@@kenterminateddq5311 go to sleep is better, it the start of his trinity. i got too many songs to put together, but I am doing it. got to work faster. if lu put something else out before I put it all together.
Its so interesting looking at what his career would have been if things worked out differently. If atlantic wasnt dumb as shit. There are also some tracks that were given to other artists instead that became hits. Airplanes was originally intented for him, look how big that got n it was given to b.o.b. Even got a remix from Eminem. Then just the way you are, and nothin on you were also meant to be lupe's originally, n were given to bruno mars n b.o.b. Makes you wonder how lasers would have sounded untampered with. And where he'd be in terms of popularity.
But you don’t have to “sell out” to go commercial. You can still make bangers and keep it real. Kendrick and Cole for example, are household names with all the integrity in the world. We know Lupe gained notoriety with Kick Push and he don’t even skate.
@@stevienguyen2047 You for real bro? Cole only just starting to come back from commercial rap and getting into his woke shit again but even he using sublims to hide it from the industry. And Kendrick never speaks on the shit that Lupe touch on. Never.
@@stevienguyen2047 But there's a difference between being under TDE/Dr Dre. They gone let you do you. Even Jay Z wouldn't let Cole drop his first album and that's why it was all commercial but once Cole got big enough to where he would hop platinum regardless is when he went back to his real shit. Atlantic never let Lupe get to that point, ruined that nigga career.
I get my Inner G from my Inner G I be in outer space but I got inner peace So tell my enemies that they can't injure me I know that irritates, you have my sympathies I'm out in left field... I'm speaking mentally While you're Valentine's, I'm thinking Christmas trees (;)
Bull hes not relivant he used others styles every chance he got what ever was hot Thats just what his style was like first he was a lyric rapper to just try but whose the one responsible4 his real fame..answers the many people who ghost write his verses..hell he couldnt even dress himself hes jus public tool i actually own the original albums with og credits theres diffrent copys same song under different copy right but credits other people
Hip hop saved my life.. man what an amazing song.. I can literally rap the whole song.. that’s when you know a song touched you.. when you remember the lyrics after so many years
Thats the first song that truly inspired me to rap. I remember hearing it on 106 and Park for the first time and it hit me hard. Its one of those songs I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it. Lupe has changed my life.
It broke my hip hop loving heart when I realized he wasn't being marketed correctly and his music was hard to find, I felt like his career was ruined. What Atlantic Records did to Lupe Fiasco is a crime.
Lupe the only artist who's lyrics you'll be deciphering 7 years later lol. Truly the GOAT. My favorite rapper hands down. And that ain't a Chicago bias
@Antonio Serrano lmaoo what?! What does that have to do with anything? He called Lupe the greatest of this generation when it's clearly Kendrick lmaoo. And theres a difference between Greatest and Best.
Lupe reminds of Neo from the classic Matrix movies. He's so advanced he can see the code. He is gifted and his lyrical acumen is unrivaled.Replay value is always high and thought provoking. What ever he chooses to do I'll support it.
I am absolutely obsessed with this dude. I honestly listen to Lupe every single day. Drogas Wave is my favorite album, hopefully to be elapsed by SKULLS. Im actually super sad he's touring for F&L and than following that up with an EU tour. I really want more Drogas Wave. I spend way too much time on Genius reading through annotations. Lupe isnt just on another level. He's not even playing the same game as these rappers.
I never really listened to Lupe Fiasco, I only knew "kick, push". After watching this, I definitely have some catching up to do. Better late than never..
"Put You on Game" is lava! Haven't gone through all his albums, but I've respected his craft from "Kick Push" days. I'm definitely catching up on his other albums
@@redpillproductions7187 I may be a little impartial because there's a song named T.R.O.N. on it and that's my name. Soooo lol But in all seriousness I love about 80% of the songs on it and strongly like about 12% of the other songs. They may be one or two song that I'm just luke warm about. That type of % only exists with maybe less than a dozen albums in the history of hip hop for me. When you factor in that Lupe is not rapping about bullshit to me I think he may get the tie breaker over albums like "It was written" "The black album" "Ready to die" "400 degrees" etc.
One of the best albums ever made of any music genre. It was a rare gem and the world is too dumb and blind to appreciate it or understand it. The sheepeole out there don't deserve it.
The greatest rapper of all time, T&Y and Drogas wave was highly overlooked and they where his greatest albums without a doubt. First 2 albums were legendary but the way he has grown and improved especially in his bars shows in his new projects. Very unfortunate for Lupe to release his first 2 albums at a time where he was getting overlooked because of the gangster image that was present from other rappers and now since we are in the age of mumble rap, most likely a conscience rapper with overwhelming bars will get overlooked. I don't think lupe will ever get the recognition he deserves.
Almost all lyrical rappers besides J Cole Kendrick and Eminem are all being overlooked completely. Just like you said it’s even 10x worse he is trying to do conscious rap now too. It’s so hard to stay true to yourself in this industry, especially if you try to do conscious rap.
Lasers was supposed to be the one that ‘’mainstreamed him’’ and you could tell straight away just from the beat selection, he didn’t have that appeal unfortunately, but that’s cool, I’m happy for him to just be for us 🙌🏻
"Words I Never Said" alone makes the album worth buying. Maybe not his best album overall, but it's still good. A lot better than most albums with more acclaim that came out that year.
