Lupe Fiasco went on a lengthy Twitter spree Friday (October 27) and declared he was on “pace” to becoming a G.O.A.T. lyricist.
It began with a few tweets about his 2007 song “Dumb It Down,” which he said was originally going to be called “Space Traveling,” but then turned to predictions about his future status.
“I have nearly every accolade there is to have in the music business the only thing left is to be the GOAT Lyricist & that’s the pace I’m on,” he wrote.
This came after his admission that once JAY-Z told him he was “nice,” he was ready to put the mic down.
“Once I met Jay-Z and he said I was nice,” he wrote. “I was actually done with rap. My initial passions have always been Science and theoretical physics. This was probably about 2003. I was always comfortable in my own skin & hated everything about the music biz. So once I got my Jay-z co-sign Who was unquestionably my favorite rapper at the time.
“It wasn’t anything left for me personally that I wanted to achieve as a rapper,” he continued. “I never felt I was the best but I knew that I had moments of unquestioned brilliance that earned my place among the rappers I respected.”
The sword-loving rapper’s tweets follow the release of his latest single, “All While Doing A Rubik’s Cube While One-Handed” featuring Lil B. The song contained snippets of B’s speech following the The Pack rapper’s recent beatdown at the Bay Area’s Rolling Loud Festival. B was allegedly jumped by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, PnB Rock and their entourage.
But it’s clear Fiasco just wants to focus on his music. One of his last tweets read, “All that was very real and it continues to this day. The only thing that gives me motivation is my fans and my bars. & that’s all I need.”
Fiasco has often been one of his toughest critics. Following the February release of DROGAS Light, he admitted he took a self-imposed L on the project because of his complex relationship with Atlantic Records at the time and also rated it a “7/10.”
Not by a long shot. U nice but not goat status
I wonder does anybody who comments on this site use their real email address?
I’m more concerned if anybody reads the articles. Dude you responded to reckons Lupe isn’t GOAT status when in actuality if he did or could read for that matter, Lupe states he’s on his way trying to do so. The internet has bred ignorance.
He’s really good – one of my personal favorites, but… GOAT? No.
Whos better lyrically? Not trolling I’m honestly curious
I personally place people like Em, Joey Badass above Lupe, actually I’d go as far as saying Em is my favorite. Yes, he’s mainstream and all that, but he actually has everything that make a lyrical GOAT in my opinion. Feel free to disagree, though. 🙂
He isn’t anywhere near G.O.A.T. status. Some lames like Nelly or DMX have more of a claim than this hypocritical PC nerd… please.
Lame like Dmx? Dog, X would merk your favorite rapper. If not probably already did in the streets. Ask jay z. Little millennials like you should just shhhhhh.
Hahahahaha. You’re funny. He “murked” Jay-Z? How many units has DMX sold? How many Grammys does he have? When did he last out out an album? Who is addicted to crack and in and out of rehab/house arrest? Hahahaha. You are VERY funny. DMX isn’t Top 10 dumbass. Murked Jay-Z. I was born in 77 moron. I’ve seen both Jay and DMX live. Both times I saw DMX perform he sucked ass. No one liked his shit. Everyone actually walked off in the middle of his corny ass dog noise set here in NYC. BTW, dude is like 5 foot 6 and a crack addict. You know that, right? Hahaha. Straight delusional.
hahaha 77 take your old ass off the internet. There’s actually proof dmx beat Jay In a battle. If you talking numbers only a few have number 1 albums like X. Don’t lie skyler, you from Idaho. Never been in N.Y. and you never will. You should be cashing SS checks. Putting nelly and x in the same sentence. Just remember its MuRDA!
Go chase a ball on a highway
He’s one of the few that can proclaim that status….
a rapper that is pretencious and boring its not able to claim that
He’s worthy of getting in that category. His lyricism never disappoints. Hopefully, the last few albums he puts out will be masterpieces like F&L, The Cool and T&Y.
The cool; food and liquor; tetsuo and youth. Listen to those three albums and you’ll get it
Wow. Those are actually four albums, three of which suck. YOU obviously don’t get it. Dude is behind Mos Def for bacbacker goat, and Mos isn’t top 10. GTFOH
GUCCI MANE IS GOAT STATUS, NOT LUPE!
Let people and fans judge Lupe you idiot! They say you are not! Keep it moving…. you will never be a Nas, your hero Jay Z, Biggie or 2Pac. Sorry these guys flooded the hip hop seen with their lyrical play and droves the heaviest fans base in hip hop history with their albums. You get it ALBUMS!!!!
I literally forgot he even dropped an album this year. I didn’t really like Tetsuo and Youth, so I wasn’t really foaming at the mouth when the new one dropped. So as it stands at this very moment, I have not heard a single song off it. For the fact that I used to consider him in my personal top 5, I kinda dropped the ball on that one. For those who HAVE heard it, is it experimental like T&Y was? Because that is what threw me off was the singing instead of rapping. I respect the desire to try new styles and genres, but it doesn’t work for Lupe imo.
I think his ego is the main reason he hasn’t and sadly will never reach g.o.a.t status. He lets the ball slip too much and fumbles in albums since the cool. Drop a masterpiece and fade to science lol!
Agree that he fumbles albums, but Tetsuo & Youth is NOT one of those albums!
At least he’s keepin it real. He’s good at writing lyrics, playing street fighter and all that nerd’s stuff, he adors physics – the mother of science; what’s not to like about that? If only he had a talent to pick up good beats. Anyway I always appreciate dudes that care about their bars but you already know you can not be the goat while there is Black Thought out there.
Biggy, Pac, Rakim, KRS, Nas, Jay-Z, Big Pun, Eminem, Pimp C, Andre 3000, Big Boi, Big L. In no particular order. That’s 12 he can’t fuck with and will never reach. Ever. Period. No debate. I don’t know if he is the bigger ifiot for even saying some shit like this, or HHDX for running this “article.” GTFoH.
Pimp C and KRS and big boi all need to be off that list. Are you a fucking idiot? Pimp C is one of the worst lyricist EVER, KRS is overrated and big boi is nice but not that nice. Did you ride the short bus?
Those 3 are legends, but not as lyrical as Lupe. The rest of em? For the most part. I’d put Big Pun behind Lu too. Hard to argue the rest. Also, it’s Biggie not ‘Biggy’
They don’t have to be as lyrical. They were included in the list due to their influence in style etc. Lupe influenced who again? Gay ass Logic? GTFOH. Big boi is “nice bit not that nice?” Who rides the short bus? Nice ponctiacion policing by the way. Yes. It is Biggie. Congrats. It also says IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! No one in the hood anywhere in the south knows who Lupe is. Period.
I’m from a hood in Georgia. Lupe is my favorite rapper behind Andre and Kanye… speak for yourself.
Wow. This fucktard isn’t calling people short bus riders and little kids, then says KRS and BDP are over rated? Hahahahaha. Everyone on that list would say KRS/BDP in first thru 3rd place. I’m sure you know more about Hip-Hop than Nas or Rakim though, right? Hahahaha
and i dont care
A lot of the GOAT lyricists don’t have the greatest of catalogs or acclaim. Only few (jayz, big). It seems as if the better the lyricist, the worse the artist. Jadakiss is a goat lyricist, never gonna be considered a goat. Black thought is a goat lyricist. Never gonna be considered a goat. Andre 3000 is THE goat lyricist. Never gonna be considered a goat because he doesn’t have the solo catalog. Lupe really isn’t Farfetched in his claim. He said goat lyricist, not the actual goat lol
He’s definitely in the conversation.