WHAT HAPPENED TO LUPE FIASCO?

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@DiverseMentality 4 жыл бұрын

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@JoseMedina-hs9st 4 жыл бұрын

You should do a what happened to Plies

@kendrickjamone6608 4 жыл бұрын

they push the songs they push for an agenda. the music in it we need to check the frequency. it drives something

@kendrickjamone6608 4 жыл бұрын

@@kenterminateddq5311 go to sleep is better, it the start of his trinity. i got too many songs to put together, but I am doing it. got to work faster. if lu put something else out before I put it all together.

@the_gratefulgamer 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid.

@QBryant14 4 жыл бұрын

Do what happend to yc or kat deluna

@1TerryNova 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing at all. Lupe still dropping bombs. He makes Chicago proud

@Kullen64 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Just because normies don’t listen to him anymore doesn’t mean anything happened to him.

@QBryant14 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe fiasco Still 🔥 🔥🔥 superstar/Kick push /sunshine still ride

@ReedMySole 4 жыл бұрын

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@novanebula8004 4 жыл бұрын

For real

@jarrelcain4081 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Chicago they dont even support him or play his music

@matthewvaughn5788 4 жыл бұрын

Before Kendrick and Cole, there was Lupe

@thegreatandsigmaticgiants8307 4 жыл бұрын

💯

@relly793 4 жыл бұрын

He’s the only person i think could slay kendrick

@iLLuminatedWithDren 4 жыл бұрын

There was common

@devotheambivert9875 4 жыл бұрын

Word

@devotheambivert9875 4 жыл бұрын

@@iLLuminatedWithDren Common emerged like 15 years before Lupe. They're both legends.

@EddZone 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe: Always choosing being an Artist over an Entertainer.

@theghostofchillhop 4 жыл бұрын

A true artist

@jasbourne94 4 жыл бұрын

“Today nobody cares but tomorrow they will”. Lupe Fiasco

@77vices1 4 жыл бұрын

If you're trying to make me cry, then you will need to try harder....damitall😢

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

I love you

@K.B.Williams 4 жыл бұрын

I get my Inner G 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 I'm out in left field... I'm speaking mentally While you're Valentine's, I'm thinking Christmas trees (;)

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

@Selah7 every track...

@sweettee1257 4 жыл бұрын

IM BEAMIIINNN

@erickespinoza9155 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe Fiasco is mega underrated sad that he being black balled but still makes fire music.

@alfredjones9548 4 жыл бұрын

Never sold his soul

@PaintedHoundie 4 жыл бұрын

Its so interesting looking at what his career would have been if things worked out differently. If atlantic wasnt dumb as shit. There are also some tracks that were given to other artists instead that became hits. Airplanes was originally intented for him, look how big that got n it was given to b.o.b. Even got a remix from Eminem. Then just the way you are, and nothin on you were also meant to be lupe's originally, n were given to bruno mars n b.o.b. Makes you wonder how lasers would have sounded untampered with. And where he'd be in terms of popularity.

@Mugabe12341 4 жыл бұрын

@@PaintedHoundie I always think he'd be where Ye is but with a lil more chill 😂

@ReedMySole 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nr91mbCmvdvVZGw.html

@theomcbane7711 4 жыл бұрын

This boy said he wanted to be the newest member of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@alfonzo9289 4 жыл бұрын

The world wasnt ready for Lupe...hes on another wavelength of intellect, in this world of dumbed down music.

@starks3000 4 жыл бұрын

Facts my man.

@deiontavante 4 жыл бұрын

Dumb It Down

@ownedpowned860 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is the goat no one touching his lyricism and intellect

@legendary9689 4 жыл бұрын

owned powned Mos Def

@legendary9689 4 жыл бұрын

owned powned Commen

@ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150 4 жыл бұрын

Short answer: He didn't sell out and dumb down his rhymes to go commercial. #artisticintegrity

@shauncameron8390 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. He actually practiced what he preached.

@stevienguyen2047 4 жыл бұрын

But you don’t have to “sell out” to go commercial. You can still make bangers and keep it real. Kendrick and Cole for example, are household names with all the integrity in the world. We know Lupe gained notoriety with Kick Push and he don’t even skate.

@DissTrackTed 4 жыл бұрын

@@stevienguyen2047 You for real bro? Cole only just starting to come back from commercial rap and getting into his woke shit again but even he using sublims to hide it from the industry. And Kendrick never speaks on the shit that Lupe touch on. Never.

@stevienguyen2047 4 жыл бұрын

DissTrackt what “commercial” stuff from Cole are you referencing?

@EZR725 4 жыл бұрын

@@stevienguyen2047 But there's a difference between being under TDE/Dr Dre. They gone let you do you. Even Jay Z wouldn't let Cole drop his first album and that's why it was all commercial but once Cole got big enough to where he would hop platinum regardless is when he went back to his real shit. Atlantic never let Lupe get to that point, ruined that nigga career.

