Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS Light Album Review | DEHH
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Lupe Fiasco sixth studio album is the first of three releases he has planned for 2017. Taking a more mainstream approach in sound, how does Lupe's 'Drogas Light' hold up to his previous effort Tetsuo & Youth? 'Drogas Light' was released on his own 1st and 15th label as an independent project. Here are our thoughts on Lupe's latest project. Let us know what you think of it in the comment section.
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What Ken got that comb for? To comb his thoughts? LOL!
CRYING!!!
Leo Miller LMFAOOOOO
Leo Miller Hahahahahah
Leo Miller Damn. 😂😂😂
lmao probably for the beard but LMAO
For the culture...
Kennith Inge We gotta hope those next two albums are damn near perfect, and apparently this was just a bunch of off tracks due to it being "light".
This is why I love this channel! Love all the different perspectives and discussion in terms of people not taking time to properly digest or review albums.
Pretty sure his goal is for these to be the Magnum Opus, if Tetsuo and Youth wasn't it that is.
Kennith Inge do a review on Starlito- "Manifest Destiny" album
this album has to be a joke
So basically this album threw DEHH for a Lupe.
Cole Jordan W
Cole Jordan comment of the year right here
Cole Jordan that's a bar
Took me a minute to get this. W
Cole Jordan do you know the instrument at 0:35 ??
yall actin like lupe didnt just drop a classic album in tetsuo and youth
Did you watch the T&Y review? It was overwhelmingly positive?
yeah i watched it but everybody besides myke was like lupe's career is a disappointment he's inconsistent and i disagree i feel like lasers is his only bad album the rest of his albums have been good to great
I guess that's fair. I mean to be honest, if you like the sound you like the sound. I think the only objective thing about hip hop is whether or not the person is spitting. Beat choice and sound aside.
cat tnt stop calling everything a classic
furthestfromthesun. Haha, I thought T&Y was damn near classic status, at least for Lu
Yall notice Myke dont have eyebrows?
no because they don't exist
Cameronmy
lmao
lol they exist you just gotta squint a little bit
DEHH RUNNING MUSIC REVIEWS AND NOW THEY GOT A PODCAST? ROD GOT TO WORK.
William McCarty
Big quint!!
*Indeed!*
William McCarty do you know the instrument at 0:35 ??
Atlantic wanted him to go commercial. now he's off Atlantic and this album has been on ESPN for two months
T and Y was great. F N L 2 was super underrated too in my opinion. I pretend Light didnt happen.
21:04
Feefo: That's why I don't want to hear his next album
Ken: I do
Just proved that Ken is actually looking forward to an album since he said he never is lol.
T Daniels Caught him slippin lol.
last years video he actually was looking foward for another album he stays slipping
this is that classic dehh review style
I feel like Myke wants any excuse to disagree with someone
Or he just has a different fucking opinion?
And I feel like y'all come up with any excuse to post some negative bullshit in our comment section.
Chill out mate, didn't know it was illegal to have an opinion. No need to be so confrontational
Y'all are hilarious. You say some bullshit clearly trying to get a response, but when you get one you act like I'm a bad guy. Hahaha! Dish it...take it. That's life, bro.
Come on Myke, you're clearly a very educated and eloquent guy, but whenever someone appears to disagree with your opinion, you seem to get very defensive. Just my opinion bro, I appreciate what you're doing
Lupe been street before he was a conscious rapper
He was still dropping that knowledge though, he took a unique angle on the street stuff.
james jobber Still, listen to the lyrics dude.
How does Feefo not mess with album? It bumps in the whip
cause lupe washed
Angad Babra it ain't bump in the whip like that lol food n liquor and the cool bump in the whip this meh
Angad Babra lmao like his favourite line
This album does bump though... This is only one of 3 albums meant to catch people's ear. This was a Lazer's reboot basically lol I think the next 2 albums will be similar to the Cool and Tetsuo.
