"Dumb It Down" - Lupe Fiasco (Music Video)

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  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 7 років тому +510

    His wordplay is no joke. Lupe is one of the best MCs, ever.

    • @nuknuknuk111
      @nuknuknuk111 6 років тому +7

      KiN CAMELL EVEN SCOOBA STEVE WILL FIND IT HARD TO BREATHE

    • @screamingeagle11b
      @screamingeagle11b 4 роки тому +1

      Easily

    • @marctouss1862
      @marctouss1862 4 роки тому +2

      riveting as rosie... dig into to that one...

    • @Shaungreener1
      @Shaungreener1 4 роки тому +3

      Him n Daylyt the two greatest lyricist of my era period, pac my favourite rapper.

    • @PV3.
      @PV3. 3 роки тому

      Best mc huh what's speedrun time

  • @jennevaa
    @jennevaa 9 років тому +462

    Lupe is the epitomy of intelligent rap......................

    • @andrewurena5198
      @andrewurena5198 9 років тому +15

      +jennevaa epitome

    • @jennevaa
      @jennevaa 9 років тому +11

      +Andrew Urena ....you're right...just got to typing too fast and didn't pay attention...if it lets me correct, I will............

    • @DatzRyteBuB
      @DatzRyteBuB 8 років тому +3

      +jennevaa :)..

    • @chaucerparks5941
      @chaucerparks5941 6 років тому

      jennevaa Absolutely 👍👍

    • @hafiz7008
      @hafiz7008 6 років тому +3

      Clearly you haven't listened to immortal technique

  • @AntSpen27
    @AntSpen27 Рік тому +12

    This shit a mfkn classic that almost touchin the knees of stewardess and the pilot bar always make me play the whole song over

  • @nandistaton2503
    @nandistaton2503 3 роки тому +96

    Gotta come back to Lupe, even in 2022. ❤️

    • @thefailedlifeoflink2030
      @thefailedlifeoflink2030 3 роки тому +5

      Yea I have most songs from food and liquor and the cool in my playlist

    • @mr.nihilz3283
      @mr.nihilz3283 2 роки тому +3

      I love you.

    • @Modus_operandi
      @Modus_operandi Рік тому +3

      Not dumbing it down for nobody n 2023

    • @NankoRi
      @NankoRi 8 місяців тому +2

      2024. this is still the shit

  • @DJMKC24
    @DJMKC24 11 років тому +148

    This is absolute genius and the irony is this song won't get the respect it deserves as one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time because its too genius. Lupe is a top 3 MC all time in my book

  • @mhhs313
    @mhhs313 10 років тому +507

    I cannot believe I never really took this guy seriously. I just knew him as the dude who made "superstar". After listening to his crazy freestyle on Sway I started listening to his music and have been listening to him for the past 2 days straight. He is one of my favourite rappers of all time. This song is an absolute mind fuck, genius.

    • @BuckMarley
      @BuckMarley 10 років тому +65

      This really made me happy.

    • @InvictusRed1911
      @InvictusRed1911 10 років тому +11

      You might just save hip hop, thank you. Lasers and FL2 have to be taken for what they are, but don't ignore Enemy of the State and Friend of the People - which came out to showcase his lyrical proficiency during the time Atlantic wanted him dropping 3-4 singles an album.

    • @walbizures9002
      @walbizures9002 9 років тому +16

      Nice. Finally somebody with a good taste of rap. You should listen to Hurt me soul, it's my favorite track of Lupe.

    • @Ayplus
      @Ayplus 9 років тому +9

      Superstar is lyrical too.

    • @BrothaShinobi
      @BrothaShinobi 9 років тому +12

      +mhhs313 you should listen to "the instrumental" blow your mind

  • @playboyjla
    @playboyjla 10 років тому +351

    This song is hot! His style is not for everyone, but that's okay. Lupe doesn't need to "dumb it down." Most people just need to "smarten up."

