Food and Liquor: Parental Advisory

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2007-09-06 rating:
Amazing.
If anything can be said for Lupe, it's that he's a breath of fresh air for the hip-hop world.
I loved this album from beginning to end, there wasn't a single song I didn't like. He's different, he has morals and he's interesting.

This was one of the few albums I was seriously anticipating and then when it was released I wasn't disapointed in the slightest.

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review by: A New Yorker date: 2007-07-03 rating:
Each track in this album is flesh out nicely
I think this album is truly amazing. Food & Liquor has been on heavy rotation on my CD player, computer media, and in my car ever since it came out. He may have never had an album before but he surly has experience in the world of Hip-Hop. Lupe Fiasco, who has performed alongside Common and Rakim, created a huge stir in the Hip-Hop underground with the release of his three Farenheit 1/15 mix-tapes. Although there are several artists pushing the envelope of creativity, Lupe is just in his own category, creating his own path while encouraging others to do so as well.

Lupe is a Hip Hop artist that can successful put together good melodies and socially conscious themes without perpetuating harmful stereotypes. He is showing the hip-hop community that it can be cool to be smart and that not everyone has to buy into the trends set in the music industry. As many other's has stated in here this album is full of relevant issues about current events, an intelligent perception of life in poverty-stricken areas, and a young man growing up.

It's sort of hard to pick out a favorite track from this album but if I was force to choose it would be Real, Just might be Okay, Kick Push I & II, I Gotcha, The Cool DayDreamin, Pressure, Sunshine, and Tilted but as I stated on the title of my review the rest are just as nice.

Food & Liquor is not meant to be played in the background (unless you already know the lyrics by heart) it's clearly meant to be listen to, otherwise you will miss out on his intentions. Lupe maintains his integrity as a smart and skillful lyricist throughout the entire album. Highly recommend to all starving hip-hop fans.

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review by: maryedge date: 2007-01-05 rating:
A superb debut album
When i first bought this album i had only heard daydream, which i found a very decent track. And i certainly wasnt let down by the rest of the tracks. Instantly i was hooked to listening to this album again and again. every single one of the tracks has a very catchy tune, even the one or two no so good tracks. His lyrics are interesting to listen to and i think are quite unique. In my opinion there are five stand out tracks; daydream, i gotcha, the instrumental, just might be ok and pressure. the instrumental and i gotcha are by far my favourite songs and after this debut album, im hoping for big things from lupe fiasco in the future, and i look foward to any future albums. definately worth a listen even if you're not into this kind of music, and definately worth the money.

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review by: date: 2006-11-03 rating:
Hip pop?
I had really high expectations for this debut album, from what I could find out from the big hits of 'Kick, Push' and 'Daydreamin', Lupe Fiasco was a fresh new talent. However, after having had the album for a few days, I've come to the conclusion that Lupe Fiasco's debut 'Food and Liquor' is majorly over-rated.

This album has a few killer tracks, but sadly a LOT of filler as well. Disappointing, as I'd envisaged a new hip hop legend in Fiasco. This album shows itself to be truly forgettable however.

A great shame in my opinion.



review by: eternalbroadcaster.blogspot.com date: 2006-10-10 rating:
Kanye Meets Jay-Z at a skate park?
This is a nice album. Echoes of a better time were heard by this reviewer.

Devoid of raps about burners and brew, and with the requisite soul-driven beats (of which "Hurt Me Soul" is a highlight, it could easily be mistaken for a lost Kanye West album. The cadence and rhyme patterns are more Jay-Z though... another exhibit in the case for Jay's global influence on the way MC's sound these days (Hov even pops up for a guest appearance on the excellent "Pressure" as well as an executive producer credit.)

But young Chicagoan Lupe treads a different path from Shaun Carter's "I'm the best/richest/got the hottest chick/used to move weight back in 88" subject matter (hey, there's room for everything, right?). He touches on wide ranging subjects, from Skateboards, Terrorism, absent fathers, relationships and even smelling nice!

He'll be called little Kanye. He'll be pigeon-holed as a backpacker or a skate-kid. He'll be labelled as a "conscious rapper" (like that's a bad thing?) because he finished school and wears glasses from time to time, and doesn't have a gun. He won't get into beefs with The Game and he won't get shot outside Hot 97, and that probably makes him boring to many modern day hip hop fans. But he's made an album that is worth listening to, especially the lyrics, that won't fade away like the latest "Balliiinnn" novelty single that's hot for 3 days. And the beats are good too.

The biggest highlights for me are the Kanye-helmed "The Cool", where Lupe rides a pretty basic 'breakbeat and keys' track with ease, capturing a b-boy jam feel, and the fantastic but incorrectly named "The Instrumental", which steals the show.

Buy it, and support real Hip Hop.

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