Went and listened to this album for the first time yesterday. Was surprised. Much, much better than
F&LII. It seems like Lupe actually put effort into this. You can tell he had some more freedom on this, too. Some of these tracks are long as hell. That's Lupe being indulgent here. The song with Ab-Soul was
. Made me wish that Lupe had cultivated a closer relationship with TDE. All them TDE folks are a bit off-kilter, but they balance that out with music that can be popular as well. Lupe has always had a problem between being too weird and being too transparent at chart pandering.
Right now I got T&Y at the 3rd best album of his. Bout to listen to Dragas Light today for the first time.
1. Food & Liquor Advance/Food & Liquor Retail
2. The Cool
3. Tetsuo & Youth
4. Food & Liquor II
5. Lasers