  • @AnthonyChamberMusic
    @AnthonyChamberMusic 11 років тому +397

    And they say Kenny brought hip hop back. Lupe been trying to bring it back for years. it's just at the time he was doing it they weren't ready.

    • @b145701s
      @b145701s 10 років тому +4

      Can I ask who Kenny is? :)

    • @AnthonyChamberMusic
      @AnthonyChamberMusic 10 років тому +21

      Kendrick

    • @bourbonplot
      @bourbonplot 10 років тому +22

      b145701s kenny rogers bro

    • @younginspiration1
      @younginspiration1 10 років тому +5

      Jesse Webster
      listen to sing about me

    • @Punjabispitta
      @Punjabispitta 10 років тому +35

      Exactly, if Rap Genius had been around during Lupe's come up, he would have been so much more appreciated even if Lupe was the reason they had to create that website lmao

  • @toddhodges8036
    @toddhodges8036 9 років тому +323

    Its crazy that in 2016 this song still holds true. Nobody wants to buy songs that aren't about money, cars, or about treating women like shit. This is the reason Lupe is so underrated. Nobody wants to hear the truth.

    • @GameMediaOutlet
      @GameMediaOutlet 8 років тому +4

      100% agree 👍 with you

    • @rizingpho3nix
      @rizingpho3nix 8 років тому +4

      Shut most rappers that can actually rap don't think to much of people so they dumb their music down. Also A&Rs usually tell their artist to do so.

    • @paneesh
      @paneesh 8 років тому +8

      Agree, brother! Hip-Hop is moving away from what was supposed to be a pure artistic lyrical exhibition, to something that's cringe worthy; Do you think people are willing to listen to albums like T&Y? They need catchy songs full of consumerism and materialistic shit; They need a guy talking about drugs, treating women like objects. That's messed up.
      I will never be impressed by a rapper who brags about how many Jordan's he has, and how his women does dirty things to him like a slave. Do you think that a song like that reaches a hardworking student who's trying very hard to pay his bills? Nah I don't think so. But this Lupe's work, this shit is REAL ART. GOAT. #Respect

    • @rizingpho3nix
      @rizingpho3nix 8 років тому +4

      +Paneesh PunIntended Hell yeah! Like he said we need to take it back to the lyrics.

    • @erendon91
      @erendon91 7 років тому +1

      Todd Hodges shit nobody was listening then, def aren't now. I heard this in highschool, changed my life

  • @Hahaha6055
    @Hahaha6055 5 років тому +31

    This whole album is one of the best hip hop albums of the past 40 years.

  • @golfer435
    @golfer435 10 років тому +193

    And this is why Lupe will always be my favorite mainstream rapper.

    • @TatsuKinomiya199
      @TatsuKinomiya199 10 років тому +1

      Same.

    • @tobin834
      @tobin834 9 років тому

      Charbory Belton same-r

    • @hymnofashes
      @hymnofashes 9 років тому

      Logan Hollis MC Frontalot's "A little Bit Broad"

    • @hymnofashes
      @hymnofashes 9 років тому

      Logan Hollis MC Frontalot's "A little Bit Broad"

    • @joohnnykuz5327
      @joohnnykuz5327 9 років тому

      Logan Hollis Yeah a then he releases Lazers, lmaooo he couldn't stay true smh.

  • @ajamucollins4395
    @ajamucollins4395 9 років тому +2

    Reviving Lupe Fiasco is what life really needs, GQ Man Of The Year, Robots and Skateboards

  • @vaevictus4637
    @vaevictus4637 8 років тому +199

    So many people forget that part of being a great rapper is wordplay. Lupe is ALWAYS playing with his lyrics and ends up somersaulting.

  • @JustinBlastoff
    @JustinBlastoff 8 років тому +110

    First hip hop song I ever heard when I was a kid was a Lupe song, ever since then I loved it and he'll always be GOAT to me

    • @BBGirlSamus
      @BBGirlSamus 8 років тому +5

      kick push?

