don't get the Kool Keith mention

 

[ISO]

The Jay Z biting on F&L was so blatant

Rhyme patterns, saying cheaaa and uhhh, whisper flows, cadences

Album is 3-3.5 mics at best, loses half a mic for unoriginality and a whole mic for cheap beats and bad cheesy hooks

 

[Iverson_64]

Nas or Bis.

I don't get the Kool Keith mention

The Left Field approach and certain concept ideas

 

[Billy Ocean]

Aesop Rock and them corny underground rappers from the late 90s/early 2000s era.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Nas

 

[Billy Ocean]

Aesop Rock trash ass

Bingo.

 

[Ziggiy]

Its Nas all day long Lupe would tell you that himself.

He got his name from Nas song lol. It Was Written is the album that made him want to be a rapper and he modeled Food & Liquor after IWW

 

[DontEemTry]

Lupe Fiasco Breaks Down JAY-Z's 'GOD DID' Verse, Says It's 'Absolutely Not' His Best

Lupe Fiasco has shared his thoughts on JAY-Z's much lauded "GOD DID" verse, explaining that Hov's catalog is too deep for it to be considered among his best.

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Lupe Fiasco has shared his thoughts on JAY-Z‘s much lauded “GOD DID” verse, explaining that the Brooklyn legend’s catalog is too deep for the DJ Khaled feature to be considered among his best.

Speaking to HipHopDX, the Chicago rapper prefaced his opinion about JAY-Z’s latest offering by making it clear that his fandom for the Roc Nation mogul goes far and beyond the average music enthusiast.

“I’m not a JAY-Z fan, I am a JAY-Z child,” Lupe explained. “I’m a son of JAY-Z. I am the son of Jigga. I literally learned how to rap by rapping over JAY-Z records. [I’d] put on Reasonable Doubt and I would write raps on top of him rapping. I study him deeply.

 

[ISO]

Its Nas all day long Lupe would tell you that himself.

He got his name from Nas song lol. It Was Written is the album that made him want to be a rapper and he modeled Food & Liquor after IWW

Lupe raps nothing like Nas and Food & Liquor is nothing like It Was Written.

Nas may have inspired him to be a rapper and maybe his desire to make concept songs but Lupe rapping style is Jay all day.

 

[Why-Fi]

if i had to pick without choices id say gza, ras kass...

Other

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

He's a Jay clone which is why I never really liked him

Jay was still killing it when he came out most redundant rapper ever