@RaiRaiBrown 4 жыл бұрын

It broke my hip hop loving heart when I realized he wasn't being marketed correctly and his music was hard to find, I felt like his career was ruined. What Atlantic Records did to Lupe Fiasco is a crime.

@joshk6066 Жыл бұрын

His music was too positive. Doesn't fit the culture.

@paulevans6066 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is a legend in hip hop. He got nothing to prove anymore.

@bizzydip 3 жыл бұрын

Bull hes not relivant he used others styles every chance he got what ever was hot Thats just what his style was like first he was a lyric rapper to just try but whose the one responsible4 his real fame..answers the many people who ghost write his verses..hell he couldnt even dress himself hes jus public tool i actually own the original albums with og credits theres diffrent copys same song under different copy right but credits other people

@flashfunk0373 Жыл бұрын

@@bizzydip You can’t spell so you’ve already lost this argument 🤣

@pyroboy004 Жыл бұрын

@@bizzydip you're a moron. No one ghost writes for lupe. Who wrote mural?

@RedX916 4 жыл бұрын

Hip hop saved my life.. man what an amazing song.. I can literally rap the whole song.. that’s when you know a song touched you.. when you remember the lyrics after so many years

@SergioRodriguez-bi8gs 4 жыл бұрын

Man he needs to come to sac! and not just the halftime show!

@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos 4 жыл бұрын

Thats the first song that truly inspired me to rap. I remember hearing it on 106 and Park for the first time and it hit me hard. Its one of those songs I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it. Lupe has changed my life.

@847mario 4 жыл бұрын

In heard that shit on MySpace

@iNoticetheseThings 4 жыл бұрын

Somethin Somethin Somethin, Stack that cheese.

@nanaprempeh6331 2 жыл бұрын

I actually got a tattoo of that song title😂

@biterface03 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe Fiasco Is Still One Of The Greatest Rappers/Lyricist In History, He’s Truly A Contemporary Artist That Will ALWAYS Have A Loyal Fanbase.

@devotheambivert9875 4 жыл бұрын

Word up

@QBryant14 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe fiasco kick push/Superstar still 🔥🔥🔥 AF and I played a few of his mixtape they 🔥🔥🔥 he needs to comeback to music

@maryannappiagyei4277 26 күн бұрын

What up

@rickyrichreacts9667 4 жыл бұрын

*I remember back in 08 Lupe used to get all the admiration that Kendrick now gets*

@blackfistmotivation631 4 жыл бұрын

The Cool is a MASTERPIECE!

@trugambit7484 4 жыл бұрын

Motherfucking FACTZ. Shit had a great message and story

@Ayurveduh 4 жыл бұрын

I would say my favorite, but there are so many. This is top 3, interchangeable depending on my mood

@carmensandiego223 4 жыл бұрын

Facts!!!

@myrialynn 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kingdomgrindin1 4 жыл бұрын

You can let both albums play without skipping a track 💯💯💯

@chrollolucilfer8126 4 жыл бұрын

One of the most talented rappers ever. Sad to see this man blackballed and no one caring

@ma.cannon2849 4 жыл бұрын

Chrollo Lucilfer Lupe was the Goat talks for real hip-hop rap heads 2007-2011

@AustenBilal 4 жыл бұрын

Chrollo Lucilfer he’s so talented

@ReedMySole 4 жыл бұрын

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@vdotme 4 жыл бұрын

Was he blackballed though or just stayed true to his principles which weren't compatible with the marketing zeitgeist?

@thegoat3153 4 жыл бұрын

@@vdotme both.

@mndbodyspirit 4 жыл бұрын

I named my daughter Lupe, she’s 3 months now.

@j.n924 4 жыл бұрын

Respect man

@disconnected9023 4 жыл бұрын

congratulations on naming your child the german word for magnifying glass lol

@SuperNeohippie 4 жыл бұрын

@JMFS ...room service..

@djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905 4 жыл бұрын

Saoshyant logos That’s kind of ironic because if you get rid of the E and put in a, it’s a literally magnifying glass but in Spanish

@LaPride247 4 жыл бұрын

Saoshyant logos nobody gives a fuck about Germans lol no one will know that

@JoshAllen702 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe the only artist who's lyrics you'll be deciphering 7 years later lol. Truly the GOAT. My favorite rapper hands down. And that ain't a Chicago bias

@ownedpowned860 4 жыл бұрын

JoshAllen702 facts

@billjenkins8748 4 жыл бұрын

War and they hope they all fall from the ratatat Cause that's just more dinosaur for their Cadillacs

@JayWinfield 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from New Orleans and he's my Goat too

@Matt_Underwood 4 жыл бұрын

Hell I still need to go back to certain songs, because knowing Lupe Fiasco, he has some secret messages in there that makes the track even more sense

@orlandocalder1645 4 жыл бұрын

Straight facts.

@young305ovoxo 4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t want to sell his soul that’s all

@SkyBlew 4 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾

@RaiZdbyDINGOES 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah fk that shit. Too many artists do it for fame and money. It's a satanic control network.

