Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
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Free Music Review: a breath of fresh air
Hit: 5 Stars
one of the top 10 records of the year
amazing lyrics
amazing production
amazing record
pick this up
Free Music Review: Lupe's Food For Thought And Liquor To Drink (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4 stars)
Hit: 4 Stars
Before I start my review, I need to say 2 things:
1. I believe this album is dangerously pushing "overrated" status.
2. Just because you do something different than other radio friendly artist for the masses doesn't necessarly make you the best (i.e. not rhyming about cars and dancing). Lupe hasn't done nor said anything new that I haven't already heard before.
Before I'm labeled a hater of some kind, let me balance what I just said. If you listen to a wide variety of music or very rarely hear something like this, you'll think this is a 5 star album. If you hear music like this on a consistant basis all the time and are used to it, you'll think this would be a 3.5 or a 4 star album. I believe this is a 4 star album.
Anyway Lupe Fiasco's debut "Food & Liquor" is one of the good albums that came out in 2006. After having the album bootleged during the spring, he comes out with the album about 4 months later. He gives us a good amount of head nodding tracks to satisfy many hip hop fans. The single "I Gotcha" is one of the dope tracks because of the dance type beat produced by the Neptunes. He can pull some good lyrics in a few songs like on "Real" that I'm feeling. "Sunshine" the love song is another good song with good rhymes ("I think I live her like a metaphor, it's hard to get") My favorite track would be "Daydreaming" with Jill Scott, becasue it caries a nice beat and her singing blends in perfectly in the song. And the soulful song "He Say, She Say" is another great track. What I like about Lupe Fiasco is that he speaks his mind and talks about life, something that is becomming a rarity in hip hop nowadays, as it shows on the song "Hurt Me Soul".
Production is good for the most part also. As mentioned earlier "Daydreaming" has awesome production. The Neptunes produced "Sunshine" is a good one also. The 1st and 15th Crew does a good job also.
Guest wise is okay. Jay-Z drops a decent verse on the song "Pressure" which was a good addition since it wasn't on the bootleged version in the spring. Pharell sings on "Sunshine" and does a okay job. Jill Scott does the hook to "Daydreamin".
What prevents this from being a 4.5 or 5 star album you might ask? Let me tell you. Has anyone actually sat down and listened to this CD? If you did, you'd notice that most of Lupe's rhymes makes absolutely no sense. Like the song "Kick, Push" for instance. I have absolutely no idea what he is talking about, unless it is about ice skating. Don't get me wrong, his lyrics are tight in many songs, but on the album together, he's inconsistant. Don't believe me, sit down and listen to this again and your opinion might change. "Pressure" is also a miss, because it's lackluster rhymes and it's one of those songs that seems to have lost me, ("It's hella proper/sag so low you can see boxer/like a boxers "). Production is lackluster, like on the song "American Terrorist" although Lupe does an excellent job rhyiming. Also I believe that the "Outro" could have been shorter since it clocks in over nine minutes.
Overall, a good debut. Lupe proves that he can carry his own here on this album. The obvious problem is that his lyrics needs to be tweeked up for future releases. I'm glad that his album was able to be released since it was bootleged, unlike other albums (maybe he got lucky). Lupe has picked up momentum now in the hip hop game, lets just hope that he holds on to it for years to come.
Depening on where you purchased this, you got 3 extra tracks: "Tilted", "Bout My Money" and another "Outro". Those songs are great too, but there is a reason why these are bonus tracks.
Lyrics: B+
Production: B+
Guest Appearances: B+
Musical Vibes: A-
Overall: B+
Favorite Tracks: Real, He Say She Say, Daydreamin', I Gotcha, Sunshine, Hurt Me Soul, Kick Push II
Honorable Mention Track: Pressure, American Terrorist
Free Music Review: A must get CD
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD goes back to the good days of hip-hop ....I feel a real eye opener to what's good and what's not.....his hits to me kick push, he say she say, sunshine, and day dreamin'....There more than just one hit on this song...So it's a must get....Free Music Review: Nice
Hit: 4 Stars
Really after all the mixtapes and promo shows ive seen him at, I personally have to say that this album wasnt bad. There were some songs that I heard that should of went on the album, but I think he made up for it for the most part. All around great album.Free Music Review: New Voice for true Hip-Hop
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is a small batch of grass in a feild of "ice." Lupe's subject matter is totaly beyound many of the albums coming out lately. He has something to say, and it is obvious of his talent, because you can count on one hand the amount of times he uses bad words. His style is abstract is this squre box of snap and walk it out music area.