Tbh might be a good use for AI. Heard some unreleased Pac song in the background of an interview with a cousin of his I think and the song was never released so with AI we could make it real.

I’m going to be trying to convince myself not to run away when it’s my turn to meet him 🫣

Just listened to Lupe the Killer, Hurt Me Soul, and Paris, Tokyo. GOAT.

His writing is nothing short of phenomenal. Not overly verbose like Aesop Rock, still can make a song sound enjoyable while still having high lyricism akin to Kendrick, and constantly displays a high mastery of the English language. His songs need to be taught in universities.

I love hip hop. I wish the top tier artists like Lupe, Kendrick, Black Thought, etc were given more praise for their writing.

Would love to hear you guys thoughts. Not trying to dickride or anything, just amazed by this guy’s pen.

“Now me and my Chaps cop Purple Label It's Ralph Lauren on the rap laureate Niggas brown nose, they are like Alf to him Runners at Interscope are not as Stoute as him Please don't Interscope It's gonna be a whole lot of Iovine and respirating If I lean out this window with Irene”

^ And this isn’t even close to some of his best bars

I’ve been thinking about buying tickets for a while but I’m under 18 so that’s a bit of a problem. I was wondering if they actually ID check, or and if they actually care cause I want to see Twista and King Louie this weekend alongside Lupe. Thank you!

It’s probably his third/fourth best album, 5th at worst, and other than KIOSK (and the intro) I love every song. Perfect length to just play through at any time you want to listen too as well. And Lupe’s album art looks great

Anyone a connection between Life, Love and Death in San Fran and Mumble Rap. Both have a woman protagonist.

Was re-listening to Brother Ali's Secrets & Escapes (the album) and man... There are so many similarities between Brother Ali and Lupe's rhythmic styles. It's not just the rhythmic styles it's the concepts and imagery too.

I would absolutely love to see a collab song or project. I know it's probably not happening since there haven't done anything together yet but man, it would be absolutely glorious if they did.

i just heard “wav files” and godamn lupe is so slept on. i always knew lupe was one of a kind. but how do i go about listening to his discography? where should i start?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGcnNP9AGNk

King Los and Lupe Fiasco are the Kyrie Irving and Kobe Bryant of lyricism. The two most technically proficient rappers in Hip Hop history. The difference with King Los is everytime you hear him it's like hearing him for the first time. He is the GOAT freestyler. He has written for many others and he can do what other rappers can do but they simply can't do what he can do lyrically.

What producer do you all think could align these two rappers together seamlessly?

The joint with Marsha Ambrosious will forever beat goated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XTe0ec9Zo

Ellie I consider 8/10 with some moments of 9/10 and a handful of 10/10

Lupe Fiasco I consider a 9 or 9.5/10 with moments of 9.5/10 and 10/10.

For Ellie's lyricism, most of her first and second album, the A side of her fourth album, and The Greatest, Two Years Ago, Heal, Army, Scream It Out*, Lost And Found, and Let It Die 2015 version from her third album show off her lyricism.

Lupe I don't know most of the song names but Lightwork is actually one of my favorites! If y'all type the song names I'll edit this post with them.

I know we all love Mural here but legit as someone who raps and personally thinks they do it pretty damn well, the song is just insane. It hits every rapping technique at such a high level without having to sacrifice somewhere else to do so.

Flow is amazing and doesn’t have to be altered in a negative way to force any bars to connect/work

Delivery also amazing and there are a ton of bars that only work due to the delivery within the song

The fucking breath control is insane, and if there were any punch ins during the recording the engineer and takes were clean as hell. Wasn’t there but i do feel like it was rapped in one whole take just from the moments he lets it breathe.

Just my usual revisit for inspiration made me have to get this off my chest lol can’t think of anyone else who could have done it specially considering after everything said it still fit into the concept of the album and had a purpose other than “lets bar out”

As a gay male, I think he is sometimes hot!

For the first part of my question I'm wondering why is lasers so hated because that was the first lupe album I heard. I liked it a lot like a lot and decided to check out his other stuff which has also been pretty amazing, but when I looked it up online or was hated but I've never really gotten a clear reason why.

For the 2nd part, on my lupe discog listen I recently finished food and liquor 2 and I noticed it said part 1 at the end so I was wondering what happened to part 2 if there would ever be one?

i was thinking it would be cool to compile a list of shows and movies lupe mentioned - whether referenced in a song or just recommended in interviews or the socials. i'll start with some obvious ones and y'all can add:

1. Amy documentary (literally the inspiration behind Samurai haha)

2. The whole of Double Burger with Cheese lol

3. Deep Cover (referenced in Body of Work)

4. True Detective SS 4 (he mentioned it as a recent fave in this interview)

Did Lupe ever make a track with Bump J?