Lupe Fiasco Drill Music In Zion (Discussion Thread)

[Chip Skylark]

Tetsuo & Youth is still goated to me, but this project just feels too whiny for me to enjoy. Yes Mr. Inception is always fun to hear when you want to dissect a lyric over and over, but ultimately, it fell flat to me. It felt like a grown man who still thinks he's 15 fighting against the system that honestly still gives him a chance. I don't want to hear complaints about not getting more shine, indie or not. The people have spoken, if they like you they like you, if they don't, move on..Lupe hasn't moved on and its eye roll inducing.

How is this project whiny?

Have we listened to the same album? Cause I don’t understand your complaints based on the content of this album.

 

[Chip Skylark]

I can’t state it enough. That intro is verse of the year for me lol

She went off. I always play it multiple times

 

[brianwuzhere]

I can’t state it enough. That intro is verse of the year for me lol

She went off. I always play it multiple times

Lupe said she Renegaded him on the Q&A lol.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Lupe said she Renegaded him on the Q&A lol.

Lol she went in!

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Lupe said she Renegaded him on the Q&A lol.

Where the q&a at?

 

[brianwuzhere]

Where the q&a at?

It was on Discord, one of the people running things there supposedly recorded it. Not sure what the hold up is.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Excellent project. Unreal talent.

 

[L $ C]

this album isnt close to TnY or drogus wave. no even close brehs sorry

 

[Air Nikes N Hats]

Correct me if I’m mistaken, but wasn’t a Deluxe version of the album suppose to drop today (three additional tracks)?

 

[Chip Skylark]

Correct me if I’m mistaken, but wasn’t a Deluxe version of the album suppose to drop today (three additional tracks)?

Damn you’re right. We need that.

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Hardcopy came in yesterday

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Reading these album liner notes, didn't know he lost his mom to covid

EDIT: Soundtrakk lost his mother, not Lupe. fukked up

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

The mix on the CD version of Autoboto is different than streaming, the backing vocals on the hook are louder. Granted, I ripped it in lossless but I compared it to the Tidal lossless playback and the adlibs/backing vocals are a full 1-2db louder on the CD. Prefer the streaming version tbr, I wonder if the rest of the CD has that going on.

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

One interesting note, the bitrate on pretty much all of the songs is ~750 kbps which is very low vs. most modern music. Compared to Drogas Wave for example, the average bitrate on that album is ~ 1000 kbps. Beyond the DMIZ beats being more lo-fi, it lowkey proves he actually recorded on a cheapo mic.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Reading these album liner notes, didn't know he lost his mom to covid

EDIT: Soundtrakk lost his mother, not Lupe. fukked up

Damn. Soundtrakk was struggling with COVID too. Lupe said he was really I’ll.