PLEASE tell me yall seen the new Lupe Fiasco video

[randpaul2016]

Technically this IS liberty activism...I'll leave the video here for everybody to watch and analyze. I wont spoil it or whatever, wanna know what you all think and get out of it.

btw its 3 music videos (turned into 1) JUST WATCH! :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNRLRv3xvk&feature=youtu.be

[evilfunnystuff]

3:30 and 8:00 are where the vid changes for those who don't like the first song.

The other 2 vids are very different than the first one, and certainly make some bold statements not easily found in hip-hop culture, though I'm not sure i understand all the nuances.

There should have been more people at the table in my opinion.

[Generalissimo]

I do not even know what the Lupe fiasco was/is.

[GovBotDotNet]

No words.

[Sola_Fide]

You've got ebonics down pat

[James Madison]

Dope.

[Anti-Neocon]

Dope.
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[nayjevin]

Technically this IS liberty activism...I'll leave the video here for everybody to watch and analyze. I wont spoil it or whatever, wanna know what you all think and get out of it.

btw its 3 music videos (turned into 1) JUST WATCH! :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNRLRv3xvk&feature=youtu.be

Good god almighty that's music and a half!

[trey4sports]

Lupe has been mentioned several times in libertarian circles but he certainly doesn't self-associate with the liberty movement.

[James Madison]

Lupe has been mentioned several times in libertarian circles but he certainly doesn't self-associate with the liberty movement.

Interesting that he pits the priest, grandmother, teacher, and conservative against the executive, con-man, kkk guy, and gangsta in the final song.

[KingNothing]

Lupe has been mentioned several times in libertarian circles but he certainly doesn't self-associate with the liberty movement.

Regardless of how closely he chooses to be to our movement, he's a genius. His music is just staggering. And, aside from that, he's on "our" side in the sense that he sees through mindless hype, cults of personality, lies in the media, demagoguery, etc.

[BenIsForRon]

Wow, I'm definitely a Lupe Fiasco fan now. I already liked his track on the Robert Glasper album.

The second video in that series was pretty powerful. Seeing the black kid indoctrinated by the materialism in the media, and then promptly thrown into cuffs...

[randomname]

good stuff

annotated lyrics

http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-lamborghini-angels-lyrics
http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-ital-roses-lyrics
http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-audubon-ballroom-lyrics

overall the message seems to be "this is what america has become" and this is him criticizing black hiphop culture?

http://www.picstation.net/pictures/34087fd07147fd055adb472cf941d7ef.gif

[randpaul2016]

'he's basically paying an homage to George Orwell's novel "1984" it's very apparent because of "2+2=5" in the novel the government actually convinced the protagonist of this through beating him to the point he believed it.'



Decoding Lupe Fiasco's Three-Part 'Lamborghini Angels' Music Video - See more at: http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/decoding-lupe-fiasco-lamborghini-angels-ital-audubon-ballroom-music-video#sthash.5LqIA7eq.dpuf










Regardless of how closely he chooses to be to our movement, he's a genius. His music is just staggering. And, aside from that, he's on "our" side in the sense that he sees through mindless hype, cults of personality, lies in the media, demagoguery, etc.


Wow, I'm definitely a Lupe Fiasco fan now. I already liked his track on the Robert Glasper album.

The second video in that series was pretty powerful. Seeing the black kid indoctrinated by the materialism in the media, and then promptly thrown into cuffs...


good stuff

annotated lyrics

http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-lamborghini-angels-lyrics
http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-ital-roses-lyrics
http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-audubon-ballroom-lyrics

overall the message seems to be "this is what america has become" and this is him criticizing black hiphop culture?

http://www.picstation.net/pictures/34087fd07147fd055adb472cf941d7ef.gif

good job guys! also think he is trying to get the attention off WHITE vs BLACKS and more into the social class that it is all about the rich and poor now, no more middle class.

[mustang19]

That's a good point!

The KKK costume is worn by both black and whites in the video to show that oppression is really against both.

[James Madison]

That's a good point!

The KKK costume is worn by both black and whites in the video to show that oppression is really against both.