    • @JustinBlastoff
      @JustinBlastoff 8 років тому +1

      +Parker Knight Show Goes On and then I listened to the cool album

    • @BBGirlSamus
      @BBGirlSamus 8 років тому +1

      +J WG nice!, that's my second favorite song by him! I really like him! but I always preferred Childish Gambino... Idk Childish is really funny and I just love his essence,(not to mention that Donald is also my favorite actor and comedian)

    • @JustinBlastoff
      @JustinBlastoff 8 років тому +2

      Parker Knight Yeah I like Lupe, Big L, Royce, Dyemond Lewis, Joey, Mos Def and shit like that

    • @BBGirlSamus
      @BBGirlSamus 8 років тому +1

      +J WG same!

  • @Ryuujin1078
    @Ryuujin1078 9 років тому +1452

    "You'll sell more records if you DUMB IT DOWN" This can't be more of the truth of how today's rap has become.

    • @cooleojordan50
      @cooleojordan50 8 років тому +80

      that's how rap has always been. the most popular rap songs are usual easier to understand

    • @LMICUK
      @LMICUK 8 років тому +35

      +cooleojordan50 thank you.. shit rappers always existed... vanilla ice anyone?

    • @NubianQueen_xo
      @NubianQueen_xo 8 років тому +30

      Exactly my thoughts! Almost all of the rappers have dumbed down their originality to sell records.

    • @y2serious321
      @y2serious321 8 років тому +21

      yeah but today is reaching a new low, back then rappers still had more flow style and punch line, they had alot more integrity, how many people you know gives vanilla ice respect. Nowadays they don't even try, no effort at all.

    • @LucasBostrom100
      @LucasBostrom100 7 років тому +2

      Ryuujin1078 I don't believe you

  • @mr.speyside5240
    @mr.speyside5240 9 років тому +251

    "With no neck left to hang the chain with, Which makes me necklace-less, like a necklace theft."
    I remember the first time hearing that lyric like "whoa!"

    • @kellenb1840
      @kellenb1840 5 років тому +3

      His mixtapes have TONS of lines like this

  • @infnitlite700
    @infnitlite700 11 місяців тому +3

    every time i come across this song, gotta replay 3 times

  • @andrewheneks9220
    @andrewheneks9220 Рік тому +4

    Even though i don't jam lupe as much these days he will Forever and always be my favorite rapper of all time. lupe hands down is one of the most underrated artists of all time. Lupe is one of the best of all times and never got the credit that was owed and earned but Lupe has my support and has had my full attention since 2002. And I will be listening to Lupe till the day I die. A legend in my opinion. Much love fiasco you a king my dude

  • @benstonks9047
    @benstonks9047 2 роки тому +6

    Very few has mastered the art of rapping. Lupe is one of the very few rappers that has mastered it.

  • @BlackNerdMagic
    @BlackNerdMagic 8 років тому +47

    The wordplay is the song is too sick and ten time higher than most lyrical content. You have to really pay attention to get most of the metaphors and reference Lupe is spitting 🔥🔥🔥🔥. I still enjoy listening to the song till this day

  • @based_sam
    @based_sam 10 років тому +17

    I love Lupe's irony, song's called 'dumb it down' but the song is about as deep as a Russian novel, man's on a whole another level with the words he spits. Love him!

  • @ryanp2053
    @ryanp2053 9 років тому +55

    still one of the best written songs ever.

  • @kyrodb3480
    @kyrodb3480 7 років тому +28

    "Even scuba steve would find it hard to breathe around these leagues.
    My snorkel is a tuba, LU the rula around these seas.
    West side Poseidon,
    West side beside 'em,
    Chest-high and rising, almost touching the knees,
    Of stewardess and the pilot,
    Lucky the make you flight wit,
    Personal floating devices, tricks falling out my sleeves."
    Just came for my yearly does of Lupe and jesus if those aren't some of the best bars I've ever heard.

