Damn I went and listened to city of the year 2 minutes in my head started hurting... I never done crack but I imagine it's like what this sounds like. Don't do lupe fiasco kids
Trust me, kendrick can end up here as well. Anyone can. If you rarely drop music you can be considered goat. Honestly i dont see the infatuation with him or a j cole but thats only because im not a fan.
Lupe is too complicated which most people don’t like. Most people thought his first album was about skateboards & rainbows..lol... He might be the only rapper I know that spit a triple entendre. Genius in my opinion
Probably the most talented lyricist walking on the earth right now. But he is definitely not the only rapper that spits triple entendres. Like not even close
Kendrick appeals to the heart and Lupe appeals to the brain, and that's why Kendrick rose to his heights. Because people have an emotional problem with other people that needs to be addressed before the brain is asked to think higher.
I don't care for Kendrick and get into this arguments about whose better. But I whole heartedly agree with this. I never thought about it like this. This makes so much sense. Best opinion I've heard. This video missed so much and is bad though. Btw
I'm fearless, now hear this, I'm earless/ And I'm peerless, that means I'm eyeless/ Which means I'm tearless/which means my iris Resides where my ears is/which means I'm blinded/But I'mma find it, I can feel its nearness
On LF95 Lupe come directly out with a way over the header: Another day in coronavirus Hope we never touch Like papyrus and a stylus Old school meets new school. I listened to this a hundred times and got it on the hundredth. Papyrus and a stylus will never touch because they separated by 1000's of years.
Lupe's music needs to be studied one day. Aside from the rhymes, wordplay, literary element etc...his diversity in subject matter makes his raps that more interesting once you pull them from over your head
Tetsuo & youth is. Masterpiece in my book such an amazing album. The Cool also a Classic along With Food and Liquor.Also his new stuff is good too Drogas Wave is great
Lightskin Disgrace I get what ya saying. Yung Buk(Psychodrama) and NewSense was 2 of my favorites from the town growing up. I liked Buk and Cruical Conflict more than Twist back in the days
2 illmatics? It's takes like this that really dilute the purity of a conversation. Illmatic is arguably one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time and you're casually saying Lupe has 2? Illmatic isn't just responsible for Nas, it's created an identity for many to follow. add to that, just one line from that album created one of the most memorable hip hop songs ever with, Jay Z's "Dead Presidents" which is a major portion in his own foundation. Lupe has an amazing body of work and 2 classics, but illmatic, they are not.
A growth stunt on no limit records is much-needed. I know you cover individual artist but I think it would be great to add a stunted growth video series for record labels.
Facts …. I graduated high school in 06 and F&L really influenced me and my thinking about the world…. I remember tracks like “Hurt me soul” “daydreamin” “Real” and “the instrumental “. Which made me see how things can influence us and how the world operates more.
This is terribly misleading, he has Slept-On Albums after Lasers (which is bad), Such as Wav. Files, Testuo & Youth -- you neglected to add in your Video & left out, there both Phenomenal projects with no skippables, anyone have doubts? Go do yourself a favor and listen to "King Nas" start from there. You also butchered the beginning where he got his name & got the Story partially correct. He Got his name "Fiasco" off of "Firm Fiasco" by The Firm. Bottomline his situation with Atlantic lots of it was out of his Hands, and you only speaking on One side of it. Saigon another Incredible Lyricist who was a Labelmate got the same treatment. We as a People at some point gotta stop measuring our successes with unrealistic expectations and comparisons. Lupe fits the bill in this case!
I knew a shorty who worked at Atlantic when Saigon was there ... went on a date with him n all lol ... said he was too emotional and that would hinder him ... I ain’t know it was gone be true lol
Lupe last 2 albums are classics and my favorite lupe albums and saigon was truly one of the greatest stories never told... Was my favorite rapper in the early 2000s
Lasers is not a bad album at all. Listen to it again now without the bias opinions from the time. Lupe deals with a lot of complex emotions on that album, and actually gets really personal. It is a solid album, especially compared to the garbage we get now. His albums post Lasers have been even better, but Lasers is not bad and the person who made this video doesnt really know Lupe music that well
Lupe is an idealist. That in itself is the reason why he intentionally makes those intricately coded songs with no regard whether the average listener will get it He cares so much about his idea of what his art should be, that he is scared to let that the business side of making music inform him on his creative process. I truly believe he's making the music he wants now that he is off of a major label. He is fascinated with the idea of being an enigma. Most won't get it but those people that rock with him will and I think he's fine by that. It might not be the move that makes the most business sense but it is what his career has become. I don't think he wants to have a definitive sound anymore which is what confuses most listeners. He is just making art for his enjoyment at this point.
That's not what idealism is though. It would be idealistic if Lupe thought his shit was gonna go platinum. But he doesn't - he makes the music he makes knowing that it appeals to him and his fans. Refusing to sell out is not idealism. And it isn't confusing to listeners, most people just aren't checking for his shit. And that's fine with him at this point.
@@roscoedash6673Lupe is idealistic in the belief that his lyrical quality supersedes the business side of the industry that suggests "dumbing down" your music will allow exposure to a non hip hop demographic. He's entitled to his approach. I actually respect it because it's like a knight willing to die on his sword but it's principled on an idea of artistic integrity. Nothing wrong with being idealistic but it does restrict the decisions you are willing to make. I can't ever see Lupe making a song about certain subject matter like strip club joints. His principals won't let him do that thus an example of his idealism.
