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

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Little Death is my fav song off this album, hands down.
That is a great song no doubt, but there are better tracks on there. Madonna is my personal favorite, followed very closely by prisoner 1 and 2. Mural is not even a song in my book. Its more like a dissertation.

Album is hands down a masterpiece.
 

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Exactly. That dude Rigby is a clown.
TRON is arguable one of the best songs on that album. Plus that beat change when "Solo!" gets on? :banderas:
shut the fukk up
we hearing the same song breh? :dahell:

Lupe lost his fukking mind on TRON. Danced all over that shyt :banderas:
I might listen to it again, but the few times I heard it, I didn't really mess with the song
 

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shut the fukk up

Dude, your rep is -1300. I'm literally on the opposite end of the rep spectrum from you at +1400. I think the general consensus of the FORUM is that YOU shut the fukk up friend.

If only your dumbass could put two and two together. But unfortunately you too slow to grasp this concept, hence the reason elite posters like myself are forced into constant back and forth exchanges with mental midgets like you. :snoop:
 

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Dude, your rep is -1300. I'm literally on the opposite end of the rep spectrum from you at +1300. I think the general consensus of the FORUM is that YOU shut the fukk up friend.

If only your dumbass could put two and two together. But unfortunately you too slow to grasp this concept, hence the reason elite posters like myself are forced into constant back and forth exchanges with mental midgets like yourself. :snoop:
You getting hard talking about being some elite poster? No one gives a single fukk bout your status on a forum in real life lmao :lupehah:

The fact that people really look on rep on here as an insult tho :mjlol:
 

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Alright brehs. After 16 listens of my favorite album ever, I feel relatively comfortable with this list. It's in relative order.

Masterclass (5/5)

1. T.R.O.N.
2. Body of Work
3. Prisoner 1 & 2
4. Mural
5. Dots & Lines

Excellent (5/5)
6. Little Death
7. Chopper
8. Blur My Hands
9. Adoration of The Magi

Great (4/5)

10.Deliver
11.No Scratches
12.Madonna(and Other Mothers In The Hood)

Still can't get over how amazing this album is, but having heard it so much I can now pinpoint miniscule critiques I have. They are minor and barely worth mentioning, but perfection doesn't exist, so yeah.

1. I wish there was more to the third verse of no scratches. He could've gone even further with the imagery and word play centered around fast cars/crashes etc but kinda just let the song breathe instead.

2. Famlay's verse is the only aspect of this album I don't anticipate with every listen. It's the least interesting, least energetic, and probably least impressive verse on Chopper. Remove Famlay's verse and this album is more or less flawless to my ears.

3. Prisoner 2 is so dope that I wish it was a little longer :sadcam:

4. Despite TRON being my favorite song on the album, I would have preferred Soul went second rather than have the final verse on the entire album. An average verse at that. I don't hate it like you guys hate it though because it makes me laugh and I like his energy and flow. Makes up for the fact he ain't really saying shyt.

5. This is nitpicking heavy, but there is one small change I would have made to the album's sequencing. If I could, I would've swapped Deliver and Madonna on the track listing. I feel the energy was so dark and heavy on Chopper that Deliver matching that same tone immediately, while keeping the feel consistent, feels a tad redundant. Putting Madonna directly after Chopper would have toned down the tempo and given Winter more of an up and down roller coaster vibe. Then right after Madonna you go into why the son died and how he was a product of the ghetto through Deliver. Then you lower the tempo and lighten the mood again with Adoration before turning up one more time for TRON. Plus "Madonna Delivered the Adoration of The Magi" makes more sense sequentially anyway. Again, very minor nitpick as it could easily be argued that having chopper/deliver back to back then madonna/adoration back to back and ending with tron makes for a more consistent tone.

6. Madonna would be the best song on a lot of people's albums. The fact I have such a thoughtful, well put together, emotional, and catchy song as the worst on the album is testament to how highly I think of Tetsuo & Youth.
 

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You getting hard talking about being some elite poster? No one gives a single fukk bout your status on a forum in real life lmao :lupehah:

Didn't say anyone did fakkit. Your a shyt poster on THIS FORUM. And i'm posting on THIS FORUM to inform you of status you dimwit. By the way, i'm sure my real life sons yours as well, but we'll save that topic for another day.
 

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Alright brehs. After 16 listens of my favorite album ever, I feel relatively comfortable with this list. It's in relative order.

Masterclass (5/5)

1. T.R.O.N.
2. Body of Work
3. Prisoner 1 & 2
4. Mural
5. Dots & Lines

Excellent (5/5)
6. Little Death
7. Chopper
8. Blur My Hands
9. Adoration of The Magi

Great (4/5)

10.Deliver
11.No Scratches
12.Madonna(and Other Mothers In The Hood)
My list is completely different that's how you know this album is serious

"Say word to the nikka that took the rap for me
Free Chill I will, take rap to where nikkas can't conceive
To the point where nikkas can't agree on which song is best
And the argument is if I am better than me
"
wasadamus :lawd:

1. Little Death
2. Prisoner 1 & 2
3. Adoration of The Magi
4. Body of Work
5. T.R.O.N
6. Madonna
7. Mural
8. Deliver
9. Chopper
10. Now Scratches
11. Blur My Hands
12. Dots & Lines
 
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I still can't rate these songs brehs... All I know is there isn't a weak song on this album... I remember when this dropped I thought I liked Winter Season the most, now I kind of rock with Fall the most.

Prisoner 1&2
Body of Work
Little Death
No Scratches

:banderas:

And the way he kicks off each season of the album is dope (going from Mural to Prisoners to Chopper)

Mural starts and you're like :whoo:
Prisoner plays through and you're like :ohhh:
Chopper starts and you're like :demonic:

 
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