Lupe Fiasco - Live One Take Performance of "Mural Jr."
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- Lupe Fiasco Performs "Mural Jr." Acapella
Lupe Fiasco’s discography is both literary and lyrical. The Chicago MC is known for weaving historical references and fictitious characters through his thought-provoking bars, and the new ‘Drogas Wave’ is a concept album about the transatlantic slave trade. On it, he imagines fallen victims, tossed off ships during Middle Passage, as survivors who thrive in an underwater world. Heady stuff. For his live performance of “Mural Jr.” we took him underneath NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge for a shoot that nods to the ‘Drogas Wave’ theme. There’s a clear view of the East River waters next to the downtown Manhattan walkway ‘Lu prowled while rhyming a cappella. His inspired take on the track (the sequel to the ‘Tetsuo & Youth’ original, “Mural”) gains extra emotional clout by insightfully incorporating the local landscape. Hold up!
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Lupe Fiasco is In his own Dimension he's his own Genre years from now People will look back and Consider Drogas Waves and Testuo and Youth as two Masterpieces just like F&L and The Cool. This dude is ahead of his time.
Hes one of the greats and it's a shame he isnt recognized as one
@@gh0st537 True but for people who are ahead of their time they aren't really appreciated until later they'll give him recognition when he releases 1 or 2 albums more because Lupe dont play when it comes to music in general
@@RBlackout. I hope you're right man
Lupe is ... for right now! I know only those with the intelligence to comprehend will be able to appreciate these masterpieces. I cherish the privilege to be one of the few that can understand his genius.
Bro.... you said it. He’s in his own genre. His albums take months, even years to fully digest and comprehend. Drogas Wave is yet another masterpiece to breakdown
Legend has it, if you put a seashell up to your ear you will hear DROGAS WAVE
LoL that had me rolling but true that
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😂😂😂😂
😅😄😄😄 #legend
XD Underrated comment
Can't understand why people aren't talking about his album. Shit is phenomenal. Lu the King. Dude's timing is impeccable! Hold up! 👑
If you know, you know
Like ezwar99 said. The ablum is very long. But i think it's because Lupe isn't really heard on the mainstream. He's too intelligent. This album is like an academic work. There are some people that don't like having to think and learn more in rap.
Its defo AOTY but only if youve hear it
@@linkoln_sosias definitely! The content of the album is so rich and insightful. How each song has so much depth is amazing. Alan and Jonylah forever are so great and haunting at the same time.
They minds haven’t caught up yet. This album will hit in like 2045
Wow. This acapella version is incredible. I didn’t know what kind of video to expect for such a poetic and lyrically dense song, but this really gives it justice. If it’s possible you just made me love Mural Jr. even more 😭
A sign of a real lyricist: is the song still impressive without a beat?
@@koldraiynedownskayle5744 tru dat
This is mural from the album,its a second mural
Forget a top 5 Lupe in the top 1
Facts!
Daylyt and Lupe on the same track. Rediculous
And K-Rino
@BigBudTrillTV king los's bars are up there also.. along with mick jenkins, and one or two more.. lyrical wise'
You right, but he'll never get the respect he deserves because he doesn't touch the commercial sector as much as "OTHERS" would like him to. Form Follows Function with that "flame to which Koopa falls" line is better than 98% of all rappers in existence creativity wise to me. And that's NEW Lupe, his old is just as crazy.
Truly amazing. I’ve run out of superlatives to describe this man’s ability. You are a gift to society!
JTR10 💯
I concur, good sir. I concur.
Sadly this will never get the recognition/respect it deserves not only from rap but music in general.
Thank you for this Sensei Lu! "You say waves, I say WA-VES!"
Lupe is so underrated it's a crime
True, I did a review of drogas wave on my chanel
It should be a crime. Tha fuq.
I'll never understand how this kind of mastery of the craft isn't what people flock to 😥, they couldn't possibly understand the magnitude of what was shown in this video. This is like watching Da Vinci paint, or hearing motazt live in concert. I'm dead serious, his skills are pushing the limits of what the human brain can produce as far as lyrics and poetry.