Lupe will always be a legend to the true fans of hiphop....he’s a good example of how labels can fuck an artist though...his name should be mentioned with Jay,Nas and em
Superstar was the Occult Industry bringing him in but when he realized they didnt want his art but his soul, that's why he chose to be destroyed instead of destroying others. Don't sign to anything with Lyor connected to it. He's a Demon in the musical scene.
Lyrical Xay industry is trash but it’s not all some spiritual demonic cult the way people think it is. Maybe there is a percentage. But it’s not all just some demon shit. People are just fucked up. If you religious the good books even state that every bad trait is not demonic it’s us as people as well I just hate when people just go to the “soul selling” card slam that bitch down in attack mode like yu gi oh or sumn. Shit gets old.
Amin if there is evidence in people saying the same things in their songs about this topic. Think about how many artists put “I sold my soul” in a song...isn’t that language old news by now? Let alone the 666 hand symbol, one eye symbolism among many other things as well as the baindead thot music
negadelph there is no 666 hand symbol in the Bible bruh. That’s dead. Secondly. If you sell your soul it’s the devils forever right? Well also wrong. No matter WHAT you do the lord will always forgive you. That’s biblical. The only unforgivable sin is to PERMANENTLY turn away the Lord. And the phrase is a figure of speech yes people do give themselves away to temptation Nd throw away morals but that’s it. There is no old language that dies off. How many other phrases sayings proverbs can you think of from back in the times ykw I mean. It’s just not realistic man frfr
A lot happened just nothing that anybody would really feel fazed by without having either gone through it or being wmpathetic to someone who is or has gone through it.
The agenda is .. more mindless music, young men the industry can exploit and influence the new generation to do the same. Older artists in the industry are cowards for not speaking up in hopes to save their “bag” Rap sucks today
The agenda is making money. Make music that sells. Taylor Swift makes a ton more money doing Pop music instead of Country music. Preachy rap music doesn't sell as good as gangster rap.
Jim Duggan lies... any music will sell as long as it’s played over and over in your mind ... the only reason why people are content with today’s hip hop is from years of watering it down and we becoming used to this garbage
Sounds like Eminem now 💀. When rappers hit a certain level you literally gotta just sit and try to dissect their lyrics for weeks if not longer. Which is why I also think that when they hit a certain level people sat ‘’they aren’t as good as they used to be’’. More like, they are so good everything is going over your head and your too lazy to try to understand what they are saying so you dont like it
I think food and liquor II will ultimately be his greatest album. That album is just history in song format. I always say his greatest songs are his unreleased ones though.
He’s still touring, he just wasn’t willing to sell out he was Kendrick Lamar before Kendrick Lamar he was supposed to solidify that slot but he went against the powers, became rebel to the industry
Lasers was where things got off the rails a bit. Atlantic ruined the album, way too commercial. However, the show goes on was an incredible track that Lupe shoulda been more open about.
First song I heard from Lupe was Touch the sky with Kanye, Then Kick push. After that I became a huge fan and listened to all his music. Dope video, his career has been a roller coaster!
The only criticism about this whole video I got is the fact Nikki Jean wasn't mentioned nearly at all. She's been so essential in Lupe's music creating process since The Cool, always been very supportive. Also St Paul pride :D
I have respect for Lupe & his talent. He was someone I just kind of stumbled across & would actually listen to his albums from start to end several times. Its annoying seeing the ones spitting consciously such as him being constantly overlooked or put on the back burner. Thanks for making a video on him because I was late to the Lupe party & never knew what happened to him in terms of his music career. I wonder how things would have went for him if he took Jay Z up on his offer. The fact his fans cared enough to go out & protest the record company is pretty dope though.
This is such a dope video! Drogas Waves is my favorite album. Can’t wait for SKULLS to drop. Got to see him live front row for the F&L show in Chicago, his energy was so dope from start to end 🐐
Nice Lupe breakdown. This would be a good video for casuals to get a better understanding of his career I personally already knew a lot of this stuff, one thing I did not know about was the rap group Da Pak and that record that he released with them. One thing I thought you would mention was the original Food & Liquor getting leaked and him having to pretty much compile a new version of his album for his debut but this breakdown was good none the less.
Lupe Fiasco is a notional treasure. We will always be proud to have had his presence in our world. Kindness is a weakness to the indecent but virtuous to the decent. L.F is among our most decent humans. Bravo sir nice work.
I remember when he first came out when I was younger. I thought that kick push song was so fuckin corny. I was working one day and this girl I worked with was telling me how she's a Lupe fan and she saw him at Kanye glow in the dark tour. At the time I said "youre a Lupe fan? He's MAD corny and who names their album food and liquor? He just seemed so corny to me. Anyway, she convinced me to listen to his album Food and Liquor. He single handedly rearranged my top 5 rapper list off the first listen
Let's talk about it. I love that song. I feel like there's so much depth it could be a short film like Kanye's Runway film but obviously shorter and with just this song.
Lupe dont own his masters.. so the label owns him.. he does what they want. drops when they want. he tried to go against it before and thats when they took him out of the full spotlight. industry is whack.
