That's it for albums! The next section will go by considerably quicker. The album gets a lot of undeserved hate, in my opinion.įorm Follows Function - the wordplay on this track rivals Dumb It Down. While it doesn't completely live up to the Food & Liquor name, it's a step towards the right direction. The album takes a turn in the middle for a few poppy love songs, and finishes up with some classic Lupe style. He still features quite a bit of direct lyrics on this album, but he returns to his elusive, subliminal ways in a few songs. There is one track produced by Soundtrakk. Still a noticeable lack of Prolyfic, GemStones and Santos. The album has a more somber aura than most of his previous work, at least in my opinion.
According to general consensus, this is Lupe's worst album, though some fans disagree.įood & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album (2012) is a step back towards the Lupe fans fell in love with. There is a very noticeable absence of Soundtrakk, Prolyfic, GemStones and Matthew Santos. His lyrics became more direct (instead of the subliminal and stories fans were used to), and his featured artists varied greatly from previous works of his. This was his record label's attempt to make him more accessible, and wasn't the record Lupe wanted to create. Lupe stated that he loves the music on the album, because it's his, but doesn't care for it on the same level as his other music, because of the pressures placed upon him. Due to contractual obligations, this wasn't the case, and we ended up with Lasers.
Its original title was LUPend, and was meant to be Fiasco's final album. Lasers is the acronym for Love Always Shines Every time Remember 2 Smile. Lasers (2011) is an album forced onto Lupe Fiasco by his record label. Put You On Game - you can feel the eternal evil The Game represents.ĭumb It Down - insane worldplay and metaphors If you want to read more about this by me, you can look at this. Read the source articles in this reddit post for the whole concept/story. Truly, most of the songs on Lupe's first 2 albums tie into this story in some way. This story, which I've named The Cool Saga, spans many songs over his albums and mixtapes. The Cool is a zombie (known as Michael Young History when he was alive), resurrected because he was rejected from heaven for losing his true self in the process of trying to become "cool". He focuses on the The Cool, The Streets (not to be confused with the rapper) and The Game (also, not to be confused with the rapper). Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007) is a concept album titled after a song on his first album. Not to be confused with the title of his 2nd album. Kick, Push - I wanted to avoid it, because I was afraid my thoughts were clouded by nostalgia, by other Lu fans said it should be on here. Matthew Santos - American Terrorist 2 and 3 came out later, and are amazing as well. Jonah Matranga - about media addiction.Īmerican Terrorist ft. It's hard to pick standout tracks on this album, but there are a few that deserve special recognition. Lupe displays grand control of the mic, rhymes with thought-provoking metaphors and tackles social issues with finesse. It's one of r/HipHopHeads' essentials, and while it may be partially because of nostalgia, is it considered by many to be a classic of this era. Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006) is the album that enthralled much of Lupe's hardcore fanbase. Let's start with where it began for most of us: He's also created my favorite concept/story in music. Lupe is my favorite musician of all time, and as far as pure skill goes, I feel as though he can hang with any rapper out there now. This is my guide to the incredible and oft misunderstood Lupe Fiasco.
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