Yeah it's very hard to put people on Lupe's music because you literally have to listen to 2-3 other songs before I introduce you to another song because they're all coded and connected. Lu could have went pop and made 1000 "Show Goes On" type songs but chose to stay true to the art.
We need a stunted growth on Wale he was hot on the come up supposed to be running mates with drake and j cole but he never reach anywhere near there status
I mean despite it all wale has maaaad hits and is still shitting out hits, i feel like if k. Dot or cole versed wale in hits, i feel wale would have way better reaction/feel when his plays, even though "technically" ken has more hits, however i dont remember but 3 of them...
@@bennybop5387 you need to stop taking hits lol he has no where near the amount of hits cole or k dot got and he has no classics what so ever u must be a wale fan lol but wale do got some hits tho like 3 lol and this coming from some who used to listen to wale before he got corny
@@Stylezfreee pretty girls/chillin/Lotus flower bomb/bad/tht way/my love/on chill/ and thts off hand not counting the features and im sure im missing a few he has more than three son, but if your not into him thts cool, I think hes ill underrated, and for someone who was counted out multiple times in his career and came back swinging everytime i applaud tht.
Bro the way you break his career down in details coming from your perspective in insanely genius I felt the exact same way about everything bro love this 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 keep it going I'm inspired
"The Cool" should had been a multi-platinum album in my humble opinion. Still one of my favorites. "Superstar" &"Paris,Tokyo" were the radio singles while "Dumb It Down", "Gold Watch" & "Gotta Eat" are deep album cuts that are also bangers. I'm glad you mention that Lyor Cohen(the one that did the divide & conquer between Jay-Z & Dame Dash) block the original "Lasers" album and made me hate Lyor forever. Sadly that's what stop his growth. Good video.
I really liked the first 2 albums and still respect him for that. Lyrical genius with skills. Good videos, bro. I know you from the basketball channel, just discovered this one. Keep 'em coming.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I have been waiting for a video on Lupe Fiasco. I was just listening to "Superstar" this morning and wondered why he stopped making music. Thank you for this.
@@T.H.E.O.R.Y. ain’t he fuck up on the hip hop honors joint?butchering big whole verse? If you not prepared for shit like that that is a TERRIBLE LOOK .. esp when Kim said it was coo for him to do it ... crazy part is all he haddda do was know one verse cuz it was biggies on
One of the most talented lyricists ever. No doubt. The amount of content that DROGAS WAVE has prooves to me that he ain't done and he can still release amazing albums. I would even like for someone to publicly diss him so he can show people that he can also be an incredible battle rapper when he wants to. He definitely deserves to be considered one of the GOATs imo
bump j and lupe was signed to Atlantic at the same time , and they really was giving bump j more attention but he got locked up. kick push became popular on its own
I'm in the core core core Lupe fanbase, i.e. from before Food & Liquor up till now. . He HAS to down as one of the greatest lyricists to have ever lived. 😤 I would argue that being less-than-most popular mainstream authenticates that title more than anything. 🤷🏾♂️ . That said, what you said is basically all facts. Lupe knows he's not meant for "mainstream" and he said in an interview once that he'd be happy if his (unfiltered) music made his core 10 fans (a joke at the time) happy. He meant that. . Great series brotha, keep on doing good work.👊🏾
I maybe biased but Lupe has 4 masterpieces for albums. The Cool F&L 1, Tetsuo & Youth, Drogas Wave are the best. Lasers was okay and Drogas Light was what Lasers should have been. F&L2 is underated but I still loved it. House EP was amazing for just 4 songs kept it on repeat. Mural is just too crazy just 7+ minutes of straight bars.
3rd part is pretty much the audience didn't wanna grow intellectually with the artist but rather wanted the artist to simplify his masterpieces to finger paints.
Lupe was into the Martial arts and Japanese culture which I believed distanced him from the mainstream. His music was like if Master splitter could rap lol.
That's one of the major reasons that drew me into his music, he was built different. When I heard those Bruce Lee and anime references on some of the songs in his first album, I was devoted to it. I prefer Lyrical Lupe over his Pop music variant but he still had a good number of songs that had catchy beats and verses to them. I still consider him one of my favorites even after so long. It's been awhile though so he's kinda been replaced on my Top 5 with other artists with a similar style but more success like Kendrick Lamar & Anderson Paak.
When Lupe was rapping about jeans 👖 in his verse. The same song that featured Jay. He was giving a shout out to Big and Pac. Dude was crazy lyrical. "2 PACets (pockets) in the back, a little BIG in the waist."
Great channel dog keep them coming. As for my dude Lupe I always like him from that first song kick push. And yeah too many lanes that he went to kinda hurted him and his time but a lot of his songs are undeniable.
T.I is a legend he met his potential bruh. Just cuz he don't be always cranking hit songs like he use to don't mean he fell off he still do well dropping great albums. He fucked up his reputation fasho but musically he hasn't lost it. His last album was one of the best albums of the yr imo.