@PlayerOneUp 4 жыл бұрын

SkyBlew that’s a hi five not praying hands lol 😆

@thathird3oy761 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlayerOneUp it's actually praying hands dickhead

@PlayerOneUp 4 жыл бұрын

Tha Third 3oy High Five 🙏🖕

@pontshomokoena8780 4 жыл бұрын

Lowkey Lupe had the best hip hop album of 2018...

@kpwhiphop5775 4 жыл бұрын

man... been telling people about it.

@koldraiynedownskayle5744 4 жыл бұрын

*Highkey

@pontshomokoena8780 4 жыл бұрын

Koldraiyne DownSkayle when you know you know....

@dejones803 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely high key

@DatBoiShu 4 жыл бұрын

No doubt

@starks3000 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe reminds of Neo from the classic Matrix movies. He's so advanced he can see the code. He is gifted and his lyrical acumen is unrivaled.Replay value is always high and thought provoking. What ever he chooses to do I'll support it.

@kkraft-picasso3418 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically his new album is called filled music in Zion 🔥🔥🔥

@starks3000 2 жыл бұрын

@@kkraft-picasso3418 The track Kiosk is Brilliant.

@theepitomemedia1573 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe will always be a legend to the true fans of hiphop....he’s a good example of how labels can fuck an artist though...his name should be mentioned with Jay,Nas and em

@kappas6344 4 жыл бұрын

I never really listened to Lupe Fiasco, I only knew "kick, push". After watching this, I definitely have some catching up to do. Better late than never..

@AnimeProfilePicture 4 жыл бұрын

You won't be dissapointed

@TheoCynical 4 жыл бұрын

"Down" and "Hallie Sallasie", "Murals", "1234", "Kneeling on Needles". Got a lot of good music.

@kappas6344 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheoCynical thanks for the recommendation, I prefer music with substance

@kennethgivens8683 4 жыл бұрын

Dumb it down, the cool album, and Murals

@MasterReshi 4 жыл бұрын

Make sure you use rap genius 😂

@kali707kid 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is the greatest artist of his generation, maybe not the most popular but definitely the greatest artist

@mitchlee2363 4 жыл бұрын

,😂🤣🤣😂😂😂 since when

@zZz-ok8gc 4 жыл бұрын

You must not know what greatest mean huh?

@mitchlee2363 4 жыл бұрын

@Antonio Serrano Internet thugs lmao 🤣 😂😂😂 😂😂 😂

@mitchlee2363 4 жыл бұрын

@@zZz-ok8gc m.o.p my real family . Lupe is a good artist .but great .I don't think so .

@zZz-ok8gc 4 жыл бұрын

@Antonio Serrano lmaoo what?! What does that have to do with anything? He called Lupe the greatest of this generation when it's clearly Kendrick lmaoo. And theres a difference between Greatest and Best.

@siphiwebilingane4151 4 жыл бұрын

"Put You on Game" is lava! Haven't gone through all his albums, but I've respected his craft from "Kick Push" days. I'm definitely catching up on his other albums

@level_ken5231 4 жыл бұрын

‘Coulda Been’ is still one of my favorite tracks to this day. But yea, ‘The Cool’ is also my favorite album.

@BboyDJFLIP 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is just ahead of his time and his music just goes over so many peoples heads.

@Baldinosalvador 4 жыл бұрын

“Lupe steal like Lupin The 3rd”

@keithmartin5555 4 жыл бұрын

And loopin the 3rd base running for home in baseball🙌🏼🔥

@Baldinosalvador 4 жыл бұрын

London Moon and he’s “still on” like you were “looping the 3rd verse” of the song in which he’s in

@supermcfly100 4 жыл бұрын

That's fucking crazy. Triple entendre shit

@DreamFactories 4 жыл бұрын

“Here like ear till I’m beer on the curb

@KhariShootYourShot92 4 жыл бұрын

Broo that’s the line that got me rapping

@TwoEnZ 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest rapper of all time, T&Y and Drogas wave was highly overlooked and they where his greatest albums without a doubt. First 2 albums were legendary but the way he has grown and improved especially in his bars shows in his new projects. Very unfortunate for Lupe to release his first 2 albums at a time where he was getting overlooked because of the gangster image that was present from other rappers and now since we are in the age of mumble rap, most likely a conscience rapper with overwhelming bars will get overlooked. I don't think lupe will ever get the recognition he deserves.

@wdazeaphonflame9082 4 жыл бұрын

Almost all lyrical rappers besides J Cole Kendrick and Eminem are all being overlooked completely. Just like you said it’s even 10x worse he is trying to do conscious rap now too. It’s so hard to stay true to yourself in this industry, especially if you try to do conscious rap.

@aquazero7829 4 жыл бұрын

Short answer: he performed Words I Never Said at the presidential inauguration and called the president a terrorist to his face.

