Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop Saved My Life

[WayveexxJstar]

RIP STACK BUNDLES

[happypanda598]

STACK THAT CHEESE!

[TupacCobain]

Pac overrated?!?!

that's blasphemy!

Pac is the GOAT!

really the only mainstream rapper to go against the mainstream almost single handedly

[shayedkhan]

no songs now a days comes even close to this song !

[studerdancer02]

smack that cheese

[jose4891]

@studerdancer02 *stack

[studerdancer02]

@jose4891 I know...I just like "smack" better. Gives the whole song a new meaning..:)

[atxballlin]

@studerdancer02 cmon now fool. thats some stupid shit



[darkhand207]

Eminem's a waste. He just shouts into the mic about the same tired themes. How people can compare him and Wiz to some of the real talent in Hip-Hop or Rap today is confusing :/

[L3G1TxMexicanz]

@darkhand207 Thats true bro, very true

[slotra187]

Charles hamilton sampled this

[swageddown246]

i love dis song



[YoungDakaKarma]

@swageddown246 hit my video response let me know if i did a good job? :)

[jelaninassir]

a rapper/singer lyk us caant not be inspired after hearing lupe. It tells a story of a man trying to pop off his career...You dig???

[BeeAyyeee]

@johncp1989 lol that sounds more like success than mainstream..

[OfficialBuddha]

STACK THAT CHEESE.

[GodBlessCantona]

lupe didn't go mainstream, he went commercial ... think about it

it's the way you do it

[MekkoFactor]

I have this on a playlist so when it came on and the "Battlefield 3" ad came on I was like wtf is that?

[canadianiam]

Nas is mainstream?? Have you ever turned on a radio in the past 10 years.

[MrGrumpymeat]

why does everyone have to find some fault with rappers who become successful and become mainstream? they followed a dream and became rich famous and happy? shouldn't we as fans be congratulating them? i don't know thats just how i feel i don't care if yall agree or not just thought i'd throw in my two sense

[falconsfan717]

@MrGrumpymeat i agree. who cares how they got to be soo well known. we should just be happy that they are as popular as they are and many people can enjoy their music like Lupe.

[ornelas1988]

@MrGrumpymeat Definitely agree

[invaderzimfan16]

@MrGrumpymeat It's because you aren't following the same person when they go mainstream. If you listen to rappers when they are underground and when they go mainstream, you don't even recognize them. Its not that we don't still like them, we just feel betrayed when they sell out for money. If you have talent money will come regardless...stay true to your roots.

[rehsa2194]

Who was the H-Town rapper who made the song lupe's referring to and what was the name of the song. I cant remember for nothin

[Alcapone262]

HOUSTON!!!!

[SUR5M]

dedicate dedicate this to h-town.

[moekilla2012]

i'm with lupe all day everyday he even knows me cause i saw him at a majid and hes muslim

[DyVrSitYProductions]

lupe, j.cole, immortal tech, chiddy bang, asher, common, talib, nas, and k'naan are the mainstream rappers that are keepin this shit real. there's a hell of a lot of underground rappers that should have more recognition though

[Jinx467]

This is "my" shit \_(^0^)_/

[chikano666]

Lupe,Tupac,Nas,Talib,Mos,Jcole­,Immortal Tech.

[116TBone]

@chikano666 You know what's up.

[douchiedude]

@chikano666 You're the only I've seen on here mention Nas...and these people are mentioning Wiz, Cudi, Wale, etc. over him. Wow.

[LitLThug]

@douchiedude Nas speaks the truth on damn near every track he spits. Even the "gangsta" shit he puts out, there's truth in it.

Problem is...People don't wanna hear truth, they wanna hear bullshit.

[smallslimshady11]

stack that cheese

[LupeFiascoMFDOOMFan]

Lupe, Immortal Tech, MF Doom, Aesop Rock, Joe Budden, Atmosphere, Drake, J. Cole.