@@phildasky8668 I was watching this Vlad tv interview with Kool G Rap and he said something that I think explains this. He said, "people can only be entertained to the limit of their intellect." That made a lot of sense to me. I always knew this but sometimes you need to hear things worded in a certain way for it to really click.
I wonder if ppl have picked up on the meaning! (Wink wink) Glad to be a lyricist myself got that this is about masterbation my 2nd or 3rd listen and ties it all in the end your fantasy is going against your mortality! So fire! Thus the title is "mural jr" like the son of the old mural song but also paintings made of sperm sounds a little twisted but its a necessary look at the role of porn and after effects in society! If you dont agree listen to it again! Thanks to the g.o.a.t for making yet another on point concept
I'll never forget when I first heard Lupe Fiasco. I was in high school listening to music in graphic design class. I was listening to Lil Wayne - Shotty Bounce. A friend of mine had just got into Lupe Fiasco and told me to listen to it. He played a little bit of Sunshine from Food n Liquor. I didn't really give it chance, went through one ear and out of the other. Then I was like nah listen to this, now THIS SHIT is what goes hard. He listened for like 30 seconds then got pissed off, angrily pulled the earphones out of his ears and said: " I don't want to hear that bullshit!" I was a little confused as to what his problem was.......then put my headphones back in like whatever. He ended up moving shortly after that.
Then a while later after The Cool cam out another one of my friends was talking about how dope Lupe is. I was like okay, maybe I should actually listen to this dude. The song I chose to listen to was "Put You On Game" (Still one of my favorite Lupe songs to this day). Then I went back to Food and Liquor and felt like a huge idiot. I've been a huge fan every since, my favorite rapper of all time.
So if you ever read this Joseph I'm so so sorry for putting that garbage in your ears. If somebody pulled that shit on me today I'd probably want to backhand the shit out of that person.
Definitely a year later, but true words spoken my man! I did the same many years ago. I always admired lyrics, but was so use to Camp Lo, Legion of Doom et cetera that when he was speaking, truth be told, was talking way over my head. Took me years to catch up. Now I can't bump anyone more often than Lupe.
Sunshine was a classic song
Lil Wayne is one of the GOATs though lol, how is he garbage?
@@ColinsCountry Weezy is one of the goats and I fuck with a lot of his music. But there are certain types of music that I have just grown out of. Songs like "Shotty Bounce" is one of them. But don't get me wrong I'll still bump Carter 2 and 3 from time to time.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Never dumb it down King Lu!! A true genius
Lupe and Big Krit need to do an entire album together! Their lyricism is amazing!
Lupe/Nas and 3k on one album: how would describe it?
@@gabo.4355 I would describe it as dream that will never happen.
With Ab-Soul too.... holy fucking shit.
I see why he would do that as an artist myself their comes a point where it's hard for rappers to compliment your style when you are just so different from everyone else I often see this in my own work I cant imagine how Lupe feels about it. Also he's so lyrical that other artist means it takes away from what he could've done on a track or it just goes on for way to long like we seen in Drogas Light.🔥🔥🔥
And black thought
I'm a Jcole fan but this is next level. Next dimension, actually. This is energy from the future. This planet does not deserve this man. How powerful that a man can hold such imagery in his head, and express it in a manner that entertains, provokes, and inspires! If i was this gifted i'd break down mentally. This is a powerful man. In swahili we say "GWIJI".
Lupe, king Los, Killah Priest, and Royce da 5'9 r my inspiration in rap
Realnigga Turner king los? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❓
@@MrChickenstalker king Los is incredible ...
@@MrChickenstalker check out His " I Do " Freestyle . You'll see what I mean :)
You don't even know what half this shit means
Lu is WAY too much man!
“Bellerophon with a megaphone”
That’s Poseidon’s son, who tamed Pegasus. On Dumb It Down Lu says “I’m riding on Pegasus you riding on a pheasant”
Now it’s Lu man. I know for a fact this isn’t just a coincidence and listening to Dumb It Down and Listening to Mural Jr. A whole lot of similarities to the songs.
“Don’t snort the white horse but toot my own horn”
“Devil tooting his own horn, don’t come and take a sniff”
Lupe is GOAT man.