@TakeYouToTheGlory Reading is hard. So let me help. He wasnt questioning lupe's aptitude for lyricism. He was saying that although 'touch the sky' isn't his very best example of his lyricism, the song still profoundly stuck with him. Make sense?? No one said he isnt lyrical.
Lupe is a legend! Food and liquor got me thru growing up in the projects, wanting something more for myself. He Will always be up there with 2pac and Eminem to me.
I do remember when he also got escorted off stage for dissing Obama and the government in a pre inaugural event lol. That man crazy and got ball of steels. Maybe one of the reason he got Blackballed by the industry... 😔
Didn't know, The Show Goes On track he really didn't like. It happens to motivate me & I play it daily even the instrumental. Lupe is definitely dope & needed for Hip Hop!
Whomever is reading this remember to spread as much LOVE AS POSSIBLE, don't litter, help out the homeless and take care of nature please it's really important we gotta take care of eachother and mother earth. thank you and have a blessed life ❤
Had to come back to this vid & comment again. Lupe is such a wonderful & wonderous artist/man/human being. I wish more people, in general & not just in entertainment, would emulate his messages & efforts. My niece heard me blasting F&L II (Unforgivable Youth) and aaked me who it was that I was listening to. She's 15 and a fan of his music now & she's actually enrolled in an art institute. It's great to know that his music can resonate with the next generation if they get a chance to hear it. Thank you so much Lupe for all the great art and messages that you've consistently put out throughout the years. I'll always be a fan and you are the best of the culture.
In today's day and age of rap with online distribution, what's the need of seeking "industry" validation etc? There's no need to dilute your content in today's day and age of distribution. Lupe is official. He doesn't require it at all.
You need a Netflix documentary instead of TH-cam brother. Nevertheless Lupe was talented but ahead of his time in 2006. It would have been better for him to come out as the same time as J. Cole in a better world
My favorite rapper of all time, he taught me so much when I was in middle school in 2009, always wondered why lil Wayne was so hyped and people slept on Lupe, lil Wayne is one of my favorites too but Lupes message and lyrical ability resonated with me more. I’m thankful while everyone was going crazy for Wayne I was just at awe with all lupes FNF Mixtapes and Food and liquor and the cool album. Wouldn’t be the man or artist I am today without Lupe. Lupe should be recognized more!
I can't believe that you didn't mention Put Em Up, off of Food & Liquor 2. One of the best tracks on that joint. Thank you for making this video! Long Live (real) Hip Hop!!
I actually really loved drogas lite, it was like lupe's kid A. Everyone was expecting one thing but got another. I look at it as a parody album of the current state of the music industry.
@@harveytoofresh8746 NGL gives me chills every time. That album is a sleeper and just shows if he wanted to he could be the biggest mainstream rapper in history.
Man I love Mural! The first time I heard it I listened to it all day, then I watched Grave of the fireflies. Every time I listen to Mural it reminds me of that movie. These two extremes of Beauty and sadness.
bro im surprised you didnt mention Hurt me soul arguably his best song in my opinion. the way he just strings together his words and rhymes while simultaneously riding the melody and beat flowing like water.......it really is a masterpiece and all while still talking about meaning full topics i recommended everyone gives it a listen
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You should do a what happened to Plies
they push the songs they push for an agenda. the music in it we need to check the frequency. it drives something
@@kenterminateddq5311 go to sleep is better, it the start of his trinity. i got too many songs to put together, but I am doing it. got to work faster. if lu put something else out before I put it all together.
Great vid.
Do what happend to yc or kat deluna
Nothing at all. Lupe still dropping bombs. He makes Chicago proud
Agreed. Just because normies don’t listen to him anymore doesn’t mean anything happened to him.
Lupe fiasco Still 🔥 🔥🔥 superstar/Kick push /sunshine still ride
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For real
I live in Chicago they dont even support him or play his music
Before Kendrick and Cole, there was Lupe
💯
He’s the only person i think could slay kendrick
There was common
Word
@@iLLuminatedWithDren Common emerged like 15 years before Lupe. They're both legends.
Lupe Fiasco is mega underrated sad that he being black balled but still makes fire music.
Never sold his soul
Its so interesting looking at what his career would have been if things worked out differently. If atlantic wasnt dumb as shit.
There are also some tracks that were given to other artists instead that became hits. Airplanes was originally intented for him, look how big that got n it was given to b.o.b. Even got a remix from Eminem. Then just the way you are, and nothin on you were also meant to be lupe's originally, n were given to bruno mars n b.o.b. Makes you wonder how lasers would have sounded untampered with. And where he'd be in terms of popularity.
@@PaintedHoundie I always think he'd be where Ye is but with a lil more chill 😂
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This boy said he wanted to be the newest member of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Short answer: He didn't sell out and dumb down his rhymes to go commercial. #artisticintegrity
Indeed. He actually practiced what he preached.
But you don’t have to “sell out” to go commercial. You can still make bangers and keep it real. Kendrick and Cole for example, are household names with all the integrity in the world. We know Lupe gained notoriety with Kick Push and he don’t even skate.
@@stevienguyen2047 You for real bro? Cole only just starting to come back from commercial rap and getting into his woke shit again but even he using sublims to hide it from the industry. And Kendrick never speaks on the shit that Lupe touch on. Never.