I agree with you on Lupe bruh after the cool he was deep but still relatable understandable cuz he had a direction with all his songs. Afterward he just felt super cryptic and hard to vibe with.
Sometimes it's not just about vibing. If we take into account philosophy (the art of thinking) and the music (the art of sound), then Lupe definitely is one of the best rappers out there.
I feel like one of his biggest stunts was having “kick push” as his first single. There are people still to this day that think he was a “skateboard rapper”. He was put in a box early which prevented him from reaching certain fanbases
Honestly, I think his production isn't weird enough or old school sounding enough. His style needs some wonky, experimental sounding shit. Either way he won't sell a ton of records, but he needs to go all out with rejecting mainstream hip-hop. He needs to fully embrace not being for everyone.
@@CleanFabKOJI yeah and the classic response is "oh u a hater u don't have the intelligence to understand such Shakespearean wordplay. " When being complicated and wording shit in a super oxford harvard grad type way ain't the same thing as being great. At all. Deepness is done well when it ain't tryna be deep. It just gotta happen. Also there needs to be a good relationship of simplicity in the lyrics. I feel motherfuckers who try to be lyrical spend too much time trying to make shit sound complicated they forget its about sounding cool while doing it too that's a major part. Lupe after the Lasers was just hard to vibe with beyond a few records.
This is a very solid video and your points stand for Lasers, Food and Liquor 2(these two albums have many great songs tho), DROGAS Light(BAD project no song I love ) and loosies sprinkled in here and there. But DROGAS Wave and T&Y are absolutely classics imo. And he is very melodic on many songs and balances being Lupe while also sounding great. And now with DMIZ the same can be said and this album is even more accessible. I just think you haven’t given those albums their proper due. Which I understand bc it took me almost a year from the release of T&Y to listen bc I had kinda given up on him
Respect Lupe for being a man and not bending & selling out I messed with the LASER album. I like lyricism.Stop listening to Hypocrite sellout Kayne a while ago
This comment at 12:10 I could agree with concerning a handful of Lupe' tracks. This fact is why i enjoy that I could be "versitile" as a listener. Do I wanna rock rn or do I wanna listen; I could play this at the gym or even while I chill.
Yeah man keep these videos coming love it bro I would like to put in a request for mystikal I think that would be great one thanks for the inspiration 💯💯💯
The cool and both food and liquor was on point plus his freestyle building mind faster was sick crazy half the stuff he said is happening now. Mural is poetry purest form.
I feel Lupe has 4 classics personally, most of his core fans call tetsuo and youth a classic and drogas wave was a phenomenal slept on album as well....I feel whoever narrated this did well but stopped listening to his music after lasers and didnt listen to those albums and some loosies he's dropped, for instance you said dumb it down was his best lyrically but to most MURAL was his best if not the best lyrical song ever crafted....for those who need to catch up listen to MAZINGER Z, MURAL, MURAL JR, BLACK POWER L WORD, KNEELING ON KNEEDLES, I agree he's fallen off but he is still lyrically sharp and has quality music....Nas recently stated that lupe is the closest thing to him and Lupe is trying to work with Nas which would be epic but I'm doubtful it will happen.
@@michaelbarnes2617 right, recently lupe did an interview and said he reached out to Nas, but never got a text back, he wanted to work on an Amy Winehouse album with him, if you know Nas was very close with Amy Winehouse so that would've been cool
@@michaelbarnes2617 right, I blame some of it on the fans tho, people dont realize the power we have as a collective, like if people hit up Nas twitter and IG about it, I'm sure word would get around to him, however people dont push for music like they used to anymore lol
I enjoy the breakdown. I didn't agree with you at 1st but you supported enough of what you had to say to get the point across so I can respect that. We don't get enough of that on the tube. I still believe his penmanship is goat status. I also wonder if he ever wanted the kind of relationships Jay's subtleties afforded him. I also wonder if those things have the same effect coming from Lupe.
This is very well done, and I enjoy this series. I think Lupe knows exactly what category he’s in though and makes music he truly enjoys. Outside of lasers and drogas light, he hasn’t missed in my opinion
Tetsuo and Youth and Drogas Wave are among Lupe's best projects. He doesn't have just two....Any real Hip Hop fan who analyzes his lyrics and actually pay attention will tell you this...
While The Cool might be his best album poetically, Drogas Wave and T&Y in my opinion are far better lyrically than everything he has ever put. Like, one is a "normal/reverse listen" album that connects some dots from "MYH Saga" and that contains mindblowing concepts and the other one tells two stories, first half about african slaves (slave ships) and the other one about drugs. It's like Lupe writes "with both sides of the coin" in his mind. He is a master at his craft, one of the best artists that I've witnessed in rap history.
i really redownloaded these albums to my napster just this week alongside friday night lights from j. cole, i was late in 2009 when i first heard them but his musoc changed my life.
First of all, “City of the Year” is my favorite post-mainstream track from Lupe! That album was pretty dope! The truth is that they wanted Lupe to change into what “sells”, and he was already selling more than most of them.
Lupe will always be in my top 5, man's has(or those can say HAD...*eye roll*) that IT FACTOR! Lyrically impeccable, versatile as hell, all around great producer. This industry has plenty of examples to show you a career can go ANYWAY at ANYTIME. Things unfortunately happen, but a good artist is a good artist, hands down.