Angad Babra
Hell yeah it does
I get the disappointment but WHAT ABOUT TETSUO & YOUTH!!! Why are people acting like he hasn't released naything good since The Cool. T&Y is a masterpiece, he still has made good music in the recent past
Rohan also Pharoah Heights
Rohan Because people have short attention spans/memories. They expect everything Rappers/artist put out to be on some hot fire shit ya dig.
That too. GREAT EP
Well I think people certainly have a right to be disappointed with Drogas LIGHT, because I was too as a big Lupe fan... I just wanted to retain perspective that T&Y was only a few years ago and it was unbelievably good
Rohan When DROGAS really drops I hope he pulls through and gives us something greater than T&Y.
To this day I still play at least one T&Y song a week and i can listen to that full album everytime
Lupe got 5 black belts, and his dad used to run a dojo, hence the samurai pic. But yeah, I agree Drogas Light is like okay, it was meant for him to performed at concerts. I'm still waiting for Drogas & Skulls though. Those are the real albums.
Drogas Light is apparently a throwaway album. Drogas is "supposed" to be a lyrical miracle lupe album (hopefully)
Exactly
Octavian Johnson Lupe ensured it. We getting the real shit next.
The Boy - Lol don't shoot the messenger I'm just saying what he said
Yup
I feel like people always want Lupe to preach to them. If he's not delivering some deep message they don't care, while Lupe has always been the kind to experiment and have fun with his music.
I'm just going to skip the light version.
MF Whom ? I love your name and even though I don't blame you, I think there's a couple songs worth listening to, but just a couple.
Rod Sully which ones ?
MF Whom ? The last song on the album was the best one. I only liked about 3 songs mind you.
MF Whom ? Dopamine Lit
more than my heart, kill, made in the USA & ngl.
Didn't lupe said that this album was a compilation of old songs he had?
david flores
yeah i think so
yea this is Drogas LIGHT. The real Drogas drops in a few months.
Yeah but people don’t pay full attention, Lupe deserves the benefit of the doubt at this point, before judging looking into what’s really going on, he’s tryna be done with Atlantic so he just put out old songs that he never has put out
I deleted Drogas Light. I will stick with Tesuo and Youth and act as if Drogas never happened.
Mansur Omar i second that! only songs i like are kill, dopamine, and jump is ok... beat is hard, dont care for lyrics
Mansur Omar yeah imma wait for DROGAS
DROGAS didn't happen. This is Drogas *LIGHT*
Myke hit it right on the money! Lupe is rapping on beats the rest of the group just doesn't want to hear Lupe over.
I'm a big Lupe fan, full disclosure. I liked this and Lasers. But definitely get why folks are confused and not feeling.
But we definitely need to make a distinction between what we don't want to hear and stuff that is ACTUALLY terrible.
LET LUPE PLAY!!! lol
creativebobbie He had trap beats on Tetsuo & Youth and those tracks were great. So what's the deal with people's issues with the trap beats on this album? Not every time I wanna hear Lupe rap over a boom bap beat. What's great about him is he doesn't limit himself to just one style of production. He rummages threw a few before he can find the ones that suits him best. That's always been Lupe.
I think the problem is Lupe is one of the artists in rap that has been boxed in by "fans" and fans alike. They expect damn near every verse to be a double entendre and over the same type of production. And what is crazy is people talked shit about his style of subject matter and beat choice and lyrical ability when he came out with F&L and are now acting like they loved it from jump knowing they didn't.
+kooleyBear This is true. When he goes into SLR mode people complain about him being too lyrical. When he simplifies the lyricism he's accused of dumbing it down. The man just can't win with everybody.
I fully agree!
B-Mint1994 this is bad lyricism and music. Mixtape Lupe, cool, f&l, t&y lupe raps his ass office! Here he's avg at best
After Tranquillo the album is near unlistenable
Didn't Lupe say he deliberately made this lyrically "light" to give himself a break cause he wanted to take a break and keep things distinctly not "jazzy" because he's saving all his lyricism for "Drogas". Remember reading that somewhere.
Pieces of a man yeah on his own review. Dehh needs to read that
JM C they briefly talked about Lupe's review
Should have made this a free mixtape to hype the album. First half was tight second half fell off real quick.
