Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor

200th album!! crazy. couple of these i knew, not overall my vibe though unfortch

Crazy list of producers on this. Pretty good listen.

Happy to upset the purists and rank this higher than The Chronic which I had yesterday.

I’m not the biggest hip hop fan but there are a few records I really enjoy - however most have required several listens to really click. This is the most immediately good hip hop album I’ve heard. It’s a great alternative to Kanye without the controversy. Also as a skateboarder I love all the references to skateboarding.
The downside is it is a bit long. I like the idea of shouting out everyone involved in the record but 12 minutes? Bro literally thanked bbc radio 1extra and Tony hawk

Good beats, good lyrics, good delivery. Not eat coast or west coast and hallway to daisy age . Interesting rap with different influences

Not the worst rap in the world, but not great. I skipped the last half of the last song when it was just 12 minutes of thanking random people and things. 1/5

Felt very fresh despite being 20 years old. Album cover is a bit trash, but loved the beats and the lyrics were heartfelt but not lame. 12 mins of audio credits is quite a lot, but nice he gave everyone a shoutout.

Well produced. Well performed. I enjoy listening to this album, and its got a little bit of heart. It's not quite RAW enough for my taste in hip hop.

Started off kinda slow but it grew on me icl. The rendition of „Daydreamin“ was interesting, i enjoyed quite a few of the other songs as well. The outro had like 100 shoutouts. A generous 4.

Didn't capture me at all

I had this on cd when I was younger but didn’t really listen to it that much

Didn’t dislike anything on here other than the 12 minute outro lol

Kick push is a banger

4

I really enjoyed that. Kept me grooving along the whole way. I would listen again for sure.

Fucking great. Excellent. I have heard the artist's name, but never a single song. I was completely blown away. The maximalist production, great samples, great USE of the samples, excellent beats, conscious and witty rap, great flow... Man, this totally took me by surprise.

I listened to the entire album eyes closed and completely cleared my mind. A+ experience.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Typical 2000s hip hop production but with some unique bells and whistles. Strong hooks and smart lyrics made this an enjoyable listen. But imagine knowing him and listening to 12 minutes of shoutouts for your nar but it never comes!

Många olika peoducenter inblandade vilket märks. Soundet skiljer sig en del mellan spåren. Fina spår som He say… och Daydreamin blandas med bottennapp som The instrumental.
Naturligtvis är albumet alldeles för långt, men det verkar ju vara någon slags naturlag för hip hop runt millenieskiftet. LF är helt okej MC. Varken mer eller mindre. Stark tvåa.

Not much to say about this album. It was fine, but it's not really for me. The only track that stood out to me was American Terrorist. Other than that, this album was far too long and the 12 minute outro track shouting out all the people he's thankful for is just annoying. Seriously, why is this needed on any album?

Man, I really don't like hip hop. Like straight up hip hop, no other elements to it. It's a bit different from the old-school style though, that much is noticeable, even to my untrained ear.

This is a pretty colorful record. I now know another Chitown rapper finally. Liked most of the beats, and didnt sound like just another badly mixed 2000s record. I had lots of fun with this one

Dit wordt online vergeleken met grootheden in de hiphop en ik moet bekennen dat ik daar weinig van snap. Ja, Lupe heeft prima flows en de productie hier is sterk, maar het klinkt ook heel... commercieel ofzo?

Daarnaast is dit echt giga bloated, begin ff wat filler te snoeien voor je op release klikt lmao.

It takes a bit of time for Food & Liquor to get started but once the mission statement Kick, Push begins things are in full flow. He is a talented rapper and the production is plush, expansive and radio ready in an enjoyable way. The album’s momentum peaks in the middle but then drops off a cliff with the overlong credits / thank you track. I wish I could pretend this track didn’t exist as the album is already a tad long without it and for me it brings the whole project’s score down. The biggest indulgence of the CD era?