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

He's that fucking dude

@Terrapin47-s8y 4 жыл бұрын

Everything he said was true tho

@megami7373 4 жыл бұрын

Aqua Zero EXACTLY

@TuanTran-vp8gf 4 жыл бұрын

I am absolutely obsessed with this dude. I honestly listen to Lupe every single day. Drogas Wave is my favorite album, hopefully to be elapsed by SKULLS. Im actually super sad he's touring for F&L and than following that up with an EU tour. I really want more Drogas Wave. I spend way too much time on Genius reading through annotations. Lupe isnt just on another level. He's not even playing the same game as these rappers.

@redpillproductions7187 4 жыл бұрын

Oh you think you're a bigger fan than me huh 🤔

@mercyrn35 4 жыл бұрын

Tuan Tran truth!

@beastiebear7231 4 жыл бұрын

His freestyle on sway in the morning is one of the best ever on that show

@Ayurveduh 4 жыл бұрын

The best, that shit was crazy

@mgilbert9004 4 жыл бұрын

I really liked his flex 95 freestyle either was nice thoubh

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

Cuuuuzzzzzzz

@shawnbrown4485 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when he first came out when I was younger. I thought that kick push song was so fuckin corny. I was working one day and this girl I worked with was telling me how she's a Lupe fan and she saw him at Kanye glow in the dark tour. At the time I said "youre a Lupe fan? He's MAD corny and who names their album food and liquor? He just seemed so corny to me. Anyway, she convinced me to listen to his album Food and Liquor. He single handedly rearranged my top 5 rapper list off the first listen

@ReedMySole 4 жыл бұрын

He became a literal GOAT years ago. That's why nobody can understand his bars.

@wdazeaphonflame9082 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Eminem now 💀. When rappers hit a certain level you literally gotta just sit and try to dissect their lyrics for weeks if not longer. Which is why I also think that when they hit a certain level people sat ‘’they aren’t as good as they used to be’’. More like, they are so good everything is going over your head and your too lazy to try to understand what they are saying so you dont like it

@boarderking133 4 жыл бұрын

@@wdazeaphonflame9082 that's exacrly what I say when people sleep on lupe

@therush420 4 жыл бұрын

Food & Liquor and The Cool were classics. Lasers was meh, Atlantic got in the way of that one.

@richg1677 4 жыл бұрын

Lasers was supposed to be the one that ‘’mainstreamed him’’ and you could tell straight away just from the beat selection, he didn’t have that appeal unfortunately, but that’s cool, I’m happy for him to just be for us 🙌🏻

@renneengige1361 4 жыл бұрын

Have you listened to Drogas Lights?

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't listen to it correctly

@TheyWantUSilent 4 жыл бұрын

"Words I Never Said" alone makes the album worth buying. Maybe not his best album overall, but it's still good. A lot better than most albums with more acclaim that came out that year.

@hoc1992 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but TETSUO AND YOUTH

@olegsmirnov3945 4 жыл бұрын

Tetsuo youth is amazing , crazy how it never got that recognition

@thaThRONe 4 жыл бұрын

Low key that may be the best hip hop album ever.

@stonechief8161 4 жыл бұрын

Still bump at least once a week! Deliver, prisoner 1&2 & chopper my top 3. And yes i know mural is amazing.

@redpillproductions7187 4 жыл бұрын

@@thaThRONe based off of everything I've heard...I might agree

@thaThRONe 4 жыл бұрын

@@redpillproductions7187 I may be a little impartial because there's a song named T.R.O.N. on it and that's my name. Soooo lol But in all seriousness I love about 80% of the songs on it and strongly like about 12% of the other songs. They may be one or two song that I'm just luke warm about. That type of % only exists with maybe less than a dozen albums in the history of hip hop for me. When you factor in that Lupe is not rapping about bullshit to me I think he may get the tie breaker over albums like "It was written" "The black album" "Ready to die" "400 degrees" etc.

@lonewolf3564 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best albums ever made of any music genre. It was a rare gem and the world is too dumb and blind to appreciate it or understand it. The sheepeole out there don't deserve it.

@marijntimmer958 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing happend. He just stepped away from the limelight. Released an incredible album in 2018, he's in a good place right now.

@mgilbert9004 4 жыл бұрын

A lot happened just nothing that anybody would really feel fazed by without having either gone through it or being wmpathetic to someone who is or has gone through it.

@DuckMuthaFukr-ei7bj 4 жыл бұрын

Is he comong back tho

@BrandNameLess 2 жыл бұрын

he just lost his delivery. and ear for production

@ayotayo 4 жыл бұрын

Met him three weeks ago at a Sacramento Kings game. He was hanging out in the Team store and performed at halftime. It was a honor!

@MrAHall624 4 жыл бұрын

I was there! Are you going to his food & liquor tour in the bay?

@ayotayo 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrAHall624 were you the dude that was with him when I said what's up to him?