It’s “junior’s” mural
yoooo!!! how did i not catch that! Lu never ceases to amaze. Always finding new gems as time progresses. Lu the GOAT
Good ear man! I didn't catch that!
Jesus Lu has his own cinematic universe going on
Beautiful catch! Quantum physics, politics, religion, skateboards, robots and ancient Greek myths are just some of the tools utilized by Lupe!
Lupe the 🐐 hands down. When u factor in his schemes, concepts, storytelling, versatility etc... its actually not even close. #NumeroUno
Brandon Carter we been tryina tell em for years smh..
Brandon Carter facts!
Imagine just walking around the city and you just hear Lupe spittin out of now where. That’d be a blessing
He's the greatest of all time and no one is talking about his music anymore. What does that say about the world today? I just listened to the whole DROGAS Wave album again, and it's his best since Tetsuo and Youth. Food and Liquor and The Cool were classics too. This man keeps changing the rap game and no one even talks about it.
Lupe's music is like extra-curricular music. You have to really sit down and listen to understand - then do some research to understand some of the more abstract messages, meanings and stories in his lyrics. But it's not easy-entry music, that's probably why no one is talking about this. I just love his music, he truly is a master at his craft.
his wordplay is really convoluted but that's what he's truly interesting as an artist
Lupe, Mr Fiasco; this is why I have been a fan since Da Pack. Your lyricism, the message you want to deliver, your love for the craft, I've missed seeing that in your performances. Anger and hatred are emotions we all have as people, and no one will say yours are unfounded, but without the love for the craft, the desire to actually deliver something of meaning, you return to another preacher screaming to the choir. As fans we, on some level, understand your message innately, (insert dumb it down joke here) but a lot of us also still want to see the artist behind the message. This, hopefully, is a return to form...
Jesus Christ Da Pack? You mustve been a fan for a minute, not even a minute *the first minute* . The very first group he was in i have one of their songs in my library, i think that was one of the first songs lupe's been recorded on.
@@PaintedHoundie not trying to be a gatekeeper or anything but I have his original F&L leaked version from the hiphopgame(.)com days. The prototype version of Gogo gadget Flow and the Emperors Song are floating on my HDD somewhere, you should definitely look them up. There's this unrefined rawness to his delivery that you didn't get from his radio singles that made me start following him in the absence of Mos Def...
@@Jinsoku440 i started listening around high school, i remember hearing superstar a as a kid and just realizing that was him. he has a lot of obscure and unreleased stuff i binged waiting for lasers to come out. Its really cool listening to pre food liquor versions of him on songs like street stories, cold world, etc. thats why i love hearin songs like deliver and chopper cause people get surprised at him not making something nerdy or political like hes not from chicago at a time it used to be the murder capital.
i never even knew there was a prototype emperor's soundtrack. I used to listen to a bunch of live versions of food & liquor on grooveshark but that website seems to have been shut down.
And yeah some of his most intersting for me is off his album as far unique flows n verses you dont get from studio singles
@@Jinsoku440 my guy plz make a zip file and upload those
@Jinsoku440
Yo brother, what you have stored away is probably insane to conceptualize. Is there any way we could take a listen to those from your hard drive?
Ladies and gentlemen, there are very very few writers better. There's levels to this game and this is the very top.
wallahi this blew my mind the first time i heard it & to have visuals now for it is no different. you're a genius of the urban literary arts, sir. keep goin, akhi..
I wish this would get more recognised, so much people are missing out on the greatest lyricist to ever do it.
But the timing of that "hold up" though!!!! And then says "I'm just trying to restore sanity" just when the noise stops! #Wavy!! #LuIsMyTeacher
#OnceYouGoLuCantGoBack
Right on. What's funny was that it reminded me of Kanye West when he was in live.
