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Agreed.....looking forward to the Kendrick.....my sleeper of the year is probably gonna be the Xzibit album (based of the snippets it sounds good)
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Agreed.....looking forward to the Kendrick.....my sleeper of the year is probably gonna be the Xzibit album (based of the snippets it sounds good)
Artfull Dodger
All Star
Album of the year hands down
So this has passed R.A.P Music by Killah Mike which was yo AOTY
It took me a while to completely figure out wtf was going on with Unforgivable Youth, but once I did...
Verse 1 = telling the story of when the pilgrims came here and slaughtered the Native Americans
Verse 2 = goes a little further into the future and talks about the results of the invasion from verse 1(the early days of our country) and goes into the perspective of a surviving Native American at the halfway point to warn what will happen in the future if we continue down this route....
Verse 3 = a look into the future after we're extinct and how archaeologists will look at our artifacts and assume everything was perfectly organized, peaceful and good with us.
I think with time a lot will look back at this song as the best on the album. A high production music video for this shyt would be epic.
Verse 1 = telling the story of when the pilgrims came here and slaughtered the Native Americans
Verse 2 = goes a little further into the future and talks about the results of the invasion from verse 1(the early days of our country) and goes into the perspective of a surviving Native American at the halfway point to warn what will happen in the future if we continue down this route....
Verse 3 = a look into the future after we're extinct and how archaeologists will look at our artifacts and assume everything was perfectly organized, peaceful and good with us.
I think with time a lot will look back at this song as the best on the album. A high production music video for this shyt would be epic.
Artfull Dodger
All Star
Man, I see some craziness going on in here. Lemme have my say real quick. First of all, y'all (I see you Biz) bugging about Battle Scars. I like that shyt. It's not the greatest, but shyt is dope to me
Now, as far as all the hate some of y'all seem to have for the album, I have a question: Why did you bother listening to it in the first place? I mean, some of y'all names are the same ones that always pop up shytting on Lupe, and there's no way in the world you went into this with an open mind. If you don't' like Lupe, that's cool...avoid the album/thread, and keep it moving. You don't see my name popping up in Drake, or Big Sean, or whoever else threads shytting on 'em. You know why? Because I don't like them dudes, so I 1. don't listen to their music (literally), and 2. don't feel the need to constantly shyt on 'em to prove how much I don't like 'em.
Of course, on the other side of that, Lupe has his super stans, and you're gonna get the "OMG, LUPE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, THIS IS THE GREATEST ALBUM EVERRRRRRRR" comments from them. But I would hope that some of y'all are smart enough to realize that they don't make up the majority. Thats why the hardest thing to do with albums like this on this site is to cut off the fat (haters and super stans), and get to the meat of the issue (that being the actual general consensus on the quality of the album).
Personally, I like the album. Alot. I understand everyone has their own opinion (whether pre-conceived or not), but to say, as a fan of Hip-Hop, that the album is full of huff, and boring is pretty ridiculous IMO. You look at an album like Cruel Summer (well, bad example, as I personally haven't been able to get through it), but let's just say that there's not very many albums that contain the substance (and VERY few that contain the lyricism) that FLII does. At the same time, to say that this album puts Lupe on the Mt. Rushmore of Rap is going too far as well. Again, find the middle ground. I still think LiG is AOTY, but damn Lupe brought it with this release, that's for sure.
But what do I know...I'm just a lone voice that tries to bring some sensibility to this place, which, I'm well aware, is an excercise in futility.
It took me a while to completely figure out wtf was going on with Unforgivable Youth, but once I did...
Verse 1 = telling the story of when the pilgrims slaughtered the Native Americans
Verse 2 = goes a little further into the future and talks about the results of the invasion from verse 1(the early days of our country) and goes into the perspective of a surviving Native American at the halfway point to warn what will happen in the future if we continue down this route....
Verse 3 = a look into the future after we're extinct and how archaeologists will look at our artifacts and assume everything was perfectly organized, peaceful and good with us.
I think with time a lot will look back at this song as the best on the album. A high production music video for this shyt would be epic.
you mean it took you a while to wait for the contributors at rapgenius to break it down for you......
you mean it took you a while to wait for the contributors at rapgenius to break it down for you......
Verse 1 and 3 was me but I got annoyed trying to figure out wtf was going on with Verse 2 and asked some people. Didn't know RG had the breakdown already.
Warms my heart to see that your bitter bytch ass is finally doing your homework so you can fully appreciate Lupe's latest masterpiece though.
Th3G3ntleman
Superstar
Wtf is ITAL? Why did it spawn such a dope ass song.
Artfull Dodger
All Star
The question is if Lasers should be treated like a concept album that we don't count like 808s and Rebirth (even if 808s was nice production wise and lyrically) or just a weak album like Nastradamus or something meh like BP3.
Does Lupe have 4 of the best opening tracks for albums? Im talking the original leak for F&L then the one they actually used, The Cool, Lasers and F&L2? Im not talkin the spoken word shyts either.
I was ready to smoke when I put on the intro and had the
on didnt realize until unforgivable youth I was still holdin the shyt and still had the expression (shyt mustve look weird if someone were watchin, me holdin a smoke smilin at my laptop for 30 mins)
I was ready to smoke when I put on the intro and had the
on didnt realize until unforgivable youth I was still holdin the shyt and still had the expression (shyt mustve look weird if someone were watchin, me holdin a smoke smilin at my laptop for 30 mins)