Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

The name of Lupe Fiasco's sophomore set sounds like a Kanye-ism, and that's fitting: The Cool spills over with Mr. West-style urgency, and it's just about as smart as anything Fiasco's more flamboyant mentor has issued. It could even land Lupe a little too close to the top of the hip-hop heap for Kanye's comfort. The Cool is cool not only for its sober, clear-headed vibe -- Fiasco ponders everything from the apocalypse to poverty to the weight of worldly possessions in these songs, some of them produced with a level of sensitivity uncommon among studio tracks by Soundtrakk -- but also for its potential. Songs like "Dumb It Down," about the music industry's insistence on the same old sorry themes, burn with relatability and realness. But others go deeper. "Little Weapon," produced by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump, and "Intruder Alert" shape-shift customary hip-hop dialogue to let the issues of the day come sharply into focus. They make you think. Overall, The Cool is fevered, fierce, and at times furious, but so is Lupe Fiasco, and the album easily earns its spot as one of the top 10 CDs of 2007. --Tammy La Gorce Amazon.com

The Cool - Da Dope!

Love this CD! Lupe def bring a lot of credit to the hip-hop scene. Probably one of the few out there today who are not just making commercial hip-hop - I won't name the artist today. If you want to hear something good and different then your traditional - get hoes, get money, fake gansta crap then you gotta get this CD. November 1, 2008

Lupe Fiasco- The Cool

This album is decent, frankly I think that it got too much hype but it is still a good album. September 20, 2008

Man Lupe is KILLIN 'EM--lol!

OMG...
Seriously i can't say i didn't like Lupe, i was just sleeping on him!(just like mostly everyone is!) I didn't pay attention to him until I had someone tell me to listen to Gotta Eat, Dumb It Down,and Hip Hop Has Saved My Life...I had to think about who I was listening to...I knew this couldn't be Mr.Kick Push himself! Through it all this CD is bangin'...and when I say I never skipped a track; I mean I NEVER skipped a track...I personally love it from begining to end...he on the Nas...Talib...Common...Pac...Biggie level!
4-REAL...
GO COP THIS COMPACT DISK! September 11, 2008

A Fun CD 4.5 Stars

Lupe Fiasco's, The Cool, is just a fun CD to listen to. I am not a Hip-Hop expert by any means, but I like his flow and I enjoy the beats he uses. His collaborations with Michael Santos, Snoop Dogg and Sarah Green are great. When Superstar first came out, I was not a big fan of the song. The more I listened, the more I liked it and decided to give the entire cd a try after sampling all the songs on itunes. I was not disappointed. I am a big Tribe Called Quest fan and while Lupe is not in the same league as Tribe, he reminds me of them. Many of the reviewers here seem to like Lupe's first CD as much, if not better, than this one. I am excited to give a try. July 14, 2008

Almost a classic (4.5 stars for "The Cool")

Lupe is much better on the re-up from his first album Food & Liquor. This joint flows with thought provoking and creative joints for the new millenium. What stops this album from being a classic is that it kind of falls off after Dumb It Down.

Top Joints:
Streets On Fire (Dope, reminiscent of Nas' What Goes Around(Poison)
Paris, Tokyo -
Hi Definition - This is my joint
Dumb It Down
Intruder - Dope
Go Go Gadget - Jacks Busta's flow perfectly
June 29, 2008

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