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April 21, 2006

Lupe Fiasco "Food & Liquor" Album

Lupe Fiasco's debut album "Food & Liquor" has been all over the news lately with a presumably unfinished version of the CD getting leaked, and Lupe Fiasco (understandably) freaking out and suggesting he may not give this material an official release now that's it's getting scooped up for free. It was due out on June 27th, and I have to assume Lupe is just letting off steam and will be wise enough not to abort the project. And I hope he won't be offended by folks like me posting a review of the leaked version, if the review is resoundingly positive and sure to increase interest in his work:

Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor

...this leaked version of the album is just about perfect (or at least really really good; I can get too caught up on my first couple of listens).

...In this unmixed forms, the beats are mixed low enough that they don't overwhelm Lupe's vocals, and there aren't any distracting rapper cameos or big-name R&B singers cluttering the thing up, so I can focus pretty much exclusively on what Lupe brings to the table, and that turns out to be a whole hell of a lot. As a rapper, he's nimble and thoughtful and gentle and big-hearted; he's got a great ear for hooks and internal rhymes and a wicked eye for detail...

...His throwaway lines are beautifully crafted ("There's no honor amongst fellows / It's harder than sitting with a blind man and trying to describe yellow," "I am Atlas at this, manage to balance massive masses"), and it's going to take a while to untangle all of them, but he always delivers them with this totally cool, conversational ease...

...So yeah, anyway, this thing is pretty fucking great as is; it can easily hang with the Ghostface and T.I. albums as one of the best of the year. If Lupe keeps tinkering with it, he's only going to f**k it up.

Posted by jsmooth995 at April 21, 2006 3:53 AM

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