@INDZDIPSET 4 жыл бұрын

Drogas Wave is better than most albums that dropped in the last decade, but you'll never hear about it

@shotbynolan1705 4 жыл бұрын

A list of things effected Lupe career, mainly issues with Atlantic and calling Obama a war criminal

@ayoa3892 4 жыл бұрын

He told the truth

@youngshozy 4 жыл бұрын

Of course but people hate the truth and music industry don't want positive music

@dejones803 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe calling Obama a terrorist is a top 3 quote of all time right there with Kanye saying Bush don’t like black people 😂😂

@user-ws1iz5fm9z 4 жыл бұрын

CAPTAIN MARVEL you're a confused gay little boy equivalent to Saudis and Iranis. Kanye serves trump!

@bongsndimande1284 4 жыл бұрын

In Africa Obama is on the wrong side of history after Libya i love Lupe

@littech6889 4 жыл бұрын

Literally is not just underrated. But is one of the greatest lyricists ever.

@dwillwilliams1240 4 жыл бұрын

He’s still touring, he just wasn’t willing to sell out he was Kendrick Lamar before Kendrick Lamar he was supposed to solidify that slot but he went against the powers, became rebel to the industry

@jadenfreqedit4585 4 жыл бұрын

Still has one of the livest hip hop shows ive ever been too!

@jacksoninc.4062 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed w the Kdot part

@iiBishop 4 жыл бұрын

Dots & Lines. Nothing like it still one of my fav song of all time

@erboch7124 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to like that song but his flow got hella corny in certain areas

@micsherman9771 4 жыл бұрын

My Lord is my chemist!!!!!

@emanimarie4505 4 жыл бұрын

@@erboch7124 hmm. I love Dots & Lines. My favorite song by him. Doesnt sound corny to me. It's more about the message and meaning to me

@erboch7124 4 жыл бұрын

@@emanimarie4505Lines like "See through these circles just like Steve Urkel" are a bit too much for me. I love the hook tho

@erboch7124 4 жыл бұрын

@@emanimarie4505 And Mural is my personal favorite

@jonathanflores3038 4 жыл бұрын

This man is so talented and smart but it's sad that people slept on him

@EddZone 4 жыл бұрын

One of the MOST Underrated Emcees in History. This Man's Lyrics did Nothing but Elevate. #FoodandLiquor #TheCool

@devotheambivert9875 4 жыл бұрын

Hurt Me Soul and Dumb It Down are two of the best Lupe songs I've listened to.

@otrmelo8064 4 жыл бұрын

Him and az

@herivaldoagostinho1694 Жыл бұрын

Overrated

@brockalbert5111 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe also painted the cover art for T&Y...he's an artist in every sense of the word.

@Slesaint17 4 жыл бұрын

“ The Cool” and “Food & Liquor” are some of the best rap albums of all time

@josephsmith9655 4 жыл бұрын

S Mac 💯💯💯

@Terrapin47-s8y 4 жыл бұрын

I personally think Tetsuo and Youth is the greatest album ever

@rodiceclayjr9887 4 жыл бұрын

Tetsuo and youth blew my freaking mind!! So underrated

@rodiceclayjr9887 4 жыл бұрын

@@Terrapin47-s8y I agree

@darkpikabuu8903 4 жыл бұрын

I think food and liquor II will ultimately be his greatest album. That album is just history in song format. I always say his greatest songs are his unreleased ones though.

@16bitworld2 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is still the best lyrical rapper of all time. Dont believe just listen "Murals"

@alexanderjackson8389 4 жыл бұрын

Mural

@slerual6896 4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@-WitchKingofAngmar 4 жыл бұрын

And WAV files

@wk5867 4 жыл бұрын

Witch King of Angmar probably my favorite song of all time

@EHN2024 4 жыл бұрын

Or Put you on Game from The Cool album

@valencesirvinskas7000 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe didn't go anywhere. DROGAS WAVE was a masterpiece released independently just about a year ago

@itsrlycold 4 жыл бұрын

The only criticism about this whole video I got is the fact Nikki Jean wasn't mentioned nearly at all. She's been so essential in Lupe's music creating process since The Cool, always been very supportive. Also St Paul pride :D

@MissDee1222 4 жыл бұрын

Got to see him in concert, and he is so dope. Definitely one of the most underrated.

@milessmiles9289 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe Fiasco forever in my Top 5 Rappers of All Time! 1. Nas 2. Black Thought 3. MF DOOM 4. Lupe Fiasco 5. Elzhi

@rain0069 4 жыл бұрын

fact. . . Banks is worthy of a slot too

@markellg3141 4 жыл бұрын

@@rain0069 Lloyd Banks is average as hell get outta here lol

@rain0069 4 жыл бұрын

@@markellg3141 *gasping for air* you bugging. . . .his personality dry as fuck but he's up there with the greatest

@markellg3141 4 жыл бұрын

@@rain0069 I was never blown away by anything Banks said if you know any song where he spit something crazy please let me know

@rain0069 4 жыл бұрын

@@markellg3141 I can respect it,im a battle rap kid so his freestyles might be more my speed. . . he's supper lyrical (fair enough)

@jayburnell128 4 жыл бұрын

Whatever Happened to B.o.B. would be my request. That dude was the homie back then.

@TheAllianceEnt 4 жыл бұрын

He moved to the Flat Earth.