  • @VLP_123
    @VLP_123 5 років тому +25

    i love it. Never diminish your intelligence, talents, or make yourself smaller so someone else can feel better.

  • @heffechapo9544
    @heffechapo9544 10 місяців тому +7

    Still top tier 🪖🫡p.s they still don’t get it😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥 This that high I.Q ish🤝🏽

    • @DonYoGi8331
      @DonYoGi8331 7 місяців тому +1

      💯this shit will open doors in your brain🤯

  • @christianbridges4233
    @christianbridges4233 4 роки тому +6

    “And wtf is go yard nigga?” Lol almost 15 years later and niggas rockin that shit heavily

  • @ATD909
    @ATD909 8 років тому +78

    Lupe was one of the few new artists I dug when hip hop was in the dark ages (2005-2009). He was pivotal to the genre's turnaround with tracks like this. 👌

    • @WoeIsLee
      @WoeIsLee 8 років тому +8

      when hip hop WAS in the dark ages? IT STILL IS, DA FUCK YOU TALKIN BOUT.

    • @NejiRulzzz
      @NejiRulzzz 8 років тому +5

      It`s still bad but i think the dark ages are over.Even the most commercial rappers are a bit above trash like Lil Jon and the crunk punks
      And look at some rappers like Kendrick!He`s one of the best and he`s one of the most popular around

    • @WoeIsLee
      @WoeIsLee 8 років тому +11

      NejiRulzzz
      THE MOST POPULAR RAP SONG RIGHT NOW IS THAT PANDA BULLSHIT

    • @ReckSaber3664
      @ReckSaber3664 8 років тому +1

      +leerey14 bruh that's not even rap. them artist got no talent

    • @tavonthatruth640
      @tavonthatruth640 8 років тому +1

      Treetops97 I could name several, u gotta search man

  • @davidmarquis9767
    @davidmarquis9767 2 роки тому +3

    Still one of the best at the word play 2022

  • @lakeishag76
    @lakeishag76 3 роки тому +8

    Can’t believe this was 14 years ago!

  • @TheManWitDaRhetorics
    @TheManWitDaRhetorics 2 роки тому +10

    15 years later, this couldnt be more true..

  • @bilalsdetailingpressurewas7997

    One of the best lyricist ever 🤔 👌🏿💪🏿⭐

  • @consciouspragmatist2778
    @consciouspragmatist2778 3 роки тому +6

    You would think, at my age, that I don't hear or connect to this artform. I do. I hear everything that is said and played. Art has no age. Love this.

  • @dynamic9016
    @dynamic9016 2 роки тому +6

    Top Tier lyricism...

  • @RealityContradiction
    @RealityContradiction 6 років тому +62

    Why dont our people enjoy music that makes them "think"??
    These LYRICS though. ...FIRE
    This man is talented intelligent beyond his time.. a real MC lyrisits
    I hate simple music ... Cant even call it music
    Dope!!
    *p.s. its 2018 by the way*

    • @nuknuknuk111
      @nuknuknuk111 6 років тому

      Jupiter Stars "you're making em wanna do right Lu"

    • @djulbey
      @djulbey 5 років тому

      U beautiful btw

  • @loveliveplantlife
    @loveliveplantlife 8 років тому +26

    Lupe is ssoo talented and very intelligent, it tells in his music.... keep up the great work and continue letting the truth shine through .

  • @PokrPro21
    @PokrPro21 9 років тому +10

    Words cannot describe my love and appreciation for Lupe. I knew I had something special when I bought Food & Liquor back in '04. I was a senior in high school then and like the only kid in the whole damn school rocking that album. Lupe is the fucking truth!

    • @RDoubt96
      @RDoubt96 9 років тому +2

      '06*

    • @PokrPro21
      @PokrPro21 9 років тому +1

      you're right, on that note, I was fresh out of high school, probably 19 years old at the time.