Before lasers there was lupend, which was the last 3 projects that he was going to use to end his career, but alantic at the time would not allow to happen, because Lupe was a hot commodity so they wanted more albums. Lupe felt pressured so he gave them lasers, the label pushed it back and Lupe fell into depression and even contemplated sucide, because he wasn’t able to make music he wanted and was trapped on a label that was telling him this new album he presented them wasn’t going to be put out. So then he had to literally remake lasers and add those pop sounding records which once he gave alantic those records they pushed out the singles and fans protested once Lupe used the fans to help him get the album out but the one we gotten isnt the one we were supposed to get, a stunt in his growth is that he didn’t get to become the artist he desired to be. They wanted more superstar records and less of records Lupe was known for.
I love these series bro keep it going
FASHO
Facts!
One of my favorite artists...but after the first 2 classics, he kinda was everywhere as far as style, lyrics & image.
I like how u know Lupe the 🐐 without really wanting to say it which makes u that too 🤔💯😂😂😂
Damn I went and listened to city of the year 2 minutes in my head started hurting... I never done crack but I imagine it's like what this sounds like. Don't do lupe fiasco kids
I remember when Lupe started to really get a buzz the expectations were sky high. Kendrick became what alot of people thought Lupe was gonna be.
yup
Trust me, kendrick can end up here as well. Anyone can. If you rarely drop music you can be considered goat. Honestly i dont see the infatuation with him or a j cole but thats only because im not a fan.
Kendrick is more accessible Lupe doesn't always rap about relatable stuff to casual listeners
Atlantic records ruined that.
@@i_am_gohan9232 Lupe criticized Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman other Jewish Record Executives which helped the blackball get rolling
Lupe is too complicated which most people don’t like. Most people thought his first album was about skateboards & rainbows..lol... He might be the only rapper I know that spit a triple entendre. Genius in my opinion
eminem dose triples all the time
@@buddah1221 nah
Probably the most talented lyricist walking on the earth right now. But he is definitely not the only rapper that spits triple entendres. Like not even close
@@buddah1221 All the time!? Dude no! Wordplay and punchlines....? Every now and then. Rhyme schemes for days!? ALL THE TIME
MF DOOM did that alot and Aesop
Kendrick appeals to the heart and Lupe appeals to the brain, and that's why Kendrick rose to his heights. Because people have an emotional problem with other people that needs to be addressed before the brain is asked to think higher.
Damn that a smart way to sense it
I see no lies here
I don't care for Kendrick and get into this arguments about whose better. But I whole heartedly agree with this. I never thought about it like this. This makes so much sense. Best opinion I've heard. This video missed so much and is bad though. Btw
Well said
Kendrick appeals to the brain but he was smart to focus on the heart.
I'm fearless, now hear this, I'm earless/
And I'm peerless, that means I'm eyeless/
Which means I'm tearless/which means my iris
Resides where my ears is/which means I'm blinded/But I'mma find it, I can feel its nearness
Shit was crazy lol
Culli _Arcade_ • Crazzzzzzyyy 🔥
🔥🔥🔥
On LF95 Lupe come directly out with a way over the header:
Another day in coronavirus
Hope we never touch
Like papyrus and a stylus
Old school meets new school.
I listened to this a hundred times and got it on the hundredth. Papyrus and a stylus will never touch because they separated by 1000's of years.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lupe's music needs to be studied one day. Aside from the rhymes, wordplay, literary element etc...his diversity in subject matter makes his raps that more interesting once you pull them from over your head
Yep- "BMF" freestyle, and Go-Go Gadget Flow are fire.
Tetsuo & youth is. Masterpiece in my book such an amazing album. The Cool also a Classic along With Food and Liquor.Also his new stuff is good too Drogas Wave is great
Drogas Wave is the masterpiece.
4 Classics
Legendary shit.
Drogas WAVE & Tetsuo & Youth are his best 2 albums
And Lupe is the goat
Sorry that was album was completely 🗑
I tell guys all the time Lupe Fiasco was Kendrick Lamar before Kendrick Lamar.
Yes
I always say that
Hmmm...I can see that.
Lupe was Lupe before lupe
Yeah I actually agree
Westside Chicago rappers just built completely different from the rest of the Hip Hop cloth. Always listening to Lupe, thanks for the video
@Pason Jayne u crazy...the disrespect!!
@@christophermiller6835 I WOULD'VE SAY THE SAMETHING TOO
Ummm....have U ever heard of Daylyt or Cambatta or Crooked I????
Lightskin Disgrace I get what ya saying. Yung Buk(Psychodrama) and NewSense was 2 of my favorites from the town growing up. I liked Buk and Cruical Conflict more than Twist back in the days
What chichgo?
Cap 1 is better than this clown. F ouuta here
Lupe is 1 of my favorite rappers ever. His lyrical ability, song concepts and structure, everything. He’s super talented
It don’t matter, Lupe got two illmatics under his belt plus arguably the best mixtape catalog and that’s all that really matter.
2 illmatics? It's takes like this that really dilute the purity of a conversation. Illmatic is arguably one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time and you're casually saying Lupe has 2? Illmatic isn't just responsible for Nas, it's created an identity for many to follow. add to that, just one line from that album created one of the most memorable hip hop songs ever with, Jay Z's "Dead Presidents" which is a major portion in his own foundation. Lupe has an amazing body of work and 2 classics, but illmatic, they are not.
