this is my fav album of all time
oh and have i ever mentioned that im white?
An unexpected breakthrough for Slayyyter
The album opens with "DANCE...", the longest track on the record, and everything after it gets shorter and shorter. BEAT UP CHANEL$, CANNIBALISM!, OLD TECHNOLOGY, each one cutting tighter than the last. This opening sequence gives time to breathe during the first track, but then gives punches us with heavy bangers.
Track 5 is where everything locks in. CRANK arrives at the exact center of album in terms of development. Most songs use reverb to ... read more
Lupe Fiasco's Food & LIquor is an incredibly consistent conscious hip hop album. The experience reminded me Kendrick Lamar the most. It's very complex in terms of lyrics, requiring multiple listens to appreciate. The orchestral production sound amazing and perfectly matches Lupe. My main complaint is the outro track, which is jsut 12 minutes of LUpe shouting out absolutely everyone.
rating the deluxe tracks only
the original lp was great by itself, but the best songs actually all ended up on the deluxe version
89 for cctv is extremely low btw
i mean most of the songs do sound BETTER compared to the og version for me
the cleaner mixing is not always even noticeable (like i cannot spot a difference between the remastered and the og), but mostly it improves the song, so i do think that this version is a lil bit better
anyways, this album once again proves that peggy is one of thebest musician oat
i somehow fell in love with tribe called quest after listening to low end theory, so i decided to listen through their whole discography
this album is absolutely phenomenal cz it continues to develop further on after the low end theory but also keeps that relaxing vibe which makes their records so special to me
thus far a tribe called quest is easily top 3 hip hop groups oat