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I am writing this with high hopes!

Tumblr isn't the best place I have found that i can connect and grow a fan base. However, it is the best place to spill guts about feelings. Also, spill those guts about projects I am working on/thoughts for me to revisit at some point.

I have begun releasing a 32 piece/track mixtape...spans about 1hr long.

The idea is to put out a verse a week for the next 32 weeks.

For people who really appreciate the level of effort/care that go into art, I feel would bond with me.

I was successfully able to write all the verses in a decent time frame, with clever rhymes/punch lines, and heart felt/wretching memories.

I used popular rap/hiphop beats such as Kendrick Lamar ft Kodak Black "Silent Hill" from Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, but I also dig into some alternative shit like "The Halo" by Marconi Union(an intermentalist band).

I am sharing this info with you(who ever is seeing this right now) because if you are still reading this, you may be the type of fan/music nerd(respectfully of course, i am a music nerd too) I need to hear from.

I leave you with my info. My youtube and my soundcloud for this project. Again, the playists are being added to/updated weekly. If you are into my music like I think you are, you will truly appreciate what I have be graciously given the chance to create.

Youtube (visual) playlist:

So...what is 32 WeeKs? - Simply put, a mixtape that will be delivered by single tracks, weekly, for the next 32 weeks. - More deeply, a narr

Soundcloud (audio only) playlist:

This is the 32 WeeKs mixtape. A verse is being laid over a popular beat/remixed and handed to you for the next 32 weeks...visuals are availa

If you do follow along, and subscribe, let me know! Comment on my channel or SC and say "I found this on tumblr!" That would mean the world.

Anyway, thanks for reading all of this.

"Then until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior

Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned

That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation

Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes."

- Selassie

Y'all should take a look into Selassie, dude has so much lore around him, such as how the Rastafarian movement was inspired by him/he was considered by them to be the messiah/reincarnated of God and the savior of the African diaspora. Cool shit to me.

#hip hop #lupe fiasco #drogas light #haile selassie #black power #black history #rasta #ish

Lupe Fiasco - DROGAS WAVE ALBUM REVIEW

Lupe Fiasco has had one of the most interesting rap careers. He set the bar high with his first two albums, Food & Liquor and The Cool. He then kind of ran into a wall with his record label, Atlantic and released Lasers. Lasers was not a bad album but it did not sound like the kind of album Lupe wanted to make. It sounded very forced but it wasn’t bad. Food & Liquor II was a return to form and then he dropped his magnum opus, Tetsuo & Youth in 2015. Tetsuo & Youth sounded like it was the album that Lupe was building up to his entire career. Lupe then announced he was dropping 3 more albums before his retirement (rappers don’t really retire). The titles of the albums have changed but the first one was 2017′s DROGAS Light. DROGAS Light did not make a single ounce of sense to me. It was Lupe’s first independent release after many years of struggling with Atlantic Records. It sounded more forced than Lasers did. However, DROGAS Light was not entirely bad. There are amazing tracks on there like Jump and Kill. Lupe reviewed his own album on DROGAS Light’s release day and he gave it a 7/10 and said that it was setting up a more lyrically dense album (this album I’m reviewing). DROGAS WAVE is incredible and much better than most Lupe albums. I have a lot of things to say and I will get the negative out the way first. This album is way too long. I thought Tetsuo & Youth was too long but this is 24 tracks long and most songs are long too. I would have been fine with him going the Madvillainy route and having a lot of tracks but they’re short. The violin on the Slave Ship interlude should’ve been like 30 seconds instead of almost 4 minutes (I understood its place). Also, I didn’t need the long ass speech on the track Quotations From Chairman Fred. I could have done without the middle part of this album even though there are 0 bad songs on this album. From my understanding, DROGAS WAVE is a concept album about a slave ship carrying slaves and the slaves are thrown overboard. Instead of drowning, the slaves become apart of the waves and they take down other ships. I think this is a really dope concept but he only keeps at this concept for like the first 7 tracks. Lupe kicks off the album by singing in spanish which confused the shit out of me. On the album’s cover is a manilla which is slave-trading currency. I remember him mentioning manilla on his song, Around My Way. Lupe starts rapping on the track Manilla about this currency and the song totally slaps. On the song, Gold vs. The Right Things To Do, Lupe raps in patois which he really didn’t have to do but it sounded kinda dope. I love the track and the hook and instrumental are absolutely beautiful. This specific track is mainly the closest one to the concept. WAV Files and Down are super dope. I love how they keep with the wave theme. The wave theme is sprinkled throughout the album as well. Nikki Jean is all over this album. She and Lupe work very well with each other and she sounds great on every track. Haile Selassie is an amazing song but it was released a while ago. On Alan Forever, Lupe draws an alternative life for Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean. The song is very touching and made me emotional because of its subject but also how beautiful and uplifting the song sounds. Lupe does something similar with the track, Jonylah Forever. Lupe draws an alternative life for Jonylah Watkins, a 6-month-old baby from Chicago who was murdered. This track also was very heart-wrenching. The middle part of the album is probably the weakest and Kingdom is super dope. One of my favorite reggae musicians, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley delivers like always. The last part of the album has Lupe being introspective instead of rapping about others or a specific story. On Imagine, Lupe reflects on his situation with Atlantic Records. On King Nas, Lupe raps about watching his nephews grow up. To end the album, Lupe dedicates a track to Chicago DJ Timbuck2. He’s also got sequels to some of his previous songs. Stack That Cheese with Nikki Jean is a sequel to Hip Hop Saved My Life. The album’s closer, Mural Jr. is a sequel to the lyrical masterpiece, Mural. Mural Jr. has an instrumental so gorgeous it will send chills down your spine. It stands out from other tracks on the album because Lupe is just rapping and not getting into a serious topic. Lupe’s lyricism on Mural and Mural Jr. is top tier. I’ve talked mostly about lyrics for this review because Lupe is a lyrical type of rapper. This is probably some of the best production that Lupe Fiasco has ever rapped over. Lupe’s songs make a person think and that’s what I love about him. Like Tetsuo & Youth, this album requires multiple listens to fully unpack and understand it. DROGAS WAVE is the best history lesson you’ll receive this year.

Fav Tracks: Manilla, Gold vs. The Right Things To Do, Down, Haile Selassie, Alan Forever, Kingdom, King Nas, Happy Timbuck2 Day, Mural Jr.