@@St.CrimsonTweetstrue
This guy's career exposed how terrible the industry is,that's how creative he was
Canibus would be a dope stunted growth story. Dude was a lyrical genus
Big Facts
Lupe is kinda of different I feel like his music will still be played 30 years from now by his cult fanbase
So people who don't care for mainstream music are "cult fans"?
Food & Liquor and the cool are classics. I still bump those frequently
Food and Liquor & The Cool album I still listen to til this day
We need a StuntedGrowth on jay electronica
FACTS!
Hip-Hop biggest letdown
A growth stunt on no limit records is much-needed. I know you cover individual artist but I think it would be great to add a stunted growth video series for record labels.
@@geraldkirby2285 This comment should be pinned
@@whoispookie1 as much master p shit out there ... nah that would be a waste of time ..
I can't explain how much Lupe influenced me in 06-09 he really was the PERFECT mix of rapper
Facts …. I graduated high school in 06 and F&L really influenced me and my thinking about the world…. I remember tracks like “Hurt me soul” “daydreamin” “Real” and “the instrumental “. Which made me see how things can influence us and how the world operates more.
This is terribly misleading, he has Slept-On Albums after Lasers (which is bad),
Such as Wav. Files, Testuo & Youth -- you neglected to add in your Video & left out, there both Phenomenal projects with no skippables, anyone have doubts? Go do yourself a favor and listen to "King Nas" start from there. You also butchered the beginning where he got his name & got the Story partially correct. He Got his name "Fiasco" off of "Firm Fiasco" by The Firm. Bottomline his situation with Atlantic lots of it was out of his Hands, and you only speaking on One side of it. Saigon another Incredible Lyricist who was a Labelmate got the same treatment. We as a People at some point gotta stop measuring our successes with unrealistic expectations and comparisons. Lupe fits the bill in this case!
I knew a shorty who worked at Atlantic when Saigon was there ... went on a date with him n all lol ... said he was too emotional and that would hinder him ... I ain’t know it was gone be true lol
Lupe last 2 albums are classics and my favorite lupe albums and saigon was truly one of the greatest stories never told... Was my favorite rapper in the early 2000s
Yeah food and liquor 2 is ridiculous he lost me with this one
Perfectly said
Lasers is not a bad album at all. Listen to it again now without the bias opinions from the time. Lupe deals with a lot of complex emotions on that album, and actually gets really personal. It is a solid album, especially compared to the garbage we get now. His albums post Lasers have been even better, but Lasers is not bad and the person who made this video doesnt really know Lupe music that well
His growth wasn't stunted. The work speaks for itself. GOAT.
It was stunted till this day 😂
Yeah it definitely was
That Dumb It Down was a lyrical masterpiece 🔥
Lupe recently came out and said he didn’t hate lasers. Lasers had a pop sound but every track had substance and bars.
Lupe is one of the Goats he wasn’t stunted
He is one of the GOAT, but he should've had a waaayyyy BIGGER impact than he has now.
@@kbtitan2464 His morals wouldn’t allow him to become a long-lasting “superstar”.
Foh sure not even a debate
Right that part
He is an amazing rapper and artist and made his mark, but he is textbook "stunted". He should have been bigger
Tetsuo and Youth is an underrated masterpiece
Complete classic
Lupe is a complicated person.
Lupe was very intricated artist and Food & Liquor was a classic
Was? He still is..... "Murals" 1 of the Best Conceptual Records Ever
@@MastaInferno facts. That entire album was amazing. Each time I listen I learn something new.
Food and liquid lol
@@Terrapin47-s8y I meant Food & Liquor
Lupe is an idealist. That in itself is the reason why he intentionally makes those intricately coded songs with no regard whether the average listener will get it
He cares so much about his idea of what his art should be, that he is scared to let that the business side of making music inform him on his creative process.
I truly believe he's making the music he wants now that he is off of a major label.
He is fascinated with the idea of being an enigma. Most won't get it but those people that rock with him will and I think he's fine by that.
It might not be the move that makes the most business sense but it is what his career has become.
I don't think he wants to have a definitive sound anymore which is what confuses most listeners.
He is just making art for his enjoyment at this point.
That's not what idealism is though. It would be idealistic if Lupe thought his shit was gonna go platinum. But he doesn't - he makes the music he makes knowing that it appeals to him and his fans. Refusing to sell out is not idealism. And it isn't confusing to listeners, most people just aren't checking for his shit. And that's fine with him at this point.
@@roscoedash6673Lupe is idealistic in the belief that his lyrical quality supersedes the business side of the industry that suggests "dumbing down" your music will allow exposure to a non hip hop demographic.
He's entitled to his approach. I actually respect it because it's like a knight willing to die on his sword but it's principled on an idea of artistic integrity.
Nothing wrong with being idealistic but it does restrict the decisions you are willing to make.
I can't ever see Lupe making a song about certain subject matter like strip club joints.
His principals won't let him do that thus an example of his idealism.
