Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State: A Love Story (Mixtape)

[Nivek]

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Revenge Of The Nerds was absolutely ********...amazing mixtape.

[Brandwin]

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"Feeling like a Mac standing around a bunch of PC's"


So what does this line me. Is he saying he is like a mac while popular with some
they are a ton more pc's in peoples house. Like music. There are Lupe fans but they are far more people who have Lil Wayne and garbage like that in their house. He thinks Macs are better products than PC's. PC's more popular with the public but the Mac is a better machine. Just like Lupe.

Or am I missing somethig very simple?

[mattlanta]

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"Feeling like a Mac standing around a bunch of PC's"


So what does this line me. Is he saying he is like a mac while popular with some
they are a ton more pc's in peoples house. Like music. There are Lupe fans but they are far more people who have Lil Wayne and garbage like that in their house. He thinks Macs are better products than PC's. PC's more popular with the public but the Mac is a better machine. Just like Lupe.

Or am I missing somethig very simple?

Maybe he's referring to the Mac commercials where the PC character is a little 'un-intelligent'?

[Hova57]

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Lupe ability on word play is what make hip hop for me . I had this same discussion in the music thread. Kick and push caught my attention then revenge of the nerds especially the one he did using the ashante beat Handcuffs . people need to listen to that song and really think he does that. Joe budden - "I learned from lupe when you dumb it down it makes it harder to understand"

Streets my perspective on hip hop is much like yours that's what it used to be about. there is no imagination now , why not make the listner think , of all the guys out there now Lil Wayne has the skills to do it and i heard him do it on mixtapes , but he doesn't and its disappointing

[SageInfinite]

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Again man, I understand it. He's not for everyone. I'm a fan of witty wordplay, stories, lyricism, messages, originality, creativity, flow, etc. all things he has in spades. I mean instead of simply saying "I was made fun of growing up" he says "The swans in the pond called my duck ugly". Who thinks like that? The way he puts things is very clever. Lupe obviously impresses me, and I agree that the man is a musical genius (sorry ex). I guess, if Lupe doesn't impress you, I'm wondering

1. Why not?
2. Who does impress you?

I only ask because I'm a huge fan of Hip Hop and really don't see many who are on the level Lupe is on. Joe Budden, Biggie, Royce, Em in his prime (RIP), Nas, Jay on his "A" game, mixtape Jada and Fab, etc. They all have aspects of what it is that makes Lupe great, be it lyricism, charisma, storytelling, depth, flow, etc. I guess I'm just curious as to why he "falls short" in your eyes. Also, you said you like a few of his songs. I'm curious about which ones.



I didn't like "The Cool" either when it first dropped and also thought it was overrated. Food and Liquor was one of my favorite albums of all time and I wanted more of that. The Cool was too different for me, and I was underwhelmed. However, I'm glad I gave it more spins because that album grew on me like no other. I went from thinking it was vastly overrated to being vastly underrated. Lupe spits a lot of gems in his lines, songs, albums, and I'm glad I didn't write off that album.

Also, I caught on to his mixtapes late as hell (like, this year). The Fahrenheit series is up there with Mood Muzik and The Bar Exam as my favorite mixtape series. The man takes songs and just makes them his own (Ex, check out Blood Diamonds, Muhammad Walks). He drops songs on mixtapes that are better than a lot of dudes album cuts (Failure, The Pen & The Needlez, Switch, Happy Industries, etc.)

100% agree. There are still some things I'm just now catching in his songs that I've listened to dozens of times. That's what makes a great artist to me. Lupe is the total package man.

[SageInfinite]

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Ex carraba fan, take a glance at this:

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http://www.thekoalition.com/lupe-fiascos-failure-breakdown/

This (and Dumb it Down) represent the type of insanity that is Lupe Fiasco's lyricism.

This song just depresses me as a rapper. Simply amazing.

[TMagic]

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Is Lupe dissing Wayne in "Yoga Flame"?

Someone break it down for me...LOL

[Bornindamecca]

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100% agree. There are still some things I'm just now catching in his songs that I've listened to dozens of times. That's what makes a great artist to me. Lupe is the total package man.

Couldn't agree more. Lupe is the only rapper besides Eminem in his prime that I enjoy on the same terms as "my" music(metal, prog, 80s etc.). People say that he's not doing anything special, but everytime I ask to see someone comparable, something is missing. If it's not the flow, it's the wordplay, if not the wordplay, the content. If not the content, it's the storytelling. It seems like Lupe can do anything with words.

And one more note on Lupe and hip hop in general. Hip hop used to have songwriters that had a lot in common with any other genre. Even though the delivery is different, you would get the same sense of a guy telling a story with an acoustic on his lap, or a girl singing a personal love song while on the piano. Then the 90s hit and the genre became poisoned by many pop culture conventions. I understand that, but I feel that in hip hop it happened to an extent that compromised the core integrity of the music.

Lupe takes me back to the old fashioned songwriter hip hop. He can tell stories freely without having to inhabit a WWE-like persona.

[Jano]

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Lupe's definitely one of those artists that's not for everyone. His rhyming style is like a bunch of riddles that you have to figure out.

Now for some people this is great because his songs are ones you can just pick up and listen to all day trying to figure what he's saying. But then its also a negative b/c a lot of folks just want to get to the point.

Luckily for me I love that type of music so Lupe is just great artist to listen too. He kind of reminds me of Serj Tankian from System of a Down. On the surface their lyrics seem like a bunch of crap but if you actually try and figure out what he's saying the songs really come alive.

If you don't want to think that deeply with music then Lupe's definitely not the one for you. Lol I like to think of his music an organized chaos its only going make sense to certain people.

[AnArtofWar]

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^ Nope...Lupe just doesn't really "beef"..which is kind of annoying...he actually did a song with Wayne(Some song by Chris Brown)..although I have heard that you may not know who you are going to be featured with..but I doubt it. I wish that he would really push Dumb it Down and start naming the rappers.

I liked this by the way..6-11..the rest of the songs were bleh(I got a split up version-it is the Angels Remix)..the lyricism wasn't top notch, at least for Lupe standards.

Also, Lupe Fiasco is for people who really listen in..you COULD say intelligent people..but that isn't accurate, an accurate generalization though? Yes. But of course some low brow people listen to him...and also some intelligent people don't listen to him

[Sting]

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When is Lupe's new album?

[BlueNGold]

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When is Lupe's new album?

New mixtape in 3 days (), new album is sometime early next year I think.

[Sting]

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New mixtape in 3 days (), new album is sometime early next year I think.

New mixtape this week?! What's the name of it? Where can I get it?

[BlueNGold]

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New mixtape this week?! What's the name of it? Where can I get it?

LOL it's not out yet. It comes out on Christmas. I don't even know the name of it but I'm sure if you search Google for "Lupe Fiasco new mixtape" it might come up.

[Brandwin]

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Christmas mixtape was cancelled.

http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/12/19/22071940.aspx