Lupe Fiasco Drill Music In Zion (Discussion Thread)

[Rozay Oro]

 

[42 Monks]

Beautiful album

 

[Lambent55]

Lupe is the only person I buy albums for.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Lupe is the only person I buy albums for.

If the vinyl scene wasn't a fukking mess and my practices of minimalism, I would have been made a collection of his masterpieces

 

[cyesergio]

GHOTI is truly amazing. Vinyl purchase is a no-brainer.

Personal top 3:
1. Hov
2. Lupe
3. Pusha T

 

[Breh Obama]

Listened again and this shyt is corny

I truly do love Lupe but I don’t care how lyrical or prophetic and poignant what he’s saying is

If the beats are boring then everything is boring.

The album is corny boom bap and yall reaching saying this is good

 

[Breh Obama]

I’ve seen others point out that the album cover is an upside-down mountain, but I think it could be specifically, Mount Zion. Right side up, the triangle pointing down is drilling for gold, monetizing the rappers who die too much and our other fallen soldiers. The skull is severed into two and they have no choice but to simply fall to their death. However, if the triangle pointing up is Mount Zion, the yellow portion changes into a lightning-filled sky. Like the Trilly & Truly slogan, “Lightning gave them life”. The two halves of the severed skull are now climbing Mount Zion to piece themselves back together at the summit, because lightning tends to strikes the tallest point. Maybe this is what Lupe really meant by “a nice finish to a series”. Tetsuo & Youth has an upside-down cross, Drogas Wave has an upside-down A and Drill Music in Zion has an upside-down mountain. Instead of resigning to your fate, it’s a series of taking control of your life, which you can only see from another angle.

“Those trusting in the Lord are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring” - Psalm 125:1

Reach of the fukking year!

Lupe literally said it was some random shyt he painted

 

[brianwuzhere]

Reach of the fukking year!

Lupe literally said it was some random shyt he painted

This is who we talking about:


Ain’t no reaches with someone who says Hmmm…=H&M, Lupe just actually crazy lol. He’s already said there are multiple meanings to the album cover and it’s central to the record. Tetsuo & Youth’s cover was also some “random shyt he painted”, not originally intended for the album and he’s talked about the multiple meanings for that as well.

 

[Breh Obama]

This is who we talking about:


Ain’t no reaches with someone who says Hmmm…=H&M, Lupe just actually crazy lol. He’s already said there are multiple meanings to the album cover and it’s central to the record. Tetsuo & Youth’s cover was also some “random shyt he painted”, not originally intended for the album and he’s talked about the multiple meanings for that as well.

Breh anyone can do that with anything



You can literally draw a circle on a piece of paper and come up with some fake obscure meaning like

“It represents the earth and circle of life and the emptiness of it all in the middle”

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

In a weird way I actually love how this was mixed

 

[Brandsdale]

legit thought it was gonna be drill music


AUTOBOTO hard tho

 

[Chip Skylark]

legit thought it was gonna be drill music


AUTOBOTO hard tho

Lupe fiasco making drill music? Come on man

 

[Brandsdale]

Lupe fiasco making drill music? Come on man

then why make that the title?

 

[Brandsdale]

album kinda ass tbh

Tetsuo had much better beat selection but i guess thats cause of the Dahi and Vohn appearances

 

[Chip Skylark]

then why make that the title?

The intro literally explains it. Plus we’ve discussed it in here and it’s in the OP