Yeah it's very hard to put people on Lupe's music because you literally have to listen to 2-3 other songs before I introduce you to another song because they're all coded and connected. Lu could have went pop and made 1000 "Show Goes On" type songs but chose to stay true to the art.
Reminds me of Canibus
@@mysticj0 That man is so slept on smh 🤦
Thanks much for this video.
We need a stunted growth on Wale he was hot on the come up supposed to be running mates with drake and j cole but he never reach anywhere near there status
I blame him going to mmg but other will say something else
I mean despite it all wale has maaaad hits and is still shitting out hits, i feel like if k. Dot or cole versed wale in hits, i feel wale would have way better reaction/feel when his plays, even though "technically" ken has more hits, however i dont remember but 3 of them...
@@bennybop5387 Now you know those are unfair matchups lol Wale's real competition when it come to hits if he were to do a verzuz is Big Sean
@@bennybop5387 you need to stop taking hits lol he has no where near the amount of hits cole or k dot got and he has no classics what so ever u must be a wale fan lol but wale do got some hits tho like 3 lol and this coming from some who used to listen to wale before he got corny
@@Stylezfreee pretty girls/chillin/Lotus flower bomb/bad/tht way/my love/on chill/ and thts off hand not counting the features and im sure im missing a few he has more than three son, but if your not into him thts cool, I think hes ill underrated, and for someone who was counted out multiple times in his career and came back swinging everytime i applaud tht.
Bro the way you break his career down in details coming from your perspective in insanely genius I felt the exact same way about everything bro love this 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 keep it going I'm inspired
Lupe Fiasco the Derrick Rose of Rap
Both from the same city!
More like the penny Hardaway
Wow. That’s one of the most perfect references I’ve ever heard to describe a rapper let alone any artist.
"The Cool" should had been a multi-platinum album in my humble opinion. Still one of my favorites. "Superstar" &"Paris,Tokyo" were the radio singles while "Dumb It Down", "Gold Watch" & "Gotta Eat" are deep album cuts that are also bangers. I'm glad you mention that Lyor Cohen(the one that did the divide & conquer between Jay-Z & Dame Dash) block the original "Lasers" album and made me hate Lyor forever. Sadly that's what stop his growth. Good video.
Lupe is still releasing great album
Lupe Fiasco and MF DOOM...Two of the best lyricists to ever bless the mic
I really liked the first 2 albums and still respect him for that. Lyrical genius with skills. Good videos, bro. I know you from the basketball channel, just discovered this one. Keep 'em coming.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I have been waiting for a video on Lupe Fiasco. I was just listening to "Superstar" this morning and wondered why he stopped making music. Thank you for this.
He didnt stop making music. Food and liquor 2, tetsuo and youth, drogas wave/light. He had label problems and was shelved.
He just dropped an album two years ago lol, you just stopped paying attention
He's back!
Lupe's label did him wrong. Regardless to me Lupe is a top 10 mc.
He is a great raper
Factz
Top 5 mcs for me
Rich Homie Quan's growth was definitely stunted.
Because of Yung Thug lmao
@@T.H.E.O.R.Y. ain’t he fuck up on the hip hop honors joint?butchering big whole verse? If you not prepared for shit like that that is a TERRIBLE LOOK .. esp when Kim said it was coo for him to do it ... crazy part is all he haddda do was know one verse cuz it was biggies on
Rich and Charles hamilton
He stopped Going In.
@@MedranoHijo 😂😂😂
You should also do stunted growth on another Westside Chicago legend, Twista! He was really big!
Twista Growth wasn’t stunned he played his position
I remember when I met Lupe Fiasco in Ottawa, Canada as I was going back to Toronto when I was 15 years old (I’m 22 years old now), he’s a chill guy.
One of the most talented lyricists ever. No doubt. The amount of content that DROGAS WAVE has prooves to me that he ain't done and he can still release amazing albums. I would even like for someone to publicly diss him so he can show people that he can also be an incredible battle rapper when he wants to. He definitely deserves to be considered one of the GOATs imo
bump j and lupe was signed to Atlantic at the same time , and they really was giving bump j more attention but he got locked up. kick push became popular on its own
I'm in the core core core Lupe fanbase, i.e. from before Food & Liquor up till now.
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He HAS to down as one of the greatest lyricists to have ever lived. 😤
I would argue that being less-than-most popular mainstream authenticates that title more than anything. 🤷🏾♂️
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That said, what you said is basically all facts. Lupe knows he's not meant for "mainstream" and he said in an interview once that he'd be happy if his (unfiltered) music made his core 10 fans (a joke at the time) happy. He meant that.
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Great series brotha, keep on doing good work.👊🏾
His first two albums are all time greats if you go back and listen to them it’ll take you back to those times and give you chills
Truly one of the best rappers of all time
Love Your work !
I maybe biased but Lupe has 4 masterpieces for albums. The Cool F&L 1, Tetsuo & Youth, Drogas Wave are the best. Lasers was okay and Drogas Light was what Lasers should have been. F&L2 is underated but I still loved it. House EP was amazing for just 4 songs kept it on repeat. Mural is just too crazy just 7+ minutes of straight bars.
Lupe been one of my fav MCs since his first project. This video was A1, definitely subscribing to the channel
3rd part is pretty much the audience didn't wanna grow intellectually with the artist but rather wanted the artist to simplify his masterpieces to finger paints.
