I love Lupe Fiasco as a lyricist. His lines can go over many's head and we all know there has been requests for him to "dumb it down." However, for the most part Lupe has stuck to his guns. He has really uplifting lyrics that are directed to your average working citizen. I was recently looking over some footage and saw how Lupe was giving credit to a west coast coke rapper by the name of Lil B. Lil B (Based God) is the epitome of a gimmick rapper that is using his ignorance to gain followers and stardom. It's a sad thing when rappers whose lyrics are literally dumb get more respect and airplay than rappers who actually try to broaden the culture. This video is of Lupe giving this bumbaclot some credit. It's ironic to see this and it's just something to think about in the future. Is Lupe selling out by doing a song with him? Or are we as hip-hop fans to critical of artists for just wanting to do what they love, make music.
Video of him doing the infamous Based God Dance, cooking.
#Classic Lupe
bombaclot! lol.
ReplyDeleteyeah i've heard a lot about this lil b character. i was reading an interview and i feel like for the people that do not understand hip hop like you are i are going after the next thing lil b, i do think tho that he's pushing the structure of how rap is understood as a genre but his songs dont make any sense to me...did i mention he follows me on twitter? lol good post. Lupe FTW!