Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

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A really good hiphop album.

It's good rap, quite indebted to its time and place but that's not necessarily a bad thing. You can feel the indirect (and sometimes direct, given the credits) influence of Kanye and Jay-Z all over this. And the socially conscious lyrics here and there can't hurt. I've browsed through the rest of Lupe Fiasco's discography, by the way, and it was interesting. It seems like there are two threads alternating during his close-to-twenty years career. One where he panders to the rap trends of the day, with a few good results overall, but also others that won't age very well, you can bet your boots on that! And one that's more experimental and leftfield, which sounds far more promising in the long run. In a way, you can find the origin point of those two trends in this debut album. Older boom bap alternates with soul-flavored Kanye shenanigans and other lush, glossy Jay-Z stylings typical of the naughts. It's the sort of "either/or" dynamic that is to be found in the rest of the rapper's discography. These days, Lupe goes from a jazzy and electronica-tinged style to a trap sound that sounds a little opportunistic, and probably less relevant that what the true originators of this subgenre have released over the recent years. Once again this situation can produce results that can either hold water or tread it, no matter what style is used on a given moment. And this sort of dynamic points to the only real issue I have with the American rapper: a relative lack of *identity*, often preventing the listener to fully invest in his music. It's only *one* issue, yet it's still a major one when it comes to "essential" music. And this issue can already be felt in Lupe's debut here. Which is why I will put the latter in my "waiting list". Besides, who knows? Maybe some later album of his can come up sounding more "relevant" if I dig further into them? As a consequence, my grade for *Food And Liquor* is 3/5 for the purposes of this app. Which translates to a 8/10 grade for more general purposes (5+3). Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 513 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 232 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 113 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 141

Very reminiscent of Kanye, like a mini version, going in the same direction, just not quite as good. But on its own it's still a good enjoyable album but just a bit too long and lacking maybe one or two standout songs for 4 stars

Fair. Probably easier to listen to than some rap Not my thing

I think this is one of those times where the album would be more highly rated if it weren't background music to my working and was a dedicated listen instead

Solid rap album

Good album, kick push a classic

Comme prévu, Lupe Fiasco vient ici nous prouver qu'il est un rappeur moyen, n'en déplaise au malade robpissaladière.

Lupe Fiasco was heralded in my college years as one of the more "conscience hip hop" artists, but that was mostly with his next album. This one definitely has a Kanye-style production/epicness around it. I will give him credit for his general deliberate choices to focus on "the issues" which I think is where hip-hop has its most power; talking politic. That said, it's good but feels too produced for my tastes. Just not my style. Strong debut though.

Vähän tuommoista mahtipontista hiphoppia JayZ/Kanye tyyliä, mutta oli hyviäkin kappaleita. Kick, Push ja The Instrumental parhaimmat, Daydreaming oli ennestään tuttu. Lopussa vähän outo 12 minuutin outro missä lupe kiittää ihan kaikkia, mutta sekin kuunneltu kokonaan

Thought I wouldn't like this and it is a little overproduced and has features of the worst of modern hip hop (no tine changes, sample after sample after sample) however it's a fresh sound. 3

Honestly I enjoyed it, which is saying something given my history with rap. Kick, Push and Kick, Push II were both fantastic. My main complaint was the length of the album. By the end, I was checking my phone and bemoaning that there was so much left.

3.5

It was a good 2006 rap album. Not great, but better than Fiddy or Asher Roth, for example. Not sure why it's here - suspect that future editions will replace it.

not bad.

this grew on me. im surprised i'd never took the time to listen to this. for some reason lupe has just never been my favorite. i've liked some songs, i've liked some verses, but could never get with him totally. i still feel the same after this, but i did add quite a few songs to playlists so that's something!

Kind of a strange decision to include the debut for an artist that found his full voice later and spent half of this one trying to be Jay-Z. Drogas Wave should have been on this list instead. Best track: Daydreamin'

Very middle of the road.

Album 39 of 1001 Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Favorite Track : He Say She Say, Real, Daydreamin' Rating : 4 / 5 I wasn't supposed to like this, but I did. I enjoyed it immensely. A reminder of why I'm doing this.

Oh, this is good. I enjoyed this album, and I'd not heard of the artist or any of his music before. Really well done. Superb groove, great delivery of the lyrics, and I am glad I've been introduced to this record. Nicely done, 1001 Albums Project.

3.7 - It’s ok, it’s pretty good. The spitting isn’t what’s exceptional so much as Lupe Fiasco’s unique worldview. He presents himself as a devout black Muslim growing up in Chicago, and his mindset represents that upbringing completely. He speaks with wisdom about all that is haram, more as a man who’s managed to largely steer clear of those vices rather than as a dabbler-turned-evangelist. Lots of nods to Kanye-style production - fat, blingy beats. LF’s flow is clear and his message resonant. He only stumbles when he tries to “sing-rap” - he obviously is not much of a singer. “Outro” is one delirious ejaculation of shout-outs, the likes of which I’ve never heard before. See also “Daydreamin’”

I almost loved this. I WANTED to love this. I tried REALLY HARD to love this. But I didn't. It's got too much Jay-Z stank on it. Too much "Uh. Yeeah. Heh." and bars repeated ad-nauseam. The production is all glitter and sparkles and J.J. Abrams lens flares. All the slick shine and over-stylized vocal hypes hide the quality of the content. Which, if you strip it all away, would be really REALLY solid. I want this same album but spit raw with the energy of a street cypher. I want more of what I heard from Ayesha Jaco in the intro track and less of Lupe trying to mimic Jay Z and Kanye. I want what I can tell is there but remains hidden. Passion. Skill. Heart. I was so disappointed by this one. It had so much promise.

20.04.23. Не люблю рэп, но этот альбом получился весьма приятным и изобретательным.

This is my first time listening and it's not bad. I like my hip-hop a little grittier. The production seems a little too clean, almost sterile. 5/10

Cat: I really like how they sampled music and the beat they matched them with. He’s a talented guy. I liked Kick, Push, Daydreamin, Hurt Me Soul and Pressure. Good lyrics, paints a picture. Not my favorite but it’s good! He talks about not being into the standard hip hop message. I liked how he did his thank yous as a track. Not gonna listen to it but that’s nice. AJ: Feel like the last person who should have something to say about a hip hop record, but here goes. Really dig the music and sounds. Really dig that he seems to have something to say about things he should have something to say. Smart kid. I can hear what he saying. Is Jay-Z the goat? Every time I hear him I get excited. Feel like if Jay is hanging then we should be too. Skateboard track was really cool. Storyteller. The imagery in Daydreaming had me slowing down to feel the sunshine. The Instrumental was on a video game I played a lot, probably knew every word at one point. He’s cool. Not The Cool, but cool.