DissTrackt what “commercial” stuff from Cole are you referencing?
@@stevienguyen2047 But there's a difference between being under TDE/Dr Dre. They gone let you do you. Even Jay Z wouldn't let Cole drop his first album and that's why it was all commercial but once Cole got big enough to where he would hop platinum regardless is when he went back to his real shit. Atlantic never let Lupe get to that point, ruined that nigga career.
Lupe: Always choosing being an Artist over an Entertainer.
A true artist
These new rappers just wanna sell their soul now
“Today nobody cares but tomorrow they will”. Lupe Fiasco
If you're trying to make me cry, then you will need to try harder....damitall😢
I love you
I get my Inner G from my Inner G
I be in outer space but I got inner peace
So tell my enemies that they can't injure me
I know that irritates, you have my sympathies
I'm out in left field... I'm speaking mentally
While you're Valentine's, I'm thinking Christmas trees
(;)
@Selah7 every track...
IM BEAMIIINNN
The world wasnt ready for Lupe...hes on another wavelength of intellect, in this world of dumbed down music.
Facts my man.
Dumb It Down
Lupe is the goat no one touching his lyricism and intellect
owned powned Mos Def
owned powned Commen
Lupe is a legend in hip hop. He got nothing to prove anymore.
Bull hes not relivant he used others styles every chance he got what ever was hot Thats just what his style was like first he was a lyric rapper to just try but whose the one responsible4 his real fame..answers the many people who ghost write his verses..hell he couldnt even dress himself hes jus public tool i actually own the original albums with og credits theres diffrent copys same song under different copy right but credits other people
@@bizzydip You can’t spell so you’ve already lost this argument 🤣
@@bizzydip you're a moron. No one ghost writes for lupe. Who wrote mural?
Hip hop saved my life.. man what an amazing song.. I can literally rap the whole song.. that’s when you know a song touched you.. when you remember the lyrics after so many years
Man he needs to come to sac! and not just the halftime show!
Thats the first song that truly inspired me to rap. I remember hearing it on 106 and Park for the first time and it hit me hard. Its one of those songs I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it. Lupe has changed my life.
In heard that shit on MySpace
Somethin Somethin Somethin, Stack that cheese.
I actually got a tattoo of that song title😂
It broke my hip hop loving heart when I realized he wasn't being marketed correctly and his music was hard to find, I felt like his career was ruined. What Atlantic Records did to Lupe Fiasco is a crime.
His music was too positive. Doesn't fit the culture.
One of the most talented rappers ever. Sad to see this man blackballed and no one caring
Chrollo Lucilfer Lupe was the Goat talks for real hip-hop rap heads 2007-2011
Chrollo Lucilfer he’s so talented
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Was he blackballed though or just stayed true to his principles which weren't compatible with the marketing zeitgeist?
@@vdotme both.
Lupe Fiasco Is Still One Of The Greatest Rappers/Lyricist In History, He’s Truly A Contemporary Artist That Will ALWAYS Have A Loyal Fanbase.
Word up
Lupe fiasco kick push/Superstar still 🔥🔥🔥 AF and I played a few of his mixtape they 🔥🔥🔥 he needs to comeback to music
What up
The Cool is a MASTERPIECE!
Motherfucking FACTZ. Shit had a great message and story
I would say my favorite, but there are so many. This is top 3, interchangeable depending on my mood
Facts!!!
Agreed
You can let both albums play without skipping a track 💯💯💯
Lupe the only artist who's lyrics you'll be deciphering 7 years later lol. Truly the GOAT. My favorite rapper hands down. And that ain't a Chicago bias
JoshAllen702 facts
War and they hope they all fall from the ratatat
Cause that's just more dinosaur for their Cadillacs
I'm from New Orleans and he's my Goat too
Hell I still need to go back to certain songs, because knowing Lupe Fiasco, he has some secret messages in there that makes the track even more sense
Straight facts.
Didn’t want to sell his soul that’s all
🙏🏾
Yeah fk that shit. Too many artists do it for fame and money. It's a satanic control network.
SkyBlew that’s a hi five not praying hands lol 😆
@@OmarAngelGarcia it's actually praying hands dickhead
Tha Third 3oy High Five 🙏🖕
I named my daughter Lupe, she’s 3 months now.
Respect man
congratulations on naming your child the german word for magnifying glass lol
@JMFS ...room service..
Saoshyant logos That’s kind of ironic because if you get rid of the E and put in a, it’s a literally magnifying glass but in Spanish
Saoshyant logos nobody gives a fuck about Germans lol no one will know that
Lowkey Lupe had the best hip hop album of 2018...
man... been telling people about it.
*Highkey
Koldraiyne DownSkayle when you know you know....
Definitely high key
No doubt
*I remember back in 08 Lupe used to get all the admiration that Kendrick now gets*
Lupe is the greatest artist of his generation, maybe not the most popular but definitely the greatest artist
,😂🤣🤣😂😂😂 since when
You must not know what greatest mean huh?
@Antonio Serrano Internet thugs lmao 🤣 😂😂😂 😂😂 😂
@@zZz-ok8gc m.o.p my real family . Lupe is a good artist .but great .I don't think so .