[Verse] Holy assumption of man into the heaven's sphere Many mansions fit champions within its seven tiers Evangelists re-imagine every 11 years Pause for applause, evolves to what was never here Born to death, born to die, form the flesh, form the eyes A veritable storm of winged forms swarms the skies Marital norms unperformed but the porn survives In the dorms of the scorn, they keep warm supplies Gone to lose the use of tooth, horn and thigh Before I was standing, I was landing Two one-hand, one-man bands jamming in tandem He who power naps, then plans gathering ransoms And maps man's laps in a hand lathered in absinthe Got a talent trafficking ramblings And handing out amazing handmade maps of the labyrinth Out the back of the wagon, out the back of the madam Out the back of the Magnum, then out the trap of enchantment Bellerophon with a megaphone, Mega Man Desert zone, run marathons with sweaters on (sweaters on) That was so simple but hot in a place where it's so simple but not Closed temples and old little forgots and rode whole chisels Cripples who won't miss a salat The old hoes that they won't give you a shot But you can get the whole pistol, it's gon' hit you a lot These are real words from a savage mind Unmaximized man on an average climb Who don't deserve the whole truth and only half your time Fit the life of a whole booth in only half a line In the future life, I don't even have to rhyme We'll get the entire Armageddon with only half the signs Just yields and rail roads, in lush fields with bell tolls Couple huddles of the unskilled but well told It's unreal how off one deal to sell souls And he got em' by the dozen Medulla oblongata is what got them by the oven Like how the moonshine is what got him by the cousin He got her by the bottom and he 'bout to stick his tongue in Such an unsettling scene An obscene setting for the unwedding of rings The sharpest dresser at the unheading of queens The architecture is something you've never seen Dream clean, that's three words at the same time And killed three birds with the same And won each and every hand with the same bluff and Answers each and every man with the same question What is it? But you still wanna know but I already done did it I ball heavy, the physics, it's all, but it's already specific If we doing what's already done, that means it's already terrific That's rather meta-poetic, and just to acknowledge that As an extra exhibit to what's already within it The gallery's like the wall space So I made a gallery of galleries, made of all space If it was more small, it would be Moore's Law From the land of the po' where we war, saw From the hand of a pro to a whore jaw Make her stand at the store till the snow thaw Went from paper boy to editor From throwing Ars Poetica with the arms of Federer On the porches and steps to the farm houses of settlers One of several sects who can come and charm the predators We who measure the measuring tools of measurers We who pleasure the pleasure tubes of pleasurers We who lecture at treasured schools of lecturers We who question the treasured rules of leveragers Born to death, born to die Mourn correct: immortalize In a war, where your performance score is your salary It's like fantasies combating your mortality I'm just trying to restore sanities Sigmund Freud boy, Leroy to your vanity To instill what kills krill destroys manatee So heels spill but still seal deals that build factories What looks Roman senator inner reveals Maccabees Never just trust off guts, but what's actually, unless it's Kuato's Now, we back to pillars of salt, I recall back peeling potatoes In hindsight, maybe attack of killer tomatoes A seasoned shoulder's carrying plenty Pentium payloads Now, that's another strata but I was making sense Then cop out, took the highway and I was making chips A nappy-head Karate Kid, I was breaking bricks Can fight like Tekken 5, even taking 6 This rehabilitation, I be taking trips "Don't Ruin Us" God said, I won't make a dent Hardly, but I'm still Harvey, I hope this making sense Devil tooting his own horn, don't come and take a sniff In the streets you gotta fight, you get punished for taking whiffs To make that change for your team, you gotta have New Jersey Drive and a stomach for taking whips I'm just trying to redeem With these hands full of bars, don't beat me for coming clean To unify the hooks, if you know it, then come and sing Don't bust in while I'm sleep, nightmares who come in dreams Samurais rarely die from another sword This is 1985 meets the hover board That was Bobby Johnson potato, just the underscore Think deep, but don't let it fry your motherboards Diptych, so now them paintings plural, but this is Jr's Mural
Masterpiece
Thanks doom
Wlcm fam
I love when he said I’ll make a gallery filled with galleries. Lupe tends to always think about that which does not end, which might be a reason behind the length of this rap. He believes in celestial power as well as infinitesimal power because he understands it’s truly all the same. I don’t know how coherent this whole rap is, but it does show a man who is very educated and encyclopedic with his mind.
Kxng Sef is it more complex than mural the original one? This one flew completely over my head. In T & Y at least I understood some little things here and there like who empowers roosters getting to top then to fall asleep listening to Bach in which he criticised the music industry and the under appreciation of higher quality artists.
