Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS WAVE (Discussion Thread)

[VladTheImpaler]

Funny that's the only track on the album I dislike. Absolutely hate the hook. No problem though, album is a classic. I just skip that one.

Funny thing... I love the hook...her voice...everything about it.

Goes to show that we all have different views on music and can like the same album for different reasons.

 

[Dboy41]

I especially agree with this. Lupe sold the album as some high concept project about a group of slaves escaping their slavemasters, when really that was just the focus of the first disc. While there are callbacks to the overarching theme in the second disc, the lack of true narrative cohesion hinders the overall experience for me. Don't get me wrong, I love 85 to 90 percent of this album, I just wish Lupe hadn't given fans

To be fair though not every song on the cool was related to the cool story.

 

[OfTheCross]

gotdamn

2nd verse of Haile Sellasie!!

 

[nairdas]

Funny that's the only track on the album I dislike. Absolutely hate the hook. No problem though, album is a classic. I just skip that one.

That song is probably my favorite because I think he flows the best on it. The first and third verses are just

 

[MarcP]

Not seeing much of any love for this on year end wrap ups. This might be one of the most slept on albums of the decade.

 

[blac_da_rappa]

Wave Files

 

[OfTheCross]

Wave Files

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

I would treat the box like it's UPS, I would treat the box like a sneakerhead

 

[winb83]

Ok after a few months digesting i’m gonna go ahead and place this second in his discography right behind The Cool.

There’s just SOMETHING about The Cool that makes it truly and genuinely a unique, one of a kind album. It was Lupe at the HEIGHT of his powers just making classic music. Everything fit like a glove. The beats, lyricism, concepts, flows, the narrative. It all came together perfectly.

With Drogas Waves I wish he woulda pushed the fact that it was a true double album split into two concepts, like really made that fact CLEAR before theabum dropped. I feel like it would’ve been better understood and appreciated had he done that. But thats just me as a fan wanting Lupe’s music to be appreciated.

On a personal feeling. The album is damn near perfect. I just feel like The Cool is truly a transcendent body of work

Doesn’t matter that all the songs don’t fit the concept it’s still an amazing album.

 

[OfTheCross]

Doesn’t matter that all the songs don’t fit the concept it’s still an amazing album.

it's a double album tho. each disc is great on it's own.

we lost with digital consumption cause since there's no break it feels like 1 disc

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

"WOW, Like Pac using both hands
and his head is the O.."

 

[Bigblackted4]

I listen to imagine like 3 times a week it’s my favorite song from last year

 

[OfTheCross]

Gold vs. The Right Thing to Do is very good. This album is great, man. It's interesting enough to replay a million times

 

[Stez]

Album is fire. Real dense. I copped the vinyl a couple week back. Mad cheap for what is a 3xLP album.

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

Picked up this classic for £4.99 which is like 6 dollars