@nyrisj 4 жыл бұрын

Atlantic happened to him. Unlike Lupe, he caved to their demands and then was discarded when he was no longer useful.

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

Trash

@jayburnell128 4 жыл бұрын

@@harveytoofresh8746 yep hes garbage to me.

@geebee6010 4 жыл бұрын

B.o.B strictly got lucky with a having a new signer (Bruno Mars) on his track that ended up being a hit.

@gomellytv2103 4 жыл бұрын

So mad you didn’t mention “Fighters” from The Cool!!! That’s a legendary sleeper

@MissizSmith 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Poundz978 4 жыл бұрын

The agenda is .. more mindless music, young men the industry can exploit and influence the new generation to do the same. Older artists in the industry are cowards for not speaking up in hopes to save their “bag” Rap sucks today

@Jeromeromesheltonrecordspolice 4 жыл бұрын

Poundz978 I’m not into conscious rap I like gangsta rap

@jimduggan8962 4 жыл бұрын

The agenda is making money. Make music that sells. Taylor Swift makes a ton more money doing Pop music instead of Country music. Preachy rap music doesn't sell as good as gangster rap.

@Poundz978 4 жыл бұрын

Jim Duggan lies... any music will sell as long as it’s played over and over in your mind ... the only reason why people are content with today’s hip hop is from years of watering it down and we becoming used to this garbage

@Poundz978 4 жыл бұрын

Romie Tha homie today music isn’t gangsta rap....

@lonewolf3564 4 жыл бұрын

@@jimduggan8962 yeah but that shit makes society dumb, deaf, and blind. It all ends up making the world a worse place. Fuck what sells.

@2cents4u 4 жыл бұрын

Superstar was the Occult Industry bringing him in but when he realized they didnt want his art but his soul, that's why he chose to be destroyed instead of destroying others. Don't sign to anything with Lyor connected to it. He's a Demon in the musical scene.

@Imeanwellshit 4 жыл бұрын

This is some bullshit.

@lyricalxay696 4 жыл бұрын

@@Imeanwellshit how?

@Imeanwellshit 4 жыл бұрын

Lyrical Xay industry is trash but it’s not all some spiritual demonic cult the way people think it is. Maybe there is a percentage. But it’s not all just some demon shit. People are just fucked up. If you religious the good books even state that every bad trait is not demonic it’s us as people as well I just hate when people just go to the “soul selling” card slam that bitch down in attack mode like yu gi oh or sumn. Shit gets old.

@negadelph 4 жыл бұрын

Amin if there is evidence in people saying the same things in their songs about this topic. Think about how many artists put “I sold my soul” in a song...isn’t that language old news by now? Let alone the 666 hand symbol, one eye symbolism among many other things as well as the baindead thot music

@Imeanwellshit 4 жыл бұрын

negadelph there is no 666 hand symbol in the Bible bruh. That’s dead. Secondly. If you sell your soul it’s the devils forever right? Well also wrong. No matter WHAT you do the lord will always forgive you. That’s biblical. The only unforgivable sin is to PERMANENTLY turn away the Lord. And the phrase is a figure of speech yes people do give themselves away to temptation Nd throw away morals but that’s it. There is no old language that dies off. How many other phrases sayings proverbs can you think of from back in the times ykw I mean. It’s just not realistic man frfr

@0subsand0videos44 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe dont own his masters.. so the label owns him.. he does what they want. drops when they want. he tried to go against it before and thats when they took him out of the full spotlight. industry is whack.

@jdkbeats 4 жыл бұрын

Kick, Push is the skateboarding anthem man! I was surprised it never was on any of the EA Skate games 🔥

@razor1054 4 жыл бұрын

Still listen to his music to this day! Definitely my top 10 favorite rapper!

@yasukepharoah5076 4 жыл бұрын

23:59 Dawg that "Around my way" sample and that NBA Street reference are making me reminisce like crazyyyy You sure know your classiks Quake 👊

@Camdagenius 4 жыл бұрын

The sample is from a song called They Reminisce Over You, or T.R.O.Y.

@jimduggan8962 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't NBA 2K it was NBA Street. 2 different games.

@yasukepharoah5076 4 жыл бұрын

@@jimduggan8962 yeah sorry I meant street

@023CUBS 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a dope video! Drogas Waves is my favorite album. Can’t wait for SKULLS to drop. Got to see him live front row for the F&L show in Chicago, his energy was so dope from start to end 🐐

@pearlmarley 4 жыл бұрын

Whomever is reading this remember to spread as much LOVE AS POSSIBLE, don't litter, help out the homeless and take care of nature please it's really important we gotta take care of eachother and mother earth. thank you and have a blessed life ❤

@matthewspharr2827 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't know, The Show Goes On track he really didn't like. It happens to motivate me & I play it daily even the instrumental. Lupe is definitely dope & needed for Hip Hop!