But in murals jr really I miss like 95% of the concepts and ideas
If you listen to Lupe and Aesop Rock back to back then you've read like 3 whole books.
@Boe 612 not asap Rocky he meant Aesop Rock
I'll never understand how this kind of mastery of the craft isn't what people flock to 😥, they couldn't possibly understand the magnitude of what was shown in this video. This is like watching Da Vinci paint, or hearing motazt live in concert. I'm dead serious, his skills are pushing the limits of what the human brain can produce as far as lyrics and poetry.
Top 5 all time
You mean top 1
KingBwash LovesFutbol maybe but you gotta take into account guys like Andre 3000 too
Love Lupe but I won't put him ahead of 3K, BlackThought or Big Kane. Listen to Kane on nprtinydesk for a refresher. 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Gab O. He better lyrically than 3k. And I would put him up their with black thought, big L, mf doom, big pun, and big daddy kane
TOP 1
The greatest rapper alive
So is Locksmith and K-rino
@@corymassey8089 foh
@@no1nozz fuck you
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I mean k rino is better but Lupe is top 5
@@manikn4585 Debatable, but I could see it.
3:35 literally train of thoughts. This here is when your thoughts really wear crowns. Wisdom is gold
Lupe's superior lyricism makes me realize that there is an objective way to measure lyrical skill. I wish I or someone else knew exactly how so that it could be proven that he's the greatest lyricist of all time. Unfortunately without such measurements, he is mentioned by most as merely a good MC among many others, or even a great MC, but not widely heralded as the GOAT. Which is a travesty because he's by far the greatest lyricist that Hip-hop music has ever produced and actually one of the greatest artist of music period--a true producer of human excellence!
Amen, in the future they'll build a supercomputer that can accurately judge the 'lyricalness' of a song, and find out that in this era of rap Lupe's works are so far above everyone else's that he might as well be playing a different game. Alien level lyricism truly, it's as if this man is not of this Earth.
Please bless us with a Manilla video
This is my 10th time watching this Master piece and I keep reading in the comments that video needs more recognition. Well each time I've watched it I've shared it! Message!!
THE G.O.A.T. Idc what anybody says.
FACTS... COLD HARD FACTS.
Facts
This man is an MC for real, you can't find talent like this anymore.
I don't know what I would've done with my life if it were'nt for this man's music. Seriously changed my life.
one of the greatest, if not the greatest to ever do it 🌊🌊🌊, phenomenal video
😏
So he kick, push, kick, push
Lupe is just on a whole other level lyrically. The dude literally paints pictures with his words. Amazing stuff.
Lupe my boy. I’m still trying to dissect the original mural lmao. Anyone down to watch my wav filed break down? Just a Lupe fan trying to reach other Lupe fans lol
I 👀 you in here taking this Lupe class bro! Lolol. Keep at them breakdowns man u the best on TH-cam. People will catch on soon. ✊🏾
Mural Sr (lol) was him basically creating a verbal picture of his childhood and all things pertinent. From the cartoons he watched to the video games he played. Even some things he ate and much more
Yeah sure man I'll take a look, I welcome the discussion.
It’s very refreshing to see another person enjoy the the technical ability that Lupe possess so many levels of metaphors to breakdown with Lupe I was hooked since his touch the sky feature mad props bro
Landon Barnett "Guess who's on third? Lupe steal like Lupin the third." The double entendre of that 4 bars is above a bunch of people heads but put me on notice about Lupe too
Thanks for scorching my speakers 🔥🔥🔥
always a legend to the ones you made, hip hop save their lives...they tried to shut u up, but we knew what you were saying with the words you never...said. glad you are still using your undeniable and incredble mind and talent. God bless you Lupe. a1 since day1
This guy is the best lyricist I've ever heard. Chicago's so slept on. Our music history runs deep.
#WAVY mourn right, immortalize... samurais rarely die from another sword!! We honor you Lupe家元
#YOULIVE
Forever
Incredible how most of his songs could hold up as spoken word art. Insane. Props Lu, you've done more for the world than many mA.
Support real HipHop y’all. Buy Lupe’s album🌊
When did it drop
Benjamin Felton September 21st
Fuck, man. This really just made my whole week and I’m still dissecting it. My favorite pen in the game.
