![]() Sellout because it went for a pop production, ![]() Lasers (Atlantic, 2011), mostly produced by King David, The rapper then announced a triple album titled Lupend, that would alsoīe his last one, but instead, following pressures from the music label, what came out was a collaboration with mediocre singers, Surrealistic interludes like So Ghetto and the rocking The One While the vibrant Fireman and the indolent Popular Demand The oneiric free-jazz of The National Anthem (that samples Radiohead) Lyrically, his best work could be the mixtape Enemy of the State (2010),Īnd musically it may even be more original than Cool with Hi Definition, Little Weapon and especially Hip-Hop Saved My Life (with a robotic female counterpoint).īy comparison, the laid-back, guitar-tinged Gotta Eat is country blues.ĭramatic tension peaks in Intruder Alert (orchestral swellings and multiple voices), in the propulsive Streets on FireĪnd especially in the claustrophobic, almost horror Put You on Game.ĭumb it Down became a famous rant against the music industry. (the acrobatic wordplay and fast marching beat of Go Go Gadget Flow,Īnd the psychedelic distorted sounds of Hello Goodbye),īut the direction is clearly towards the mainstream.įurthermore, the arrangements adopt a more electronic sound, for example in There are a couple of unconventional moments The 19-song concept album The Cool (Atlantic, 2007), again mostlyĪnd Coolest, with an ominous female choir and tidal waves of strings,Įlevated even this genre aboge the average. ![]() The Kanye West collaboration The Cool is one of the least original songs. On the other hand, the Neptunes craft the jovial, jumping I Gotcha with a hysterical piano carillon (a song that doesn't amount to much) and The highlight, however, is a swinging duet with Jill Scott engineered by Craig Kallman by basically remixing I Monster's Daydream (1998), which was in turn of a remix of the Belgian-British band Wallace Collection's hit Daydream (1969).Ī peak of fun is the jovial The Instrumental, in which Mike Shinoda blends a minimalist keyboard pattern and a droning orchestra while a sinister whispered melody unfolds in the background. Slaps a crunchy funk-rock riff onto the hard-hitting Pressure, featuring Jay-Z. (which samples Paul Humphrey's Humphrey's Overture), Unleashes the feverish electronic mayhem of Just Might Be O.K. Propulsive Caribbean jazz of American Terrorist by sampling Chick Corea's The Romantic Warrior, Turns a weeping orchestral snippet of Filipina singer Celeste Legaspi's romantic Bolero Medley (1982) into a neurotic tic for Kick Push,Īnd reaches a peak of pathos in The Emperor's Soundtrack with a jarring hymn-like choir (a sample from UFO's Between the Walls of 1975). In the orchestral saccharine of Burt Bacharach's The Last One to Be Loved, Introduces the character of Michael Young History (the next album's protagonist), Rudolph "Soundtrakk" Lopez pins Real to a crunchy hard-rock guitar riff and to an organ-tinged funky-soul shuffle, ![]() Stand out in the world of rap music, but the production often steals the show. His elaborate meditations (that touch on sociopolitical themes) The rapper Lupe Fiasco (Chicago-born Wasalu Jaco) became a star of hip-hop music thanks to Food & Liquor (Atlantic, 2006), a collection of 16 vibrant and creative raps by a polite, literate and devout Muslim. ( Copyright © 2010 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) Lupe Fiasco: biography, discography, review, best albums, ratings
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