Lupe_Fiasco-Food_And_Liquor_II-The_Great_American_Rap_Album_Part_1-2012-

[BangBike]

"Swim inside the river get delivered from the craft
of the witches in this business that be living off your sad"..

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

damn brehs... "how dare you" shyt make me wish i was out playin dominoes at some bbq in cali... 70 degree weather... passin a fat blunt and sippin on a cup of erk and jerk

 

[-InFeRnO-]

y'all taking this stillmatic thing way too far

this album is his stillmatic in the sense that he's BACK

let's leave it at that

dudes in here sayin this is better than stillmatic after 2 spins.. chill

 

[OG Talk]

I don't even know what my favorite track is

My top 4 right now

ITAL
Audubon Ballroom
Put Em Up
Form Follows Function


I think I listened to Form Follows atleast 10 times yesterday..

That saxophone

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Why does Heart Donor exist tho?

After the craziness that is Put Em Up, the segway into it is

 

[NormanConnors]

I already had something similar in mind LOL. Audobon Ballroom and Hood Now gonna be in regular rotation around my white friends to make them feel mad uncomfortable lmaooooo



I'm on my 5th listen and to me it's REALLY hard to rank the first 3.

I would say that OVERALL Food & Liquor II is the best. It has HANDS DOWN the strongest first half of any of his albums, the weakest middle part(Sunshine/Daydreaming/The Cool and Intruder Alert/Streets On Fire/Little Weapon > Heart Donor/How Dare You/Battle Scars) and has the best finish along with the first F&L. The Cool's finish would've been up there if it ended with "Fighters" and not "Go Baby".

Also, I feel F&L II reflects Lupe's evolution into a more personable and intimate(no homo) emcee. He doesn't let you in with the first 2 albums. Like Loose said...it's all third person, concepts, rappity rap songs. We got glimpses of it with The Cool on "Fighters", and Lasers was easily his most personal album but the song quality was mediocre.

F&L II in my opinion combines the best aspects of the first two albums, improves upon them in every way and adds in the personal/relateable aspects of Lasers to create a masterpiece.

F&L, The Cool and F&L II are all 5 mics for me but I would say F&L is the weakest 5 stars and F&L II right now is the strongest with The Cool somewhere in the middle.

F&L II>The Cool>F&L>>>>>>>>Lasers

Looking forward to seeing where Part 2, SKULLS and his independent albums rank.

The Cool is one of the top 3 tracks on F&L 1, well at least it's my favorite

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

several tracks in and this is A LOT better than laser. this is the lupe i know and love

 

[prophecypro]

fukk them Nas and Lupe comparisons brehs and sales talk.

Just be grateful both of them dudes dropped good albums during the same period.

 

[StatUS]

If this is his Stillmatic then Heart Donor is his Braveheart Party

 

[Reggie]

I had to give in and listen to this finally and i can say Lupe has one of the best albums i've heard this year. But i won't go as far as to say this is better than LIG which to me is still the best album released.

 

[Versa]

My top 4 right now

ITAL
Audubon Ballroom
Put Em Up
Form Follows Function


I think I listened to Form Follows atleast 10 times yesterday..

That saxophone

We're on the exact same page except I'd throw Strange Fruition on there to round out the top 5. That song is the perfect intro for what the album is all about.





As for this Nas vs Lupe shyt, all nikkas was saying at first when they said F&L II is Lupe's Stillmatic is that he put out a disappointing album before it like Nas (Lasers/Nastradramus) and came back with an extremely good follow up(F&L II/Stillmatic).

Then nikkas started getting all salty and defensive on some "HOW DARE YOU COMPARE THIS ALBUM TO STILLMATIC" shyt. Both albums serve the exact same purpose for the respective rappers careers.

Nas was on the decline and people really questioned whether he'd get it together and live up to his GOAT potential or if quality music from him was a thing of the past. He dropped Stillmatic and reclaimed his former reputation.

If you're too biased and stupid to see the fukking parallel in how F&L II will do the same thing for Lupe's career then that's your problem because to me it's obvious. When Lasers dropped people thought Lupe was finished.

 

[Ronald]

I'm also a nas Stan I love stillmatic its a 4/5+ album but the flyest brave heart party and few others just don't belong on it

Only Nas album that this is better than is

Nastradamus

and maybe Street's Disciple



sit the fukk down you corny ass lames, and stop acting like this is some type of album sent from god

 

[Loose]

Only Nas album that this is better than is

Nastradamus

and maybe Street's Disciple



sit the fukk down you corny ass lames, and stop acting like this is some type of album sent from god

how JE doing

 

[Versa]

Lupe isn't as versatile as Nas

I feel this is completely wrong. Are you familiar with his entire discography(mixtapes, random songs, albums, etc) or more of a casual fan? Serious question.

 

[FlyRy]

I guess i'm the only one that actually likes heart donor.. i thought braveheart was much worse.