Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Lupe Fiasco- Hurt Me Soul



This song, and more particularly this artist, is very rare for hip hop. He is my favorite guy for Hip Hop, and continues to be a reason why I still love the genre. Don't get me wrong, but I feel most of it is just complete BS and a waste of time. But like I said, most of it. And this is coming from a person who was RAISED on it. But this fellow named Lupe Fiasco goes on to be a positive, intelligent, and cunning artist who prefers the concept of quality over quantity. Its rather refreshing to know someone is aware of all the ills in the world and how negative they can be. The song starts out with a line that states his stance as a person, and his mind frame on the realities most try to ignore. The line goes: "Now I'm not trying to be the greatest/I used to hate hip hop, yup because the women were degraded." He tells (in the first and second verse) about his upcoming growing up in his neighborhood and the third verse he speaks on many things that bring social injustice and ill to this world. And hey, even if that aint your kind of soup, its still a nice beat to enjoy with your ears. Enjoy!

Song: Lupe Fiasco- Hurt Me Soul

22 comments:

  1. im not really a hip-hop person but this is pretty cool

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  2. I tend to listen to Kanye and Wiz but this guys up and coming too

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  3. I have this whole album, I would recommend it if you like this song!

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  4. @Nick lol dude, this guy has been around for years. Just as long as Kanye, no wait actually a little more. Since 2003.

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  5. You can't say you hate hip hop without understanding Lupe's "Dumb it Down" first. Too smart, too good.

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  6. This is great stuff. I agree completely that it's important to have hip hop artists like Lupe Fiasco. They keep it alive, they keep it acceptable, they give it a defense against the hatred from others.

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  7. Lupe Fiasco is very decent. I almost like him as much as mos def.

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  8. psh lupe fiasco can't really even skateboard

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  9. Lupe fan here, good stuff spread the music

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  10. Love some Lupe but Ive been more in a Wiz Khalifa mood lately

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  11. I'll check it out later, don't have earphones at work :(

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  12. Cool song. Nice post. You've got a new follower.

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  13. Not a bad song, even tho im not into the genre

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  14. Not a fan of the lyrics but the instrumental itself is plain awesome. Thanks for sharing, found another music vid to like!

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  15. Nice stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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  16. I never heard of him before, but I really like this song!

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