Off topic but Oddisee drops on Friday...can't wait
JJPHILLYLG Hope they gonna review this,I know Beezy430 is a huge fan of him..
This is gonna break my heart ugh lol
This is my least fave Lupe project, but Im still a Stan and think that Drogas Deep will be amazing. My theory is that he made this as his first independent project to piss off Atlantic and show he can make mainstream music like they would want but without the drama. But IDK, I guess he doesn't get a free pass. BUT PLEASE GIVE him 1 more shot lol Drogas Deep will be that shit. I still liked a lot of songs on this project, thought a lot of this shit banged.
UPDATE
Myke just saved the video for me again hahaha!!! I agree with him, 10000% not going back to this project a lot. Think he showing that he can do mainstream music but better with a Lupe twist But he did show off his skill MAJOR on these songs.
Cant believe you guys didn't talk about the Momma track outro !
haha great video tho
I feel like this album would've been bad/mediocre from anybody, but coming from Lupe just makes it so much worse. Like Feefo, I listened to this multiple times and it just didn't get any better for me 'cuz it's sloppy as hell. Couple of decent moments here & there but meh.
Luke James I don't think it's bad as worst Album of the year. too me they're moments where I like but songs I dislike we're over the top. jump, made in USA, dopamine lit are dope, overall he just missed with it. Lasers was worse cause we expect super complex better example this is shape of inconsistency.
Luke James i completely agreeee
i get myke's point, but if a rap album has
-mediocre production
-trash hooks
-features that dont complement the album
-a handful of good songs mixed with bad ones
then why do good lyrics from Lupe make up for all that? i think people have a right to be disappointed.
JPWicks6 because they are saying it's worse than what it is. It's good, just not what people assume to come from Lupe. Trap lyrics? With actual good raps? And he made that contradiction sound good(similar to Dumb It Down). Once you get rid of that box that we put certain artists in(how they should sound versus how they do sound), you see that it actually isn't a disappointment until after Kill. Everything past that wasn't good, average but funny enough much better than many pop tracks.
I havent listened to this yet, but I'm really confused by the reviews. So people think Lupe can rap, but his beats are subpar.. when he raps over mainstream/modern/trendy beats, people say they don't want to hear him over the production. ???
JonathanIsrael708 His mainstream beats are subpar, the cool and FNL had dope production.
JonathanIsrael708 Issue was that his bars were dumbed down on the album, even in a concert video he said "this album is for the dumb people, DROGAS is for the intellectuals", also said it was music from the vaults, but have faith, Lupe said "DROGAS" will be a masterpiece when it drops
+Northsyde The Cool is incredible but let's not lie that production was some struggle shit. They were good beats but the production is a different matter entirely. Two fucking beats went completely off beat in the album
Superior 2K, great context that adds some sense to the confusion.
Mainstream trendy beats aren't that good. Lupe is best over soul samples, loops and shit like that.
people out here givin' up on lupe acting like he didn't drop two quality projects before this, just 'cause this wasn't all that, it doesn't mean the next one will be as bad, it's lupe bruh
rmsg120nsb Factz
rmsg120nsb I thought F&L 2 was okay. T&Y was straight up fire though.
i wasn't even talking about f&l 2 tho, pharoah height ep right after tetsuo & youth
rmsg120nsb Oh, well in that case I AGREE!!
Jump goes hard af!!
gghost Jr.
Hell yeah!
I saw this album as T&Y throwaway tracks recorded since 2013. His label fucked him over so why not release the stuff that didn't make T&Y and the 2 upcoming albums. This album was ok nothing terrible. Better than lasers lmao
And the funny part is he has said multiple times before it was released that it was old songs that didn't make the cut lol.
I liked this album.
This was cool album!
Dou Ahou
Yeah it was pretty good
Not making an excuse for this album, but lupe's an artist you can't put in a box. This guy has made a rock album, does DJ ing from time to time, and of course raps. Good, bad or indifferent, Lupe does not play by our rules.