@Antonio Serrano lmaoo what?! What does that have to do with anything? He called Lupe the greatest of this generation when it's clearly Kendrick lmaoo. And theres a difference between Greatest and Best.
Lupe reminds of Neo from the classic Matrix movies. He's so advanced he can see the code. He is gifted and his lyrical acumen is unrivaled.Replay value is always high and thought provoking. What ever he chooses to do I'll support it.
Ironically his new album is called filled music in Zion 🔥🔥🔥
@@kkraft-picasso The track Kiosk is Brilliant.
I am absolutely obsessed with this dude. I honestly listen to Lupe every single day. Drogas Wave is my favorite album, hopefully to be elapsed by SKULLS. Im actually super sad he's touring for F&L and than following that up with an EU tour. I really want more Drogas Wave. I spend way too much time on Genius reading through annotations. Lupe isnt just on another level. He's not even playing the same game as these rappers.
Oh you think you're a bigger fan than me huh 🤔
Tuan Tran truth!
Literally is not just underrated. But is one of the greatest lyricists ever.
I never really listened to Lupe Fiasco, I only knew "kick, push". After watching this, I definitely have some catching up to do. Better late than never..
You won't be dissapointed
"Down" and "Hallie Sallasie", "Murals", "1234", "Kneeling on Needles". Got a lot of good music.
@@Theohybrid thanks for the recommendation, I prefer music with substance
Dumb it down, the cool album, and Murals
Make sure you use rap genius 😂
Short answer: he performed Words I Never Said at the presidential inauguration and called the president a terrorist to his face.
He's that fucking dude
Everything he said was true tho
Aqua Zero EXACTLY
Hell yeah lol he wasn't lying
Lupe is still the best lyrical rapper of all time. Dont believe just listen "Murals"
Mural
Facts
And WAV files
Witch King of Angmar probably my favorite song of all time
Or Put you on Game from The Cool album
"Put You on Game" is lava! Haven't gone through all his albums, but I've respected his craft from "Kick Push" days. I'm definitely catching up on his other albums
Tetsuo youth is amazing , crazy how it never got that recognition
Low key that may be the best hip hop album ever.
Still bump at least once a week! Deliver, prisoner 1&2 & chopper my top 3. And yes i know mural is amazing.
@@thaThRONe based off of everything I've heard...I might agree
@@redpillproductions7187 I may be a little impartial because there's a song named T.R.O.N. on it and that's my name. Soooo lol
But in all seriousness I love about 80% of the songs on it and strongly like about 12% of the other songs. They may be one or two song that I'm just luke warm about. That type of % only exists with maybe less than a dozen albums in the history of hip hop for me. When you factor in that Lupe is not rapping about bullshit to me I think he may get the tie breaker over albums like "It was written" "The black album" "Ready to die" "400 degrees" etc.
One of the best albums ever made of any music genre. It was a rare gem and the world is too dumb and blind to appreciate it or understand it. The sheepeole out there don't deserve it.
‘Coulda Been’ is still one of my favorite tracks to this day. But yea, ‘The Cool’ is also my favorite album.
Lupe is just ahead of his time and his music just goes over so many peoples heads.
The greatest rapper of all time, T&Y and Drogas wave was highly overlooked and they where his greatest albums without a doubt. First 2 albums were legendary but the way he has grown and improved especially in his bars shows in his new projects. Very unfortunate for Lupe to release his first 2 albums at a time where he was getting overlooked because of the gangster image that was present from other rappers and now since we are in the age of mumble rap, most likely a conscience rapper with overwhelming bars will get overlooked. I don't think lupe will ever get the recognition he deserves.
Almost all lyrical rappers besides J Cole Kendrick and Eminem are all being overlooked completely. Just like you said it’s even 10x worse he is trying to do conscious rap now too. It’s so hard to stay true to yourself in this industry, especially if you try to do conscious rap.
Food & Liquor and The Cool were classics. Lasers was meh, Atlantic got in the way of that one.
Lasers was supposed to be the one that ‘’mainstreamed him’’ and you could tell straight away just from the beat selection, he didn’t have that appeal unfortunately, but that’s cool, I’m happy for him to just be for us 🙌🏻
Have you listened to Drogas Lights?
You didn't listen to it correctly
"Words I Never Said" alone makes the album worth buying. Maybe not his best album overall, but it's still good. A lot better than most albums with more acclaim that came out that year.
Yeah but TETSUO AND YOUTH
Lupe will always be a legend to the true fans of hiphop....he’s a good example of how labels can fuck an artist though...his name should be mentioned with Jay,Nas and em
His freestyle on sway in the morning is one of the best ever on that show
The best, that shit was crazy
I really liked his flex 95 freestyle either was nice thoubh
Cuuuuzzzzzzz
Superstar was the Occult Industry bringing him in but when he realized they didnt want his art but his soul, that's why he chose to be destroyed instead of destroying others.
Don't sign to anything with Lyor connected to it. He's a Demon in the musical scene.
This is some bullshit.
@@Imeanwellshit how?
Lyrical Xay industry is trash but it’s not all some spiritual demonic cult the way people think it is. Maybe there is a percentage. But it’s not all just some demon shit. People are just fucked up. If you religious the good books even state that every bad trait is not demonic it’s us as people as well I just hate when people just go to the “soul selling” card slam that bitch down in attack mode like yu gi oh or sumn. Shit gets old.