  • @Thedcdotcom
    @Thedcdotcom 4 роки тому +9

    This is easily Lupe's hardest track ever. He's unbelievably underrated.

  • @sbulathe1
    @sbulathe1 7 років тому +1063

    He basically predicted this generation with this song

    • @jonessmith2125
      @jonessmith2125 7 років тому +9

      Ramona park Legend faxxx

    • @RaeganRampaul
      @RaeganRampaul 7 років тому +88

      nah.... this has always been honestly.... back then there was snap and crunk like soulja boy and unk...... not that theyre bad or anything but as according to lu its dumbed down

    • @Marc98338
      @Marc98338 6 років тому +21

      Raygz
      True tbh. I remember when drake waa coming up. He got SO much hate that we was a soft fake rapper. Now he runs the game....

    • @RaeganRampaul
      @RaeganRampaul 6 років тому +4

      drake's music isnt really "bad" at least by majority of the people, its just that drake goes in on different genres besides hip hop, usually r&b and now pop dancehall/soca.... but people like lil pump i guess is socially considered as a "bad artist", kinda like soulja boy, where people would note their use of jewelry, drugs, women and repetitive lyrics...

    • @jobantwisp6060
      @jobantwisp6060 6 років тому

      @@Marc98338 but doesn't that prove his theory incorrect? then he got hate for dullness/emptiness,now praise?

  • @HTSupermaNIP
    @HTSupermaNIP 12 років тому +4

    5 years later and 'the Cool' is still one of the greatest hip hop albums of this era.

  • @Wimana868
    @Wimana868 3 роки тому +5

    Gah damn! Still straight 🔥🔥🔥 I hate that the current music industry don't even know how dope Lupe is. One of the greatest. Easily top 5 fasho and his name never gets mentioned smh. I miss this man. Bouta run back them mixtapes and albums entire week. Who's listening in 2021?

  • @davidmarquis9645
    @davidmarquis9645 Рік тому +4

    Still one of the greatest

  • @KingZander88
    @KingZander88 10 років тому +83

    I love this shit still one of my favorites. They tell him dumb it down so he made a song so ridiculously intricate most people heard it over 20 times and still have no idea what he's saying. There is no rapper alive or dead who could have wrote this. If you think you I'm wrong you're probably one of those people.

  • @lightyearz
    @lightyearz 9 років тому +13

    They still sleepin on lupe. He paved the way for alot of rappers.

  • @meezrocka4053
    @meezrocka4053 7 років тому +1

    daaamn, the fact that this still bangs 10 years later and is even truer today than it was then is absolutely phenomenal! Lupe go hard 4eva!

  • @judasy
    @judasy 11 років тому +44

    LUPE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER RECORD. HIS MUSIC ARE FROM THE FUTURE!!!!!! THESE CATS COMING OUT STARTED TO JUST CATCH UP. KENDRICK CANT TOUCH THESE LYRICS

    • @ryanp2053
      @ryanp2053 11 років тому +15

      False, Lupe always needs to make a new album. Shits like crack, always need more.

    • @judasy
      @judasy 11 років тому +2

      I agree lol

    • @brashadcarr6759
      @brashadcarr6759 3 роки тому +1

      Lupe fans obsessed with kendrick lol

  • @Rikelsrunescape
    @Rikelsrunescape 3 роки тому +6

    That word play at the beginning, Lupe is criminally underrated

  • @stevenlowe4230
    @stevenlowe4230 2 роки тому +8

    I swear people sleep on intelligence. Lupe is a 🐐

  • @BrowneVisuals
    @BrowneVisuals 7 років тому +408

    I just realised Kendrick got a whole lot of his style from Lupe.

    • @elib9186
      @elib9186 6 років тому +24

      BrowneVisuals facts

    • @archiegardner9523
      @archiegardner9523 6 років тому +9

      Very true that shit is real

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 6 років тому +13

      Yep. Lupe even inspired me💪🎤🎧🔥

    • @ThePharaoho
      @ThePharaoho 6 років тому +32

      BrowneVisuals They are both conscious, but their sound is different.

