Some of yall in this thread don’t see the correlation but there’s a lot of similarities between the two

Good Kid Mad City almost mirrors the contrast that Food & Liquor had. It’s sort of the same concept accept they do have different upbringings and backgrounds but it stands the same. Good kid ina f***ed up environment: Lupe and Kendrick are the observers and participants in their environments.

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One of his best songs, he went CRAZY on that second verse

That RapFix interview with Sway still kills me

Ok. lol. I didn’t quote him. I said, “the sentiment I remember.”

A new thing every week? Lol. I have no idea what you are talking about and am obviously not as invested as you in fandom of Lupe Fiasco. I didn’t know there’s a Lupe Fiasco weekly news bulletin we are all engaging with.

He was mentioning back to the convo i think yall had in your interview of him it was basically a callback

Yep people only look at form high level. Never dig deep. I've never viewed Lupe and KDot as the same. Though I've always envisioned him having Kendrick's succuss (bit shy of Superbowl level) if not for his label issues

That's why I said "recall or quote" buddy, trying to imply I didn't read your words when you're the one who didn't even read mine, so ironic lol

Sure, says the guy in the niche Lupe section on a niche hip hop forum, I really believe you're not invested as me lmao.

But it should have been obvious that "every week" was hyperbole and on the point still no proof just hearsay

He for sure was on his way to becoming a superstar and platinum selling artist for sure after The Cool if Atlantic didn’t interfere.

I don’t think he would’ve been as musically consistent as Kendrick has been because his focus was so much on lyrics but he would’ve been up there as far as one of the most popular rappers at that time when Wayne was. I could see Lupe vs Wayne being more of a popular debate had that happened.

Right before Cole, Drake, and Kendrick came along.

But I also think Lupe’s personality and stubbornness would’ve eventually led to his fall off commercially anyway. Just not as immediate lol

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"one of Youtube's hidden gems in Hip Hop commentary..."

He sort of changes the titles every so often to his videos and sometimes changes the thumbnail to max out the YT algo it is what it is

(just realized somebody already said this in much more detail nvm bro have a good day)

No they couldn't have been in no way did Electronica show the ability to hit make how Kendrick has not did Lupe show that skill set either after a certain point.

To be where Kendrick is it takes a lot and those two and I don't mean this in a way to downplay them never had I think the necessary movement or pieces to be what Kendrick is.

It's like when niggas compare Just Blaze to Kanye like them niggas both do soul beats that's where comp ends.

Lupe never had the temperament to be a star and Kendrick has never been the most political or controversial. It's an apples to oranges comparison.

Damn teared up seeing Lupe react to the old Sway clip

production game was fire from fahrenheit through the cool hol up

lupe's musical commitment issues his achilles heel.

mans legit coulda had a fire rock band but just....stopped after 1 project

I just wanna point out his whole career and history Changes is ChildRebelSoldier became a thing

you're being wildly obtuse my guy

trying to get the other two on the same page though sounds like a lot

i don’t think either really wanted to have the commercial appeal and big records that kendrick does. lupe was always a rappers rapper type and jay e enjoyed the enigmatic esoteric stuff

us placers never gets old

oh so this is a real thing

wow