Complex put together another list, this time about Video Game references in Hip-Hop. Lupe is on there 3 times, once with the Street Fighter line from Yoga Flame at position
35, then with another Street Fighter line from Gold Watch at position
27 and with the Sega Genesis line from Go Go Gadget Flow at position
12. - Check the full list
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Hog in the hedges?
ReplyDelete"All me, no ghost/ no 16bit like Sega Genesis"
ReplyDeletewhat about "evel minded like krang" & "when the underworld had to be smarter than donatello" from theme music to a drive by?
ReplyDelete"All you haters with yo' hands in yo' ears - it's okay
ReplyDeleteCause later, it will sneak up on you like it's Metal Gear" - Lupe (Paris, Tokyo Remix)
How about this blog makes a list of all the Lupe video game references, because there are a shit ton!
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ReplyDelete"All you haters with yo' hands in yo' ears - it's okay cause later, it will sneak up on you like it's Metal Gear, put you in a chokehold, and then unconciously you'll hear"
ReplyDeleteMGS reference was the best imo.
i love Biggie's line so simple yet so dope..classic line "Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis / When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this." and the flow too damn..prolly had the dopest flow in hip hop history besides Big Pun.
ReplyDeletebeanie sigel "Ayo, I cop power pellets (and y'all call 'em bricks) / I make little dots (and y'all chop rocks to flip) / Before Junior, they had me out on a chase / Running from these ghost monsters y'all calling the jakes / All I do is stack loot, run around and eat fruit / And harass these lady cops named Pinky and Sue / My whole life been a maze in a chase / Can't keep still without these monsters on my back invadin' my space / I got two hitmen that'll bury you brothers / They rule the underworld, you know 'em as the Mario brothers / Straight cannons, and won't hesitate to shoot ya / And they stay goin' to war with that Latin King Koopa / I got a worker named Frogger, when I say jump he leap / A highway boy who be runnin' the streets / With that package, dodgin' through traffic that's narrow / And my n***a Donkey Kong bringin' weed in by the barrels"
those were my 2 favorites on that list..
"I'm the worst case scenario, bump heads for coins like Mario, pop more rounds then Merry-Go"
ReplyDeleteThese guys have got a few, but not all lupe references
ReplyDeletehttp://www.otakusandgeeks.com/2011/03/geeky-references-in-lupe-fiasco-lyrics.html
How about "fire breathing dragon, he bet not harm me, or be sorry when he meets my one man army" That's a perfect line referring to a classic video game
ReplyDeleteI love Lu's "I'm Coming" freestyle when he said "Mama raised a troopa, they tryin hit me in my head like Koopa, but I move like Supa, wit the hood on my shoulder like bazookas." Lu is the greatest rapper alive folks.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because he doesn't exactly SAY its Duck Hunt, but that Duck Hunt sex euphemism in "Champ Is Here" is sick!!!!
ReplyDeleteif XV was more known, he probably would've been above everyone w/ this line
ReplyDelete"I still bring the streets fire/
so i hold down the block like the back button on street fighter/"
not a bad list...
ReplyDeletealtho yea, i woulda loved the xv line...
more lupe lines, or replace the lines with others...
and no chuck??
c'mon the fuckers name is sonic the hamilton and you wouldn't put a single line of his??
i know he ain't that well known, but i guarantee more kid nowadays know him than the lady of rage (no offense to ms. rage)