@danp1471 4 жыл бұрын

I have respect for Lupe & his talent. He was someone I just kind of stumbled across & would actually listen to his albums from start to end several times. Its annoying seeing the ones spitting consciously such as him being constantly overlooked or put on the back burner. Thanks for making a video on him because I was late to the Lupe party & never knew what happened to him in terms of his music career. I wonder how things would have went for him if he took Jay Z up on his offer. The fact his fans cared enough to go out & protest the record company is pretty dope though.

@thebazmann 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite hip-hop artist of all time. Some of the most complex lyrics. Great video! You mention a few track I haven’t heard.

@laabitres 4 жыл бұрын

He got black balled from record labels even though he's one of the best to ever do it

@Blackstar81 4 жыл бұрын

The packaging of Food & Liquor II is still one of my favorite album packages. Good doc Quake!

@pineapplequeen9582 4 жыл бұрын

*bumps DROGAS wave every day, but sees this video pop up on my feed* “like wth do you mean 😂”

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

I love you

@OakCliffTX82 4 жыл бұрын

Forreal.

@rkvanderkooij 4 жыл бұрын

His freestyle on sway is fire. So underrated:(

@gerellfowler4811 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is a legend! Food and liquor got me thru growing up in the projects, wanting something more for myself. He Will always be up there with 2pac and Eminem to me.

@Samsaraindo 4 жыл бұрын

Lasers was where things got off the rails a bit. Atlantic ruined the album, way too commercial. However, the show goes on was an incredible track that Lupe shoulda been more open about.

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

And it still went hard

@josephsmith9655 4 жыл бұрын

I love beaming 💯💯

@momame8258 4 жыл бұрын

His last album was so good

@Vpeezy66 4 жыл бұрын

From start to finish

@BrandNameLess 2 жыл бұрын

he just lost his delivery. and ear for production

@sean_image 4 жыл бұрын

WAV files has to be one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time hands down!

@quannifer 4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! That track is so profound and is sonically dope.

@jacksoninc.4062 2 жыл бұрын

I have never had so much fun listening to a Trap album, fr

@amrey3628 7 ай бұрын

Had to come back to this vid & comment again. Lupe is such a wonderful & wonderous artist/man/human being. I wish more people, in general & not just in entertainment, would emulate his messages & efforts. My niece heard me blasting F&L II (Unforgivable Youth) and aaked me who it was that I was listening to. She's 15 and a fan of his music now & she's actually enrolled in an art institute. It's great to know that his music can resonate with the next generation if they get a chance to hear it. Thank you so much Lupe for all the great art and messages that you've consistently put out throughout the years. I'll always be a fan and you are the best of the culture.

@theshotreview220 4 жыл бұрын

Wav Files is my favorite Lupe song ever. Arguably his best

@bentouta5 4 жыл бұрын

Let's talk about it. I love that song. I feel like there's so much depth it could be a short film like Kanye's Runway film but obviously shorter and with just this song.

@theshotreview220 4 жыл бұрын

bentouta5 it would make a great screen adaptation

@AnimeProfilePicture 4 жыл бұрын

Wav Files is fire I wouldn't say his best its opinion based so I can see why it could be tho. Animal Pharm may be his best to me

@sikcutz 4 жыл бұрын

Drogas Wave period is a classic and underrated

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

Sauce

@RockyLotto 4 жыл бұрын

First song I heard from Lupe was Touch the sky with Kanye, Then Kick push. After that I became a huge fan and listened to all his music. Dope video, his career has been a roller coaster!

@joe0667 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Lupe breakdown. This would be a good video for casuals to get a better understanding of his career I personally already knew a lot of this stuff, one thing I did not know about was the rap group Da Pak and that record that he released with them. One thing I thought you would mention was the original Food & Liquor getting leaked and him having to pretty much compile a new version of his album for his debut but this breakdown was good none the less.

@Jay-vy2hg 4 жыл бұрын

The first single for “The Cool” was actually “Dumb It Down”....and the third album was originally titled “LupeEND”.

@DreamFactories 4 жыл бұрын

Jay That’s right. What track was it where he mentioned LUPEnd? I thought it was “Gotta Eat” from the Cool but I might be wrong

@Jay-vy2hg 4 жыл бұрын

Xan Frank Yep, on that song and on the last track “Fighters”

@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive 4 жыл бұрын

Even though the lyricism wasn't the best he could offer, his verse on 'Touch The Sky' left a lasting impression on me.

@josephiles5793 4 жыл бұрын

@TakeYouToTheGlory Reading is hard. So let me help. He wasnt questioning lupe's aptitude for lyricism. He was saying that although 'touch the sky' isn't his very best example of his lyricism, the song still profoundly stuck with him. Make sense?? No one said he isnt lyrical.

@01poppadoc 4 жыл бұрын

Me too, loved his verse on that record

@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive 4 жыл бұрын

@@josephiles5793 Perfectly worded 🤙🏾

@aquazero7829 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Iles “Reading is hard. So let me help.” LMFAOOOO Im stealing this

@Goldenxo90 4 жыл бұрын

Clicked so fast lol

@starks3000 4 жыл бұрын

me too

@pallzton4319 4 жыл бұрын

Faster than "X"ing a popup

@fawkkyutuu8851 4 жыл бұрын

"Mural" is probably the greatest Lupe song I ever heard.

