Lupe Fiasco=Future G.O.A.T.??

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  • t. webb
    t. webb Members Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    Sometimes, but around the 2nd or 3rd time I listen I just be like wow...
  • QB - 2nd Edition
    QB - 2nd Edition Members Posts: 445
    edited January 2010
    htowntx wrote: »
    ? mcnugget would be a great fit in Minnesota
    They run that west coast offense that Philly runs

    lol @ mcnugget
    yo i gotta find a new team soon
    dawkins been gone
    now mcnabb leavin
    the eagles come so close every fucckin year
    and they just fold
  • QB - 2nd Edition
    QB - 2nd Edition Members Posts: 445
    edited January 2010
    Typical. Always pushing back the good ? . So wack ? like the Carter 3 can come out. smh.

    yo i think rappers be lying about the reason why they dont drop
    i think most of the time they just aint ready. i think they just want extra time
    to perfect it
  • sutterkane
    sutterkane Members Posts: 316
    edited January 2010
    htowntx wrote: »
    QB what up ?
    With Favre possibly not coming back rumor is it mcnabb may go to the Dykings

    Favre threatens to retire every year, please dont tell me your gonna fall for that ? AGAIN???

    Mcnabb need to go somewhere though, I'm from Philly but what you did yesterday aint gonna help us 2morrow dudes finished
  • ShencotheMC
    ShencotheMC Members Posts: 26,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    lol @ mcnugget
    yo i gotta find a new team soon
    dawkins been gone
    now mcnabb leavin
    the eagles come so close every fucckin year
    and they just fold
    lol Practically every philly team is like that
  • ShencotheMC
    ShencotheMC Members Posts: 26,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    Real talk and I know alot of Lupe fans are gonna jump on me for this but I feel as though Lu's dumbed it down a bit since that first album. His albums don't seem as complex and intricate as those earlier mixtapes he put out. But that's just my opinion. Lupe's still dope don't get me wrong but dude's quality has been minutely falling off since getting signed
  • sutterkane
    sutterkane Members Posts: 316
    edited January 2010
    shenco wrote: »
    lol Practically every philly team is like that

    Watch it man........lol, at least we got a world series couple years ago :D
  • ShencotheMC
    ShencotheMC Members Posts: 26,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    sutterkane wrote: »
    Watch it man........lol, at least we got a world series couple years ago :D

    Hey I know I was at that parade lol. But yea we could've automatically got one this year. But they wanna trade Cliff to replenish the farm system?

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  • Fazeem_Blackall
    Fazeem_Blackall Members Posts: 4,216 ✭✭
    edited January 2010
    Lupes ? is space age for sure go over my head naw, Although I do find myself catching ? I did not catch before sometimes...
  • sutterkane
    sutterkane Members Posts: 316
    edited January 2010
    shenco wrote: »
    Hey I know I was at that parade lol. But yea we could've automatically got one this year. But they wanna trade Cliff to replenish the farm system?

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    Ya, I heard that......I think they should try to hold the team together for at least another season, we almost had it again......
  • peagle05
    peagle05 Members Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    shenco wrote: »
    Hey I know I was at that parade lol. But yea we could've automatically got one this year. But they wanna trade Cliff to replenish the farm system?

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    most ? move of the offseason
  • 1of1
    1of1 Members Posts: 37,468 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
    I'm late to the thread... but I remember writing the lyrics to "Dumb It Down" to try to catch everything. "Gotta Eat" doesn't really go over your head but it's crazy how the whole first verse is a double entendre. I have to admit I didn't understand "The Instrumental" when I first heard it.
  • j dot keyz
    j dot keyz Members Posts: 127
    edited January 2010
    Nobody can honestly say they catch everything he says, your really have to read most of his lyrics to catch everything.
  • glowy
    glowy Members Posts: 3,995 ✭✭✭
    edited January 2010
  • Smo-King Locs
    Smo-King Locs Banned Users Posts: 3,380 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010



