You might ask yourself: "What is this?"
Well, Yay had the idea to ask you, the fellow Lupe fans out there, to tell us and the world why you like Lupe Fiasco so much and what it is that makes him such a great artist to you. We want to do this as a weekly feature to give everyone a chance to voice their opinion about Lupe.
If you are interested to tell us what you think about him,
feel free to send a mail to: jeezy44@gmail.com
Here's the first "Thoughts On Fire" entry:
feel free to send a mail to: jeezy44@gmail.com
Here's the first "Thoughts On Fire" entry:
As a kid I really didn't like rap, I was purely old school old soul motown. Even to this day I prefer R&B and other genres of music to hip hop. HOWEVER, I'm a poet at heart. I love lyricism and I love artistry. Every so often a hip hop artist catches my ear and captivates my intellect and my affinity for words.
Lupe Fiasco, to me is the pinnacle of a lyricist. We don't need to go into the ridiculously sick catalogue right now. Anyway, basically I like lyrics, I like poetry and good lyrics in hip hop is pretty close to poetry (not to mention spoken word intros). Lupe is to me what hip hop should be…all about the lyrics. A sick beat is cool, but it isn't anything without lyrics.
An Inspiration….cuz I rap too (ironic, right? since my top 10 artists includes only 1 rapper). a Trendsetter and a Genius. That's what Lu is to moi.
Lupe Fiasco, to me is the pinnacle of a lyricist. We don't need to go into the ridiculously sick catalogue right now. Anyway, basically I like lyrics, I like poetry and good lyrics in hip hop is pretty close to poetry (not to mention spoken word intros). Lupe is to me what hip hop should be…all about the lyrics. A sick beat is cool, but it isn't anything without lyrics.
An Inspiration….cuz I rap too (ironic, right? since my top 10 artists includes only 1 rapper). a Trendsetter and a Genius. That's what Lu is to moi.
This one was sent in by S-Preme
Growing up in Chicago, there is hardly good influence for a young man, especially not in music. Not much to stimulate the mind either. When I first heard Lupe, it was on Touch The Sky. I noticed dude's flow and was like "hey, where he from?" My guy told me he's from right here in the Chi.
ReplyDeleteThen i listened to a couple of his songs and my brain almost exploded with creativity and joy. Sure some rappers can rap, but, how many can be their original selves (with no front or extra glamor) and still bring new brain torching lines to every single song?
"Gave me the green light like Yoda's knife"
there you go.