A lot of it flows pretty nicely, but some parts made me feel nervous for some reason. The outro was a very long list I don't have to hear again

Pleasanlty surprised. Tacky album cover lowered my expectations quite a bit but the guy has a pretty nice flow.

Good! I liked the songwriting and the instrumentals.

NB

Not too into rap but there were a couple okay songs. Nothing too stand-out besides "Kick Push".

Good stuff.

Not impressed with the cover art. Listening to the first few songs I'm not sure why this is special enough to be on this list. Then I get to Kick, Push, and I'm like, yeah, this is pretty good. But pretty soon I'm back to thinking the album is fine but not exceptional. Then Sunshine and Daydreamin' caught my ear as exceptional. Overall the album sounds great and is easy fun and easy to listen to. I enjoyed it but I'm not blown away. I'm ambivalent about if it belongs on this list. 3.5 rounding down for outro.

Ummmm not my genre as I always say. Bit Kanye influenced. The production is very lush with strings.. his vocal delivery is very meh. Every track starts with a "uh" "all right" The Outro is tiresome.

You can tell a 00s hip-hop album by the intro, the lead single reprise, and the 11-minute outro.

This is another album I remember listening to when I was getting into hip-hop in college. I didn’t listen to it a ton but I was obsessed with “Daydreamin’” and would play it whenever I could. I can see why there was a lot of hype around Lupe Fiasco at the time — he’s got the wordplay of Mos Def and the swagger of Jay-Z. But I don’t know, there’s also something about his flow that I find easy to tune out. I often caught my mind drifting off and not listening closely to the lyrics. Maybe it’s because there aren’t a ton of hooks in his rapping. There are hooks in the chorus or from a sample but not usually from him. (Man, you can feel the difference right away when Jay-Z appears on “Pressure” - he has such a strong presence.) Still, the beats are very good and Lupe Fiasco’s rapping is strong. He’s a smart lyricist and I appreciate that he avoids rap cliches and focuses on storytelling. The album is close to being excellent but just misses the mark. (Jeez, the “Outro” is ridiculous — it’s worse than an Oscars speech. He just lists everyone he knows 😂)

Really clean production. The bass synth in "Intro" is one of the tightest I've heard in this style in a while. I think he's worked with Kanye? I haven't listened much to him but I know that Kanye has said his name before in some songs and track 2, "Real", really sounds like a Kanye track. It's a cool sound and while I really like Kanye's music I don't always like him and maybe Lupe Fiasco can scratch that itch when I get it? It's THAT sound- it's like max volume max energy, in your face hits and slams, samples throughout, etc. "Kick, Push" is so sick. Damn I like this track. "The Instrumental" sounds like a Linkin Park track. This is a 3 for me. Not quite a 4 but I did really enjoy it. I think there could be more diversity in the music behind the vocal parts- it's a very cool sound but it all just sounds a smidge similar for me to appreciate the differences in the tracks.

Lupe…too long my friend

Kinda felt like a musical

Completely new to me. Not bad, this. Some of the tracks feel a touch underdeveloped and repetitive, but they don’t detract much from the album. Skip the outro, though. Backing tracks are rich and layered. I’m finding I enjoy the back half of this album more than the first. Guess I like Liquor more than Food. Standout tracks: Daydreamin’, Pressure, American Terrorist 3.25

Hip hop. No está mal .

I only ever heard single from Lupe Fiasco before, this is rather good.

Honestly idk, I thought I'd like it more...

Lush production, smart album - I just don't like rap. Although I liked this than most others?

Generally poor and far too long. I liked the version of Daydream though. The font on the album cover should have been a giveaway to have naff this was!

Absolute skip fest this one. More than many rap albums this felt like Karoake over some funk tracks with some added strings. It’s trying way too hard to be cool and happy. Bonus point for apparently not being a misogynist homophobe gangsta.

This was ok. I enjoyed it, but didn’t think it was anything that special. “Daydreamin’” was awful. Overall it wasn’t bad, but I doubt I’ll ever listen to it again.

Blurrgghh this is the most boring sort of rap. Over produced music for people who want something to play at a dinner party to look cool without offending anyone.

This feels like a rap album for white people at a wine and nibbles soiree in a big farmhouse in the Cotswolds. It's all fine, but could have been written by AI. Samples - check, slick production - check, lyrics that seem to not actually mean anything - check. Music for playing in Gap. Apologies if Mr. Fiasco is just genuinely this dull, but I am suspicious of the intent. Having said that, ending the record with 13 minutes of extensive liner notes suggests he just really is a dork.

Felt like I was listening to music but not music. Nothing at all memorable other than the annoying repeated build up beats which seemed to be a common trend.

Not a huge fan. I’m not sure how much of an impact this album had. There were plenty of other rap artists doing something similar and better. Not to knock Lupe, he’s not a bad artist. This album just doesn’t seem very impressive sonically or influentially.

Entirely too long

Conscious‑Rap, Gesellschaftskommentar, stilistische Breite. Doch trotz einzelner starker Ideen wirkt das Album oft überfrachtet und zerfasert. Die Produktion schwankt, die Hooks bleiben selten hängen, und Lupe findet hier noch nicht die Klarheit, die seine späteren Highlights tragen wird.

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Pretty good album.

Good. Fun.

Badgood

He doesn't talk about bitches all the time, that's on the pro side. Aside from that I hate that pompous Kanye production and like so many hip hop albums this is way too long.

Atlantic 83959-2 (US) CD rip: I could tell "The Instrumental" had Mike Shinoda's influence before I looked it up. It's basically a Linkin Park track. A lot of these tracks remind me of Will Smith. Very kid-friendly and uplifting lyrics. "Daydreamin'" is hard to fuck up. Favorite track: "Pressure" 12 minutes of shout outs...c'mon man.