[mazter310]

I remember when rap was about life happenings, love, and experiences and cool lyric... .not like now days bout biatches and money...Thanks Lupe Fiasco for being realz...

[hunterW119]

@mazter310 man all rappers have songs about love and life but they also have songs about "bitches and money" so get yor shit together

[HueyEscobar56]

@hunterW119 but what is the stuff you here on the radio all about? Bitches, Money, and getting high. Rappers like Rick Ross,Lil Wayne, etc. just wont sound right if they rap about shit like life and love. Rappers J. Cole, Blu, XV, Lupe, just to name a few actually sound better raping about life and love.

[pickmeup95]

@mazter310 that was a loooooooong time ago, before i was born anyway. itd be nice if i could live in that time

[23TDJ]

@420CHEMDOG like I said underground rappers don't impress me as much as they impress everybody because all of them sound the same and that's my opinion and I'm sorry my opinions aren't like yours but that's my opinion. But, I will admit so of them are good. But, people underestimate how good the real rappers in mainstream are. That's why I made that comment, but that was more out of anger than my true belief. Some underground rappers are good.

[23TDJ]

@LyricallySanee are you serious Lupe ain't never crap I don't care if he is signed to a mainstream label. If anybody is garbage it is immortal technique and every other underground rapper. I heard him and all the others they have no delivery, they rap and sound the exact same. No one is distinguishable from the other and the worst they can't entertain anyone with their stories or their beats. It takes more skill to be like Lupe and J cole to entertain and also bring lyricism and complexity

[420CHEMDOG]

@23TDJ fucking idiot! Vinnie Paz End of Days!

[JustChrisMusic]

30 seconds of this song will make you a lupe fan for life.

[mailmedrugs420]

how can u dislike this song ?

[koolkidz123]

Fiasco & Cudi need to make an album together.

[DIEnahMiiGht]

weooooooooooooo! MUSIC* saved my life

[Kochopsticks11]

wiz? nah

[MsMUSICJUNKIE420]

hip hop saved my life too

[oOPurpleKushOo]

I wanted Cudis new album to be real like this, but guess not. Lupe is blasting in my room all day now.

[erkdog74]

LUPE I HOPE THIS DUDE DOES OPEN THE DOOR FOR MORE LYRICAL SKILLED RAPPERS THAT ARE SPEAKIN REALITY

[johncp1989]

@luckyclover545 Cudi isn't even hip hop. Therefore he didn't save it. He is mixed with every genre.

[johncp1989]

@killanowns Drakes lyrics suck tho, anything that has to do with money cars and bitches suck period. that shit started getting lame years ago. Now it's just old.

[Lunardivider24]

I just have to shake my head when I listen to Lupe stuff then listen to the radio now. With everyone saying Drake and Wanye are the definition of Hip-hop. Have they read Drake's or Wayne's lyrics their either talking about nothing at all only rhyming with no real theme/ topic or their doing the whole stupid "I do drugs fuck a whole lot of women and I got more money then you" shit I'll admit sadly that kind of shit sells now but compared to Lupe that are just so weak as artists

[johncp1989]

Hip hop might have saved Lupe.. but he returned the favor.

[Winter0Phoenix]

@johncp1989 best saying ever. and oh so true XD

[MrKipto]

@johncp1989 hip hop saved Lupe .. that's it. hip hop doesn't need saving cuz it was never dying nor will it ever die

[johncp1989]

@MrKipto yes it can. corporations can easily destroy the mainstream hiphop ...which it did in a sense.

