Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
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Free Music Review: Forget all that chains, 24's, grills crap, this is whats up
Hit: 5 Stars
I just got this cd recently and it is one of the best hip-hop albums ive heard in a while. The lyrics are pretty good, but the beats are even better. They kick and are all unique and different. If you like artists like Kanya West, De La Soul, Roots, Common, then your going to love it. How can you not, every song is hella good, not just 1 or 2 hit single hack artist kinda stuff. Free Music Review: The return of good hip-hop
Hit: 5 Stars
Hip-hop music's continued mediocrity has engulfed the genre in a haze for many months. It seems every new artist sounds the same; that is just like the previous 10 before him or her. Each artist rhymes about the same thing: bling, cars (Chevys in particular), and how much money they have. Enter Lupe Fiasco's debut, an album with substance and meaning.
Hip-Hop on the radio has become insufferable and needs new life. Food and Liquor is that breath of fresh air. Lupe Fiasco crafts a well thought out album that delves into many recently forgotten about topics. Fiasco's lead single Kick,Push, is a skate boarder's love song.
A new skate boarder begins to ride and finds love at a show. It may seem simplistic but the laid back minimalist beat and thoughtful lyrics make it work. Fiasco simply tells a story about the two and how all they want to do is ride. No mention of guns or violence or any of the sadly unneeded hallmarks of some rappers.
Fiasco's lyrics in the song do a great job of telling the story. "Met his girlfriend she was clapping in the crowd/Love is what what was happening to him now," he says. Later in the song the two roll away on their skateboards looking for a place to ride.
While many rappers would feel this not "hardcore" enough for a song, Fiasco doesn't shy away from subjects most mainstream rappers wouldn't approach. The intro to the album is spoken word that paints a vivid picture of what Fiasco feels is wrong in the world. Lyrics like, "got this philosophy right/I think the world, and everything in it/Is made up of a mix, of two things/You got your good, y'know, and your bad/You got your food, and your liquor."
The rest of the album deals with topics like abandoning a child, finding love too quickly in a bar, superficial life, and infatuation with TV and similar things.
One of the standout tracks is He Say She Say which gives the point of view of the mother and child when the son's father leaves. First the mother tells of how that issue has impacted her life and then the son does the same thing. The mother says, "You see what his problem is? /He don't know where his poppa is /No positive male role model..." And in the song, the son says he knows his mother is trying but "When my momma try to provide and I tell her 'That ain't your job."
Other standout tracks include, The Instrumental, Pressure, Hurt me Soul and Sunshine. Anyone looking for a new and better voice in hip-hop, Lupe Fiasco has arrived.
Free Music Review: Saving Hip Hop
Hit: 5 Stars
"Now come on everybody let's make cocaine cool
We need a few more half naked women up in the pool
And hold this mack ten that's all covered in jewels
And can you please put your t*tties closer to the 22's
And where's the champagne, we need champagne
Now look as hard as you can with this blunt in your hand
And know hold up your chain
Slow motion through the flames
Now queue the smoke machines and the simulator rain"- DayDreamin'
(Note Lupe's saracasm in this incredible commentary about today's hip-hop)
That pretty much says it all. This album is absolutely incredible and is such a breath of fresh air after the last few years of G-Unit type garbage that has been weighing down hip-hop. This is absolutely a wonder of an album.
Free Music Review: No "Fiasco" here, Lupe shines on his debut CD
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard Lupe Fiasco when most people did on Kanye West's "Touch The Sky" from his "Late Registration" CD. He was very energetic on the track but I was still unsure what to think of him as an artist. After I heard "Kick Push" all of that changed because I was impressed on how Lupe carried himself on the track and the beat didn't hurt things either. I later found out that his CD would be called "Food & Liquor" and would definitely pick this CD up when it was released. Just when things were looking like they were under way, Lupe's whole CD was on the internet, so he wanted to keep some of the old songs but he wanted to make some new tracks as well, since the public had access to the original CD.