Not my thing, but pretty good for what it is.

The "American" song is genius. The rest is the same old predictable stuff.

It’s ok. It is deeper than your typical rap album from the 2000’s, but that doesn’t make it special. The beats are ok, the flow is ok, the songwriting is actually pretty good (it’s even got somewhat of a concept going for it), I just leave feeling underwhelmed.

2 out of 5. Good production but not my thing.

200th album!! crazy. couple of these i knew, not overall my vibe though unfortch

Feels like the end of something.

Painfully average imo. Lupe does rap well but I don’t remember much of this album other than the songs with Gemini, Jill Scott and Jay-Z. Daydreamin’ with Jill Scott was amazing. If the album had more songs and samples like this I would have rated it higher

Not a hip-hop fan but this wasn't that bad. Great production

It's okay. It's a bit too poppy / over produced for me and has the stench of Kanye. Kick/Push is a nice summery track - but sort of thing I would happily listen to on the radio but never really have any desire to listen by choice.

Enjoyed this more than I expected, it feels like a relic from another time.

I’m tired of say-my-own-name specialists. Almost a 1 for subjecting me to Outro alone.

Gosh. It was - inoffensive - but far too long and I was totally bored by the end.

2.5

Man Lupe Fiasco really did have 1 good song. Insufferably bling era temu kanye sounding album. Stellar on a production level, but really suffers from being Lupe Fiasco

Pretty easy listening, just not my style.

The flow of the liquor gets in the way of Lupe Fiasco’s actual flow, which is nonexistent here. Some of this is good, but a lot of this is an overproduced mess. The 12-minute outro is unnecessary.

Lutade åt en trea ett tag men det når inte riktigt dit. Beslutet att lägga 12 minuter shout outs efter ett entimmesalbum fick helhetskänslan att gå från helt okej till lite dålig.

Nära på att vara bra men lyfter ju aldrig riktigt och i slutet är jag bara trött på det.

Blandad kompott. The instrumental var verkligen crazy town-kass, men finns annat som är helt ok bra. Alltid kul att höra Jill Scott till exempel. Men fan, ju längre man kommer desto mer färglöst och tråkigt blir det.

nomás kick, push está buena pero igual no taaanto

I feel like the 12 minute thank-you speech outro didn't have to be on this album, like maybe save it for a stage or just print it on the liner notes. Also, dope-ass "I just learned how to use Photoshop" album cover. Music's not great, though.

I’m always like “man I wish rappers rapped about something other than money, bitches and drugs” and then I hear a socially conscious rapper being positive and empowering and I’m just like “Nerd!!!”

This is an album

'Eff off. For me, a junk genre with no entertainment value. And there's a stunning number of these on this list. I've liked very, very few - and this is not one of them.

It’s good for what it is but it is not for me

Love the cover art can’t say the same for the album. Juvenile lyrics and lame beats.

this style and era of hip-hop does nothing for me

There a couple decent songs on it but most of it sounds like Kanye using his formulas too much. Really like Kick Push 2.

Didn't capture me at all

A week of mediocre 3 star albums and this is annoying me. Probably this album isn't objectively any worse but it's so meh and bland it's getting 2 stars.

23. 루프 피아스코 - 푸드 앤 리쿼 총 16곡 수록, 1시간 10분. 나는 힙합은 잘 모르겠다 미안타... 그러나 잔잔하이 듣기는 좋네요 흠... 한줄평: 2.5점? 아쉽게도 쩜오가안된다... 취향: ★★☆☆☆ 재방문: ★★☆☆☆

I didn't mind some of that but most of it didn't work for me. Aspects of Kick, Push were cool and Daydreamin is probably the best on there but it's basically an hit song previously

oki, me gusta un poco, pero seguiré escuchando

Not a fan of hip-hop, but it's better than what I have expected.

Nice, nice. Gustó esa versión de Daydream.

Pop-hop? I didn’t warm to this. I was thinking it was over-produced then who pops along to confirm my thinking? H-to-the-Izzo!

Många olika peoducenter inblandade vilket märks. Soundet skiljer sig en del mellan spåren. Fina spår som He say… och Daydreamin blandas med bottennapp som The instrumental. Naturligtvis är albumet alldeles för långt, men det verkar ju vara någon slags naturlag för hip hop runt millenieskiftet. LF är helt okej MC. Varken mer eller mindre. Stark tvåa.

Ah, the mid 2000s.. for sure not the greatest era in hiphop. Quite the opposite in fact.

Pas tant fan de ses arrangements.

oh lupe, idk man, you KILLED it with some songs, but really lost me with the rest daydreamin and kick push were so epic, almost 3/4 worthy, but the rest of the album was so disappointing in comparison

Not my jam

Most creative filler oat

Alright i guess. Not really my genre.

Wasn’t all that impressed with this album. It starts out interesting and you think it’s going to be an experimental rap album but the first song is so poorly written it just takes it all away. There’s some redemption but this one wasn’t for me.

Loved the music, don't care for the rap

It has some great tunes on it. Kick/push and daydreamin are great. The rest of the album sounds alike. Did not age well

Oof this was a too long album! I really like “Daydreamin’” but that was all. The rest of the album wasn’t as interesting. I appreciate the difficult topics Lupe Fiasco touched upon, and I admire him for that. Cool to see all the collabs, too.

I had heard of but wasn't particularly familiar with Lupe Fiasco. Upon listening to this, I feel like his work is very inspired by, or at the very least, in line with Kanye West's style. There really wasn't anything wrong with this album, but nothing on it really caught me. The production, lyrics, and beats were all decent and felt innovative, but yeah. I was honestly just pretty bored.

Rap, with interesting instrumentation

Not much to say about this album. It was fine, but it's not really for me. The only track that stood out to me was American Terrorist. Other than that, this album was far too long and the 12 minute outro track shouting out all the people he's thankful for is just annoying. Seriously, why is this needed on any album?

Man, I really don't like hip hop. Like straight up hip hop, no other elements to it. It's a bit different from the old-school style though, that much is noticeable, even to my untrained ear.

A good 20 minutes too long and utterly nonsensical.

Just felt like a waste of time. The music itself was fine, but not sure why they felt compelled to put him on this list instead of other hip hop artists.

