It appears Lupe Fiasco is a little late to the party. After explaining he was overseas when JAY-Z’s 13th studio album 4:44 dropped, Lupe finally carved out the time to weigh in on the final product in two lengthy Instagram posts two weeks after the project’s release. The twist? The Food & Liquor MC rhymed the entire review.
In Part 1, he admits the confessional “4:44” is too personal for him, but has him wanting to “apologize to random women.”
“Smile is the shit,” he writes. “4:44 too personal for my opinion, but makes me wanna go up and apologize to random women, Blame Jay, the vibe checkered but dirty beats make it hard to sneak past the first 5 records, looped up the jewels viewing the clarity during a layover, right now awesome.”
In Part 2, the Chicago native makes it abundantly clear the track “Marcy, Me!” is a highlight for him before he concludes the album is a “10/10” in his book.
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“holy cow, MARCY ME!, had to put it in all caps,” he said. “the artistry separates the bullshit from the Bulls Chips, partially, all facts, how he gone take it there? The beat feel like Sanaa Lathan hair…in slow motion, next to the ocean, wordplay gorgeous, 5 mics no sources, I ain’t publicly leaned back bopped in a while especially to this style of a portrait, vulnerable but not tortured, a fortress ain’t gotta force it, real time classic, a revival of the corpus, the Tribeca Jay cool but he like for the masses, the Brooklyn Jay a ghoul only suitable for the masters, MARCY ME so fucking stupid!”
Overall, it’s obvious Lupe is feeling 4:44 like countless others who have offered their glowing opinions on Hov’s platinum-selling album. But this isn’t the first time Lupe has penned his thoughts on music. In fact, he reviewed his own album, DROGAS Light, in February.
Check out Lupe’s full review on 4:44 in the posts above.
