Lupe's Back BOY-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

(Photo taken from last.fm)

Lupe Fiasco is the best rapper alive. I said it. Right now, only Kid Cudi is givin Lupe a run for his money. Move aside Wayne, you've sided too much with Drake (the 13 year old girl's rapper). Lupe's first two albums, Food and Liquor and The Cool, are two of the best rap albums made in the past ten years and based on this track, the third, Lasers, doesn't look to disappoint. I heard from someone that he is only doing three albums and then he's retiring his solo career. If this is true, and this third album is anywhere near as good as his first two, I guarantee that he will be remembered as one of the greats. He's the only popular rapper who actually raps about 'stuff'. Not just 'gettin low' on some 'ice cream paint job' with some guy named Dougie. His songs have social and cultural relevance that hip/hop seems to have abandoned since Tupac and Biggy were alive. Lupe toes the line between pop and rap. His music definitely has that radio appeal quality to it, but when listening to it, I feel like these songs have some actual meaning that pop music either ignores or simplifies. His rhymes cover rough and raw material, and I'm not talking about how rappers talk about how they kill people or the stupid feuds they start (remember when feuds used to be cool? Like Nas and Jay-Z or Tupac and Biggy. The last 'beef' I can remember is between Eminem and Mariah Carey, proof enough that Eminem completely sucks now). Lupe raps about IMPORTANT stuff. About our society's definition of what's 'cool' or about the war. And yea, his music is fairly biased/liberal, but he is definitely intelligent, you can tell just by reading his lyrics.

n**** they ain't living properly
break 'em off a little democracy
turn their whole culture to a mockery
give 'em Coca-Cola for their property
give 'em gum, give 'em guns, get 'em young, give 'em fun
if they ain't giving it up, then they ain't getting none

and don't give 'em all naw, man, just give 'em some

Here's some of his older songs, all of them amazing.

Dumb It Down

Daydreamin' (His best song)

Little Weapon

Gold Watch

American Terrorist (Feat. Matthew Santos)

*****

And now, on to his new ish. It literally came out yesterday. It uses the melody from one of my favorite songs, Float On by Modest Mouse. Get on it quick before the radio grabs hold and plays it to death. It's a definite possibility.

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