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Food & Liquor (EXPLICIT) (CD)

By: Lupe Fiasco (Artist)

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Lupe Fiasco Artist Snapshot:

Representing the Windy City, rapper Lupe Fiasco is a friend and contemporary of hip-hop game-changer Kanye West. And like West, Fiasco offers an interesting alternative to the bling-obsessed thug rap that dominates much of mainstream hip-hop in the 2000s. A devout Muslim, Fiasco refrains from nearly all the typical indulgences of the rap lifestyle, and rhymes about diverse topics such as skateboarding, addiction to TV and other social ills, and the tenuous state of hip-hop in general. Though he is a somewhat left-field presence in the rap game, his fierce skills and commitment to the hip-hop community have garnered him the respect of a diverse and impressive list of peers.

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DISC 1 for Food & Liquor (EXPLICIT) (CD) Album By Lupe Fiasco (Artist)
1   Intro
2   Real - (with Sarah Green)
3   Just Might Be OK - (with Gemini)
4   Kick, Push
5   I Gotcha
6   Instrumental, The - (with Jonah Matranga)
7   He Say She Say - (with Gemini/Sarah Green)
8   Sunshine
9   Daydreamin' - (with Jill Scott)
10   Cool, The
11   Hurt Me Soul
12   Pressure - (with Jay-Z)
13   American Terrorist - (with Matthew Santos)
14   Emperor's Soundtrack, The
15   Kick Push II
16   Outro
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.126) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fiasco reflects on the personal and the political, and reminds fans of everything hip-hop can be. It's full of surprising, creative moments..."
Rolling Stone (p.104) - Ranked #16 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "Fiasco's debut is smart, ballsy hip-hop both backpackers and Jay-Z fans can love."
Spin (p.59) - Ranked #20 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "[H]e's the hip-hop Morrissey, which is exactly what the genre needs."
Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "[The songs] show a young man reaching for the sky, and touching it often enough." -- Grade: B+
XXL (Magazine) (p.140) - "Lyrically dense with a strong moral undercurrent, the album delivered on Lupe's promise of thinking-man's hip-hop..."

Title Note

Personnel include: Lupe Fiasco (rap vocals); Jill Scott (vocals); Gemini , Jay-Z (rap vocals).

Recording information: Right Track, New York, NY.

There was a buzz surrounding rapper Lupe Fiasco (thanks to a botched deal with Arista, an association with Kanye West, and a postponed record release date) for some time before his debut dropped in 2006. Thankfully, however, the hip-hop world's high hopes were met in full with FOOD & LIQUOR. Innovative, conscious, and boasting work from top-shelf producers like West and the Neptunes, the album comes on strong and doesn't let up, offering a battery of agile, articulate, laid-back rhymes over a backdrop of sophisticated, retro-tinged tracks. FOOD & LIQUOR announces the arrival of a talent poised to take his place in a lineage that includes Nas, Common, and West himself.

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5 out of 5 stars Food & Liquor - Breakfast of a Champion Sound!, January 28, 2008
By Skateboard D
Who debuts on a Kanyeezee track, "Touch The Sky", and follows that up with a skateboarding anthem - "Kick Push"ing himself to a whole new niche crowd while being tight lyrically?? He does. Lupe is THAT dude. One of those "next-to-blow" artists. This does the trick and then some.

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