Bruh, he said this is his final record for Atlantic. Apparently he wrote a masterpiece for the real DROGAS, but he knew the label would shit all over his concept, so he dropped DROGAS Light to satisfy the terms of the deal, and when he drops DROGAS independently it'll be the real thing..
LMAO when they listen to DROGAS Wave.....
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dajhier1 yeah! yeah! yeah!
dajhier1 I know your true intentions.
I gave up on lupe a long time ago..
I gave up after Lasers...but we'll always have Food & Liquor though.
Tetsuo and Youth is probably his best album and it was his last album tho
Tyrone Omarian no. Food and liquor was his best album. Then his second. Then it went down hill
joshblue32 t and y is his best album
tetsuo & youth is arguably as good as what you might consider his best work. pharoah height ep right after is tight af too.
Lupe is so damn talented. He just needs someone over him guiding him musically like jay z did at first.
Jay Z had nothing to do with food & liquor. Tht album was already done before he was even signed. And honestly, if you go back to this album, you’re telling me it’s that bad? No, it’s not
I just want another Tetsuo & Youth level project. Hopefully DROGAS Wave & SKULLS are dope...
This album is pretty good, but I like Tetsuo and Youth more.
MF Whom ? I didn't say it was as good as Tetsuo and Youth. I said this album was pretty good(imo), but I like Tetsuo and Youth more.
I think that Lupe tried to make an album with a different sound than what he is comfertable with, but he doesn't have the artistical reach to make an album like this imo. The reason I don't like this album isn't because Lupe did it, its because Lupe did it porely and yes he was spitting on this project, but there is more to making good trap songs than spitting.
7:10 Ab-soul These Days was prefect mocking how rappers/music sound today, haven't heard this album though...
I gave up on Lupe like I gave up on Cudi.
I have Lupe's first two albums but I gave up. He had a such a great start, just like Kanye.
Spoiler alert: I listened and it didn't
like the last album he dropped wasn't his greatest
didnt like Tetsuo and Youth? and he ment Drogas not Drogas light which is what this album is
This is a warm up man. Listen to his performance in Alabama where he does Promise and Made in the USA, he explains it.
Feefo the type of nigga to call time out during a fight
YOOOO you need to CHILL LMFAO
Jose Arguello lmao.
For some reason I love whenever Myke says the word "Fuckin." Shit cracks me up.
I didn't like this album at all when I initially listened to it because it was such a departure from Lupe's other content. But once I got over the fact that this was Lupe, I started enjoying for what it was. He still flowing on here. It's commercial sounding but not overly poppy and fluffy like Lasers. It's basically Lasers done right.
You got it. These guys will have you think Sadistik doing Trap shit is cool, but Lupe doing it is bad. See how weird that is?
Glad to see that DEHH enjoyed his next project. Drogas Wave was dope.
After hearing Lupe on that Justice League track 'No Problems' I was hoping to hear him on more hyper beats and he delivered on here. The track 'Jump' sounds so god damn good because Lupe can adapt to a beat like that and still spit bars. I would rather hear a project from Lupe and King Los over Kendrick and Cole. Los and Lupe are extremely versatile when it comes to flows.
This album is the light version of what's to come on the next two. Favorite tracks were Dopamine lit, NGL, Made in the USA, Tranquillo, More than my Heart.
Thank y'all for uploading this today, this shit'll get me through the night
tropojay1
Same here
tropojay1 same smh
This album is Lupe using the current climate of rap music to floss his styles as an emcee. This is what HIPHOP purists would have to deal with to make it like oh...JAYz does even Drake...both rappers have excellent skills as emcees, but todays rap fans don't fully give a focused thought to the music they digest. All aspects of HIPHOP culture is deeper than just consumerism...HIPHOP is soul of artistic creatives on display & all the contradictions you go through to get better and help others look at the bigger picture. In short Lupe is keeping his track record going strong, make a mix tape of all his good content and avoid the throwaways...he released enough content. Great review, as always I appreciate the honesty.
food and liquor 1, the cool, tetsuo and youth, that's it.