    • @PrimeraEspadaStark
      @PrimeraEspadaStark 6 років тому +19

      @Ramz Channel No, mumble rappers just starting showing up in the last 3-4 years, the Lyricists that are older than them, like Kendrick, J. Cole, Sean, Wale, etc were already being credited with bringing back lyrcism earlier in the decade around 2011-2013, before mumble rap blew up. Lupe was before all of it though.

  • @InfiniteGenresOfMusic
    @InfiniteGenresOfMusic 9 років тому +4

    I remember when I first listened to F&L1 back in high school. I was 15 back in 06. Been fuckin with Lupe every since. The realest and my top 5 favorite artist of all times of any genre. I put Lupe up there with Big and Pac real shit. Idc what anybody says.

  • @soulspace9088
    @soulspace9088 7 років тому +4

    Lyrically speaking this track is on another level, ridiculous from Lupe. Many years ago I downloaded this song on my mums phone cos mine did not have the capability. To this day she still has this on her phone.

  • @AyaAmena
    @AyaAmena 5 років тому +4

    This is so nostalgic, OH MY GOD. How did I ever forget about Lupe and this brilliant song?! Wow wow wow.

  • @butterdru144
    @butterdru144 7 років тому +1

    Well all who appreciate good uplifting and strong lyrics with meaning. I cannot stress this or say it enough.... STOP BEING BABIES GROW UP BE RESPONSIBLE AND TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR LIFE/DAY, & encourage someone to be who you see them as or just do as you expect to be done to the ones you LOVE THE MOST IN LIFE.

  • @pumpkin50810
    @pumpkin50810 9 років тому +4

    Lupe is underrated in my generation. This song pretty much sums up their thought processes in 2015.

  • @DakinRinone
    @DakinRinone 6 років тому +4

    Lupe never gets the credit he deserves. Lyrically one of the best out there

  • @BRobMint
    @BRobMint 9 років тому +355

    "Took both pills, when a bloke in a trench coat and the locs in the chair had approached him here" It took me forever to figure out that was a Matrix reference.

    • @reallitycheckk
      @reallitycheckk 9 років тому +30

      that line is sooooo hard. maybe one of the best ever

    • @MasenkOG
      @MasenkOG 9 років тому +18

      Honesty never thought about that til you just said that

    • @torich21
      @torich21 8 років тому +2

      +B-Mint1994 Bruhhhh.

    • @GmoneyMozart
      @GmoneyMozart 8 років тому +35

      bro this whole song is a lyrical dissectors wet dream.

    • @katehack1162
      @katehack1162 8 років тому

      well done! of course. Matrix

  • @woahEXPLOSION
    @woahEXPLOSION 11 років тому

    I was randomly bought tickets by friends at Keene State College a few years back now. I threw my red hat on stage for you to keep cause you brought the house down with this song. Listen, you are a warrior poet. A MC after mine own heartz. Who dat? That's Lupe.

  • @katehack1677
    @katehack1677 Рік тому +9

    Lupe tried to warn us. His commentary on the sickness and pursuit of the superficial is superb. At the expense of knowledge and morality "they're starting to think that smart is cool Lou...so dumb it down"

  • @bonethugsfiend
    @bonethugsfiend 3 роки тому +5

    Of course this song is super dope but this video cracks me up.

  • @farahjama2332
    @farahjama2332 3 роки тому +3

    Lupe is so underrated because most people aren't smart or wise enough!

  • @mattbale4238
    @mattbale4238 10 років тому +15

    damn i first heard this song when i was 14. I'm 19 now and I finally understand every word. Amazing song from one of my favorite artists

  • @HashDad
    @HashDad 6 років тому +7

    Lupe was way before his time. THIS SHOULD’VE RELEASED TODAY IN 2018

  • @STARSFashionArtLove
    @STARSFashionArtLove 5 років тому +3

    Remember when this classic 1st came out 😊 good ol NYC days 🎼💖💛💚🏂

  • @starbombentertainment6225
    @starbombentertainment6225 Рік тому +6

    The Cool is one of if not the best hip hop records ever written!

