Lupe explains how he sneaks social commentary into his music. If you still haven’t picked up a copy of The Cool, hurry up and align yourself with this little piece of history while everyone else is still sleeping.
Btw, congrats to Tavis on his 5th year anniversary on PBS.
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The Red-Eyed Jedi Says: January 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pm Riz is their a better storyteller rapper out right now better than Lupe? i mean c’mon how illmatic was hip hop saved my life? |
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Rizoh Says: January 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm That album redefined the meaning of hip-hop. Period. |
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 January 9th, 2008 at 6:40 pm Anyone who still didn’t/doesn’t think this is a concept album clearly wasn’t/hasn’t been listening hard enough. This is a landmark album right here. If his sound was more root-based and less futuristic-styled, he’d be receiving praise as Nas’ long-lost, gifted younger brother. |
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Anonymous Says: January 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pm @2 i like the album, but that’s a stretch. what exactly did it redefine? complex lyricism and rhyming patterns aren’t new. i’d say graduation did more to redefine hip-hop, production wise, than the cool. |
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Ice Says: January 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pm Tavis Smiley should have asked Lupe why is he gonna vote fore Hillary Clinton “because she’s a women” as he claimed instead of Barak Obama. The reason he gave was very ignorant for someone so intelligent. HTTP://ICEDOTCOM.BLOGSPOT.COM/ |
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Dante Compton Says: January 10th, 2008 at 12:11 am The Cool is a great album… |
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mr smith Says: January 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am the cool is the best album out this year, lupe never losses his audience in his songs, album is awesome pick it up and support |
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david Says: January 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm get over it dude…quit massaging lupe and the rest of chicagos nuts….ill admit hes a cool rapper but this album aint dope im sorry…he dont even come on till track 3 who wants to hear that spoken word bullshit….then his best song is some alternative rock shit????? niggas aint sleeping, we just remember when hiphop had balls |