    Lyrics-
    Today, nobody cares
    But tomorrow they will, they will
    Today, nobody cares
    But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will

    They said my future was dark
    You see me now?
    Just look around
    I’m beamin’

    (We are) They used to talk
    When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
    You see me now (We’re not)
    (Losers) I’m beamin’

    I get my energy, from my inner G
    I be in outer space, but I got inner peace
    So tell my enemies that they can’t injure me
    I know that irritates, you have my sympathies
    Well, you should protest, yeah, you should picket me
    I’m on a losing strike, I’m on a winning streak
    I’m out in left field, I’m speaking mentally
    But that’s a better places than where the benches be
    I’m feelin’ really good, me and different beat
    Me and my different drummer, he play the timpanis
    See, that’s what got me here, you hearin’ me
    Me on my black man in the future ? , call me Billy Dee
    See, I’m just forward-looking, that’s how I really see
    See, while you Valentimes, I’m thinking Christmas trees
    And that’s how this would be, even at Mickey D’s
    Semicolon, close parentheses

    They said my future was dark
    You see me now?
    Just look around
    I’m beamin’

    They used to talk
    When I wasn’t around
    You see me now
    I’m beamin’

    Do you remember me, the guy from verse one?
    Failure’s my last name, Never’s my first one
    You see I hood a lot, and yeah I nerd some
    Hood’s where the heart is, nerd’s where the words from
    Don’t represent either, because I merged them
    ‘S kids who wanna leave, and I encourage them
    Go out and see the world, never return from
    Yeah, you don’t come back, unless you learn some
    And baby girl, what does it matter where your purse from?
    Your hurr done, your nails did, your ass fat, but you’re dumb
    Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
    Become a top model and Sojourner too
    I try to follow this, what Muhammad do
    It’s such a old soul inside the sonic youth
    Swear I’m Ferrari’d up, and I’m conscious, too
    I don’t prophesize: I promise you

    They said my future was dark
    You see me now?
    Just look around
    I’m beamin’

    They used to talk
    When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
    You see me now (Ha)
    I’m beamin’

    Yeah, it’s me again, the guy from verse two
    Well, this the last one, it’s almost curfew
    It’s almost night out, so turn your lights on
    Where all my 760s, witcha brights on?
    Yeah, they are the ones to keep your eyes on
    Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm
    Now those the type of eyes, I not cry from
    You see the tears of fire run out my cryin’ songs
    Now the world’s shoulders is what we cryin’ on
    The world’s fast lane is what I’m drivin’ on
    What am I driving at? I’m tryna drive it home
    I’m in the driver’s seat, but you can ride along
    ‘Cause never cyclops, it’s never I alone
    I’m tellin’ your story wherever I perform
    Now if they lookin’ for me, tell ‘em I’ve gone
    Out in the bright lights, right where I belong

    They said my future was dark
    You see me now?
    Just look around
    I’m beamin’

    They used to talk
    When I wasn’t around
    You see me now
    I’m beamin’
  • CMac
    CMac Members Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
    Yeah I heard the track a while back, the lyrics were on point as usual from Lupe but the beat could have been better IMO ? was laid back. I can't wait for the album to be dropped this year, I got that ? marked on my calender real talk.
  • Smo-King Locs
    Smo-King Locs Banned Users Posts: 3,380 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
    CMac wrote: »
    Yeah I heard the track a while back, the lyrics were on point as usual from Lupe but the beat could have been better IMO ? was laid back. I can't wait for the album to be dropped this year, I got that ? marked on my calender real talk.

    the beat was bananas...lyrically (smfh)this ? left me wordless,his flow was flawless, man this ? is underated..not to mention the hook.....same my ? , i don't really buy albums...but if the songs is gonna b like this, n betta i won't mind...comin out the pocket...
  • J. Rob
    J. Rob Members Posts: 810 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
    You about a month late....track is hot to me but a lot of people don't like the beat for some reason, I think it's hot.
  • NevaChanged
    NevaChanged Members Posts: 51
    edited February 2010
    All the verses is fire, but that second one is my favorite.
  • sTaY_TrUe
    sTaY_TrUe Members Posts: 4,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
    nothing new about this
  • Stew
    Stew Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 52,234 Regulator
    edited February 2010
    J. Rob wrote: »
    You about a month late....track is hot to me but a lot of people don't like the beat for some reason, I think it's hot.

