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Lupe Fiasco
Released 2006

Intro
03:07
96,554 plays

Outro
12:13
82,461 plays

Kick, Push
04:16
587,011 plays

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songs

- 1
- Intro
- 03:07
- 96,554 plays

- 2
- Real
- 04:01
- 182,917 plays

- 3
- Just Might Be OK
- 04:24
- 154,503 plays

- 4
- Kick, Push
- 04:16
- 587,011 plays

- 5
- I Gotcha
- 03:59
- 267,847 plays

- 6
- The Instrumental
- 03:26
- 227,413 plays

- 7
- He Say She Say
- 04:12
- 218,327 plays

- 8
- Sunshine
- 03:56
- 297,103 plays

- 9
- Daydreamin'
- 03:55
- 424,506 plays

- 10
- The Cool
- 03:47
- 223,644 plays

- 11
- Hurt Me Soul
- 04:23
- 215,709 plays

- 12
- Pressure
- 04:47
- 207,045 plays

- 13
- American Terrorist
- 04:41
- 178,337 plays

- 14
- The Emperor's Soundtrack
- 02:57
- 156,740 plays

- 15
- Kick, Push II
- 04:12
- 176,544 plays

- 16
- Outro
- 12:13
- 82,461 plays

album review

A few years in the making, Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor follows a fruitless association with Epic (as a member of da Pak), an aborted solo deal with Arista (which yielded one promo single), a handful of guest appearances (tha Rayne's "Kiss Me," Kanye West's "Touch the Sky"), and a leak of an unfinished version of the album that set the official release back to September 2006. Still only 25 years old, Fiasco -- a Chicagoan of Islamic faith who owns a number of black belts -- sounds wise beyond his age, rarely raises his voice, projects different emotions with slight inflections, and is confident enough to openly admit his inspirations while building on them. It Was Written is his touchstone, and there are traces of numerous MCs in his rhymes, from Intelligent Hoodlum and Ed O.G. to Nas and Jay-Z. Pharrell (aka Skate Board P) might've considered suffocating himself out of envy with his Bathing Ape sweatshirt when he first heard the album's lead single, "Kick, Push," dubbed a skate-rap classic well before Food and Liquor hit shelves. Like nothing else in the mainstream or underground, its subject matter -- skater boy meets skater girl -- and appealing early-'90s throwback production finally broke the doors down for Fiasco's solo career. Wisely enough, Fiasco doesn't turn the skating thing into a gimmick and excels at spinning varying narratives over a mostly strong set of productions from 1st & 15th affiliates Soundtrakk and Prolyfic, as well as the Neptunes, West, Needlz, and Mike Shinoda. There are strings, smeary synthesized textures, and dramatic keyboard vamps galore -- templates that befit heartbreaking tales like "He Say She Say" and casually deep-thinking reflections like "Hurt Me Soul," where the MC confronts some of his conflicting emotions: "I had a ghetto boy boppa/Jay-Z boycott/'Cause he said that he never prayed to God, he prayed to Gotti/I'm thinking golly, God, guard me from the ungodly/But by my 30th watchin' of Streets Is Watching, I was back to givin' props again/And that was botherin'/'Bout as comfortable as a untouchable touching you." Deserving of as much consideration as the other high-profile debuts of the past few years, up to and including The College Dropout, Food and Liquor just might be the steadiest and most compelling rap album of 2006. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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- - The Cool
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- - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (Edited)
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- - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (Edited)
  - Released 2006

listener reviews

- - An Excellent Debut
  - - By bossxtreme
    - 8/20/2008 09:34:42
  - It's hard to live up to hype, especially in hip-hop. Mix tape MCs and up and coming artists get hot after a few guess spots and some hot lines. Lupe Fiasco was no different when he made heads turn when he dropped his verse on Kanye West's "Touch The Sky". True underground heads, knew of Lupe from his work on mixtapes. Take into account that mega star Jay-z endorsed Lupe, and you have a lot of buzz building. With so much pressure, it's easy to falter when it's time to shine on your own.<br/>Thank goodness Lupe didn't let the pressure get to him. His debut album "Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor" hit the ground running with the single "Kick/Push" and didnt' look back. This album finds a way to keep street cred without sounding like everyone you've heard before. Call it Nerd Rap if you want, the man is TALENTED. His ablity to weave interesting stories into his lyrics (He Say She Say, The Instrumental) while keeping it fun is something a lot of MC's fail at. Perhaps more remarkable is that there is hardly a guest on this album (Jay-Z the most regonizeable ). Lupe pretty much holds it down on his own, making an album you almost never have to push fast forward on. <br/><br/>Looking for something different? Something fun? Pick it up.
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