[MrKipto]

@johncp1989 okay you're right there i guess he might have saved MAINSTREAM hip hop but trust me hip hop has never died it just went underground and grew to become real and speaks true words

[johncp1989]

@MrKipto don't get me wrong I love underground rap. Lupe is the only mainstream rapper I fuck with. I find some underground rappers better then lupe right now but that's simply cause of Atlantic fucking up his latest album...if lupe had full control over it I'm sure it would of been just as good as the cool or better. Im fucking with immortal technique right now, his latest mixtape was gold. I can't wait for his album. That and lupes mixtape friend of the people. lupe the best lyricist still

[MrKipto]

@johncp1989 and there is where i agree with you

[BeeAyyeee]

@johncp1989 Lupe mainstream? The fuck..

[johncp1989]

@BeeAyyeee um...yeah being nominated and winning grammy's when topping out on top 100 hottest hits in the billboards is pretty mainstream to me... But him being underrated is a different story

[mosofitness]

@johncp1989 thats not mainstream, thats being popular. His old shit was mad good, and mad popular. His new shit is commercial because he got locked into a contract that he did not know stripped him of his ability to produce his own shit. He has been producing shit written by the label under contract terms. Thats why he has been doing side shows in protest of this. His new shit sucks but isn't him, his old shit is bangin -- like this song.

[PwnUser815]

I found about Lupe Fiasco & Kid Cudi through The Genius (and A-class Doucher) Kanye West...Now that Ive heard about Cudi & Lupe....I cant remeber what I was doing in my life before that...

[doctrwilson]

tupac and biggie then eminem then big l then dre then mos def

[Subarruu]

1. Tupac

2. Biggie

3. Eminem

4. Kid Cudi

5. Lupe

[E4tT3hR1ch]

@Subarruu

Big L isn't on that list. You don't know shit about music.

[Subarruu]

@E4tT3hR1ch I know more about music then you will ever. I dont know as much about rap but i do know who is good and a good idea of what good talent is. So when you come in here saying i dont know shit about music i will ask you what do you actually know? Did you know the original music that half of todays rap songs sample from? Yea i didnt think so so piss off

[darkhand207]

@E4tT3hR1ch oh shiiiit. If Big L was still alive half of these so called rappers wouldn't even get a look in. Don't know about 2Pac being overrated though, a lot of his songs tell a story or send a conscious message. Hip Hop is suppose to social/political enlightenment... he did that on a regular

[YoungDakaKarma]

@darkhand207 ay breh can u check out my video response and let me know if i did it justice?

[killanowns]

@Subarruu

1. Kid Cudi

2. Lupe

3. Eminem

4. Drake

5. Kanye (His song power remixed with jayz is the BEST)

[doctrwilson]

@killanowns cudi?? his musics good but his raps arent that good. drake is not up there. what about pac biggie dre cage snoop mos def and the list goes on

[killanowns]

@doctrwilson its opinion, not facts on who is good and who is not, no point in arguing.

[Subarruu]

@killanowns Yea i like kayne too. He has a lot of good music espicially his older stuff. And I think drake will be on the list someday but he doesnt have what it takes to separate from the rest of the rappers. He needs to get out of young money and away from lil wayne who is just a terrible rapper.

[killanowns]

@Subarruu Thats your opinion, drake has some KILLER rhymes, you should listen to his song miss me and pay attention to the lyrics, and lil wayne has catchy music and i think hes alright, but thats just my opinion.

[datni99awithahair]

@killanowns but they aint real lyrics, wayne has a writer, and drake comes froma good nice home and was a child star

they didnt need hiphop, and hiphop didnt need them they ruined hiphop

[killanowns]

@datni99awithahair im not saying they made hip hop good, im just saying drake has killer rhymes, and drake writes his own lyrics, and lil wayne has a writer but his voice can be catchy in some songs

[grg3graphics]

I dont think ive ever commented on a youtube video, but im fucking sick of people putting Biggie and tupac at the top of hip hop. Yes, they are nasty and yes, they are legends. But we're in completely different times. Call me an idiot, but i can name fifty rappers thatll smash Tupac or Biggie, including Lupe.