    This.

    Been bumpin this joint for a min now
  • Malice Intended
    Malice Intended Members Posts: 50
    edited February 2010
    http://planetill.com/2010/02/lupe-leak-rapper-turned-singer/
    Lupe Leak: Rapper Turned Singer?

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    By shelz.

    Music has become an industry that is almost always business before pleasure. Gone, for most of these artists, are the one man grass roots movements that engendered creativity over which they had complete control. Nowadays there is all this musical cross pollination. You’re a wiz at one thing, so maybe that wizardry will follow you to the next venture, right? Not always. Sometimes, the Lil Wayne’s and Kanye’s of the world have to realize that cornering the Hip-Hop market doesn’t mean you got the best product on every block.

    The latest to run into this road block to multiple genre success is Lupe Fiasco. The latest of his tracks to hit the net is “What You Want,” a sort of R&B, ambient mid-tempo club tune. Sort of. It’s not a bad song in its construction. The track is smooth, just some bass and digital puffs of sound really. It has a decent hook and great lyrics. Lupe can’t REALLY sing though.

    Lupe is a phenomenal rapper. I think most of us can agree with that. However, it appears rap is now the little pond, rap fans are anchovies and everyone wants to be the big fish, and well, everyone can’t.

    Maybe this move will work for Lupe. I’m not saying it won’t. “Solar Midnight” wasn’t a bad song. However, how much sense does it make to dip your feet in that other pond when you haven’t even fully swam the one you are in?

    Come visit us at Planet Ill to read the rest: http://planetill.com/2010/02/lupe-leak-rapper-turned-singer/
  • fabionbackbitch
    fabionbackbitch Members Posts: 720
    edited February 2010
    damn, this song's hot.
  • usmarin3
    usmarin3 Members Posts: 38,013 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2010
    ? rhyming on those bland ass beats, who the ? do he think he is, Nas. Dude needs to stop ? with Prolyfic, Soundtrakk, etc; them ? remind me of Salaam Remi (hit or miss, more miss). You hear how dope dude sounds on other peoples beats, or should i say dope/great producers beats (No i.d., Kanye, Just Blaze,Ski,etc). Dude will never be nothing more than a midlevel rapper success wise if he continues down this path, dude needs to expand his sound. Lyrics is only one aspect of being a dope mc, if you have ? production you are essentially one of those poetry slam ? to me.
  • NAWLEDGE_REIGNS
    NAWLEDGE_REIGNS Members Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭
    edited March 2010
    usmarin3 wrote: »
    ? rhyming on those bland ass beats, who the ? do he think he is, Nas. Dude needs to stop ? with Prolyfic, Soundtrakk, etc; them ? remind me of Salaam Remi (hit or miss, more miss). You hear how dope dude sounds on other peoples beats, or should i say dope/great producers beats (No i.d., Kanye, Just Blaze,Ski,etc). Dude will never be nothing more than a midlevel rapper success wise if he continues down this path, dude needs to expand his sound. Lyrics is only one aspect of being a dope mc, if you have ? production you are essentially one of those poetry slam ? to me.


    He Stopped ? With Prolyfic Right After Food And Liquor...And No I Dont Think Hes Beats Are Whats Holding Him Back From THe Next Level..I Think He Is Next Level And People Just Havent Caught Up.....Why Get Beats From J Blaze Ye Or No ID WHen You Have Very Talented In House Producer Who Caters To His Sound And Most Likely Doesnt Charge Ridicolous Prices For His Instrumentals... The Fact Is Lupe Is Creating His Own Lane And His Own Sound....? Just Need To Smarten Up