Lupe Fiasco: Difference between revisions

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** Because of this, he made sure that the first single, particularly its first verse, was a complete [[Take That]] towards Atlantic Records.

** Although Atlantic still had a lot of influence on the album itself. Listen to the State Run Radio and Beautiful Lasers samples released in 2009. The final album version of the songs have the beats more heavily produced and the chorus singer changed(State Run Radio was sung by Lupe Fiasco himself) or autotuned.

* [[Fun ~~With~~ Acronyms]]: L.A.S.E.R.S, or Love Always Shines Every-time, Remember 2 Smile.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: L.A.S.E.R.S, or Love Always Shines Every-time, Remember 2 Smile.

** His first rap name was Lil' Lu with L.U. standing for "Lyrical Underdog"

* [[Geek Reference Pool]]

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* [[Music Is Politics]]: State Run Radio highlights this while intertwining the typical political topics. The irony of it is that it was one of the songs that were heavily edited to be marketed for radio play.

* [[One of Us]]: "Lupe steals like [[Lupin III]]"? Yeah.

** From the same song "I'm trying to stop lying/Lion like I'm [[~~Thunder Cats~~|Mum-Ra]]"

** From the same song "I'm trying to stop lying/Lion like I'm [[Thundercats|Mum-Ra]]"

** "I love my city, really hope that God bless it/Got my mind moving faster than that [[Sonic the Hedgehog|hog in the hedges.]]

** "With the habit of a hobbit makes it kinda hard to drop it"

** "I like [[Street Fighter]] too, I just really hate Zangief, only [[Ryu and Ken|Ken and Ryu]], I find it hard to beat Blanka..."

** In this [http://a850.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/34/l_876504994476706867ff860793634ea9.jpg photo ] he's got a broken sword, a skateboard, magazines, a wee ninja, and on top of that is doing a very difficult looking stance on one foot.

** His part in Fort Minor's "Spray Paint and Ink Pens". While [[Wu Tang Clan|Ghostface]] raps about street life, and [[Linkin Park|Mike Shinoda's]] verse is about a man committing suicide over the death of his wife, Lupe's is an epic sci-fi space drama about "the final saga in the Seven Planet Wars" that almost feels like an ode to the various [[Gundam]] animes.

** His part in Fort Minor's "Spray Paint and Ink Pens". While [[Wu-Tang Clan|Ghostface]] raps about street life, and [[Linkin Park|Mike Shinoda's]] verse is about a man committing suicide over the death of his wife, Lupe's is an epic sci-fi space drama about "the final saga in the Seven Planet Wars" that almost feels like an ode to the various [[Gundam]] animes.

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The Skater and his crew.

{{quote| ''"One's father was filthy rich, two was middle class, and one was homeless/ add in the paralyzed girl in the wheelchair who just liked to watch, and that was the whole clique."''}}

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Used in Game Time

{{quote| "Now, that's 'L' as in 'little', 'U' as 'opposite of me', 'P' as in 'pistol' and 'E' as in[[Beat|......]]'E'."}}

* [[Shout Out]]: "And He Gets the Girl" mentions Thelonious Monk, [[Final Fantasy]], and [[Linkin Park]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: "And He Gets the Girl" mentions Thelonious Monk, [[Final Fantasy]], and [[Linkin Park]].

* [[Supergroup]]: Two of 'em: Child Rebel Soldier and All City Chess Club.

* [[Super Mode]]: A rather hilariously dangerous Real Life example, after Soulja Boy said nobody could understand Lu's lyrics, Lu decided to record the song SLR (Super Lupe Raps)...the cover art for the song really reads SUPER LUPE FIASCO-SLR. Also, the track's artist is labeled as "Super Lupe Fiasco". The funny thing is, SLR is filled to the brim with metaphors, shout outs, and insults. And it's 6 minutes long.