Lupe gets things started on the "Return". This track, in my opinion, is more of an intro just to let people know that liked his verse on "Touch The Sky" and "Kick Push" that he can actually handle an entire CD by himself. The 2nd single from "Food & Liquor" is the Neptunes produced "I Gotcha". This track is the closest thing to another single from the CD and was the right track to release since "Food & Liquor" is a CD full of album cuts. The A&R will definitely have to earn his money on this CD. "I Gotcha" is a midtempo jam from The Neptunes and it's nice that for once Pharrell doesn't try to take over the entire track like he does with doing the chorus and rapping over some of his beats. He allows Lupe to do his thing. "Just Might Be OK" is definitely one of my favorite songs on this CD because this is one of Lupe's best lyrical performances on the entire CD. The track will come off as being inspirational like "Never Let Me Down" from Kanye's 1st CD. "The Instrumental" sounds like it's something from the Need For Speed or the Nascar video game series but it's definitely different from anything else on the CD. However, the track is still easy to like. "He Say She Say" sounds like it's an open letter to his father. Lupe is expressing his feelings of how he doesn't want his father to bless him with material things and money, he just wanted him to be there as he was growing up and even now. Many children growing up in the year 2006 will definitely be able to relate to this song. "Daydreamin'" features Jill Scott and is the closest thing to another single on "Food & Liquor" after "Kick Push" and "I Gotcha". First of all, the sample on this track is "sick". Although, Lupe and Jill Scott give A+ performances on the track, you'll be left trying to find the original version of the sample so you can play the sample in it's entirety. My favorite song on "Food & Liquor" is definitely "The Cool", which I am still not sure if I have the full understanding of the track yet. "The Cool" is the only track that Kanye West produces on the CD. My meaning of the track is that Lupe is describing a situation where a man was shot, killed and buried. The song takes off from the point where if a man was in a casket and dead, what would happen if he actually had a chance to try to return to Earth and to see life as it is today. How much life has changed and actually how much it has stayed the same. I may have misinterpreted the meaning, but either way you look at it, the song is very deep. On the chorus Lupe says, "This life goes passing you by, it might go fast if you like, you gonna live and you die...Oh Oh Oh Oh. Kanye definitely hooked up the beat as well. "Hurts Me Soul" is another one of my favorites as Lupe reserves a track to talk about the trials and tribulations of living in the world today, just as GZA did on "Liquid Swords". This is probably the best hook that Lupe wrote for the CD as well other than "The Cool".
You knew since Jay-Z was one of the executive producers on "Food & Liquor" that he would grab the mic to show you what he's got and to see what it would take to make the kingdom come. "The Pressure" gives you 2 verses from Lupe and Jay-Z finishes things off lovely on the last verse. However, Lupe holds his own next to Jay-Z and the chorus is nice as well. "Amercian Terrorist" definitely has a Latin flavor to it, as you will see by listening to the chorus. Matthew Santos definitely adds some nice flavor to the hook. Lupe definitely has a story to tell on the track and although some people may not like this track compared to others things work for me. "Kick Push 2" actually ends up being another separate track instead of a remix. Although, I did hear a remix to the original track with Pharrell on the 2nd verse. The edition of "Food & Liquor" that I purchased also has three bonus tracks: "Tilted", Carrera Lu" and "What It Do" with "What It Do" being the best tracks in my opinion. However, none of the bonus tracks are better than the tracks that are on the actual CD.
Overall, Lupe Fiasco has immense potential. You would have originally thought that this CD would be full of Kanye tracks like Common's "Be" but even with lesser known producers Lupe is able to shine and try to make an identity of his own. He has displayed that without a doubt on his debut CD and I look forward to hearing future Lupe CDs.
James' Top 6
1) The Cool
2) Daydreamin' w/Jill Scott
3) Hurts Me Soul
4) Kick Push
5) Pressure w/Jay-Z
6) He Say She Say
Free Music Review: A REALLY REALLY!!! good album
Hit: 5 Stars
I'd first heard of Lupe Fiasco on a track off of Kanye West's album "Late Registration" called "Touch The Sky" i said to myself man this guys good. As 2006 rolls around I kept hearing his first single "Kick,Push" on the radio I knew I had to get this cd when it came out. When I opened it and first played it in my truck OH MAN it was like opening your first present on christmas day. I couldn't stop playing it from "Real" to "The Emporer's Soundtrack" and the track that makes you think of the special girl in your life "Daydreamin" featuring Jill Scott, this is album you should DEFIANTLY add to your collection.