  • @jasonru9628
    @jasonru9628 6 років тому +3

    Still one of the best hip hop tracks to come out. WAY ahead of its time.

  • @bakersarge6805
    @bakersarge6805 Рік тому +3

    I still get chills when I hear this ish 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @jnefitemayep1433
    @jnefitemayep1433 8 років тому +36

    This brotha is the real deal

  • @stayready4017
    @stayready4017 6 років тому +4

    Lupe saw it coming and here we are!

    • @mistanderson
      @mistanderson 6 років тому +2

      Saw what coming... its been going on before this song thats why he rap about it

    • @BARON2695
      @BARON2695 6 років тому

      @@mistanderson The song originally came out in 2007.so yeah he Saw it coming

    • @bakgammon
      @bakgammon 5 років тому

      @@BARON2695 DUDE, it was already going on lol

  • @sjones3906
    @sjones3906 10 років тому

    When people say Lupe has changed that is what we are all suppose to do. It is called growth, and once you know one cannot stop knowing and you don't understand why everyone else doesn't see it. Intelligence/genius is a gift and a curse.

  • @zacharywhite5313
    @zacharywhite5313 7 місяців тому +3

    16 years later and this song is still 🔥

  • @imgrindin247
    @imgrindin247 5 років тому +9

    2019 and this song still holds truth.

  • @nataliezarrintaraziyan2215
    @nataliezarrintaraziyan2215 9 років тому +23

    He is always the best Lupe Fiasco !!!! AWESOME.

    • @flintregal
      @flintregal 9 років тому

      +Natalie Zarrin Taraziyan you're beautiful...do you have IG?

    • @roccoboschi5427
      @roccoboschi5427 8 років тому +1

      dam bruh at least EASE the stalker shit in...

  • @TPE_Mitchell
    @TPE_Mitchell 3 роки тому +1

    13 years later. I'm still catching up to Lu. Truly ahead of his time ("The clock is all behind me, now I'm feeling old again" - Lupe Fiasco)

  • @JC-ql8ks
    @JC-ql8ks 5 років тому +4

    Lupe is one of the best lyricist every touch the mic. Let’s argue..

    • @ubarichie
      @ubarichie 5 років тому

      THE BEST, not one of

  • @seanskeete8785
    @seanskeete8785 Рік тому +3

    💯💯💯. Lupe should have been a superstar without compromising 😢🙏.

  • @DemiGodQ
    @DemiGodQ Рік тому +5

    Nostalgia from like 07,08

  • @jermainejohnson6420
    @jermainejohnson6420 4 роки тому +2

    Didn’t realize how insightful is music was. Definitely one of the finest with his wordplay.

  • @Mara_143
    @Mara_143 2 роки тому +4

    Welcome to 2022 and Atlantic did make artists dumb it down

  • @rayzrealm
    @rayzrealm 2 роки тому +5

    *Masterclass*

  • @koustavde
    @koustavde 9 років тому +5

    I just discovered Lupe! Better late than never.
    This is what rap was supposed to be like right? Anti establishment, hard truth, no unnecessary profanity...this is awesome.

    • @Sagefrakrobatik
      @Sagefrakrobatik 9 років тому +1

      A bit late eh? check out MURALS, and Words I never Meant

    • @bigthingspoppinoff
      @bigthingspoppinoff 9 років тому +3

      koustav de Mural, Strange Fruition, Body Of Work, T.R.O.N (ft Ab Soul), Sittin Sidewayz, Boss Playa, The Instrumental, The Cool, The Coolest, American Terrorist, Go To Sleep... dude has an EXTENSIVE catalog.

