Lupe+Fiasco

--"//I'm apart of the problem, my problem is I'm peaceful. And I believe in the people.--//

Lupe Fiasco (Wasulu Mohammed Jaco) is a truly amazing artist. He is a Grammy award winning rapper, and has still managed to stay true to what he believes throughout his career. He has been an inspiration to many other artists, and is very original and is often a breath of fresh air compared to most rap that is around today. He raps about things that matter to him, such as life, and more recently political events. His most recent album was not his best work, but he has had consistently great songs throughout his career, and his album //The Cool// is one of my favourite albums of all time. Unlike most rappers he manages to avoid explicit lyrics for the most part, and is able to concentrate more on the message he is trying to get across. Lupe Fiasco is an extremely successful artist and rapper, and continues to put out quality content for his fans.

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“One thing I try to stress about this project is, I love and hate this album. I listen to it and I’ll like some of the songs. But when I think about what it took to actually get the record together and everything that I went through on this record—which is something I can’t separate—I hate this album. A lot of the songs that are on the album, I’m kinda neutral to. Not that I don’t like them, or that I hate them, it’s just I know the process that went behind it. I know the sneaky business deal that went down behind this song, or the artist or singer or songwriter who wrote this hook and didn’t want to give me this song in the first place. So when I have that kind of knowledge behind it, I’m just kind of neutral to it like, ‘Another day, another dollar.’ As opposed something like // The Cool //, which is more of my own blood, sweat, and tears, and my own control. With this record, I’m little bit more neutral as to the love for the record." - Lupe Fiasco on his most recent album, //Lasers// media type="youtube" key="-xz8FXgLpI4?rel=0" height="288" width="512" align="center"