@Knights0fTheRound 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely my number 1 of his.

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

Along with all the others...?

@Tuggers1986 4 жыл бұрын

Fawkk YuTuu it’s right up there but I’d put Hurt me soul above it

@jacksoninc.4062 2 жыл бұрын

I'd put Prisoners 1 & 2 in the greatest Lupe song slot

@MileHighBoys 4 жыл бұрын

He turned in to a living breathing Jedi. That's what happened to Lupe.

@yasukepharoah5076 4 жыл бұрын

I do remember when he also got escorted off stage for dissing Obama and the government in a pre inaugural event lol. That man crazy and got ball of steels. Maybe one of the reason he got Blackballed by the industry... 😔

@detroitshowtyme 4 жыл бұрын

Yasuke Pharoah it was the reason. Point blank.

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when he brought me on stage and rapped MURAL right into my grill

@847mario 4 жыл бұрын

Why did he diss Obama?

@harveytoofresh8746 4 жыл бұрын

@@847mario because Obama is trash...

@847mario 4 жыл бұрын

Harvey Too Fresh what the real reason like what did he claim Obama did. Or didn’t do for that matter.

@ayrmendina8314 4 жыл бұрын

In today's day and age of rap with online distribution, what's the need of seeking "industry" validation etc? There's no need to dilute your content in today's day and age of distribution. Lupe is official. He doesn't require it at all.

@boglemeister 4 жыл бұрын

Tetsuo & Youth is a contender for the best conscious album of this generation.

@blingkong5036 4 жыл бұрын

"I get my energy, from my inner G..." - Beamin

@theformuladoclj 4 жыл бұрын

You need a Netflix documentary instead of KZfaq brother. Nevertheless Lupe was talented but ahead of his time in 2006. It would have been better for him to come out as the same time as J. Cole in a better world

@sarahreal2214 4 жыл бұрын

I was asking my self “ what happened to what happened to” I missed these videos 😭

@batmansdragon8820 4 жыл бұрын

This was really well-done. I fell in love with Lupe's music with "Kick Push" and a friend of mine expanded his catalog to me. I LOVE that spanish track, listened to Super Lupe Rap on repeat for like a solid month. Pretty much dig any of his music I hear. Thanks for putting this together! I enjoyed the vid! He will be touring at a venue a few hours away from me in a bit. I hope to get down to see him!

@devilkazuya2001 4 жыл бұрын

great video man.. loved the indepth history and your music recommendations for his albums.

@willmatic84 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks big Q for this I miss this guy my favorites tracks were superstar and kick push 😋👌🏼 Awesome video man like always

@skyd6692 4 жыл бұрын

I keep telling people when Lupe dies we will hear a old white narrator on History Channel scrolling through lupe's bars.

@StanHowse 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! Like the bland-ass readings of Plato and Socrates on documentaries

@TonyDavis69 4 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that you didn't mention Put Em Up, off of Food & Liquor 2. One of the best tracks on that joint. Thank you for making this video! Long Live (real) Hip Hop!!

@goldenflux5761 4 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate you doing this video, brother man

@tafadzwagonera 4 жыл бұрын

Hold up... _Daydreaming_ didn't chart?! No, shit. I remember listening to that song as a kind. One of the best songs ever!

@lilamontoya5609 4 жыл бұрын

Love that song

@BIGMrighthere 4 жыл бұрын

Basically didn't sign a 360 deal with Atlantic Records, didn't sign his life away, they said "Nah, son! You ain't gonna get to shine".

@mikewilson9236 4 жыл бұрын

19:00 They dont pressure the " artist" genius , they pay the artist a million or 2 advance and the artist agrees at that time - once again you intentionally leave out the millions in advancement monies the record company pays out .

@LRTRE 4 жыл бұрын

Food & Liquor was leaked before it's official release date. It was illegally downloaded over nine million times. The official release sold 81k.

@pharaohdomo 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite rapper of all time, he taught me so much when I was in middle school in 2009, always wondered why lil Wayne was so hyped and people slept on Lupe, lil Wayne is one of my favorites too but Lupes message and lyrical ability resonated with me more. I’m thankful while everyone was going crazy for Wayne I was just at awe with all lupes FNF Mixtapes and Food and liquor and the cool album. Wouldn’t be the man or artist I am today without Lupe. Lupe should be recognized more!

@jacksoninc.4062 2 жыл бұрын

Just like a rapper said, nobody will ever respect the good kid maad city

@danielstill5625 4 жыл бұрын

Lupe is my second favorite of all time behind Nas.

@Knights0fTheRound 4 жыл бұрын

Man I love Mural! The first time I heard it I listened to it all day, then I watched Grave of the fireflies. Every time I listen to Mural it reminds me of that movie. These two extremes of Beauty and sadness.