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

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This beat is insane. I fux wit this hard. Sounds like some shyt Ab Soul did on These Days or what Jeezy always does.


and i see this is from the BAUCE perspective.
 

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I'm bailing now. Need to listen to the Joey Badass album. I'll pick up tomorrow with initial thoughts per song. I recall liking songs in the middle to end of the record quite a bit.
 
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3stacks just aint as bar heavy as lu

but he's way more poetic than him imo
By quite a significant margin.

Layers and layers of pop-culture references and discursive-Rap Genius play-by-plays don't automatically equal better lyrics.
 
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By quite a significant margin.

Layers and layers of pop-culture references and discursive-Rap Genius play-by-plays don't automatically equal better lyrics.
nikka it's a preference thing

and it takes a ridiculous amount of skill to do EITHER of them at the level these dudes do it
 
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nikka it's a preference thing

and it takes a ridiculous amount of skill to do EITHER of them at the level these dudes do it
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm well aware of this - I'm stating that just because something may have more layers to it, doesn't automatically mean that it has more intrinsic value - which is a common misconception I hear when dudes discuss Lupe's lyrics.
 

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People scared to say this is better than The Cool. I understand why, but off first listen this album is just too heavy to play second fiddle to any of his previous works. I need to listen more but yeah...The Cool and F&L gotta sit down for now.

It's okay brehs, some day somebody will surpass Jordan as well.
:whoa:

3thou is still a better 'lyricist'.
:ohhh:

:camby:

Three Stacks #3 on my GOAT list and sometimes I feel like he is THE #1 ("Sorry") but we talkin the lyrics on paper; you gotta get all the way the hell outta here. And 3000 sick with it. But there's levels to this shyt and Lu is on one by himself.

I disagree, but to each his own. 3thou is a better overall rapper though.

This is the question we can debate and I can't hate on a nikka either way they go. Sometimes I feel like 3000 is a Pac/Lu hybrid, but less of what makes each one unique, but the lyrics and simple realness of what he spittin is :noah:

3stacks just aint as bar heavy as lu

but he's way more poetic than him imo
Yes, Lu is more bar heavy, but I think you short changin Lu's poetic ability because of his bar ability. Cats do this all the time to Lu... before this album nikkaz would pigeon hole him into a box sayin he was too cryptic when less than 10% of his tracks were cryptic... ignoring shyt that wasnt. I think you ignorin shyt.
 
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