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Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (Discussion thread)*Stream*
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If Tetsuo & Youth doesn't convince you Lupe is the best rapper ever, or at least in the top 5 nothing will. That boy could lyrically back flip off a balcony cleanly through 4 flaming rings blind folded with no safety net beneath him, land on a hand stand with the left hand, give the crowd a thumbs up with the right hand, and people will still be like "He ain't nicer than Drake tho!" lol. What he just put out transcends anything in hip hop I have ever heard and is an entirely unique experienced wrapped in the universally palatable coating of amazing production and hooks. The musicality on this is just too much brehs.
Atlantic Records undershipped the album. The final "screw you" to Lupe on his way out the door lol.
Atlantic Records undershipped the album. The final "screw you" to Lupe on his way out the door lol.
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He just got a way with words... 
like a fusion of Nas, Jay, MF Doom (from what little I've heard from him)
The flow, multis, and wordplay is unmatched
"How is your memory?
Is it returning like a lemon tree
To bear bitter fruit of what you meant to me
Or was it slippin' like permission am I trippin' like Phil
I feel I'm grippin' but maybe the transmission
Still left out the life, also left out the will"
Little Death too short
like a fusion of Nas, Jay, MF Doom (from what little I've heard from him)The flow, multis, and wordplay is unmatched
"How is your memory?
Is it returning like a lemon tree
To bear bitter fruit of what you meant to me
Or was it slippin' like permission am I trippin' like Phil
I feel I'm grippin' but maybe the transmission
Still left out the life, also left out the will"
Little Death too short
Bruh Man 5th Flo
Peeeeeeaaaaccceeee ✌️
i don't think you guys understand how powerful 'Body of Work' is.......wow
HabitualLineSteppa
....Fuh Q.
Rollerskate maker or you just cobblin' wheel shoes...
Finished listening to the whole thing yesterday. I wanted to wait til it came out before I listened.. and wow Incredible piece of work. It def has that classic feel. When Mural goes off im like 
"How can he possibly keep the album going after that"? Blur My Hands and Dots & Lines have the tough task of coming after Mural and they more then hold their own. Then from there it just keeps delivering. I love how he brings the sick bars but also knows when to kinda scale it back just a bit and just ride the beat. ("Technical rappers" need to take notes) Speaking of beats I think this is absolutely the best produced Lupe album. The productions creates a incredible feel and his lyrics are top notch. There are a couple songs Im not crazy about but I do want to see if they grow on me before I say which ones.
I found out me and my wife are having a baby boy yesterday (my first child) and I was bumping this album the rest of the day. Thank you Lupe for giving me a classic album to soundtrack that day
"How can he possibly keep the album going after that"? Blur My Hands and Dots & Lines have the tough task of coming after Mural and they more then hold their own. Then from there it just keeps delivering. I love how he brings the sick bars but also knows when to kinda scale it back just a bit and just ride the beat. ("Technical rappers" need to take notes) Speaking of beats I think this is absolutely the best produced Lupe album. The productions creates a incredible feel and his lyrics are top notch. There are a couple songs Im not crazy about but I do want to see if they grow on me before I say which ones.I found out me and my wife are having a baby boy yesterday (my first child) and I was bumping this album the rest of the day. Thank you Lupe for giving me a classic album to soundtrack that day
Finished listening to the whole thing yesterday. I wanted to wait til it came out before I listened.. and wow Incredible piece of work. It def has that classic feel. When Mural goes off im like
I found out me and my wife are having a baby boy yesterday (my first child) and I was bumping this album the rest of the day. Thank you Lupe for giving me a classic album to soundtrack that day
nice review fam and congrats on the baby boy
Album is deep as hell. Definitely a theme of reincarnation. You play it from 2 angles
Reverse album definitely = "Make a savior out of savage"
Am I night, am I black, am I light?
Have I been this?
Realize my begin when I find where my end is
Wow. My boy Lupe put on a rapping clinic with this album . I have been a fan since the Farenheit mixtapes. This has to be his best work since The Cool! Yo brehs, this album will be analyzed, decoded and broken down for a long time. I personally haven't listened to an album like this in awhile that was filled with so much for me to consume. This shyt is dope! He is in my top 3 all time ( Jay, Nas and Lupe) Someone mentioned this earlier: Lupe is like a hybrid of Nas meets Jay meets MF Doom. Some might disagree but I think that was why Hov wanted to sign this kid in 2002 and ended up executive producing his first album and called him a "Genius". He knew Lupe was a problem. We are witnessing his dopeness. When I heard Mural and Body of work, I lost my fukking mind in da car lol. On the real who is fukking with him lyrically right now?? To some, his lyrics may be too over the top but I'm cool with that. Salute
. I have been a fan since the Farenheit mixtapes. This has to be his best work since The Cool! Yo brehs, this album will be analyzed, decoded and broken down for a long time. I personally haven't listened to an album like this in awhile that was filled with so much for me to consume. This shyt is dope! He is in my top 3 all time ( Jay, Nas and Lupe) Someone mentioned this earlier: Lupe is like a hybrid of Nas meets Jay meets MF Doom. Some might disagree but I think that was why Hov wanted to sign this kid in 2002 and ended up executive producing his first album and called him a "Genius". He knew Lupe was a problem. We are witnessing his dopeness. When I heard Mural and Body of work, I lost my fukking mind in da car lol. On the real who is fukking with him lyrically right now?? To some, his lyrics may be too over the top but I'm cool with that. Salute 
Word bro! Failure was what really made me a fan and rewinding and catching new shyt but Mural is like Failure on Steroids lol
Lupe going to improve a nikka's vocabulary and diction game listening to this album, then having to go look up what word he dropped means
Yo this album had me on Rapgenius, Wikipedia and google search since Saturday likeLupe going to improve a nikka's vocabulary and diction game listening to this album, then having to go look up what word he dropped means
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my nikka Lu.