Aggressively mediocre 2000s R&B which does not even begin to compete with albums that came out around the same time. Too long too.

Too repetitive.

its not terrible, I just don't see me seeking it out .

Aika peruskauraa, yllätyin ku oli 2006, olin varma että ysärillä tehty. Jälkeenjääny jätkä!

On kai tässä jotain ideaa, mutta ei oo räppihommat edelleenkään mun juttu.

Daydreamin’ is good. The rest I can live without. 2/5

Sorry Lupe, dit was m niet

Non è il mio genere, mi sono bastate 3 canzoni per dire no

I'm a high 2/low 3. The album is too long (including the outro), and it sounded a bit generic in parts for me. Every track felt so full it made it feel overproduced.

This is #day562 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… somehow, during my teenage years, this name never crossed my radar, so this is a first for me. Very much a product of the early '00s. It was fun to hear Mike Shinoda's signature on "The Instrumental." Honestly, I think Fort Minor would've been a more appropriate inclusion. Also, that 12-minute outro... Kind of a fiasco. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day563.

Motherfucker, your debut album (which is the epitome of "entirely mid and forgettable but relatively harmless") does not in any way merit a 12 minute 14 second long outro track. "Shoutout to everybody"? Shut the fuck up, man. Such a weird inclusion for this book.

That album cover screams 2006!

Não gostei. Achei bem Kanye west Que também não gosto

A hip hop cliche that is filled with all of the usual "socially conscious" boredom. That Outro is a an outright eye-rolling musical sin. About the only thing I enjoyed was the maximalist instrumental arrangements and production techniques. Every time I started to enjoy a song, he would ruin it with non-stop victimhood mind-set, or the gratuitous use of hip hop cliches like the N-word. All that said, I did appreciate what appeared to be a lack of misogyny that would appear in other hip hop albums from 2006. This album might appeal to hip hop audiences, but I don't hear why this album needs to be on this list. Just another hip hop album, it doesn't seem essential in any particular way. Nothing here that had not been done before. Not something I will ever need to hear again. Someone else said Kmart Kanye, and I couldn't stop laughing.

OK, but not for me. 2/5

Ich bin kein Freund von Rap-Musik. Das Album ist aber melodisch und Fiascos Stimme angenehm. 2/5

Another one & done.

based on the first four tracks

Yesterday I was assigned Dizzee Rascal's Boy in the Corner to listen to and its invention and originality make this a hard listen. The production on this is of the "More is more" variety. No kitchen sink could have been safe within a 5km radius of the studio, so many were thrown in. At times it sounds like a MOR sixties album there's so many strings and choirs happening. It's the Bert Kaempfert of rap. And then the lyrics. Sincere, but awkward, hearing them is like finding a sensitive16 year old's secret diary under his mattress and when you read it it's full of serious thoughts about the world and all if it expressed in a self-important naivity that lands with a thud. Lust, sometimes can override trust So death might not let me live. You're the starry skies above me Won't you please come down and hug me Are examples of the sort of thing. Put it on while you're ironing your shirt and it'll be a fair background. Listen to it as I think it was intended - as an important statement about the world - and its just ... not...

This sounds like nothing but noisy chaos. I’m sure it’s fine for its genre, but I’m not a fan of it.

It’s was average, a few decent tunes on here, without being spectacular

I got bored pretty quickly. Maybe I need a better context.

This was not for me.

Had its good moments but overall pretty self-indulgent. A 12 minute outro of shout-outs sums the whole thing up. Just send your friends a text, dude. I didn’t need to hear all that.

Highlight: Kick Push In a nutshell: "representing the 1st & 15th" Conscious hip-hop gets a reboot for the 2000's. But not by someone from the east or west, but a Chicagoan. Clever sample choices. Blatantly obvious who was producing which tracks. It did sound bland in parts. Outro, although it is important to acknowledge those who helped Lupe make this (debut) album, could have been a secret track instead. Overall: 3/10

Jeg kjente Lupe Fiasco som en nobody som var featured på et eller flere Yeezy spor (jeg har gjort researchen min og funnet ut at det var Touch the Sky). For en stund tilbake fant jeg ut at han hadde to-tre solo-album som var regnet som bra -- blant annet dette -- men jeg hadde ikke regnet med at det skulle dukke opp her. Just Might Be OK er omtrent pastiche av første to skivene til Ye. På The Instrumental fremmaner han sin indre Mike Shinoda. Og det er kanskje ikke så rart, for det viser seg at han faen meg har produsert sporet. Ingen kan beskylde Shinoda for å ikke ha en særegen stil i hvert fall. Sunshine minner meg om Nujabes. Daydreamin', tydeligvis et av skivas mest populære spor, bruker bare I Monsters "remix" av Günter Kallmann Chors Daydream wholesale, og jeg synes ikke den gjør noe interessant med den. Og det er kanskje cruxen her: Lupe Fiasco har alright smak og et visst talent, men han mangler det elementet som skiller "genier" fra de som "kun" har talent. Hurt Me Soul er nok det sporet jeg liker best. Og det er kanskje urettferdig å bruke exempler fra fremtiden, men Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ga ut en hel skive som fanger den samme viben med sterkere bars og bedre produksjon åtte år senere... Finnes sikkert noen kontemporære svar også. Siste sporet er en blåkopi av Kanyes Last Call som igjen demonstrerer at Loopy Lupe mangler originalitet. Føles veldig svakt. Selv om jeg vil si at denne skiva for det meste er god, er det ingenting her jeg ikke har hørt bedre andre steder. Når den endelig er over, er jeg lei, og jeg ser ikke for meg at jeg noensinne kommer til å ville høre den igjen.

This really isn't one for me. I'm surprised an hour of "yih, uh-huh" is considered one of the 1001 best albums of all time.

I’m sorry, did this album just end with 11 minutes of shout-outs? I couldn’t talk for 11 minutes straight, let alone name 11 minutes worth of people I know, let ALONE name 11 minutes worth of people I worked on a group project with. SHEESH.

Me temo que no soy negro y me aburre sobremanera este tipo de música basada en las letras. gracias a la colaboración de Jill scott hay una canción soportable.

