Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS WAVE (Discussion Thread)

[Monsanto]

Give me the mic



His flow on this track is dumb

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

I never even thought to ask....

But yo

What is the album cover of?

 

[ball15life]

I never even thought to ask....

But yo

What is the album cover of?

It's a Manilla

 

[Anti-Anime]

Blassic shyt. Your favorite rappper has yet to reach this kind of energy

 

[brianwuzhere]

I never even thought to ask....

But yo

What is the album cover of?

More specifically, it’s a pair of manillas, but the silhouette is vague enough to be other things too, depending on how you look at it:

1. A solid manilla sinking and a blurry, ghostly manilla rising up, conveying the theme of resurrection
2. A person rowing a boat or steering a ship
3. Jonylah and Alan holding hands near the shoreline
4. A distorted anchor
5. Fusion of the letters D and W

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

More specifically, it’s a pair of manillas, but the silhouette is vague enough to be other things too, depending on how you look at it:

1. A solid manilla sinking and a blurry, ghostly manilla rising up, conveying the theme of resurrection
2. A person rowing a boat or steering a ship
3. Jonylah and Alan holding hands near the shoreline
4. A distorted anchor
5. Fusion of the letters D and W

yo can you elaborate on the 5th explanation?

 

[brianwuzhere]

yo can you elaborate on the 5th explanation?

If you tilt your head to the right, you’ll see a D in the center. The W is more abstract and I see the basic elements of it, using the 3 most upright lines as the guide or how a W can also look like two U’s (the shape of the manilla) put together and you’re just connecting the dots. This read requires the most mental gymnastics lol which is why I put it last.

 

[winb83]

Quotations From Chairman Fred is amazing

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Gawt damm my take on this album was the stupidest ever



The production and pace had me not into this





This shyt beyond a classic


I want this nikka to write a book breaking down this album
And do a documentary




My favorite song keeps changing


Right now it's Sun God Sam


I want to especially hear lupe break down "Cripple"

 

[brianwuzhere]

I want this nikka to write a book breaking down this album
And do a documentary

He's posted screenshots of a table of contents on his phone, but at this rate, that shyt comes out in like 2030 lol.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

He's posted screenshots of a table of contents on his phone, but at this rate, that shyt comes out in like 2030 lol.

 

[Abstract83]

I gotta give it another listen. I liked it but Tetsuo & Youth is one of my fav Lupe albums. I'll go back to DW soon.

 

[brianwuzhere]

New interview with Andrew Barber, who used to post the mixtape era loosies on Fake Shore Drive. Lupe's shared most of this on separate ig lives before, but nice to have all in one place: A Conversation with Lupe Fiasco

 

[ball15life]

New interview with Andrew Barber, who used to post the mixtape era loosies on Fake Shore Drive. Lupe's shared most of this on separate ig lives before, but nice to have all in one place: A Conversation with Lupe Fiasco

good looks...bout to pour up and listen to a couple chapters

Edit: This is really good so far. Interviewer knows his stuff too

 

[brianwuzhere]

This is one of the songs he rapped for Jay-Z, Guru and DJ Premier around 02: