Every time I stumble across this track again I need to rewind it at least a couple times. The bag Lupe gets in on these verses is just pure magic
"Made it clear as a ghost or a biter of the throats in the mirror
The writer of the quotes for the ghosts
Who supplier of the notes to the living"
This track is when he separated himself lyrically from his peers officially
Yeah fr he was like i know yall think im just another great rapper but nah im actually an alien, im the GREATEST rapper
Am I crazy for thinking if Lupe came along a few years later he would’ve been so much bigger than he was? I feel like he was really the archetype for the blog era backpack rapper but he was just kind of mushed in between the transition era
Am I crazy for thinking if Lupe came along a few years later he would’ve been so much bigger than he was? I feel like he was really the archetype for the blog era backpack rapper but he was just kind of mushed in between the transition era
Yea ngl when he first came out I was like, ok he from Chicago why isnt he giving Kanye 2.0?
Yea ngl when he first came out I was like, ok he from Chicago why isnt he giving Kanye 2.0?
I’m so glad you said this because I didn’t want to sound disrespectful or crazy but I feel like Kanye’s overlap was kind of detrimental to him as well. Not the fault of Ye but he was turning into a superstar that just so happened to fill a lot of the lane he was going for
This track is when he separated himself lyrically from his peers officially
Ehhh twilight zone, switch, and failure had been did that
Always loved this song tho
or foreplay less s***is
which means I’m headless
with no neck left to hang a chain with
This era of Lupe was legit a top 3 lyricist ever. Some of the s*** he was doing back then flew over everyone’s heads for such a long time