Never really got into Lupe, now I know I didn't miss out on a lot. Too long for my taste. 4/10 Favourite track: Daydreamin'

It took me until well into the album before I could figure out why this album wasn't doing it for me. Lupe Fiasco rose to fame after thrusting on a Kanye song. He then proceeds to record an album that sounds like he's a poor man's Kanye. The beats are OK, the flow is fine, but Lupe as a rapper has the personality of almond milk. There is nothing distinct about his style. Each track just has me thinking it would be better with someone else rapping. Don't get me wrong, there are some standout tracks like "Daydreamin'" but the rest are just so generic. It's not a bad album, but Grammy winner? C'mon now.

Couple of bangers but that outro threw off the vibe.

Liked many lyrics but not the music.

72 minutes is too long

I'll start with the positives; it was better than I thought it would be, some nice collaborations and use of samples However, intros are always bad, and the outros are even worse. You don't need to spend over 10 minutes thanking everyone. It would have been quicker to name the People he didn't want to thank.

Fine

4/10

This stands out compared to most of the other hip-hop albums I’ve encountered so far. The lyrics feel more socially conscious and avoid the usual misogynistic tropes, which is refreshing. The rhythms and beats are solid—nothing groundbreaking, but definitely enjoyable. Overall, I appreciated the listen, but it’s not something I’d revisit again.

Album No. 0061 on my list. Never heard of Lupe Fiasco before, but I’m not that much into Hip Hop. To my limited knowledge l, this contains some solid Hip Hop Tracks, even though I must say that I don’t find many songs all too memorable. I like some of the lyrics, though. “Just Might Be OK”, and “Kick, Push II” were my favorites. It’s a narrow decision between 2 and 3 stars, but in the end, it’s 2/5 stars for me.

Somewhat interesting hip hop, but wasn't particularly groundbreaking

Nah. But a coupla good ones

It was alright, but I prefer more punchlines. Maybe they were there, I couldn't tell

OK but didn't move me in any way. Basically all stuff that Kanye did, and did better. And that's before we discuss the Outro...

This was decent for the genre which isn't my favorite. Had some variety and was mostly more mature lyrically than some others.

The better B.O.B.

Ugh I was going to give this a 3 because I did genuinely enjoy a few songs. There were some throwbacks here that I'd not heard in years! But there was also a load of shite that should have been left off the album The reason I'm knocking an extra star off is because I hated the outro that much. It really got on my tits to be honest and I couldn't believe it was STILL going Maybe there's a reason I hadn't heard these songs in years 2 ⭐️

😊

Sometimes quite listenable for an hip-hop album. But a full album of hip-hop is still too much for me.

I solid hip hop album, you can certainly hear a Kanyeness to it and for that reason I wanted to not like it but it was ok really. Probably will never listen to it again though… Sorry.

I’m not interested in rap but this was pretty good.

Por más que lo intento no puedo terminar un disco de rap sin que se me atragante. A Lupe Fiasco no lo conocía ni de nombre. Una canción me suena pero creo que es por el sampler que usa. Me cuesta encontrar descanso en la continua verborrea dentro de temas sin estribillo, por más que su base rítmica tenga su aquel, y mira que lo intento. La desconexión cultural que siento ante esta manifestación artística tampoco ayuda, por mucho que los temas que se tratan son cuestiones sociales casi universales, pero es el formato el que me resulta ajeno.

Not my thing, though some of the sampling is cool.

It’s ok I suppose but it’s not really my genre

Having flashbacks to 'The College Dropout'... especially with that (almost equally insufferable) Outro... oof... It's unfortunate that what I think could be the strongest part of this album (the lyrics) is somewhat obscured and overshadowed by its weaker elements (e.g. dull hooks, uninteresting samples, and length (even without that unnecessary Outro)). I often felt like weighty things were flying by too quickly to absorb them. Multiple plays might help more of the message to shine through, but the cited weaker elements are a real deterrent to that approach. Still, I did give it two listens (minus that (and I can't stress this enough) fully skippable Outro), and there are a few decent tracks ('Kick, Push', 'The Instrumental' and 'He Say She Say' stand out), so it wouldn't feel right outright failing it.

Not mad about it, not excited about it. I didn’t need it on this list.

One good song

Synes Chicagoscenen i 00'erne er helt fint repræsenteret på listen uden et så overproduceret album som det her. Jeg synes Lupe er en helt ok rapper dog, men øj hvor er den her lang og monoton

I love rap, was really into Kanye’s first few albums, and really enjoy Lupe’s later career albums (Tetsuo & Youth onward), so I was surprised how little I enjoyed this. His flow is pretty good and the lyricism is pretty good, but I mostly hate the production. It just sounds lame and hasn’t aged super well I think. Obviously “Kick, Push” is a classic, but few other moments on this record really appealed to me.

Every cut sounds the same.

Listening to Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor leaves you hungry and sober. Daydreamin' is the only saving grace, because it reminds me of Glory Box by Portishead.

Rap crap

It seems like this was significant for a period in time but that it’s stuck there. Time moved on; it didn’t.

Synes da va greit nok, egentlig

Not my bag, but I've heard worse, Uh!

I did not use a private session, though I should have. Not my music and too much use of the N word. I'm sure Fiasco was meant to be tongue in cheek, but it fits.

Why is this album on this list?

Personally not for me, but I can appreciate the creativity to the beats and rhythms

Ass album cover but didn’t listen too much

s intro isch uhuere spoken word dings haha. beat uf real isch recht geil mit de glitzerige synthis aber wird mit de ziit chli komisch? s het die ganz ziit hits so dass es gar nüme so hitted? just might be ok au wieder soooo en busy beat holy moly. aso recht cool und mega extra. ich cha mit sine text nonig soo viel afange. aber er het e cooli stimm und sin flow isch recht konstant und mit sehr viel selbstvertraue. i gotcha sehr verspielt sehr fun! he say she say hani etz chli bisi gfunde. find d production langsam chli nervig. und au so d text theme sind bitz sehr debüt-rapalbum lueg woher ich cho bin. ich willsem nöd abspreche. aber isch zums hüt lose würkli nüt mega spannends daydreamin' huuuuere cool mit sample sehr whimsical und denn de beat slappt moll gfalltmer. okay bi th cool gohts etz zum bispil mol uf so drogehandel und de shit. uf hurt me soul heter e mega langi reimketti woni zerst gfunde han isch chli e lyrical spiritual situation aber s isch no cool. pressure meeega geils intro haha. aha jay z isch ume. findi en uuuhuere geile best die fusiony iwürf au extrem geil. ui jay z dopplet sini stimm si soeziell und me ghört daser dopplet well es isch loose aber irgendwie saugeil. wiso isch das huere outro 12 minue lang??? huere schissdreck echt. es sind afoch NUME shoutouts merci. sorry stern abzug. gad e zwei.

