Lupe Fiasco Drill Music In Zion (Discussion Thread)

[EA]

Just finished my first listen. Having “On Faux Nem” close this album out was the perfect album ender.

Rappers die too much…that’s it, that’s the verse

Lupe’s been a on hell of run since T&Y. This might be my favourite rap album of the year so far.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Off a second listen, I like this album. It's a more somber vibe but still has the cryptic wordplay that made T&Y so great. It's not my favorite album of his, but that's ok

 

[Chip Skylark]

No lie when Lupe said “rappers die too much that’s the verse” I had to pause it for a sec

Then later “
Just give it to you raw how a nikka really feelin'
"Rappers get shot too much" probably has a lot more precision
But that was the decision, and with that, I'ma stick
I don't really support nikkas 'cause the shyt be making me sick
Look at what we say in this bytch just to get rich
Shoot a nikka right in the head don't even flinch”

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Checking this out now

 

[Justise M]

So many layers within this album, hard to believe he made this in like 3 days. He's my goat

 

[TrapChampion31]

Lupe the Kendrick that we needed all along. Bars.

Kendrick mid as fukk and overhyped. Nothing new. If Lupe got the dikkriding Kendrick did shyt be different.

 

[OfTheCross]

Aight...I'm on my 2nd listen...

Towards the end of the first spin I was really enjoying it...

This 2nd lap is making the songs sound phenomenal.

Bars af plus good hooks. shyt is a fukking vibe.

 

[OfTheCross]

Bruh...This nikka flowing on this disc

 

[The Mad Titan]

Did Lupe low-key give us a low fi album

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

No lie when Lupe said “rappers die too much that’s the verse” I had to pause it for a sec

Then later “
Just give it to you raw how a nikka really feelin'
"Rappers get shot too much" probably has a lot more precision
But that was the decision, and with that, I'ma stick
I don't really support nikkas 'cause the shyt be making me sick
Look at what we say in this bytch just to get rich
Shoot a nikka right in the head don't even flinch”

Breh I maybe reaching but I swore dude talking about how Soulja Slim got killed

This man is not human. Dude gave us a complex puzzle on fukking wax. This shyt is heavy.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Aight...I'm on my 2nd listen...

Towards the end of the first spin I was really enjoying it...

This 2nd lap is making the songs sound phenomenal.

Bars af plus good hooks. shyt is a fukking vibe.

Yeah that's where I'm at with this album. The first listen was weird as hell, but wants you sit down and realize dude is putting gems on jazzy boom bap tracks within 40 minutes, it dawn on you that maybe just maybe this guy is a GOAT.

 

[NoHalfWay]

See that’s the thing, cuz we was praying for you
And guitar playing for you
You turned a deaf ear to what we was saying to you

This album is akin to his mixtapes with the bars but has the song structure of album tracks

The fact Precious Things is about how our hands can be used to do good or bad is so craaaaaaazy.

These precious things = literally your hands. Your hands are precious.

him out rapping everybody on a 3 day project wasn’t enough of a flex for him…

So the nikka made a concept record about him falling out with his hands on some Ghostface The Watch shyt… and illustrated the good n bad, pros n cons and how he don’t even use them shyts to make songs anymore

The audacity

 

[OfTheCross]

Great album

This shyt really hits at this time where you see young brothers getting smoked endlessly like this.

On Faux Nem is saying he wish nikkas was lying about their lyrics

On Faux Nem is

 

[TrapChampion31]

Breh I maybe reaching but I swore dude talking about how Soulja Slim got killed

This man is not human. Dude gave us a complex puzzle on fukking wax. This shyt is heavy.

Why do you think that regarding Soulja Slim?

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Why do you think that regarding Soulja Slim?

Just give it to you raw how a nikka really feelin'
Shoot a nikka right in the head don't even flinch”

It all fell into that opening verse along with the lyrics to the second verse.