[kngart1905]

@grg3graphics yea i agree, artists like Lupe def have sicker flow then tupac or biggie, but the reason they are so high up in the hip hop all stars is cause how they revolutionized the sound and the movement.

[AndrewDilleyMX]

this is a song you could have on repeat and it just gets better and better, sick job lupe!

[Ched0007]

1. Tupac

2. Biggie

3. Eminem

4. Nas

5. Lupe Fiasco

[BlountDucks9]

1. Biggie

2. A Tribe Called Quest

3. Lupe

4. Nas

[Jojiix3]

1. Lupe Fiasco

2. Tupac

3. J Cole

[seth101194]

@Jojiix3 your a fucking idiot. Just dont even reply to this comment. God your a fuckup.

[E4tT3hR1ch]

@seth101194

Someone's mad. Tupac is over rated. Get over it faggot.

[seth101194]

@E4tT3hR1ch Looooool. Was i fuckin talkin to you? ha didnt think so kid.

[ofthesun100]

@Jojiix3 4. kid cudi

[johncp1989]

@vkokotajlo5 Real recognize real. Stop trollin my comments fake ass mark.

[Indians4171]

stack that cheese

[beng94]

2 dislikes??? thats amazing

[IllHumor]

Hip hop saved my life....

[johncp1989]

1. Pac 2. Eminem 3. Lupe 4. Biggie 5. Nas

[vkokotajlo5]

@johncp1989 f*ck pac and the west coast

[AngelsDemon12]

Vagina.

[Yosty94]

Cudi, Lupe, Wale, Wiz, J Cole.

[shishoro1337]

@Yosty94 You forgot Eminem jsing, but the rest are good.

[zapmanclark]

@Yosty94 Cudi let me down man but you got the list right.

[MOMOxbby]

ehh just Cole, Lupe, and Cudi @Yosty94

[domriv55]

@Yosty94 dammm ur hundred percent right best 5 rappers out right now

[djkifrikz987]

@Yosty94

and B.o.B.

[DONKS181]

@Yosty94 every body except wiz

[d00bie54321]

@Yosty94 omg... do you guys even know theis song is about Slim Thug?

[d00bie54321]

@Yosty94 omg... do you guys even know this song is about Slim Thug?

[Nopacs]

@Yosty94

vinnie, knowmads, cunninglynguist, loyalist, immortal tech, sandpeople, heiruspecs, input, bone thugz, apollo brown, blue scholars, snowgoons, aotp and a thousand others are a million times more deserving than all of yours combined

[Yosty94]

@Nopacs I'm just naming my favorites... but okay.

[KushSkier]

@Yosty94 word.

[rynzie93]

@Yosty94 No Jay Electronica?

[mellin4820]

@Yosty94 Wale sucks cock...

[Z0OZIPZAP]

@mellin4820 what ? wale is nicer then anyone else in the game(besides lupe)

[xxBrandon995xx]

@Yosty94 YUP!

[The12Jacob]

@Yosty94 Wale & Wiz suck...

[blurp509]

@The12Jacob your ignorant, wale is the shit.

[1idea]

@blurp509 I approve this message

[1idea]

@The12Jacob Wiz may suck but Wale is a lyrical God

[LilMienKid916]

@The12Jacob i understand you sayin wiz...

but Wale? ahha, idk bout that .

just like @1idea said, hes a lyrical God . ahha

[The12Jacob]

@LilMienKid916 I just said Wale cause im pretty sure he did a song with Wacka Flocka, so i thought he sucked lol

[Ginga]

@Yosty94

Lupe could destroy all of them lyrically.

[LyricallySanee]

@Yosty94 No, all of them are just mainstream shit. You should look up Immortal Technique for some real rap, just saying.