Lupe or Em in a battle? I got my money on Lupe. This man unfortunately won't get his full credit until he is gone or done with music completely years from now. Lyrically this man is untouchable imo. Although Em and Lu are different when it comes to writing and scheme Lupe is just far more insightful and thoughtful in his bars.
In a rap battle Lupe might go a bit too far over peoples heads to feel the punch whereas Eminem has that traditional battle rap construction so he might do better there. As pure lyricists though Lupe is a whole tier above em but to be honest so are quite a few others.
He might have to slow it down after he dissed em...
IH-the99 lol. Why would you even mention em? He’s not even in the top 5 of the best lyricists.
Lupe is super complex and is capable of crazy wordplay and punchlines, Em is too in different ways. Em just really knows how to break down his opponents which is why he’s seen as one of the MC’s you don’t wanna speak about.
Bar 4 bar Lupe is probably over Eminem, but in a battle Em smokes.
Lu, please enable the subtitles on this gem when you get a chance to 💎 🐐
Hip-hop in its puriest form lupe fiasco is ahead of his time drogas wave is exceptional one of the best albums of 20-18
LEROY REGIS LIBERATION OF THE BLACK NATION Of all time!!
I BLV U
The power of storytelling is far greater than any machine can create.
I’ve never heard past the 3min mark...I keep starting the track over and over....and over...I bet the last two minutes are equally mind blowing...I’ll get there one day. ✌🏽❤️
Said it once & Ill say it again LUPE FIASCO is a lyrical scholar
Lupe fiasco drogas waves is definitely a great body of work it's. Shows growth in his music
And THIS is why Lupe has been my #1 favorite emcee since '06...🎤
Love this! Thanks for this up close spoken word of one of my favorites on Wave. That outfit is 🔥Had a great time watching this.
I come back to this often and I'm amazed EVERYTIME! I use this as an example of why he's the GOAT when debating with people about who's the greatest. Lu's pen is unmatched
This dude is so next level that any compliment you could possibly give will be an understatement 🤷🏾♂️
G.O.A.T 🐐
Bro chill I got a whole dissertation in 59 seconds. I gotta sit down with this a couple weeks
AhhahahahA such is love amigo
@@iStudyASL peace family 🙏🙌
Lyrics 'cause no one else would post:
[Verse]
Holy assumption of man into the heaven's sphere
Many mansions fit champions within its seven tiers
Evangelists re-imagine every 11 years
Pause for applause, evolves to what was never here
Born to death, born to die
Form the flesh, form the eyes
A veritable storm of winged forms swarms the skies
Marital norms unperformed but the porn survives
In the dorms of the scorn, they keep warm supplies
Gone to lose the use of tooth, horn and thigh
Before I was standing, I was landing
Two one-hand, one-man bands jamming in tandem
He who power naps, then plans gathering ransoms
And maps man's laps in a hand lathered in absinthe
Got a talent trafficking ramblings
And handing out amazing handmade maps of the labyrinth
Out the back of the wagon, out the back of the madam
Out the back of the Magnum, then out the trap of enchantment
Bellerophon with a megaphone, Mega Man
Desert zone, run marathons with sweaters on (sweaters on)
That was so simple but hot
In a place where it's so simple but not
Closed temples and old little forgots
And rode whole chisels, cripples who won't miss a salat
The old hoes that they won't give you a shot
But you can get the whole pistol, it's gon' hit you a lot
These are real words from a savage mind
Unmaximized man on an average climb
Who don't deserve the whole truth and only half your time
Fit the life of a whole booth in only half a line
In the future life, I don't even have to rhyme
We'll get the entire Armageddon with only half the signs
Just yields and rail roads
In lush fields with bell tolls
Couple huddles of the unskilled but well told
It's unreal how off one deal to sell souls
And he got 'em by the dozen
Medulla oblongata is what got them by the oven
Like how the moonshine is what got him by the cousin
He got her by the bottom and he 'bout to stick his tongue in
Such an unsettling scene
An obscene setting for the unwedding of rings
The sharpest dresser at the unheading of queens
The architecture is something you've never seen
Dream clean, that's three words at the same time
And killed three birds with the same--
And won each and every hand with the same bluff and
