In fact, I’d forgotten it existed until I started doing this list. It’s not terrible, but it’s not memorable. As a result, this is not a memorable album. Lupe’s fourth album finds him trying to get back to the brilliance of his first two but not quite ready to abandon the pop-leaning production of Lasers. It’s good, but a bit heavy handed.įood and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part I (2012) This mixtape came out after Lupe participated in the Occupy Wall Street protests. It’s perhaps not a coincidence that the title of the album has the A superimposed over an O (for “Losers”).įriend Of The People: I Fight Evil (2011) It has a few hits, but is overall forgettable. Move along.ĭespite having Lupe’s biggest song ever, The Show Goes On (double platinum single), Lasers is not a strong album. Lupe Fiasco has made only two bad albums. Do yourself a favor and go get these albums. He exploded on the scene by killing both Jay-Z and Kanye on their own track, Diamonds, and then released three of the best mixtapes of all time, one after the other. The yearbook includes Top 20 Hip-Hop Songs Of The Year, Top 20 Rap Verses Of The Year, Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums Of The Year, and more.Lupe is one of the most interesting voices in hip hop. With a start of a new decade, 2021 became perfect to start this tremendous journey. Year by year we will document our history as we develop a library of Hip-Hop History that can always go back to our book collection and check out. Hip-Hop history needs to be documented in real-time to highlight the entirety of Hip-Hop for the whole calendar year. According 2 Hip-Hop has worked diligently to resolve this issue and the answer comes in the form of our Hip-Hop Yearbook. The digital world moves so quickly that many pieces of history can be lost in the social media’s news cycle or just simply edited over time. In a world where print media has seemed to have taken a hit, it is still imperative that we document our culture in physical form for historical purposes. The 2021 According 2 Hip-Hop Yearbook is ready to be delivered at your front door!ĭocumenting Hip-Hop culture matters.

Lupe fiasco mixtapes tracklist