[paraatiful]

@Yosty94 FUCK OFF LUPE IS AN ARTIST HE MAKES ART .SOUL MUSIC YOU KNOW

[whoisthegreatestMC99]

@Yosty94 cudi = medicore lupe = great wiz = medicore j cole = good/great

[kamrantahir111]

@Yosty94 Lupe, Cudi, K'naan, Immortal Technique

[MeZmoRiiZeXx]

@Yosty94 All but wiz im srry

[TropicalIcedZ]

@Yosty94 And Talib.

[urmom035]

2 ppl are either dyslexic or just blind beacus they miised the like button

[biggestkobefan]

lupe definitley in my top five fav rappers

[RapWivMe]

@biggestkobefan Out of curiosity whos your other 5 ? :)

[biggestkobefan]

@RapWivMe prolly in this order chamillionaire, ludacris, lupe, tupac, and em

[kernelroot]

STACK THAT CHEESE!

[myspacecomrogiie]

i think the vocals over ride this beata bit but thats just me..

[Sportsman134]

Illuminati!!! -_-

[Ginga]

@Sportsman134

Just stop

[scoot24925]

When Lupe was young he totaly hated Hip-Hop and Rap..for vulgarity.

[314Biggz]

Tell me why dis song is about Bun B, Slim Thug n Houston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... this shit go hard as fuck tho... make me appreciate music more ya dig

[seth101194]

Illuminati symbolism?

[klogskab]

@seth101194 just the opposite. Lupe is against illuminati. listen to the lyrics on his songs. they all have good meanings. ;)

[mrblakems]

Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop Saved My Life 01. Isesha Poem 02. Free Chilly f. Sarah Green and Gemstones 03. Go Gadget Flow 04. The Coolest 05. Superstar f. Matthew Santos 06. Paris Tokyo 07. High Definition f. Snoop Dogg & Pooh Bear 08. Hip Hop Saved My Life f. Nikki Jean 09. Gold Watch 10. Intruder Alert f. Sarah Green 11. Streets on Fire 12. Little Weapon 13. Gotta Eat 14. Dumb it Down f. Gemini & Graham Burris 15. Hello Goodbye f. UNKLE good album

[TheShawnyoda]

wow one dislike wants attention

[TheShawnyoda]

lol 1 dislike wants attention

[TheShawnyoda]

wow 2 people think there cool

[DMJaber]

@TheShawnyoda they aren't people.

[DocBreeezy]

underrated?

[loganator01]

love Lupe!! tho my favorite is Little Weapon

[Anduhsin]

"Comment back if you think this line is good

"Our minds are morphing,pulled into the force wind to listen to the mainstream lyricly impaired, horse shit"" less

[westsidechamp]

charles hamilton-Sunday morning testimonial

[FilipinoGuy100]

something something something

STACH THAT CHEESE

[ahmady24]

muslim babyyyy

[lilmane2373]

Stack that cheese XD

[lilmane2373]

1 dislike wasnt saved by hip hop

[SnortingSkittles]

that one person who hit dislike is a asswipe.

[malampetang]

i feel so lucky. i jus saw him put on a concert in west palm for FREE. i got goosebumps when he did ths live

[johncp1989]

I feel like im in heaven when im bumpin this

[Andrej577]

Dis dude is kool, cuz he keps his rhymes tight, an he dnt B takin' about all dat violence an sex an drugs like most rappers do, Lupe only word 2 describe u is... Cool

[johncp1989]

@gabe7773 F AND F his LABEL first and fifteenth, food stamps. get it

[gabe7773]

What does F-N-F stand for??

[gridiron2393]

Lupe Fiasco said in an interview that this song was based on slim thug, another great rapper

[johncp1989]

I cant believe BET how they dissed lupe, gave T.I.'s fake ass best cd of the year in 07.

[bladerglass936]

what houston rapper is he talking about? slim thug right?

[EnterTheWuTang1]

@bladerglass936 Pimp C, i thought it would be obvious...

[bladerglass936]

@EnterTheWuTang1 naw dude it's Slim... i found out a few days ago

[lucariojet]

@bladerglass936 yeah its slim thug