Answers each and every man with the same question
What is it? But you still wanna know but I already done did it
I ball heavy, the physics
It's all, but it's already specific
If we doing what's already done, that means it's already terrific
That's rather meta-poetic, and just to acknowledge that
As an extra exhibit to what's already within it
The galleries lack the wall space
So I made a gallery of galleries, made of all space
If it was more small, it would be Moore's Law
From the land of the po' where we war, saw
From the hand of a pro to a whore jaw
Make her stand at the store 'til the snow thaw
Went from paper boy to editor
From throwing Ars Poetica with the arms of Federer
On the porches and steps to the farm houses of settlers
One of several sects who can come and charm the predators
We who measure the measuring tools of measurers
We who pleasure the pleasure tubes of pleasurers
We who lecture at treasured schools of lecturers
We who question the treasured rules of leveragers
Born to death, born to die
Mourn correct: immortalize
In a war, where your performance score is your salary
It's like fantasies combating your mortality
I'm just trying to restore sanity
Sigmund Freud boy, Leroy to your Vanity
To instill what kills krill destroys manatee
So heels spill but still seal deals that build factories
What looks Roman senator inner reveals Maccabees
Never just trust off guts, but what's actually
Unless it's Kuato's
Now, we back to pillars of salt, I recall back peeling potatoes
In hindsight, maybe attack of killer tomatoes
A seasoned shoulder's carrying plenty Pentium payloads
Now, that's another strata but I was making sense
Then cop out, took the highway and I was making chips
A nappy-head Karate Kid, I was breaking bricks
Can fight like Tekken 5, even taking 6
This rehabilitation, I be taking trips
"Don't Ruin Us" God said, I won't make a dent
Hardly, but I'm still Harvey, I hope this making sense
Devil tooting his own horn, don't come and take a sniff
In the streets you gotta fight, you get punished for taking whiffs
To make that change for your team, you gotta have New Jersey Drive and a stomach for taking whips
I'm just trying to redeem
With these hands full of bars, don't beat me for coming clean
To unify the hooks, if you know it, then come and sing
Don't bust in while I'm asleep, nightmares who come in dreams
Samurais rarely die from another sword
This is 1985 meets the hover board
That was Bobby Johnson potato, just to underscore
Think deep, but don't let it fry your motherboards
Diptych, so now them paintings plural, but this is Jr's Mural
Lupe we love you ❤
Lupe is the best Lyrical rapper period. And he raps about things of substance
If kendrick uploaded this it would have 10m views alteast....Lupe the God!
Yup and everyone would be losing their damn minds. Lupe no doubt the Goat
Lupe Los Angeles Recognizes You as A Lyrical King! We appreciate brother!
Yes we do!!!
This man is incredible. A true MC. God Bless you Lupe.
Fresh cut Lupe back and still... So Wavy!
Get this man a Grammy for this masterpiece album he just dropped..
One of the best lyricist in our lifetime!
If anyone says J. Cole or Kendrick Lamar is a better lyricist than Lupe after watching this, I swear there is something wrong with them lol
Nebras Kreny all the cole and kendrick fans who don't give lupe the credit he deserves.
After this??!! He was beyond them since day 1!!
You can be a fan of all 3 tho. It's okay.
I promise it's ok to like 1 more than the others but still like them all. outside forces pit young black, impactful people against one another daily. we as fans don't need to add to the madness. imo.
Idk if Cole can but i think of Kendrick wanted to he could go this technical he’s just making hits these days
This dude literally killed every other verse every writen @2:09 with a Triple Entendre Flex... just by staying quiet on the album audio. Here he says 'nothing' but on the album he leaves a silence , he couldve saying 'nine' , 'line' , , 'rhyme' or 'nothing' and he just stayed quiet and didnt say anything on the Album. Do you understand that? I dont think you do.
When i watched this video for the first time when it dropped i nearly threw my phone 😂 I just commented on this as I'm watching it again now, then i scroll down and find you saying the same too!! He's not human ✌🏽✌🏽
1:35 because of this line it's actually a Quad Entendre. So he even flexed harder than you thought.
