I wasn't around for "Protect Your Neck" or "Nothing but a G Thang", but I imagine people felt that same thing I felt when I heard Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar". I was captivated by his lyrical mastery, flow, and how he doesn't need BS filler lyrics complete with gangsta references they themselves aren't really familiar with.

I guess part of it also comes from Matthew Santos' chorus, which really sets the mood. Nonetheless, Lupe Fiasco has my attention, even though I'm mad late on him.

Yeah, I was shocked too when I first heard Lupe because i didn't expect anything like that from the new schoool of rappers. The presence of guys like that opens the door for more real artists. I'll tell you though, one of the biggest lyrical shocks the rap world ever got was when it first heard this single in 1987, we hadn't heard anything like it.



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BDK was definitely ahead of his time, but an mc by the name of Rakim came out a year earlier from Strong Island and he changed the way a rapper spits. Rakim was light years ahead of the game by that point, though BDK was tight on Raw. I think Raw is considerably fresher lyrically than "Ain't No Half Stepping". Raw was exactly that, it was raw underground hip hop. Nothing fancy about it, just a dude from Brooklyn breaking it down behind a dope beat.

Rakim was just from outer space, I mean it.

I wasn't around for "Protect Your Neck" or "Nothing but a G Thang", but I imagine people felt that same thing I felt when I heard Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar". I was captivated by his lyrical mastery, flow, and how he doesn't need BS filler lyrics complete with gangsta references they themselves aren't really familiar with.

I guess part of it also comes from Matthew Santos' chorus, which really sets the mood. Nonetheless, Lupe Fiasco has my attention, even though I'm mad late on him.

Yep,the best mc in the game today,he belonged in the 90's era,both of his albums are classic material,u need to listen to songs like He Say She Say,Hurt Me Soul,Intruder Alert,HipHop Saved My Life,Twilight Zone,Coulda Been

Great songs

I wasn't around for "Protect Your Neck" or "Nothing but a G Thang", but I imagine people felt that same thing I felt when I heard Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar". I was captivated by his lyrical mastery, flow, and how he doesn't need BS filler lyrics complete with gangsta references they themselves aren't really familiar with.

I guess part of it also comes from Matthew Santos' chorus, which really sets the mood. Nonetheless, Lupe Fiasco has my attention, even though I'm mad late on him.

IMO Superstar is one of the worst tracks on The Cool. Not a bad track but there are tracks I listen to a lot more than that track.

The Coolest
Put you on game
Streets on fire
Go Go Gadget Flow
Little Weapon
Hello/Goodbye
Dumb it down
Intruder alert
Hip Hop saved my life

...all tracks better than superstar IMO.

Cop the album because you're seriously missing out!!

BDK was definitely ahead of his time, but an mc by the name of Rakim came out a year earlier from Strong Island and he changed the way a rapper spits. Rakim was light years ahead of the game by that point, though BDK was tight on Raw. I think Raw is considerably fresher lyrically than "Ain't No Half Stepping". Raw was exactly that, it was raw underground hip hop. Nothing fancy about it, just a dude from Brooklyn breaking it down behind a dope beat.

Rakim was just from outer space, I mean it.



Yeah, well it's been said that Rakim is the father of Hip Hop lyricism and Big Daddy Kane the father or Hip Hop flow. That is what astounded everyone about Kane. We listened to Rakim and he was amazing, deeper than anyone we had heard before with his words (or after in my opinion ) but his flow was like alot of what was around at that time already. Kane blew us away with his flow, we had never heard anything like that before.

Check out The Cool Kids

Lupe Fiasco is a special kind of artist. That goes for all of music period. This album is a gem.

as of now Soulja Boy has sold more than Lupe, what a shame.

as of now Soulja Boy has sold more than Lupe, what a shame.

What a ****ing huge shame!!

When it comes to talent they are worlds apart!

Maybe Lupe should come up with a new dance..If not he'll still be overlook by 99% of the kids out there..

Souja Boy made everybody and their mamas do the superman.

It's so sad that rappers have to resort to making a dance to become famous.

It's so sad that rappers have to resort to making a dance to become famous.
"Puff Daddy & Mase" did it....Look at where it has gotten him...

as of now Soulja Boy has sold more than Lupe, what a shame.


Soulja boy="peeleft: he is the definition of garbage, the intro on The Cool is better than everything Soulja Boy has done or ever will do... period!!!!!

Soulja boy="peeleft: he is the definition of garbage, the intro on The Cool is better than everything Soulja Boy has done or ever will do... period!!!!!
Souja Boy is much better than Lupe...

at dancing that is....

lol why do people keep picking on Soulja Boy??

I sware rap fans always pick on the wrong people.

50 cent just gets a free pass but this kid that made up a club dance gets all this heat.

Souja Boy is much better than Lupe...

at dancing that is....


yep, can't fault that.....

I like that Lupe song superstar. its dope

I have to agree with you Asian. Lupe is a master of wordplay, captivating the listener and brings something unique to the table.

Thats Hip Hop quality.

"as of now Soulja Boy has sold more than Lupe, what a shame."

Thanx to an army of school girl fans.

Lupe's got good wordplay. He's definitely a throwback rapper. But as Asian said Rakim was on another planet. He's a true Emcee in every sense of the word. Nas tries to be like him but he'll never be on that level.