Lupe Fiasco Food And Liquor
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Reviews Hip Hop and RnB
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Sunday, 24 September 2006 |
 Wasalu
Muhammad Jaco, or Lupe Fiasco as he's probably better known as, has been
causing quite a bit of a stir and has the backing of some very powerful hip hop
types such as Kanye West, Pharrell and Jay-Z. The latter, who may or may not be
retired from rapping and bling wearing duties, is credited as executive producer
of o the Chicago native's debut album, Food & Liquor. We assume the title
is nothing to do with his love for cookery programmes, but that has yet to be
confirmed.
It
does have to be said though that it's pretty hard to get excited about rap
music these days especially if the survival of the genre depends on rappers
such as 50 Cent. It's a icky world of
‘if you don't like the music that's On because we've got trainers, a clothing
line and a movie coming near you soon'.
All hope is on Lupe, but quite frankly, things can't get any worse than
they are now.
Hurt
Me Soul is our protagonist juggling his love of hip hop with its negative
influence. American Terrorist has him asking: "How do you forgive the murderer
of your father?/The ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the
blood of a martyr" to a provocatively Middle Eastern inspired hook. It's
obviously a moment of reflection for the American Muslim. A decent debut, but whether he has actually contributed something new to hip hop will remain to be seen.
Rating:
3/5
Release
date: 25th September 2006
Label:
Atlantic
Info:www.lupefiasco.com
Words:
Helen Duong
User reviews
Average user rating from: 8 user(s)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
LUPE, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 Written by Tj Davis
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Unreal, Thursday, 12 April 2007 Written by Josh Lines
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4.2 |
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Food & Liquor, Wednesday, 20 December 2006 Written by imzo
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Fresh, Saturday, 02 December 2006 Written by Moe
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5.0 |
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the shiz nit, Saturday, 02 December 2006 Written by Branden (B. LEE) Lee
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4.6 |
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