Lyrically and rapping wise yeah
But the mixing on this isn't good and the production is kinda bland

On Faux Nem so emotional, s*** gets me teary eyed

Xxplosive drums on Ghoti so nice

Definitely see that

But I feel like this is a bit more layered in covering more themes. It has the ai theme, end of world/climate change and directly talks about the impact of violence in rap

The theme of duality and contradiction is ever present in both tho

U an earl fan like me. The mixing is an aesthetic choice and he pulled it off

Also the production is superior on here as opposed to tgara. The live instrumentation doesn’t age. Compared to tgara prod which didn’t age well on some tracks

The whole Malcolm X scheme ending with "aaaand scene"

B r u h

TGARA is the definition of Bland.. it’s the most Bland Lupe album

FIRST LISTEN!

Lupe rides that beat so well. Could have that on repeat all day and not get tired of it.

Facts had it on repeat for 30 mins lol

I did have that on repeat all day yesterday lol. That song is so nice

"One day its raising up the brand, the next it’s shredding it to flakes"

Album is very lyrically dense. But also grounded and less esoteric than the last two

"Wear my dharma like it's armor, cause I don't wanna return
To The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception
Sometimes I hide inside Kerouac for protection
From the Thanksgiving where bears attacking the dressing"
On Faux Nem hitting even harder now:

The wheel of the quivering meat conception
Turns in the void expelling human beings,
Pigs, turtles, frogs, insects, nits,
Mice, lice, lizards, rats, roan
Racinghorses, poxy bubolic pigtics,
Horrible, unnameable lice of vultures,
Murderous attacking dog-armies
Of Africa, Rhinos roaming in the jungle,

Vast boars and huge gigantic bull
Elephants, rams, eagles, condors,
Pones and Porcupines and Pills-
All the endless conception of living beings
Gnashing everywhere in Consciousness
Throughout the ten directions of space
Occupying all the quarters in & out,
From super-microscopic no-bug
To huge Galaxy Lightyear Bowell
Illuminating the sky of one Mind-
Poor! I wish I was free
of that slaving meat wheel
and safe in heaven dead

Listening to this album and the new Durk album back to back is giving me whiplash

you need that balance

Chicago love

What's this picture/where's it from

Preciate it

Phenomenal album.

lupe ig story

"From the window of a plane I've seen the window of a cell
The plane started to fly, the rain started to fell
Thats LaGuardia and Rikers, an airport next to a jail
I took a picture looked like my window was crying
'Cause it was sad 'cause all they saw every day was somebody flying
And they was trapped, this s*** is wack
But it was crack under my wall like a plaque"