Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
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Artist: Lupe FiascoEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Baba Says Cool for Thought - Lupe Fiasco
- Free Chilly - Lupe Fiasco, Gemstones, , Sarah Green
- Go Go Gadget Flow - Lupe Fiasco
- Coolest - Lupe Fiasco
- Superstar - Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos
- Paris, Tokyo - Lupe Fiasco
- Hi-Definition - Lupe Fiasco, Pooh Bear, Snoop Dogg
- Gold Watch - Lupe Fiasco
- Hip-Hop Saved My Life - Lupe Fiasco, Nikki Jean
- Intruder Alert - Lupe Fiasco, , Sarah Green
- Streets on Fire - Lupe Fiasco
- Little Weapon - Bishop G, Lupe Fiasco, , Nikki Jean
- Gotta Eat - Lupe Fiasco
- Dumb It Down - Graham Burris, Lupe Fiasco, , Gemstones
- Hello/Goodbye (Uncool) - Lupe Fiasco, UNKLE,
- Die - Lupe Fiasco, , Gemstones
- Put You on Game - Lupe Fiasco
- Fighters - Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos
- Go Baby - Lupe Fiasco, , Gemstones
- [CD-Rom Track]
Music reviews of The Cool
Music Review: Wow
Rating: 5 Stars
For a couple years, I've had both of Lupe's albums. I liked the singles, but I guess I never gave it too much of a chance...initially I think I may have been distracted by some repetitive hooks on the first couple tracks and never really went farther. Tonight, I'm doing math homework, the girlfriend is sleeping so I throw on some headphones and do my thing. Only thing is, an hour an a half later, my math is barely started. This album just mesmerized me. I'm so sick of the crap that passes for hip-hop these days, and this is seriously refreshing. With headphones, it's impossible to Lupe's message, his insanely good flow, ominous hypnotic beats, and just straight intellect. I hate to jump to conclusions, but I might have just found my new favorite rap album, not that there is not a lot of competition these days. Recommended tracks: "Hip-hop changed my life," "Dumb it Down," and "Streets on Fire."
Description of The Cool
The name of Lupe Fiasco's sophomore set sounds like a Kanye-ism, and that's fitting: The Cool spills over with Mr. West-style urgency, and it's just about as smart as anything Fiasco's more flamboyant mentor has issued. It could even land Lupe a little too close to the top of the hip-hop heap for Kanye's comfort. The Cool is cool not only for its sober, clear-headed vibe -- Fiasco ponders everything from the apocalypse to poverty to the weight of worldly possessions in these songs, some of them produced with a level of sensitivity uncommon among studio tracks by Soundtrakk -- but also for its potential. Songs like "Dumb It Down," about the music industry's insistence on the same old sorry themes, burn with relatability and realness. But others go deeper. "Little Weapon," produced by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump, and "Intruder Alert" shape-shift customary hip-hop dialogue to let the issues of the day come sharply into focus. They make you think. Overall, The Cool is fevered, fierce, and at times furious, but so is Lupe Fiasco, and the album easily earns its spot as one of the top 10 CDs of 2007. --Tammy La GorceGeneral CDs
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