Lupe Fiasco Drill Music In Zion (Discussion Thread)
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Kiosk shows why Lupe is the best. Creatively, lyrically, the cadence it doesn’t matter. This man really made a song about the jewelry kiosk in the man and talked about EVERYTHING
Hey, you looking over there
I got something to show you if you got the time to spare
Equality’s the highest and the price is very fair
It’s honestly the nicest thing that I have ever shared
You look like the type that likes a diamond in his ear
To walk around the town and be so shiny and revered
Come across his boss and be so timely and prepared
Look like a million dollars off of signing with the Bears
I don’t mean to be so deeply inside of your affairs
But if I liked getting ripped off, then I’d be over there
You ain’t gotta be a criminal involved
Know how to rap or knack for dribbling the ball
Or be a prince or an emperor at all
Everybody’s equal in the middle of the mall
We are not the center of applause
But secretly the center of the cause
This is where the finishers evolve
In the middle of the malls
Where preachers can praise AIDS as God killing the gays
What a fukking phrase, never ceases to amaze
But when he dies from cancer, that’s God’s mysterious ways
Jesus saves African soul slaves
Gabriel’s in Afghanistan passing out AKs
It’s a rage
The diamond sometimes are suedes while putting ’em to the blade
I have hesitations
There, I’ve put it all on the table, I have my reservations
Besides, we’ll find something else useless to put our faith in
You won’t finish this here, we’ll pick up after meditation
Hey, you looking over there
I got something to show you if you got the time to spare
Equality’s the highest and the price is very fair
It’s honestly the nicest thing that I have ever shared
You look like the type that likes a diamond in his ear
To walk around the town and be so shiny and revered
Come across his boss and be so timely and prepared
Look like a million dollars off of signing with the Bears
I don’t mean to be so deeply inside of your affairs
But if I liked getting ripped off, then I’d be over there
You ain’t gotta be a criminal involved
Know how to rap or knack for dribbling the ball
Or be a prince or an emperor at all
Everybody’s equal in the middle of the mall
We are not the center of applause
But secretly the center of the cause
This is where the finishers evolve
In the middle of the malls
Where preachers can praise AIDS as God killing the gays
What a fukking phrase, never ceases to amaze
But when he dies from cancer, that’s God’s mysterious ways
Jesus saves African soul slaves
Gabriel’s in Afghanistan passing out AKs
It’s a rage
The diamond sometimes are suedes while putting ’em to the blade
I have hesitations
There, I’ve put it all on the table, I have my reservations
Besides, we’ll find something else useless to put our faith in
You won’t finish this here, we’ll pick up after meditation
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Ahhh A good ‘ol Lupe state of hip hop analysis album. 
I’m here for it, listened through it while I was at work. Couldn’t decipher the metaphors right in that moment exactly how it should be.
Drogas Wave still gets plays just for the content and sound progressions. Also Lupe’s song structures are hilariously odd I enjoy them.
I’m here for it, listened through it while I was at work. Couldn’t decipher the metaphors right in that moment exactly how it should be.
Drogas Wave still gets plays just for the content and sound progressions. Also Lupe’s song structures are hilariously odd I enjoy them.
Prolific_1011
All Star
This is dope. Nice, easy listen (compared to his other albums) which is what I was hoping for.
Abstract83
Superstar
Im really feeling this album. I'll be honest though you have to be in a laid back mood for this. A more strip down joint when it comes to production. He wants us to listen to the lyrics on this one. I do think the production is amazing aside from the first single. Which sticks out on this. Lupe in my top 5.
Precious Things is outrageous 
Man does not become superior 'cause you connect him to a cape
Nor does become inferior because you connect him to a ape
I never wanted my life to be a collection of some dates
And holiday my days away and intellectually sedate
It's not really a beef but conceptually it's steak
Like do genitals and gender roles successfully conflate?
The current art world is just competitively opaque
Ms. mural is fukking out of this world
The whole theme is bananas. It needs a proper breakdown and I have work to do
Nor does become inferior because you connect him to a ape
I never wanted my life to be a collection of some dates
And holiday my days away and intellectually sedate
It's not really a beef but conceptually it's steak
Like do genitals and gender roles successfully conflate?
The current art world is just competitively opaque
Ms. mural is fukking out of this world
The whole theme is bananas. It needs a proper breakdown and I have work to do
Album is fantastic - but not what I expected at all
I’ma have to sit with this album a bit, but wow. This album took an unexpected turn
Right when you think you got this nikka Lupe’s writing & song structure down, he switches it up. He is very unique in that aspect
The production is top tier on this project, nikkas need their ears checked
Right when you think you got this nikka Lupe’s writing & song structure down, he switches it up. He is very unique in that aspect
The production is top tier on this project, nikkas need their ears checked
That's another thing that gripes me about this album is that its too damn short. I get the concept because most "drill" albums are so short, you barely get what the fukk is going on. In Lupe's case, we need our food and liquor in large amounts
.Seattle
Overall this album is weird, not good on a Lupe level but something you can easily bump and be like "issa bop"
nikkas always got heat for Lupe fans or stans or whatever you call em…
But then when you hear songs like On Faux Nem you know WHY nikkas call him one of the greatest. Songs like that is WHY Nas says Lupe is reflective of him
But then when you hear songs like On Faux Nem you know WHY nikkas call him one of the greatest. Songs like that is WHY Nas says Lupe is reflective of him
“I was in Roxbury on Malcom X block
Talking that talk that got Malcom X watched
Tryna pickup what Malcom X Stocked
Only gave my players a Malcom X box
Look in the sky see the Malcom X ring
Malcom X files its a Malcom X thing,
As you ask your yourself what does Malcom X mean
I returned to the force in the Malcom X Wing”
This brother is not human.
On Faux Nem....whew
This man is not human brehs.
This man is not human brehs.