Check this out: Matt Juss looks back at Lupe's classic album...
"Hip-hop fans can get so engrossed with geography - east coast, west coast, dirty south - they often forget to look at their maps and remember that there is a place with no ‘coast’ that produces some damn good hip-hop too; the Midwest."
"It’s almost out of the question to write a column about Lupe Fiasco without mentioning Kanye West, so I’m just going to do it right away and say that both hail from that often overlooked city in the Midwest, Chicago. But there’s much more to the connection than just location..."
Read the entire entry HERE

I have played at least one song from this album everyday since it was released.........
ReplyDeleteBIG FAN OF FOOD & LIQUOR
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ReplyDelete"The Emperors Soundtrack" can never, EVER get old to me. That track was genius to me. Can't forget about "Daydreamin'" either...I'm about to go bump this album right now. Lol.
ReplyDeleteThe Instrumental & The Emperor's Soundtrack are a few of my favorite Lupe tracks ever.
ReplyDeleteGotta love the hook in the latter.
punch me but outro so siiiick
ReplyDeleteKick push 2 completes the album, masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteThe last verse in Hurt Me Soul is brilliant in my opinion
ReplyDeleteSunshine, He Say She Say, Hurt Me Soul, and Daydream ill never lose their appeal.
ReplyDeletematter fact... the whole album is simply dope and i will never get tired of it.
"Real" (excluding the Intro) is the perfect way to begin Food & Liquor,
ReplyDeleteProbably one of the most UNDERrATED songs on the album & its almost a PERFECT song
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