Food and liquor 2 wasn't bad... I kinda liked lasers tbh
Drogas Waves
Pick up the Phone wasn't even that bad in my opinion ya the chorus was very pop but the beat was decent and Lupe was spitting. Or am I tripping ?
David Camino I agree 100% I thought rapping/voice/flow wise That was easily one of the best on the album which overall was complete trash
The next album "Drogas" which will be out in a couple months will pull Feefo, B, and Rod back in as Lupe fans. Lupe basically said this is a throwaway album, but Drogas is 11/10 masterpiece. It will be on Tetsuo & Youth, F&L 1, and The Cool level, maybe better.
He reviewed his own album and did say it's leftover songs from his previous couple works, it should be free imo
TheSnoozeFox he has the whole damn thing on his channel
He even says in the intro "this ain't for billboard, you can stream the album on silk Road"
Thank you very much. This review led to me to listening to Lupe Fiasco's tetsuo and youth.
The Meaning Of The Album Is Pretty Clear Man. The First Half Is Lupe Doing Homage, Satricially Attacking, While Respecting And Understanding And Honoring Trap And Everything It Comes From And Where It Takes His People. THE PRODUCTION IS DOPE Especially For The First Half. AND HE HAS BARS. And He Has Meaning. And His Flows ARE DOPE. The 2nd Half TO ME Is Lasers But Perfected Where It's Actually Way Better.
FOLLOWING Tetsuo And Youth WHAT IS HIS BEST ALBUM TO ME And One Of The Best Rap Albums EVER FUCKING MADE. But You We Knew It Wasn't Gonna Be Anything Like Tetsuo And Youth Lol. PLUS I Don't Feel Like It's Realistic For Him To Even Top Tetsuo LOL. It's A Good Album BUT YES It Is Way Different.
Omar Gardner Spot on man.
Didn't even listen to this album but I still clicked on the review right away lol
Chase Woods
lmao
Leave Lupe alone, this album is a 6/10. Wait for the next album
I agree with the guy sort of defending the album (don't know anyone's names since I'm new to this channel).
It was not what anyone was hoping for, thus everyone immediately decided to hate it.
When it first dropped I hated it too. I listened to the album a few times to really digest it and I dig it now to an extent.
It's not a throw-away album. The first half or so is great. The pop songs afterward are what killed it.
Mike always speaking my mind..
I appreciate this album because I get the sentiment. Whoever said this was his "These Days" was right. I'm disappointed that no one discussed the title which has a lot to do with the content.
He told everyone what the intent was in the review he wrote. It was supposed to be a Lasers reboot. Also, he said a lot of these are throw away tracks that weren't meant to be too deep. They also are songs that are for performance. The next 2 albums he said are no where in this lane.
Its called Drogas light...
I look at it as a precursor of sorts for Lupe's lighter audience leading up to Drogas which will be more like a Tetsuo & Youth of sorts. This album did exactly what it was supposed to and it executed it well. Drogas will be more the album you guys are looking for and YES..LUPE IS RAPPING ON HERE.
For what I would call a throwaway album, I thought it was better than expected but still not something I'll really come back to. DROGAS should be where it's at, as Lupe said, "Illmatic meets Illmatic meets Illmatic", so hopefully it's a pleasant surprise.
I must be stupid but I have zero problems with this album I don't understand
if they don't make a
"...but is he rappin'?" t-shirt, it's a missed opportunity. I'd buy that shit right now.
Late night reviews are the best
Tetsuo & Youth was a dope album, I thought it was better than To Pimp a Butterfly. But y'all at the end of the year said you didn't go back to it. He gets little credit for good albums and that's gotta be frustrating because he's seeing who people are listening to and they aren't touching him. This album to me is like a Wale rant.
Is the Mic Still On is so entertaining and real. Congrats Feefo on the engagement. Myke's Keith Sweat story was heartbreaking.
This is just the Light version.. I can't wait for DROGAS!
I'd love to see a Jonwayne's Rap Album Two review.
YES. DEHH, if you're reading this check this album out. Also the new Quelle Chris joint.