I interpreted it as meaning black celebrities, athletes, and musicians keep blacks oppressed the way the KKK did a hundred years ago. They have done far more damage to urban communities than white people in funny hats could have ever dreamed of doing.

[kcchiefs6465]

I interpreted it as meaning black celebrities, athletes, and musicians keep blacks oppressed the way the KKK did a hundred years ago. They have done far more damage to urban communities than white people in funny hats could have ever dreamed of doing.
You interpreted as I did.

Black celebrities is a cop out though.

[QuickZ06]

I am around the 6 minute mark and as soon as that cop came strolling in (my mind was racing to truly try to understand the message) I knew I was exactly on the right path. It would take me hours to lay my thoughts out. But this video so far is spot on.

[KingNothing]

good job guys! also think he is trying to get the attention off WHITE vs BLACKS and more into the social class that it is all about the rich and poor now, no more middle class.

Yup, exactly.

And I love that he made a hook out of these lyrics:

"Now white people, you can't say niggas
So I gotta take it back
Now black people, we're not niggas
Cause God made us better than that"

That's just an ironic, double-entendre, pun, allegory, and everything else rolled into a chorus. It's genius. Lupe Fiasco is a genius.

[KingNothing]

I am around the 6 minute mark and as soon as that cop came strolling in (my mind was racing to truly try to understand the message) I knew I was exactly on the right path. It would take me hours to lay my thoughts out. But this video so far is spot on.

He operates on so many different layers. Just staggering.

But remember his interview with Bill O, when everyone in the mainstream tried to paint him as an idiot? lol that was funny.

[KingNothing]

Anyone hear this song from him? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhJHeDMB38

http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-animal-pharm-lyrics

[malkusm]

Pretty awesome. I think Lupe understands to a great extent the effect of media propaganda, and the state's assumption of responsibility for our children, on the black community and society in general. It has broken down the family structure and has taken away the burden of responsibility from parents who are all too happy to hand it off to someone else, be that the television or anything else. That was my main takeaway...

Also, the third video characters all represent something different. I agree that it's very interesting that he included "the conservative" on the left side of the table, especially when you consider this line in the second song:

"It’s called being fiscally responsible
Don’t let these lying images up in hip-hop here conquer you
The TV’s not your father fool, that video’s not your momma
Try your best to be a man and your worst to be a monster"

I think by "conservative", Lupe means in the personal sense, and not necessarily in the American political sense. He's definitely been vocally opposed to the wars and the surveillance state...

[tasteless]

Lupe killin it

[trey4sports]

just dont get too upset when he comes out for Hillary in 2016


"I'm not voting for anybody," Lupe told SOHH. "I don't believe in voting on that level. But I want Hillary [Clinton] to win," he says. Surprisingly, the Chicago emcee does not support the junior United States Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama.

"Obama doesn't really impress me like that," Lupe told SOHH. "It's not a shot at him but some of his agendas, the bombing of Iran and all that stuff.* He ain't gonna do nothing but perpetuate the nonsense that all the Presidents before have done, and what Bush is doing now. It's to the point now where the world is so twisted and so messed up that we need somebody to come in."

[malkusm]

just dont get too upset when he comes out for Hillary in 2016

I think his views have evolved a lot since 2007 - but I'm not expecting him to become an explicit libertarian. He's doing a lot of things right.

[randpaul2016]

That's a good point!

The KKK costume is worn by both black and whites in the video to show that oppression is really against both.

reped+++++!


Anyone hear this song from him? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhJHeDMB38

http://rapgenius.com/Lupe-fiasco-animal-pharm-lyrics

the artwork ALONE says a lot ;)

http://hiphop-n-more.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lupe-animal-pharm.jpg

[ItsTime]

Another one you'd all like by Lupe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

I don't think he is a Libertarian, but I know he doesn't like the Rs or Ds.

[randpaul2016]

Another one you'd all like by Lupe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

I don't think he is a Libertarian, but I know he doesn't like the Rs or Ds.


thats what made me a passionate lupe fan tbh^^^^

and btw he doesn't vote, so yea he is independent I guess you can say.

[nayjevin]

If he's not on 'my side' I'm on the wrong side.