Lupe Fiasco dropped his debut album Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor 13 years ago, but it appears the Chicago-bred MC is ready to put the mic down (again). On Friday night (February 8), a fan suggested Lupe was never properly recognized for his contributions to the culture.
The response the person got from Lupe in return probably wasn’t what they expected. Lupe essentially suggests that his rapping days are over.
“On to new things and new avenues…rap was good to me so can’t complain,” he replied. “Got a little shine for [a] second most folks will never get any so I’m blessed just have been a contender.”
This isn’t the first time Lupe has hinted at retirement. In 2012, he claimed he was done making music and four years later, insisted any upcoming albums were “cancelled.” But in 2017, he dropped DROGAS Light and followed up with DROGAS Wave in 2018.
Both albums were intended to be part of a trilogy, however, the third project in the series — Skulls — has yet to materialize.
The martial arts-loving rapper still references his Food & Liquor debut, which was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 2007 ceremony. Although he didn’t collect any of the awards that night, one of the project’s singles, “Daydreamin,” took home the trophy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance the following year.
In his most recent Instagram post, Lupe shared a photo of his first skateboard.
“My 1st skateboard,” he captioned the photo. “I don’t remember when I got it. I remember I wanted to be Christian Hosoi. I remember when it got stolen. I remember how I got it back. I remember how I broke it. #KickPush.”
Lupe is one of my favorite rappers of all time but he’s emo as hell like a lot of my generation. Dude has threatened retirement a 100 times. If you’re going to retire then do a Andre 3000 and just step away. I’m sure the industry machine will replace him with a mumble rapper.
All he did was tell a fan he was on to better things and rap was good to him. If that is emo, you must have the emotional intelligence of a banana.
Yall trashed his last album, arguably the best album of the year. I don’t blame the man for calling the quits
I agree. His album should have definitely been in the Grammy convo just based off content/sound but they nominated Cardi B trash ass.
I don’t blame Lu for leaving. These pharmaceutical companies and streaming services destroyed what was left of the art form. His content is bound to fall on deaf ears because a majority of the masses are concerned with “vibes” instead of content. In order to truly enjoy Lu’s music one really has to be of sound mind…your brain can’t be clouded or confused or else your gonna get lost in the rabbit hole. Not to sound corny but it’s an audio adventure. Deciphering the metaphors and piecing the story as it goes along. If you’re a Wu fan you know what I mean but half of the world is blunted up or on heroin so why should he bother. Love you Lu
Damn rappers are such Divas. This dude is nice but he’s always acting like he’s going to quit. Donitvor shut up about it.
Saying rap was good to him in a response to a fan is diva behavior? Are you dyslexic?
Why did lupe get blackballed again?
I’ll always come to this website because I have since I was a kid but that last Lupe review really made it really difficult to take any review or article on here seriously again.
I can’t help but roll my eyes when I look back on Lupe’s “Obama’s a terroist” line in that Fox interview, but that was very obviously the moment when hip-hop left his corner.
Lupe has since reflected on saying that in the heat of the moment(drone killings, libya and stuff) and agreed that he was too harsh on Obama.
“in 2017, he dropped DROGAS Light and followed up with DROGAS Wave in 2018.
Both albums were intended to be part of a trilogy, however, the third project in the series — Skulls — has yet to materialize.”
Jesus Christ, this is shitty writing. So you’re saying he dropped 2/3 of a trilogy in two years, yet you’re throwing shade at him for the 3rd album not materializing within a mere 5 months since the last album? God damn you ADHD, pill-popping, codeine motherfuckers who can’t pay attention for 5 god damn seconds. It has been 5 fucking months.