Amin if there is evidence in people saying the same things in their songs about this topic. Think about how many artists put “I sold my soul” in a song...isn’t that language old news by now?
Let alone the 666 hand symbol, one eye symbolism among many other things as well as the baindead thot music
negadelph there is no 666 hand symbol in the Bible bruh. That’s dead. Secondly. If you sell your soul it’s the devils forever right? Well also wrong. No matter WHAT you do the lord will always forgive you. That’s biblical. The only unforgivable sin is to PERMANENTLY turn away the Lord. And the phrase is a figure of speech yes people do give themselves away to temptation Nd throw away morals but that’s it. There is no old language that dies off. How many other phrases sayings proverbs can you think of from back in the times ykw I mean. It’s just not realistic man frfr
“Lupe steal like Lupin The 3rd”
And loopin the 3rd base running for home in baseball🙌🏼🔥
London Moon and he’s “still on” like you were “looping the 3rd verse” of the song in which he’s in
That's fucking crazy. Triple entendre shit
“Here like ear till I’m beer on the curb
Broo that’s the line that got me rapping
Nothing happend. He just stepped away from the limelight. Released an incredible album in 2018, he's in a good place right now.
A lot happened just nothing that anybody would really feel fazed by without having either gone through it or being wmpathetic to someone who is or has gone through it.
Is he comong back tho
he just lost his delivery. and ear for production
The agenda is .. more mindless music, young men the industry can exploit and influence the new generation to do the same.
Older artists in the industry are cowards for not speaking up in hopes to save their “bag”
Rap sucks today
Poundz978 I’m not into conscious rap I like gangsta rap
The agenda is making money. Make music that sells. Taylor Swift makes a ton more money doing Pop music instead of Country music. Preachy rap music doesn't sell as good as gangster rap.
Jim Duggan lies... any music will sell as long as it’s played over and over in your mind ... the only reason why people are content with today’s hip hop is from years of watering it down and we becoming used to this garbage
Romie Tha homie today music isn’t gangsta rap....
@@jimduggan8962 yeah but that shit makes society dumb, deaf, and blind. It all ends up making the world a worse place. Fuck what sells.
Drogas Wave is better than most albums that dropped in the last decade, but you'll never hear about it
Dots & Lines. Nothing like it still one of my fav song of all time
I really want to like that song but his flow got hella corny in certain areas
My Lord is my chemist!!!!!
@@erboch7124 hmm. I love Dots & Lines. My favorite song by him. Doesnt sound corny to me. It's more about the message and meaning to me
@@emanimarie4505Lines like "See through these circles just like Steve Urkel" are a bit too much for me. I love the hook tho
@@emanimarie4505 And Mural is my personal favorite
He became a literal GOAT years ago. That's why nobody can understand his bars.
Sounds like Eminem now 💀. When rappers hit a certain level you literally gotta just sit and try to dissect their lyrics for weeks if not longer. Which is why I also think that when they hit a certain level people sat ‘’they aren’t as good as they used to be’’. More like, they are so good everything is going over your head and your too lazy to try to understand what they are saying so you dont like it
@@wdazeaphonflame9082 that's exacrly what I say when people sleep on lupe
This man is so talented and smart but it's sad that people slept on him
Met him three weeks ago at a Sacramento Kings game. He was hanging out in the Team store and performed at halftime. It was a honor!
I was there! Are you going to his food & liquor tour in the bay?
@@MrAHall624 were you the dude that was with him when I said what's up to him?
One of the MOST Underrated Emcees in History. This Man's Lyrics did Nothing but Elevate. #FoodandLiquor #TheCool
Hurt Me Soul and Dumb It Down are two of the best Lupe songs I've listened to.
Him and az
Overrated
“ The Cool” and “Food & Liquor” are some of the best rap albums of all time
S Mac 💯💯💯
I personally think Tetsuo and Youth is the greatest album ever
Tetsuo and youth blew my freaking mind!! So underrated
@@Terrapin47-s8y I agree
I think food and liquor II will ultimately be his greatest album. That album is just history in song format. I always say his greatest songs are his unreleased ones though.
A list of things effected Lupe career, mainly issues with Atlantic and calling Obama a war criminal
He told the truth
Of course but people hate the truth and music industry don't want positive music
Lupe calling Obama a terrorist is a top 3 quote of all time right there with Kanye saying Bush don’t like black people 😂😂
CAPTAIN MARVEL you're a confused gay little boy equivalent to Saudis and Iranis. Kanye serves trump!
In Africa Obama is on the wrong side of history after Libya i love Lupe
He’s still touring, he just wasn’t willing to sell out he was Kendrick Lamar before Kendrick Lamar he was supposed to solidify that slot but he went against the powers, became rebel to the industry
Still has one of the livest hip hop shows ive ever been too!
Agreed w the Kdot part
Lupe Fiasco forever in my Top 5 Rappers of All Time!