@@tnk4me4 ohhHhhhhhhhhhHHH!
@@tnk4me4 shiiiiiiit
Lyrically one of the best, if not the best ever.
Facts! I'd put Daylyt a close too though
Lupe:... with sweaters on.
Me: SWEATERS ON!
Sickness!! Lu forever! I need that wavy get up too
Lupe the legend
oh and don't ever worry bout the credit, likes, or whatever..industry corrupt. you will be passed on....most wont even understand you olde musc. words I never said is still 5 years ahead of its time...20 years from now ppl will hear this and hopefully be able to understand u. u r a genius. great work, artist.
Lupe Fiasco is a rap scholar. I wish he was a college professor and all of his lectures were in album form
Well you're almost right...
I love you Lupe!
During my darkest hour I open TH-cam to find this.. a visual from the same album that's been keeping me alive and from killing somebody all month. This is the best album I've ever heard. I get upset that people aren't talking about it more but I know in my heart that far in the future people will study Lupe and he will be held as the greatest of all time as he should now.
Tf is this this ain’t rap
This is Black History
Da Great Fiasco
Crazy!
I was wondering when you're going to drop a video
People... this is beyond rap, music, talent, wit. This is a man who understands. He’s not trying to impress us. He’s educating us. A humble man recently said, “We may not be responsible for one another, however we are responsible to one another.” Lu is taking his responsibility to heart. Thank you.
I started watching the video wondering when the beat would drop in. Turned out its removal actually added to the experience.
Thank you for keeping real hip hop and lyrics alive Lupe!
Lost for words! Amazing!! Imagine he did this for "Hurt me Soul" my fav!
always come back to this shit man, acapella raps can sound so whack sometimes but fuck this shit too good
Waves put Lupe at the Greatest of all time for me. he was in my top 3.. Number 1 now Opinionated Thought
I’ve watched this video and listened to the song hundreds of times now and I finally get what sounded off. Lupe messes up around the 2 min mark but unless you reallllyyyyyy been listening a lot you would never even catch it. That’s how insanely good this man is. Greatest lyricist ever
"I'm just trying to restore sanity!"
Lupe you the realiest, not bought and sold like most of these rappers, matter fact you're beyond rapper, you.. teacher, philosopher, psychologist, poet..Brah you the TRUTH
Lupe i loved the albums 2 disc concept. Youre a deep guy, keep up the good lyrics and concepts! Bought drogas wave first day it came out!
This is VINTAGE Lupe 🔥🔥
Fire🔥🔥🔥I need a Lupe and Black Thought collab
They're featured together on Nikki Jean's "Million Star Motel." It was eight years ago but it's still good.
Phenomenal almost paranormal work. Highly influential, thank you !
Lyrical Legend
Lupe Fiasco, definitely the 🐐
It’s more than double entendres and iambic pentameter. Words are moulded and bent, shaped and it’s masterful.
Lu, you definitely improved on the design.
If it was more small it'd be Morse law
Even though everybody has F&L and the cool as lupes best albums, for me tetsuo and youth is just the perfect hip hop album and the most lyrically complex album I’ve ever heard even more than liquid swords. He’s slowly creating the best discography in the game and it’s all because Atlantic fucked off.
Been listening since F & L. Lupe will always and forever be my favorite artist, and this album takes my Album of the year. I've been showing friends left and right this Drogas WAVE and the look on their faces (especially on Gold vs. The Right Things to Do where it ends on BREATHE) matched with the unlocking understanding they have at dipping their toes into Lupe's world is just an incredible experience.
I'm such a huge fan!!
Anna T I am too you have a beautiful amazing heart for the love of real conscious hip-hop
If Lupe ain't on your top 5 by now then your list don't matter.
I love reading the comments and seeing other Lupe fans. It's like I found the place where I belong.😊
Sutogo Ichigo he's so special and precious
This level of quality for most people who are careless they don't even notice it!
It's kind of sad like they fall asleep listening to Bach
If they're curious in researching how good hip-hop works they would know who Lupe fiasco is.
But most people just look at what's trending and digest whatever TH-cam's feeding them so mostly drake migos and lil company smh
One of the DOPEST moments I've witnessed, ever!!!!! Lupe forever