Interesting. Jay-Z ish

Not my thing. But I did listen to the entire album.

Stylish, nice flow. Still really empty album for me.

Comes across pretty basic

It's alright hip hop for me. Never heard of him before today, he has a really nice flow but it gets a little stale over the length of the album. Good beats and some of it is catchy just not for an entire album. I can definitely see how people would like this though.

2/5

This was okay, I guess. Not really my thing. He reminded me a lot of Jay-Z.

This went from a 3 at the start to a 1 after the following lyrics: Now come on everybody, let's make cocaine cool We need a few more half naked women up in the pool And hold this MAC-10 that's all covered in jewels And can you please put your titties closer to the 22s? And where's the champagne? We need champagne Now look as hard as you can with this blunt in your hand And finished as a 2. At times this was an absolute abomination, as deep as a puddle of urine and equally enticing. But by the end there was enough in the beats and music to kick it up a notch. 1.5 rounded to 2, just.

I found most of this repetitious, formulaic and forgettable like a lot of the hip hop of this era. Had to punch out on the excessive and annoyingly long outro… 2.5/5

Semi modern hip hop, nothing too substantial

I’ve always liked the song, Kick Push but this album was disappointing. Especially since the last track is 11 minutes of him thanking random people

Sonically cluttered. Lacking dynamic range. This had some nice moments, but overall was an exhausting listen. And that 12 minute outro...bro, that's what liner notes are for. Standout track: The Instrumental, American Terrorist

I hope it's good food(I don't drink by the way).

Very well produced hip-hop album (produced by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams etc.), perhaps it is a bit too busy even. The music is enjoyable enough while I listen to it, but after a few songs, I already forget what I've heard a few minutes earlier. Also, the album is way too long, with over 70+ minutes. Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, downgraded to 2 overall.

So very bored by this.

I held off on listening to this for a long time because I thought it was going to require concentration like a lot of hip hop with dense lyrics, but to me this all seems pretty basic. The Instrumental is some real teenage makes-you-think drudgery with some especially straightforward beats. He Say She Say all seems to be surface level. I really didn't like Daydreamin' to begin with, the lazy sampling of an old track gave it the feeling of trip hop, but the verses pulled it back. The Cool reminds me of a musical interlude from a scare-them-straight, stay-in-school educational video schools make you watch in your early teens. I think my issue with this and other "socially-conscious" rap is that the identity and aim of the music is negative, an overt attempt to reject and be the opposite of mainstream rap, instead of just being different by being free and making its own path, which would lead to more possibilities in the music. By trying to oppose mainstream rap, this is still tied to it.

Es un buen álbum, no se puede negar. Las rimas son muy particulares, las letras interesantes (aunque me cueste horrores identificarme con las vicisitudes de un skater negro americano), y la producción buenísima. Además, es un álbum pionero dentro de ese "rap consciente" de temática más política y sensible en comparación al gangsta rap que lo precedió. Es una especie de Kanye West menos loco. Me alegra que existan discos como este, pero es que la mezcla de R&B y rap no es lo mío, como ya he dicho en otra ocasión. Sencillamente, me aburre escucharlo. Todas las canciones siguen la misma fórmula, y suelo preferir el rap menos melódico, menos cercano al pop comercial. Además, es demasiado largo. 2.5 que voy a redondear hacia abajo.

Not my style i dont even think its that good

Deze man houdt van intro's denk ik. Track 1 is letterlijk een intro, track 2 en 3 klinken als een intro van een track die nooit op gang komt en track 4 heeft een intro van zo'n 49 seconden. Ik ben van voor de TikTok generatie, maar ook mij ben je dan eigenlijk al een beetje kwijt. Ik merk dat een groot deel van dit album me irriteert. Track 6 vind ik wel tof, een soort suikervrije Linkin Park variant. Her en der nog een aardig beatje met een leuk stukje rappen. Het is niet genoeg voor mij. Ik ga deze 2 sterren geven. Ik vind de meeste beats simpelweg niet lekker en dan blijft er bij zo'n album wat mij betreft weinig over. En dan nog dat outro van 12 minuten. Slechts 2 sterren.

Production on this is good, if a little dated and of it's era - a halfway between the maximalist Kanye, and the RnB/Hip Hop hybrid of the early 2000s. My biggest gripe is the lyrics - Lupe is clearly a talented rapper and delivery is mostly OK, but his writing is really not for me. A select few have somewhat interesting wordplay, but is mostly very simple and predictable. Best Tracks: - Daydreamin Worst Tracks: - American Terrorist - Hurt Me Soul Rating: 4/10

It's not even the album with "Battle Scars" :c

Boring. Weird that this is in the same era as J.Dilla, The Ummnah, even KanYe.

I hate Lupe’s voice & intonation, so a few cool bars don’t compensate for it. Standout track is: “Pressure”

Not my cup of tea. I didn't bother listening to the intro and outro. Still had a few songs that I enjoyed! I added 5 songs from the album to my '1001 albums favorite songs' playlist.

I love hip-hop, but this is not my cup of tea. A little too breezy and upbeat. Well produced and with solid, thoughtful lyrics. I just prefer a little more grit in my rap.

Doing this I have found, to my surprise, that I enjoyed most of the rap and hip-hop on the list. This album not so much The production is weird, his rapping is monotonous and lacks variety and his lyrics are generic. It sounds like everything else from this era.

fine but not for me

I liked this album at the time, but it’s boring

While there are a couple of really good songs on this one (Real, The Instrumental, and The Cool being stand outs) by the end of the album I could not wait for it to finish. Way too long.

Not for me

He did a pretty decent album, then ‘Outro’ pushed it to the floor, kicked it in the nuts, stamped on its face, did a shit on it and then pissed on it for more than 10 minutes.

fiasco by name

Not for me

There’s some catchy stuff here, but a lot of it is really nothing special and the 12 minute thank you track is horribly boring. Took away a star for that.