    • @Sagefrakrobatik
      @Sagefrakrobatik 8 років тому

      lol I forgot how Mural sounds i'm about to check it out again

    • @makjak2
      @makjak2 2 роки тому

      you had me til the last part lol but yes

  • @jaketaylor5754
    @jaketaylor5754 9 років тому +2

    this is why i love hip hop. this whole song is pure genius. music you have to think about to understand and appreciate. not just a catchy hook and a bunch of watered down lyrics.

  • @andresciahooten9598
    @andresciahooten9598 2 роки тому +3

    I liked this song when it came out. But I didn’t think that today’s music would sound like it’s dumb down

  • @LaDarriusThomas
    @LaDarriusThomas 11 років тому +8

    WTF, all these people talking about how good of a lyricist he is compared to other rappers? None of that matters, just listen to the message!

  • @jasminestreet2339
    @jasminestreet2339 8 років тому +58

    damn your lyrics are powerful

  • @blkpaladin7992
    @blkpaladin7992 3 роки тому +1

    Classic right here happy 14 years Going strong

  • @isreal7772
    @isreal7772 5 років тому +3

    If you understand this song.. you understand life... Lupe is a G...

  • @LeanieSigel
    @LeanieSigel 10 років тому +13

    1 of the greatest rap/hiphop songs of all - time

  • @SEECH7cornishgrimemovement
    @SEECH7cornishgrimemovement 10 років тому +22

    One of the best hiphop albums in recent years no doubt

  • @RuNTheDoT
    @RuNTheDoT 11 років тому

    Lupe is the greatest lyricist of all time. Best rapper is arguable, best lyricist is a given.

  • @Darksagan
    @Darksagan Рік тому +4

    2023 and this song is even more relevant today. So fire!!

  • @inpursuit6666
    @inpursuit6666 3 роки тому +3

    I miss being a teenager. I should have listened.

  • @Shoobedooby
    @Shoobedooby 10 років тому +6

    i love his hand gestures

  • @A-SocialHermit
    @A-SocialHermit 7 років тому +1

    this is almost the whole reason I love Lupe... along with his amazing beats. so much respect for him

  • @law3rd669
    @law3rd669 9 років тому +2

    Literally this whole Album is relevant of everything going on today, Its insane.

  • @BombXXplosive
    @BombXXplosive 9 років тому +184

    this song could have 1000 different interpretations for each line and they all probably apply lol

    • @PoonTangRanger
      @PoonTangRanger 9 років тому

      +Nola504 nerd rap

    • @ee.d.m.4746
      @ee.d.m.4746 9 років тому +3

      +Suge Knight lol what a poser the real suge would fuck you up

    • @CamKuttaFDT
      @CamKuttaFDT 9 років тому +3

      +Suge Knight u ah Whole Bitch On GDN Don't Come To Chicago

    • @santasangre996
      @santasangre996 7 років тому

      Camkutta FDT you're gay

  • @本-y8x
    @本-y8x 10 місяців тому +3

    One of the the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.

  • @tyronjasonhuff
    @tyronjasonhuff 4 роки тому +1

    Lu is a hybrid of sorts and never changed to fit an era. Lu is nas to younger gen, lu is jayz to younger gen, lu is DOOM to younger gen...Lu had the mental persistence of ice cube but when the brain met pen....
    Awe man...
    Take a bow OG/Sensei

  • @Kingtographer
    @Kingtographer 6 років тому +6

    who listening in 2019!!! still Lit!!!

  • @KingAlexander
    @KingAlexander 3 роки тому +4

    Atlantic asked him to dumb it down, we got this...and this is the man Royce thought he was in the same building with? El Oh El!

  • @darrincox18
    @darrincox18 6 років тому +5

    Another slept on Pharrell beat 👑👑he was surfing 🏄🏄 on this bih

  • @jayboyjay17
    @jayboyjay17 6 років тому +1

    Lupe probably more needed now than ever, wish he was on this shit now!!! Way ahead of his time, had food and liquor on the other day......shit that was an important album