Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor

Started off not liking the album much. Then there were a couple or three songs in the middle that I sort of liked and though, maybe this isn't that bad. Then it kept going. And going. It's not the worse album I've heard, but I will never put it on again, either.

Never heard of Lupe Fiasco before. Surprised how good it was. Quite cool to hear the "Daydream in Blue" I Monster sample, (which itself is a sample) - enjoyable enough album up until the Outro - meh 12 minutes of unnecessary circle jerkin' shout outs, Jesus wept! 2.5

After listening to Food and Liquor, I can say its a really good album, Every song had its own distinction while sounding like they fit well together, the songs themselves sounded really good (probably because one of my favorite musicians helped produce this album (Mike Shinoda)). The lyrics were really good and the rapping was also great, as were the instrumentals. This is definitely the best hip hop album I have done on this project so far.
Best Song: I Gotcha
Worst Song: Intro

Está bastante bien. Me han "Just Might Be OK" (featuring Gemini), mucho "Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill Scott) y "Pressure" (featuring Jay-Z). Ahora que sea imprescindible no lo veo.

I’ve spent years underestimating Lupe Fiasco.
His music is so much more conscious and clever than the floating Nintendo DS on the album cover leads one to believe.

The lyrics are strong, the beats fresh and Fiasco himself delivers some great bars even when the hooks occasionally leave something to be desired.

3.32 average per track. Wish I could have excluded intro and outro because they brought the average down and the rest of the tracks are quite good.

I was not aware of Lupe Fiasco, and this album is entirely fresh stuff for me. I was initially surprised by the heavy partners they have for his first issue, and the songs were unknown to me.

I was truly surprised by the quality of this album. If I got it correctly, reading Wikipedia and some news about Lupe, he is involved with some very problematic opinions, which is sad since his work is excellent even in this debut album.

The production is perfect (the Jay-Z and Kanye names in the credits indicate the reason, of course), and the lyrics and voice work. Excellent sample selection and the amazing job that, unfortunately, is now marked forever by Lupe public person.

I'm happy to see this album on the 1001 list, and I think that is the first post-90 hip-hop album that really catches up with me.

Decent. Not a huge fan of rap of the era. 3/5

A really good hiphop album.

I must admit, I missed this one when it came out, as I was losing touch with hip hop at the time, but that was a mistake. I rather enjoyed this. That outro was kind of ridiculous though. Guess you can't say he isn't grateful.

Fave track: "Pressure" w/ Jay Z
Skips: "The Instrumental" w/ Jonah Matranga

Somehow this passed me by at the time, but it's good. Very much in the Kanye West mold, which is no bad thing - I might be wrong, but it seems like West helped hip-hop break out of its gun-totin' misogyny and become more tender and inward-facing. "He Say, She Say" is heartbreaking, while "Daydreamin'" takes a sharp satirical knife to hip-hop culture.

Some good songs on here, and good production, but it's not something I'd listen to again. Which is surprising, because I thought it would fall into the bucket of hip hop I usually like.

Very, very good, with lots of light and shade. Some points where it is very funny, some where it is very serious, but overall it easily matches the standard of the big singles he had out. Only track that slightly grates is Outro - basically a list of everyone he has ever met!