Fiasco

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool.....Really good...not amazing. I've been following this album for a long time now, waiting for it to drop. I've been listening to the singles and the stuff that Lupe put out for people to hear ahead of time...and damn it's great.

So I pop into Sunrise on Tuesday on the way to Richard's house and pick it up...At first only a couple of songs popped out...Go Go Gadget Flow blows my mind every time I hear it, though I think The Coolest is the best rap song to come out since...well I have no idea when, but a long long time.

After that not a single song that I hadn't heard before really made an impression, until the next day. Then I began to hear a couple of great rhymes and a few great guests....one that I think even takes the top spot away from Cam'ron on Gone by Kanye. The rhyme about the video game murdering by Bishop G on Little Weapon, and then I find it's the turning point of the album, leading into a block of 6 or 7 SOLID songs that impresses me. It's a classic case of the rapper getting to popular to keep up the sincere rhymes though. There is no Kick Push on this album, a song that you can just listen to and dig it.

I really didn't like the "To Be Continued" he said on Gotta Eat, I find that it's a stupid pointless thing for a rapper to do, though I do find it really cool of Lupe to consciously know when to quit, hopefully he won't pull a Jay-Z and quit then put out shit albums.

I think Dumb it Down is the most important rap song of the year, it's showing the way that gangster rap is passing. It's the 7 year thing, it's been 7 years since garage changed the name of rock and mainstream music, and there wasn't anything huge this year like I was expecting. Maybe this is all I can hope for.

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My top 10 album/song list should be finished sometime this weekend, I still really can't figure out anything except for the first and second album on the list. Though I think it's safe to say that the cool won't be on the list. Song's are a lot easier, Japanese Cigarette Case, Neon Bible, My body Is A Cage, Martyr for My Love For You, Slowly Turning Into You, Dumb It down, None Shall Pass, In Search Of The Youth Crew, FAUST ARP....Some of those will be on the list for sure.

I'm getting pretty sad that 2007 is coming to an end, it's been a great year for me, best year for music ever.

I need a Mandolin.