How do you make this video with no mention of Tetsuo & Youth or Drogas Wave? That's almost a crime.
Lupe was into the Martial arts and Japanese culture which I believed distanced him from the mainstream. His music was like if Master splitter could rap lol.
That's one of the major reasons that drew me into his music, he was built different. When I heard those Bruce Lee and anime references on some of the songs in his first album, I was devoted to it. I prefer Lyrical Lupe over his Pop music variant but he still had a good number of songs that had catchy beats and verses to them. I still consider him one of my favorites even after so long. It's been awhile though so he's kinda been replaced on my Top 5 with other artists with a similar style but more success like Kendrick Lamar & Anderson Paak.
Well that’s no different from the Wutang
Clan members who arguably make up the greatest rap group of all time.
Excellent video. Do Asher roth next. He died for the Harlows and Mac's to swim above sea level
Yooooo SGM!! Let’s get it my dude!
I'd say Tetsuo & Youth was his 3rd classic album
One of my inspirations. Top 10. He has a great career. Living legend. Nobody has a mc style quite like his.
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You nice wit these videos , let’s see Wale stunted growth
Tetsuo and youth is incredible and classic worthy album
When Lupe was rapping about jeans 👖 in his verse. The same song that featured Jay. He was giving a shout out to Big and Pac. Dude was crazy lyrical. "2 PACets (pockets) in the back, a little BIG in the waist."
My 2nd favorite rapper after Jay, thanks for this video and the breakdown in the intro
i'm subscribed, i appreciate the hard work and final product. thankyou.
Great channel dog keep them coming. As for my dude Lupe I always like him from that first song kick push. And yeah too many lanes that he went to kinda hurted him and his time but a lot of his songs are undeniable.
Your channel dope JC.... Do Frek Billionaire at some point... West Philly Frek... Boy could spit man 🔥
Unfortunately he is just too complex for the prior and new generation
this channel is fire
I appreciate the fact that not only was he on some real rap but he was lyrically insane. In sucks that he couldn't be promoted right.
This is a lit series bro keep the vids coming. Btw, you should do T.I, Ray J, or New Boyz next
T.I is a legend he met his potential bruh. Just cuz he don't be always cranking hit songs like he use to don't mean he fell off he still do well dropping great albums. He fucked up his reputation fasho but musically he hasn't lost it. His last album was one of the best albums of the yr imo.
i NEED to know what that background song is called. that shit is just synonymous with your channel at this point bro.
I agree with you on Lupe bruh after the cool he was deep but still relatable understandable cuz he had a direction with all his songs. Afterward he just felt super cryptic and hard to vibe with.
Facts.
Sometimes it's not just about vibing. If we take into account philosophy (the art of thinking) and the music (the art of sound), then Lupe definitely is one of the best rappers out there.
Low key. Chicago had the best wave from 04-09 on the low in rap. Kanye, lupe & common had the chi on top during that period.
And Twista
@@tywright5353 Twista as well too!
Lupe fiasco is the GOAT when it comes to concepts. The extended metaphors are ridiculous.
The OG that should be well respected... from the fashion to the raps to his perspective on life
I feel like one of his biggest stunts was having “kick push” as his first single. There are people still to this day that think he was a “skateboard rapper”. He was put in a box early which prevented him from reaching certain fanbases
Because those people don’t understand hip hop .... the song was not a representation of him it was a representation of what hip hop meant to him
1's Bundy I know & you know but a lot of people couldn’t grasp that
Yea that song had people thinking he was in that old Native Tongue Lane for sure
Dude first 3 albums are classic 👌 🔥
One of my favorite artist of all time
Honestly, I think his production isn't weird enough or old school sounding enough. His style needs some wonky, experimental sounding shit. Either way he won't sell a ton of records, but he needs to go all out with rejecting mainstream hip-hop. He needs to fully embrace not being for everyone.
You should do one on Ras Kass. Also I think you should back and listen to Tetsuo & Youth. That was a classic and Lupe's third best album.
AND I'M BRAINLESS..
WHICH MEANS I'M HEADLESS..
LIKE ICHABOD CRANE IS...
Crazy fukn line and so many double entendres in that bar itself
Dumb it down
@@InitiallyJB that shit was mehhhh ... but it made all the sense ..
@@benchwarmerss9165 Right, love lupe but lines like this be like ya trying to hard bro...
@@CleanFabKOJI yeah and the classic response is "oh u a hater u don't have the intelligence to understand such Shakespearean wordplay. " When being complicated and wording shit in a super oxford harvard grad type way ain't the same thing as being great. At all. Deepness is done well when it ain't tryna be deep. It just gotta happen. Also there needs to be a good relationship of simplicity in the lyrics. I feel motherfuckers who try to be lyrical spend too much time trying to make shit sound complicated they forget its about sounding cool while doing it too that's a major part. Lupe after the Lasers was just hard to vibe with beyond a few records.
