Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (Discussion thread)*Stream*

[NoHalfWay]

Let's talk about how Lupe foresaw Suge getting locked up for murder
"On Death Row like Suge"
Wasadamus

 

[ineedsleep212]

Lupe's merch is legit. This black Tetsuo hoodie is clean and warmer than I expected it to be.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Let's talk about how Lupe foresaw Suge getting locked up for murder
"On Death Row like Suge"
Wasadamus

That did cross my mind when I was listening to that Prisoner joint after all that Suge stuff hit the fan

Lupe the Psychic

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Y'all need to go back a gang of pages

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Y'all need to go back a gang of pages

They say THE GAME has the belly of a beast
Blunts for fingers and hollow tips for teeth
Wire taps for ears, nike air for feet
Blasphemy for prayers, a system for a heart
Rap music for beats heroin for the son and married to the streets
Crack pipes for lungs
And he never sleeps, just spies, with dice in his eyes - Real recognize Real

Tetsuo & Youth induced
Too Cool for school, unloose The Noose - T.R.O.N.

 

[BlaKcMoney]

just heard TRON best album i've heard in years

 

[BlaKcMoney]

He needs to put out more videos.

yeah that prisoner 1 and 2 def needs a video. Body of Work, Dots and Lines would make for great videos too

 

[BlaKcMoney]

finally heard every song. Not one song on here that is wack. My least favorite is Murals just because its more of a straight rap then a song really. Other than that little death and blur my hands took the longest to grow on me but they're solid songs as well. Not one weak song on the album

 

[winb83]

So is it safe to say Glasses Malone murdered everybody on Chopper? "I'm bout dat I'm bout dat that Bentley out in my drive way cost more than my house did fukk land I'm fly today."

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

murals
chopper
deliver
prisoner 1+2

are my favorites

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

And the rhyme scheme and multis (ronnie )

They made electric chairs for his dying days
Last meals, no appeals for him to try and stay
On Death Row like Suge and the late Pac
Maybe he could dig a tunnel out of A Block
And wear gloves for the razor-wired gate top
Scared thugs going crazy in a caged box

Yup, i just finally digested this lyric as well. fukking AMAZING TRACK! Especially with the sound effects and background music! Feels like a movie in my head...

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

In my previous breakdown of the album I missed to include the beginning of third verse of Body of work.

Havnt seen anyone meantion it but the line: Sanskrit dance on the page of the dead book

Is about the Tibetan Book of the Dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol
Which is about the place you go to between death and rebirth. I think Killah Priest mentioned reading this book in a interview done by someone here on The Coli.

Just another clue about the resurrection theme on the album. Also linked to the Buddhist culture.
When asked in the Skee interview about what Lupe wanted for the future. He even talked about wanting to be as a Buddhist monk and be able to just sit down without have the cravings that regular people have.
He also mentions Buddhism on arguable the most lyrical song of F&L 2, Form Follows Function. Seems like he is quite into Buddhism.

I have tried reading the Book, but lost it before I was able to finish it.
Quite a heavy read with a lot of "poetic" verses. Im thinking about buying it again, since I didnt have the chance of reading the most famous chapter.

i have that book

 

[Jack Don the G]

i have that book

Have you read it? If so, what you think about it?

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Have you read it? If so, what you think about it?

havent read it yet

 

[spliz]

finally heard every song. Not one song on here that is wack. My least favorite is Murals just because its more of a straight rap then a song really. Other than that little death and blur my hands took the longest to grow on me but they're solid songs as well. Not one weak song on the album

Little Death and Blur My Hands took a while for u?..Little Death is one of those joints that I thought everyone would fukk wit right away...that beat is so ill to me...those are some of my fav tracks...