I'm torn with my thoughts on this album. I understand what he's trying to do. I like it for what it is but not the Lupe I like. I need more like The Cool Lupe.
I think this is Lupe being light. He throwing light jabs he ain't trying he playing. When he goes to medium he will be going hard add. With the last one with him being a perfect Lupe for himself, his fans and his style.
Straight-up: This is fighting game music.
Lupe said this was a refined Lasers. These were literally all the throwaways from T&Y when the label wanted a pop sound
Damn... Myke killed this review!
Didn't Lupe Blame That Pop/Commercial Shit On Atlantic Tho? Ain't He Independent Now? I Guess The Plot Thickens....
Jermaine HD he didn't have a problem he just wanted to do it on his way
Alex Gipson after hearing Drogas Lite what was done differently than how he did with the label? you could argue that the commercial records Lupe had under Atlantic were structured better making them better but are basically the same songs. Pick up the Phone even bit the riff from Superstar and became a knock. I'm a huge Lupe Fiasco Fan but things aren't adding up. He blamed Lazers on Atlantic but Drogas was half Lazers with half the effort (song wise)
To be honest, i think feef completely described what my take was on Chances coloring book.
I thought coloring book was all over the place and really was reaching for too much while holding no form at all.
It seemed to be confused if it wanted to be trap influenced or gospel influenced or R&B influenced. Personally it just didnt mix well at all.
All things said, i think Lupe's album held similarities to that as well.
I think Myke gets it. When I heard the album I heard a tongue and cheek satire of modern music. I agree when Myke said "Look at this shit, I can do it better." I think that's what Lupe was going for. If Drake put out Promise that sound would blow up, but he couldn't have done it as well.
That album is very dope to me. He dropping all kind of shit in there. I listen almost daily
DEHH always with the great content
I wanna see them have an in depth conversation about Lupe's career. SO INTERESTING
Can't wait for DROGAS. Mural Jr already has me interested
Tanquillo is focusing on how 3 different personalities can find their own inner tranquility.
S.O.S. Soundtrakk we need you bruh get your mans
Think this album has aged pretty well.
Thanks Myke and Ken for a great review.
Myke was 100, all the other criticisms were about the music and the vibe, hardly anyone said anything bad about the lyrics. Lupe can rap.
lupe tweeted this was his revision to lasers. to me as a lupe stan this is a throwaway album and I'm hoping the other albums he's suppose to drop this year will be the conceptual lyrical I love. still don't hate the album. to one of your other videos, I'm still checking on lupe when he comes out again
Yall should understand that Lupe is aging real quick & hes going to be releasing another album later on this year. I think after that, hes retiring. This was a fun project to bump in the whip too, imo 8/10 for me.
..sure some of the tracks were a bit... stale and odd but its was different then what I expected
I love hearing everybody's opinion on this channel.
Myke, Ken, Feefo and Beezy if you want to review a super dope album listen to CES Cru's new Album Catastrophic Event Specialists. It came out the same day as Lupe's. Please review it if your busy schedule allows it.
Great videos and I respect all of your guys perspectives fr
Royalty was not bad by any means. That shit was awesome based on features alone.
Tha Swami Royalty is one of my favorite Gambino projects tbh. Gambino killed every verse, had wutang members on it, production was on point, etc
Lupe's light work is still sick af, zone out the beats and just appreciate the guys mic presence!
I feel like this album was leftover bits and pieces he recorded over the past few years. 'Tranquillo' is a b-side from Tetsuo & Youth, actually. 'Pick Up The Phone' and 'I'm Not Design' sound WAYYYY different from the first few tracks.
Btw Lupe said few months back before this album release that he didn't want to mix up this turn up typa shit with his straight conscious Lupe shit. Hence DROGAS light. I didn't fw this project but it's good that he did it this way instead of tryna slip in these typa records on DROGAS
I liked it...drogus light intro is one of if not the best track of the year so far
Myke's always the voice of reason that's why they save his review til the end.
defjux760 Myke's the most objective and analytical out of the group too.