Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth is the true AOTY

[ArbitraryWater]

Album of the Year (Rap).

>> TPAB.

I don't get how undermentioned this man is.... best rapper alive IMO.

3 classic joints.

It seems alot of people have a problem with what he says..? I havent been paying much attention to that, like what? I'd understand he'd be moody over how he was pushed into Lasers, so he'd express his thoughts on that... and he's just so damn underrated, people these days lack the ear for him it seems, with all the Lil Wayne type rappers around. Then again a decade like the 1990's was alot more stacked, but I still feel he'd get more due, obviously we can't compare since his music would be different.

But anyway, like why are some kinda fed up with him?

Humble and great, to me.

[SugarHill]

he's not underrated at all

[ArbitraryWater]

he's not underrated at all

depends on where you stand no? every time its only "Kendrick and J Cole"... you hardly see him grouped in there.

[chips93]

he can be very preachy, his earlier stuff had a lot more subtlety to it

i havent listened to tetsuo and youth enough to have any strong feelings though

his beats are usually trash as well

theres no denying he's one of the best lyrically though

[ArbitraryWater]

I don't even feel like his beats are bad.. appeals to my ears.

[SugarHill]

depends on where you stand no? every time its only "Kendrick and J Cole"... you hardly see him grouped in there.

don't consider him part of their generation and when he was first poppin, he was way more known and popular than cole and was treated like kendrick with that "save hiphop BS"...online, he's very well rated...maybe even overrated

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

It was a great comeback after lasers which was complete dck. Lupe is one of the best lyricists and most talented songwriters ever. Id say he has verse of the year locked up from Mural but album of the year is still Summertime 06 with an honorable mention to Dirty Sprite 2, Pilot Talk 3, Weekend at the Cape, Twelve Reasons to Die II, Rodeo

[MP.Trey]

he's not underrated at all

Maybe not by hip hop heads on the net, but he's not even mentioned by casual and/or mainstream fans of the genre. Dude's probably a top 20 MC of all time and all some people know him for is "Kick, Push"... and most of those people probably think that song was just about skateboarding.

Tetsuo & Youth was a classic in my eyes. Definitely his best effort since The Cool.

[Queen Sansa]

It was a great comeback after lasers which was complete dck. Lupe is one of the best lyricists and most talented songwriters ever. Id say he has verse of the year locked up from Mural but album of the year is still Summertime 06 with an honorable mention to Dirty Sprite 2, Pilot Talk 3, Weekend at the Cape, Twelve Reasons to Die II, Rodeo

You find To Pimp a Butterfly overrated?

[MP.Trey]

I don't even feel like his beats are bad.. appeals to my ears.

Lupe's beats always have soul/funk. Definitely refreshing to hear and better than the trap garbage most rappers have on their albums.

[Jameerthefear]

You find To Pimp a Butterfly overrated?

it is.

[TylerOO]

Lupe is trash

[fsvr54]

It was a great comeback after lasers which was complete dck. Lupe is one of the best lyricists and most talented songwriters ever. Id say he has verse of the year locked up from Mural but album of the year is still Summertime 06 with an honorable mention to Dirty Sprite 2, Pilot Talk 3, Weekend at the Cape, Twelve Reasons to Die II, Rodeo

Today I Wrote Nothing and B4da$$ deserve mentions

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

You find To Pimp a Butterfly overrated?

Yes. Good album, maybe top 10. But all the critical claim its getting (mostly from white ppl) is way too much

Today I Wrote Nothing and B4da$$ deserve mentions

Never heard the 1st one. Not big on Joey TBH think he corny