1. Nas
2. Black Thought
3. MF DOOM
4. Lupe Fiasco
5. Elzhi
fact. . . Banks is worthy of a slot too
@@rain0069 Lloyd Banks is average as hell get outta here lol
@@markellg3141 *gasping for air* you bugging. . . .his personality dry as fuck but he's up there with the greatest
@@rain0069 I was never blown away by anything Banks said if you know any song where he spit something crazy please let me know
@@markellg3141 I can respect it,im a battle rap kid so his freestyles might be more my speed. . . he's supper lyrical (fair enough)
Lupe also painted the cover art for T&Y...he's an artist in every sense of the word.
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Dawg that "Around my way" sample and that NBA Street reference are making me reminisce like crazyyyy
You sure know your classiks Quake 👊
The sample is from a song called They Reminisce Over You, or T.R.O.Y.
It wasn't NBA 2K it was NBA Street. 2 different games.
@@jimduggan8962 yeah sorry I meant street
My favorite hip-hop artist of all time. Some of the most complex lyrics.
Great video! You mention a few track I haven’t heard.
Still listen to his music to this day! Definitely my top 10 favorite rapper!
Whatever Happened to B.o.B. would be my request. That dude was the homie back then.
He moved to the Flat Earth.
Atlantic happened to him. Unlike Lupe, he caved to their demands and then was discarded when he was no longer useful.
Trash
@@harveytoofresh8746 yep hes garbage to me.
B.o.B strictly got lucky with a having a new signer (Bruno Mars) on his track that ended up being a hit.
Got to see him in concert, and he is so dope. Definitely one of the most underrated.
Lupe didn't go anywhere. DROGAS WAVE was a masterpiece released independently just about a year ago
Lasers was where things got off the rails a bit. Atlantic ruined the album, way too commercial. However, the show goes on was an incredible track that Lupe shoulda been more open about.
And it still went hard
I love beaming 💯💯
I keep telling people when Lupe dies we will hear a old white narrator on History Channel scrolling through lupe's bars.
Lol! Like the bland-ass readings of Plato and Socrates on documentaries
First song I heard from Lupe was Touch the sky with Kanye, Then Kick push. After that I became a huge fan and listened to all his music. Dope video, his career has been a roller coaster!
The only criticism about this whole video I got is the fact Nikki Jean wasn't mentioned nearly at all. She's been so essential in Lupe's music creating process since The Cool, always been very supportive. Also St Paul pride :D
I have respect for Lupe & his talent. He was someone I just kind of stumbled across & would actually listen to his albums from start to end several times. Its annoying seeing the ones spitting consciously such as him being constantly overlooked or put on the back burner.
Thanks for making a video on him because I was late to the Lupe party & never knew what happened to him in terms of his music career.
I wonder how things would have went for him if he took Jay Z up on his offer. The fact his fans cared enough to go out & protest the record company is pretty dope though.
Kick, Push is the skateboarding anthem man! I was surprised it never was on any of the EA Skate games 🔥
This is such a dope video! Drogas Waves is my favorite album. Can’t wait for SKULLS to drop.
Got to see him live front row for the F&L show in Chicago, his energy was so dope from start to end 🐐
So mad you didn’t mention “Fighters” from The Cool!!! That’s a legendary sleeper
Yes
His last album was so good
From start to finish
he just lost his delivery. and ear for production
Nice Lupe breakdown. This would be a good video for casuals to get a better understanding of his career I personally already knew a lot of this stuff, one thing I did not know about was the rap group Da Pak and that record that he released with them. One thing I thought you would mention was the original Food & Liquor getting leaked and him having to pretty much compile a new version of his album for his debut but this breakdown was good none the less.
He got black balled from record labels even though he's one of the best to ever do it
Lupe Fiasco is a notional treasure. We will always be proud to have had his presence in our world. Kindness is a weakness to the indecent but virtuous to the decent. L.F is among our most decent humans. Bravo sir nice work.
The packaging of Food & Liquor II is still one of my favorite album packages. Good doc Quake!
I remember when he first came out when I was younger. I thought that kick push song was so fuckin corny. I was working one day and this girl I worked with was telling me how she's a Lupe fan and she saw him at Kanye glow in the dark tour. At the time I said "youre a Lupe fan? He's MAD corny and who names their album food and liquor? He just seemed so corny to me. Anyway, she convinced me to listen to his album Food and Liquor. He single handedly rearranged my top 5 rapper list off the first listen
Wav Files is my favorite Lupe song ever. Arguably his best
Let's talk about it. I love that song. I feel like there's so much depth it could be a short film like Kanye's Runway film but obviously shorter and with just this song.
bentouta5 it would make a great screen adaptation
Wav Files is fire I wouldn't say his best its opinion based so I can see why it could be tho. Animal Pharm may be his best to me
Drogas Wave period is a classic and underrated
Sauce
Lupe dont own his masters.. so the label owns him.. he does what they want. drops when they want. he tried to go against it before and thats when they took him out of the full spotlight. industry is whack.
Even though the lyricism wasn't the best he could offer, his verse on 'Touch The Sky' left a lasting impression on me.
@TakeYouToTheGlory
Reading is hard. So let me help.
He wasnt questioning lupe's aptitude for lyricism. He was saying that although 'touch the sky' isn't his very best example of his lyricism, the song still profoundly stuck with him.
Make sense?? No one said he isnt lyrical.
