I havnt tried to listen to it backwards yet. But the theory doesnt sound that off. I dont know about the exact meaning of it and dont know if hes correct about the resurrection part but Im pretty sure Lupe made album playable in both ways. Making a concept album that have a red line running through it both forward and later on, backwards.
I kind of figured it out on the first listen when he was talking about Blockbuster on Blur my hands.
"So you starting at the end, that's the part where you begin
I skip the bullshyt so we can start it where we win"
I then remembered him tweeting earlier about "how to listen to the album".
Him talking about you had to listen to it track by track. Which is a strange advise since most of the time you listen to the album that way. You normally dont need to tell your fans in which order you have to play them.
I havnt gone back and read what the exact tweets but it feels like he was giving us hints that after listening to the album the "normal"/"negative" way, we have reverse it to get the "correct"/"positive" order.