Very mediocre

Why do rap albums have to be so fucking long?! At least jazz albums generally have the good grace to release the listener after 35-45 minutes. This is 72 minutes! Not my taste, not going back.

It was back in 2007 hanging out with Jay Z when he was talking about this Fiasco fella. We weren’t sure. It all sounded a bit the same and if honest, we thought it was boring. Roll on Len scoffing down some of the buffet. He loved this bean dish. He has to be careful. He suffers from lots of food allergies. Most of the top 14. He scoffed these beans without checking the way Len does at a buffet. Before I even had a chance to stop him, he was bright red, throat swelling up! Fortunately Iggy Pop was there and he only carries Epipens with him everywhere. It’s the only way he can keep moving like he still does. Len soon came back to normal! Very fortunate! We coined this incident Len’s Lupin Fiasco! 2.3

I understand that this album may have started a thing, but it’s not even the best Lupe fiasco album

Didn't find it appealing.

It was better than I expected. It started out pretty good, but then dropped off as it went on entirely too long.

Not my favourite style of music so I didn't really enjoy the album

2.5

If you like rap then this is definitely an album worth listening to. Musically, it has a softer sound. Something different.

Unfortunately, another bog average 2000s rap album. Unnecessarily long and bloated (72 minutes to be exact: did we really need a 12-minute outro of Lupe thanking everyone?), and not actually that good with the exception of: ‘Kick, Push’, ‘I Gotcha’, ‘He Say She Say’ and ‘Sunshine’.

Stopped listening halfway through, during Daydreamin. At first I mused about the difference between "spoken word" and "rap music" and then I just got tired of feeling like I was being preached at--maybe this is due to the monotony of his tone across tracks.

This was fine. Not as interesting as some of the more recent hip-hop on the list. Minus one star for the 11 minute shout out filled outro.

Pop+Rap, 2006 -> 2

noh niin perus pelleilylä voi kahta enempää..

I don't know if it was because I was already feeling ill, but the production on this made me feel very nauseous. Also awful name for an album, extremely dated album cover and some lyrics were cringe. Still, he seems conscientious. 2 stars.

Þessi rappplata var nú bara allt í lagi. Mér leiddist ekki að hlusta á hana nema 12 mínútna þakkargjörðahátíðina í lokin. Þá leiddist mér alveg hrikalega og bara það lag togar þessa annars ágætu plötu úr þremur niður í tvær stjörnur

Turns out that if Kanye was well-adjusted then the albums would be mid.

#404. This just sounds like he's trying real hard to be like Kanye West. And also he said several times You already know, and something about a fool and liquor. Well you know what sir, I don't already know. The fuck are you talking about? Are you the fool with the liquor? Is this a cautionary tail against fools and liquor? What are you actually talking about? You know what.. I don't care. 2/5: I'm going home

Not my cup of tea

Right now, for the first half of the album I was just wishing he'd shut the fuck up and leave just the sound track. There was some really good mellow easy listening vibes coming from it. The second half not so, and then that track appeared. I believe it's been used in some adverts, and it is a stand out track. Daydreaming a beautiful piece of music. A beacon of light in and otherwise dreary landscape. But even that can't drag the rest above a 2.

Not as terrible as most from this genre so I’ll give it a massive 2 stars

Better than I expected from a Rap artist, probably due to the samples and arrangements of the songs. This was also helped by the non-extreme lyrics. He seemed to be an exemplar of his genre, when it comes to lyrical content. Not that I was really concentrating on them too heavily. Worth a 2 (about the same level as Deep Purple's Machine Head).

So I thought there were good songs and ok songs on here, was ready to give it a 3. Then you get to this self indulgent Oscar speech at the end that absolutely ruins the album.

To me this seems like generic hip-hop. Nothing I haven't heard before and nothing I will search for in the future.

Hip hop for 12 year olds. Never understood this Kanye/JayZ nonsense stuff. Zero substance or anything to have any emotion toward

A couple of songs were ok and a few more had interesting beats but otherwise I didn't enjoy this much at all. Ending with a 12 minute outro is a bold move.

This sounds pretty dated, like a budget Kanye album. Lupe is also the weakest element here, the beats are generally more interesting than him. There are some interesting and creative moments, although I feel like the strings on the track are more bait for the easily impressed by sampling types than strong beat themselves. I'd say this is an above average 00s hip hop album. C

# Album Name: Food and Liquor # Artist: Lupe Fiasco # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Not my thing. Sounds like distinctly average rap. Kick, push and Daydreamin were alright. # Top Tunes: Kick, push and Daydreamin # Would I listen to it again? Nah, just a couple of tracks.

Nothing great here

Sounds so poppy, pander-y, borderline childish. What little I've heard of his later (post-2018) output sounds much better.

Just a worse Kanye

2,5

Nope, another hip hop album that does absolutely nothing for me. This one maybe has a little more production value than most others I've heard on this list so far but it's still just bad music. Repetitive to the point of droning. Another album that sounds like a 12-year-old kid trying to sound cool for an older crowd. This record seemed to go on forever and after looking to see how much was left all I could think was "oh god I'm only halfway through". I thought it was funny that someone else complained about the last track being 12 minutes long, but I mean this is really just like one track that's an hour and 15 minutes. It's maybe not as bad as most of the other hip hop albums I've heard so far, but still only going to be like a 1.5/5. I suppose I'll round up because, although present, this album wasn't stereotypically laden with misogyny like most hip hop records.

A good rap album, in the guise of a Kanye album, no surprise he’s involved in this, but also a bit forgettable, not sure I’ll remember it come next week.

Never heard of him before and seeing that West and Jay-Z were involved lowered my expectations. Well, I wasn't wrong. Lyrics are mediocre at best, often trying too hard, and way too much self-importance. The music's not much better, I heard the same stuff too often. Overall a boring experience.

Trying hard with these new fangled hip-hop records but I guess what I’m with just isn’t “it” anymore. Great Kanye production but a dreadfully forgettable album, with the usual bloated run-time. Bang fucking average.

Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor [2006] Didn't like it all that much, seemed rather derivative to me. "Just Might Be OK" reminded me of Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love". "The Instrumental" reminded me of Linkin Park. For the most part he sounds like a protege of Jay-Z maybe with a little bit of Emenem's slower flow. I dug some of the music bed and samples, but to me this is pretty much down the line aughts hip hop to me. Again I'm not a rap guy so I ain't the person this album was aimed. With out counting the 12min of shout outs. I should because it's actually part of the album, but I'm not. There is a reason most people walk out of the movies during the credits. Im going with a (5.5) ★★½

Not my prefered type of hiphop. Not really bad, just boring. 2.5 stars

Kinda passable conscious hip hop palaver over some poppy and approachable but fairly dated 00s production. There’s a few punchy, catchy highlights early on like with Kick, Push but a lot of the beats afterwards are quite subpar and skippable and choice of sample for Daydreaming is really eye-rolling and overfamiliar. And at the end Lupe forgets what liner notes are for and gives 12 minutes of shout outs to everyone he can think of. A mega patchy 2 and half stars.

Byrjaði þokkalega en ég entist ekki plötuna í gegn. Varð fljótt frekar boring.

Didn’t really do anything for me.

A lot of uh...yeah...uh...nomsayin...lemme axe you. In general, just too much of everything, an overload of sounds beating you over the head. And a freakin' 12 minute outro with him shouting out every single person he's met in his entire life. On a positive note, he doesn't go for the violent thug life , disrespecting women, filthy lyrics like some of the other rap albums on this list. It's something.

Never got into this guy

2.3 - Yeah this wasn't for me. Nothing really grabbed me and not sure why it made the list honestly

Bang average, generic, noughties hip-hop by numbers. Not even the laziest Jay-Z feature can save it from the total anonymity it suffers. I defy anyone to claim there’s a single track on this album that stands out or remains with you.

Definitely not for me.

Just not my interest

Lupe is a Fiasco. Very overrated, the crescendo beats with classical music and jazzy trumpets I found vague amd not very good. Difffent rapping an a few cool songs but eeffinitively NOT a Album you can’t live without. Very repetitive overall. Great musical guests amd featurings.

I was intrigued by the sounds and concept of this album. I liked how it reminded me of early Kanye, but the more I listened, the more I was convinced that there’s few things for me here. I could listen to some of these songs like “I Gotcha” or “‘Kate Bush’” but the second half was a big yawn for me. I mean, I am not a rap connoisseur , but I don’t think this is one of the best Jay Z’s features and, did you listen to the last song? I had listened to self indulgent outros before, but this one is the bombastic, in the worst kind of way. Totally unnecessary.

It doesn’t quite gel. The production is solid. His flow is good and switched up a bit. His lyrics aren’t reprehensible. But it just kind of falls flat.

Did not need to hear Lupe fiascos food and liquor before I died

Not great.

Not really my thing. I'm not the biggest hip-hop fan (I was when I was 16 though), but I usually can appreciate some De La Soul, N.W.A or Wu-Tang. This wasn't my thing though. I guess Daydreamin' was cool, but that's more because of the sample. 2.4*

Well this project has confirmed that rap really isn't for me. I keep trying. I did like some of the backing and instrumentation (Just Might Be OK was really interesting) but I find the vocals get boring after a couple of tracks. Sorry.

While the production is still fun to listen to, the rapping seems a little outdated (despite Lupe hitting some catchy flows here and there) 2.5/5

It was good, but I did not like how he was just talking.

Just no. I couldn't find anything on this album that struck a vein with me, and I tried twice.

Not for me. It’s not bad, well produced, just not my kinda thang

Неужели никто не сказал этому бюджетному Канье Уэсту, что весь его пиздеж 12 минутный на аутро пишут на релизе....

It was okay. R&B is not really my thing, but I actually found it somewhat relaxing background music.

Not for me. Too young but not eternal or classic. Just young.

Some good songs on here. Not sure this should be on the list though.

La temática chico skater conoce a chica skater dio lugar a una variante del estilo que se dio en llamar skate-rap y que tiene en el sencillo principal extraído de este disco, "Kick, Push" uno de sus clásicos. Entre las canciones también destacan "He Say She Say" y "Hurt Me Soul". Pero sobre todo brilla una cuidada y brillante producción en línea con la que se realizaba en los mejores discos de principios de los 90, trasladada una década después.

Gear: Aür Audio Aurora Artwork: stilsicher wie eine Collage in der Abi-Zeitung Mix: Kanye, Mike Shinoda und die Neptunes machen das schon fein - der (Sub)Bass drückt, die Vocals breiten sich voluminös aus, die selbst Grenzfälle (Glockenspiel in "Daydreamin'") funktionieren Musik: ganz schöner Brocken von zwar handwerklich hochwertigem, aber ziemlich egalem 2000er Hip-Hop Wertung: 💿💿(💿)/5

Listened to this with my coworker, he seemed to like it. I didn’t.

It’s still rap. And while there are some moments of interest for me….A couple of songs that are something more than rap, since I don’t enjoy it, it’s hard to get wrapped up in lyrics. There are some interesting ones.

OK, well I'd not heard of this record before! I found it dull and boring with the same kind of vocal delivery throughout this excessively long album.

Not my jam, as you know…

A widely acclaimed album I’ve never been able to get into. It’s a little too long and I don’t think it’s quite as deep as it thinks it is.

Hip hop album, which I did not know in advance, sounds pleasant and has some nice songs, but is way too long and overall a bit too middle of the road / boring.

2000s rap artist doing the same thing that 90's artist did. It's fine but not very creative.

This seemed really long. The few good parts were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of sameness from the rest of the album.

Started off not liking the album much. Then there were a couple or three songs in the middle that I sort of liked and though, maybe this isn't that bad. Then it kept going. And going. It's not the worse album I've heard, but I will never put it on again, either.

nope.

I think we're entitled to not like something without not knowing why for sure. It should be rare, its important to know why you don't like something. That said there are exceptions and for me this is one of them.

Didn’t manage to listen to all of it. Average at best

Not for me

not my tempo.

It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great either.

A dull rap album with super annoying outro & interludes.

Ok for rap. Liked the backing music.

Not for me.

Didn't care for this. It would have been a 2.5, but the outro makes it a 2.0. 12 minutes of the same 10 second loop is a way to fill the rest of a CD, I suppose. Don't waste my time. 2/5

Didn't do much for me