Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor

This was fine. Not as interesting as some of the more recent hip-hop on the list.

Minus one star for the 11 minute shout out filled outro.

Kick, Push was a hit back in the day. I don't know its just not my thing, like a little too soft to be gangster, but not quite as story telling vulnerable as Drake and the people who came up after. And the sampling just feels soulless. The outro being 12 minutes is just a bunch of shout outs? get wrecked. Shout out to Myspace?! I might ding 2 stars just because of how ridiculous this is.

Nope, another hip hop album that does absolutely nothing for me. This one maybe has a little more production value than most others I've heard on this list so far but it's still just bad music. Repetitive to the point of droning. Another album that sounds like a 12-year-old kid trying to sound cool for an older crowd. This record seemed to go on forever and after looking to see how much was left all I could think was "oh god I'm only halfway through". I thought it was funny that someone else complained about the last track being 12 minutes long, but I mean this is really just like one track that's an hour and 15 minutes. It's maybe not as bad as most of the other hip hop albums I've heard so far, but still only going to be like a 1.5/5. I suppose I'll round up because, although present, this album wasn't stereotypically laden with misogyny like most hip hop records.

An album that feels pretty of it's an era, but when comparing it to the status of hip hop at the time, this is pretty good for the time. It falls into a lot of production trappings that date it pretty quickly, and it wears it's influences on its sleeve in such a way I wouldn't blame you if you just went to go listen to those influences instead. However, there is still a lot to enjoy here. I love how varied the styles are here, with some jazz influences sneaking their way in along with straight up pop songs in a way that mesh surprisingly well. Lupe's flows are also incredibly solid, especially when it comes to hooks, and while I never want to hear a Daydream sample again, it did get some creative variation via Jill Scott. I think most of the features did a good job, actually, with Jay-Z actually feeling the most phoned in. It's just a solid hip hop album from a rocky era, and I would say this album was an early stepping stone into the fantastic era we'd jump in to in the 2010s.

A good rap album, in the guise of a Kanye album, no surprise he’s involved in this, but also a bit forgettable, not sure I’ll remember it come next week.

I wanted to like it

How have I never heard of this before, this is like good Kanye!!!

This is good rap music, it is fresh and clean, it feels responsibile with a good message that has not dated. The music has it all with some songs featuring R&R then spanning the spectrum to Jazz. Its unique.

Favourite song: Kick, Push" and "Daydreamin'
Least favourite: Outro, what was that all about!
Album artwork: I like the cover

Unexpectedly enjoyable, solid beats and flows, can't hate. Very much in the Kanye West Late Registration space with lush production but feels a little like the Wish version of that era Kanye, not that that's a bad thing...

I'd never listened to Lupe Fiasco before. This was pretty enjoyable. Lyrics were good; often amusing.

This was very good, hip hop with great variety, thoughtful lyrics, very engaging. My only complaint is the 12-minute outro, like an Academy Awards speech that goes on too long.

A generous 3

I'd like to start by saying that I do not listen to hip hop or really like it that much, but this album wasn't terrible. It started off a little boring but there are a few good songs in there.

A lot of songs have repeated lyrics which I did not like.

The 12 minute outro of him just thanking people is way too long.

I'll give a low 3/5 as the music sounds cool enough

Als je naar de rap-stijl luistert is Lupe nauwelijks vernieuwend. Het is wel een prettige stijl: rustig, flowend, zonder dat het te soft wordt.

Lupe deelt blijkbaar de ergernissen aan de makkelijke schofferende, stoerdoenende, of aanstellerige teksten van zijn hiphop-collega's. Tegelijk hoeft het geen braaf bijbelwerk te zijn. Fijn. Sluit ik me bij aan.

Eigenlijk geen idee waarom dit in de lijst staat. Er zijn vele anderen met vergelijkbare rap. Maar ik luister er met plezier naar. 4,5 ster.

Enjoyed the sound.
Highlights: daydreamin, hurt me soul

Неужели никто не сказал этому бюджетному Канье Уэсту, что весь его пиздеж 12 минутный на аутро пишут на релизе....

This is pretty solid throughout. The production and beats are excellent. It's quite a chill time, and I like the flow of it.

3.5 rounded up.

Bombastic production: big rock/jazz samples where the beats are kind of frenetic and don't settle into grooves or emerge as jams - instead they're high energy complex stop/start collages with an emphasis on organic guitar horns and piano parts (and less successfully, synthy strings) over right clean drum machine tracks. His flow is easy going uptempo and precise but doesn't have a really stand out style or a distinctive flair. The verses are the stars bc the hooks are kind of weak, none.of the songs have a really catchy memorable chorus or anything, surprising given his association w Jay Z and Kanye who are so good at exactly that. The songs w Gemini are good. A bit too much filler at both album and individual track level. "The Instrumental" sounds like Linkin Park.

Never really clicked with Lupe Fiasco for some reason. It just feels very... hollow? Not much deeper substance beneath it. It's inoffensive but so safe as to really not have much of depth to say.

A widely acclaimed album I’ve never been able to get into. It’s a little too long and I don’t think it’s quite as deep as it thinks it is.

HL: “I Gotcha", “Kick, Push”, “Sunshine”, “Daydreamin”

A day where I’m grateful this website includes excised albums. A mid-2000s treat I was (mostly) unaware of