This is a very solid video and your points stand for Lasers, Food and Liquor 2(these two albums have many great songs tho), DROGAS Light(BAD project no song I love ) and loosies sprinkled in here and there. But DROGAS Wave and T&Y are absolutely classics imo. And he is very melodic on many songs and balances being Lupe while also sounding great. And now with DMIZ the same can be said and this album is even more accessible. I just think you haven’t given those albums their proper due. Which I understand bc it took me almost a year from the release of T&Y to listen bc I had kinda given up on him
Respect Lupe for being a man and not bending & selling out I messed with the LASER album. I like lyricism.Stop listening to Hypocrite sellout Kayne a while ago
This comment at 12:10 I could agree with concerning a handful of Lupe' tracks. This fact is why i enjoy that I could be "versitile" as a listener. Do I wanna rock rn or do I wanna listen; I could play this at the gym or even while I chill.
Loved this one..... you gotta do one on the rise & fall of MMG
Yeah man keep these videos coming love it bro I would like to put in a request for mystikal I think that would be great one thanks for the inspiration 💯💯💯
The cool and both food and liquor was on point plus his freestyle building mind faster was sick crazy half the stuff he said is happening now. Mural is poetry purest form.
I feel Lupe has 4 classics personally, most of his core fans call tetsuo and youth a classic and drogas wave was a phenomenal slept on album as well....I feel whoever narrated this did well but stopped listening to his music after lasers and didnt listen to those albums and some loosies he's dropped, for instance you said dumb it down was his best lyrically but to most MURAL was his best if not the best lyrical song ever crafted....for those who need to catch up listen to MAZINGER Z, MURAL, MURAL JR, BLACK POWER L WORD, KNEELING ON KNEEDLES, I agree he's fallen off but he is still lyrically sharp and has quality music....Nas recently stated that lupe is the closest thing to him and Lupe is trying to work with Nas which would be epic but I'm doubtful it will happen.
That is a dream collab that needs to happen
@@michaelbarnes2617 right, recently lupe did an interview and said he reached out to Nas, but never got a text back, he wanted to work on an Amy Winehouse album with him, if you know Nas was very close with Amy Winehouse so that would've been cool
@@screamingeagle11b would have been dope asf, I just want them on one track together then I can die fulfilled lol
@@michaelbarnes2617 right, I blame some of it on the fans tho, people dont realize the power we have as a collective, like if people hit up Nas twitter and IG about it, I'm sure word would get around to him, however people dont push for music like they used to anymore lol
@@screamingeagle11b I definitely agree with you bro plus people don’t really want to hear Nas and Lupe like that unfortunately
I enjoy the breakdown. I didn't agree with you at 1st but you supported enough of what you had to say to get the point across so I can respect that. We don't get enough of that on the tube.
I still believe his penmanship is goat status. I also wonder if he ever wanted the kind of relationships Jay's subtleties afforded him. I also wonder if those things have the same effect coming from Lupe.
This is very well done, and I enjoy this series. I think Lupe knows exactly what category he’s in though and makes music he truly enjoys. Outside of lasers and drogas light, he hasn’t missed in my opinion
I was really anticipating this glad you did this one 🙌🏽💪🏽
Lupe is one of the greatest
Tetsuo and Youth and Drogas Wave are among Lupe's best projects. He doesn't have just two....Any real Hip Hop fan who analyzes his lyrics and actually pay attention will tell you this...
While The Cool might be his best album poetically, Drogas Wave and T&Y in my opinion are far better lyrically than everything he has ever put. Like, one is a "normal/reverse listen" album that connects some dots from "MYH Saga" and that contains mindblowing concepts and the other one tells two stories, first half about african slaves (slave ships) and the other one about drugs. It's like Lupe writes "with both sides of the coin" in his mind. He is a master at his craft, one of the best artists that I've witnessed in rap history.
i really redownloaded these albums to my napster just this week alongside friday night lights from j. cole, i was late in 2009 when i first heard them but his musoc changed my life.
First of all, “City of the Year” is my favorite post-mainstream track from Lupe! That album was pretty dope!
The truth is that they wanted Lupe to change into what “sells”, and he was already selling more than most of them.
Good content..keep doing your thing!!!!
Lupe will always be in my top 5, man's has(or those can say HAD...*eye roll*) that IT FACTOR! Lyrically impeccable, versatile as hell, all around great producer. This industry has plenty of examples to show you a career can go ANYWAY at ANYTIME. Things unfortunately happen, but a good artist is a good artist, hands down.
What is the instumental that you use for this series, It speaks to my soul 🔥
He’s my favorite rapper. I’m glad u did him.
Lupe lectures rap at MIT. Potential fulfilled
Before lasers there was lupend, which was the last 3 projects that he was going to use to end his career, but alantic at the time would not allow to happen, because Lupe was a hot commodity so they wanted more albums. Lupe felt pressured so he gave them lasers, the label pushed it back and Lupe fell into depression and even contemplated sucide, because he wasn’t able to make music he wanted and was trapped on a label that was telling him this new album he presented them wasn’t going to be put out. So then he had to literally remake lasers and add those pop sounding records which once he gave alantic those records they pushed out the singles and fans protested once Lupe used the fans to help him get the album out but the one we gotten isnt the one we were supposed to get, a stunt in his growth is that he didn’t get to become the artist he desired to be. They wanted more superstar records and less of records Lupe was known for.
Great analysis as always, but Lupe Gave us hits beyond his two classics albums.
What Happened to B.O.B? we need that one