Me too, loved his verse on that record
@@josephiles5793 Perfectly worded 🤙🏾
Joseph Iles “Reading is hard. So let me help.” LMFAOOOO Im stealing this
His freestyle on sway is fire. So underrated:(
Lupe is a legend! Food and liquor got me thru growing up in the projects, wanting something more for myself. He Will always be up there with 2pac and Eminem to me.
Thank You for this.
I do remember when he also got escorted off stage for dissing Obama and the government in a pre inaugural event lol.
That man crazy and got ball of steels.
Maybe one of the reason he got Blackballed by the industry... 😔
Yasuke Pharoah it was the reason. Point blank.
I remember when he brought me on stage and rapped MURAL right into my grill
Why did he diss Obama?
@@847mario because Obama is trash...
Harvey Too Fresh what the real reason like what did he claim Obama did. Or didn’t do for that matter.
"Mural" is probably the greatest Lupe song I ever heard.
Definitely my number 1 of his.
Along with all the others...?
Fawkk YuTuu it’s right up there but I’d put Hurt me soul above it
I'd put Prisoners 1 & 2 in the greatest Lupe song slot
Didn't know, The Show Goes On track he really didn't like. It happens to motivate me & I play it daily even the instrumental. Lupe is definitely dope & needed for Hip Hop!
Thx for all of this information foreal 🙏🙏🙏
WAV files has to be one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time hands down!
Yes sir! That track is so profound and is sonically dope.
I have never had so much fun listening to a Trap album, fr
The first single for “The Cool” was actually “Dumb It Down”....and the third album was originally titled “LupeEND”.
Jay That’s right. What track was it where he mentioned LUPEnd? I thought it was “Gotta Eat” from the Cool but I might be wrong
Xan Frank Yep, on that song and on the last track “Fighters”
Whomever is reading this remember to spread as much LOVE AS POSSIBLE, don't litter, help out the homeless and take care of nature please it's really important we gotta take care of eachother and mother earth. thank you and have a blessed life ❤
Had to come back to this vid & comment again. Lupe is such a wonderful & wonderous artist/man/human being. I wish more people, in general & not just in entertainment, would emulate his messages & efforts. My niece heard me blasting F&L II (Unforgivable Youth) and aaked me who it was that I was listening to. She's 15 and a fan of his music now & she's actually enrolled in an art institute.
It's great to know that his music can resonate with the next generation if they get a chance to hear it. Thank you so much Lupe for all the great art and messages that you've consistently put out throughout the years. I'll always be a fan and you are the best of the culture.
In today's day and age of rap with online distribution, what's the need of seeking "industry" validation etc? There's no need to dilute your content in today's day and age of distribution. Lupe is official. He doesn't require it at all.
He turned in to a living breathing Jedi. That's what happened to Lupe.
You need a Netflix documentary instead of TH-cam brother. Nevertheless Lupe was talented but ahead of his time in 2006. It would have been better for him to come out as the same time as J. Cole in a better world
My favorite rapper of all time, he taught me so much when I was in middle school in 2009, always wondered why lil Wayne was so hyped and people slept on Lupe, lil Wayne is one of my favorites too but Lupes message and lyrical ability resonated with me more. I’m thankful while everyone was going crazy for Wayne I was just at awe with all lupes FNF Mixtapes and Food and liquor and the cool album. Wouldn’t be the man or artist I am today without Lupe. Lupe should be recognized more!
Just like a rapper said, nobody will ever respect the good kid maad city
Clicked so fast lol
me too
Faster than "X"ing a popup
I can't believe that you didn't mention Put Em Up, off of Food & Liquor 2.
One of the best tracks on that joint.
Thank you for making this video!
Long Live (real) Hip Hop!!
"I get my energy, from my inner G..." - Beamin
Really appreciate you doing this video, brother man
I actually really loved drogas lite, it was like lupe's kid A. Everyone was expecting one thing but got another. I look at it as a parody album of the current state of the music industry.
And yet, tracks like NGL are still heavy for the culture...
I love you by the way
Harvey Too Fresh lol woah there 😂😂
@@snikeziwevendle1468 no where
@@harveytoofresh8746 NGL gives me chills every time. That album is a sleeper and just shows if he wanted to he could be the biggest mainstream rapper in history.
Man I love Mural! The first time I heard it I listened to it all day, then I watched Grave of the fireflies. Every time I listen to Mural it reminds me of that movie. These two extremes of Beauty and sadness.
Tetsuo & Youth is a contender for the best conscious album of this generation.
Food & Liquor was leaked before it's official release date. It was illegally downloaded over nine million times. The official release sold 81k.
Hold up... _Daydreaming_ didn't chart?! No, shit. I remember listening to that song as a kind. One of the best songs ever!
Love that song
Ayy bro I enjoy your videos! Can you please do a d12 vs Royce da 5’9 who won the beef? I would I appreciate thatt bro🙏🏼💯
Basically didn't sign a 360 deal with Atlantic Records, didn't sign his life away, they said "Nah, son! You ain't gonna get to shine".
bro im surprised you didnt mention Hurt me soul arguably his best song in my opinion. the way he just strings together his words and rhymes while simultaneously riding the melody and beat flowing like water.......it really is a masterpiece and all while still talking about meaning full topics i recommended everyone gives it a listen
Thanks big Q for this
I miss this guy my favorites tracks were superstar and kick push 😋👌🏼
Awesome video man like always