Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (Discussion thread)*Stream*
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Your honor, I was merely capping.
I know this came out real early in the year but nikkas betta not forget about this when talking about the best albums of 2015 in December 
g-ice
aka #DiamondNightmare
I know this came out real early in the year but nikkas betta not forget about this when talking about the best albums of 2015 in December
If anyone tops this I'll be shocked. Yes and that goes for Kendrick and Nas.
Yeah it aint wack or nothin just kinda kills the vibe for me.
Black Vietnam
g-ice
aka #DiamondNightmare
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
Chopper...
I wish that shyt had about 5 more minutes with verses from Twista, 3000, & Juvi
I wish that shyt had about 5 more minutes with verses from Twista, 3000, & Juvi
Just went through my second full listen, Goddamn this album is so multilayered
You can literally FEEL this is the album that he's been trying to drop since The Cool. What some call lyrical diarrhea I call an MC weaving intricate details, gems, knowledge, pure skill into a tapestry of wordplay and poetry. THIS is the shyt that makes me fall in love with Hip Hop all over again. That makes me log into the Coli and read through a 50 page thread. That makes me rewind verses over and Over again with the
face. I LOVE this shyt man...
I've said it countless times in the past and I'll say it again. Lupe Fiasco is the closest rapper to Nas in terms of pure lyrical talent and putting together concepts. The fact that he's even have the audacity to put out an album like this, with an EIGHT MINUTE HOOKLESS INTRO on some straight RAP shyt is fukking beautiful. The production matches him almost perfectly.
Now the question is, do I think this is better than The Cool? After the first two listens No. The Cool is a true classic and The Cool is an album that is dense yet simplistic in approach. What I mean by that is Lupe managed to hit ALL angles with The Cool while still staying true to the album's concept as well as himself. T&Y is an "I don't give a fukk album" which is a statement of artistic expression. You can tell Lupe truly didn't care about pleasing anyone but himself and the core fans who enjoy deciphering lyrics and theorizing on all the potential meanings. It's a moody type of album that, after the initial euphoria of new music wears off Im sure many of us will have to be in a certain mindset to appreciate.
You can literally FEEL this is the album that he's been trying to drop since The Cool. What some call lyrical diarrhea I call an MC weaving intricate details, gems, knowledge, pure skill into a tapestry of wordplay and poetry. THIS is the shyt that makes me fall in love with Hip Hop all over again. That makes me log into the Coli and read through a 50 page thread. That makes me rewind verses over and Over again with the
face. I LOVE this shyt man...I've said it countless times in the past and I'll say it again. Lupe Fiasco is the closest rapper to Nas in terms of pure lyrical talent and putting together concepts. The fact that he's even have the audacity to put out an album like this, with an EIGHT MINUTE HOOKLESS INTRO on some straight RAP shyt is fukking beautiful. The production matches him almost perfectly.
Now the question is, do I think this is better than The Cool? After the first two listens No. The Cool is a true classic and The Cool is an album that is dense yet simplistic in approach. What I mean by that is Lupe managed to hit ALL angles with The Cool while still staying true to the album's concept as well as himself. T&Y is an "I don't give a fukk album" which is a statement of artistic expression. You can tell Lupe truly didn't care about pleasing anyone but himself and the core fans who enjoy deciphering lyrics and theorizing on all the potential meanings. It's a moody type of album that, after the initial euphoria of new music wears off Im sure many of us will have to be in a certain mindset to appreciate.
I know everyone on "Mural" and "Dots & Lines" but can we discuss how this nikka tap danced all over "Little Death" though?
shyt sounds like he was at a live open mic with the band and Nikki Jean in the background and he just freestyle this shyt
"Babylon's in the Bibles and others
And tell me of the spinning mothers
And today's mathematics for be lovers
And beasts' bellies covered like the cummerbunds of butlers…"
"They keep the bottles just to make glass houses
Then climb up to the second floors and throw rocks out it
Then expect not a volley in reply
Some place vulnerable like prolly in the eye"
"But barbaric are still the prices
It's rather niceless, apricot in dices and fromage slices
My son will call risotto rices
If and when he's left to his own devices, well
How is your memory?
Is it returning like a lemon tree
To bear bitter fruit of what you meant to me"
shyt sounds like he was at a live open mic with the band and Nikki Jean in the background and he just freestyle this shyt
"Babylon's in the Bibles and others
And tell me of the spinning mothers
And today's mathematics for be lovers
And beasts' bellies covered like the cummerbunds of butlers…"
"They keep the bottles just to make glass houses
Then climb up to the second floors and throw rocks out it
Then expect not a volley in reply
Some place vulnerable like prolly in the eye"
"But barbaric are still the prices
It's rather niceless, apricot in dices and fromage slices
My son will call risotto rices
If and when he's left to his own devices, well
How is your memory?
Is it returning like a lemon tree
To bear bitter fruit of what you meant to me"
Lu wasn't lying about listening to this with decent headphones 
Trae
Trouble Trouble
It's crazy how versatile this nikka Lu is. Tell me he don't sound right at home rapping with all them gutter nikkas on Chopper
Then again he was the GOAT gangsta rapper in his Arista days
Trouble Trouble
It's crazy how versatile this nikka Lu is. Tell me he don't sound right at home rapping with all them gutter nikkas on Chopper
Then again he was the GOAT gangsta rapper in his Arista days
BenjaminButton
Pro
Taking me back to The Cool days 
This what happens when you in the zone and you say fukk the radio, I'm making my music and if people gon listen, go ahead
And I'll just bite my tongue so wear it like a scarlet letter
(Wear it like a scarlet ladder)
This what happens when you in the zone and you say fukk the radio, I'm making my music and if people gon listen, go ahead
And I'll just bite my tongue so wear it like a scarlet letter
(Wear it like a scarlet ladder)
reading these responses still. Haven't bought a Lupe album since The Cool that was the last time I was pleased with him. Pre-ordered this and it looks like I'll be come Tuesday.