Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental

[Astraeus14]

I feel like the box is society. He's talking about someone who watches, absorbs, mimics, and wants not only to be in society, but climb to the top. The doctors represent those in society who evaluate/judge him (like real doctors) and how well he is doing within society, but they're the ones who are holding him back in the first place (the same ones that took away his voice and left his instrumental, or only a fraction of who he really is). He is stuck trying to impress those who hold him back.

[mrjulianburton]

and you cant tell me just who you are, u buy new clothes just to hide those scars, you built that roof just to hide those stars, now u can't take it back to the start..

[mrjulianburton]

i thought the box was the t.v

[BMHS653]

The box is whatever relates to the listener, ever thought that

[swageddown246]

dis song FRESH!!!!!!!!!

[Uponone636]

This is so dope man..

[MegaTexton]

This dude is just brilliant he could be the most underrated rapper of all time

[trollingbiznach]

the box= today's mainstream media...for those of you who don't know

[ZACMAY101]

that should have been the top comment on this song , like i cant beleive that , im done with you half brains

[ZACMAY101]

fuck youtube deleting my comment , like you guys are fucking jokes



[Ayushables]

If ANYONE, anyone at all knows where I can find the instrumental to this, I will forever be indebted to you

[HizMrzForever]

@ sonicsbiggestfan1997 , yes exactly ! (:

[clsof2013]

One of the best artists to ever grace the world!

I wish i could find the instrumental for this song :/

[CriticalThought004]

we all know how dope Lupe is, but anyone else notices how underrated Mike Shinoda as a producer is?? I mean look at the Rising Tied album he produced all by himself, and this awesome beat

[chuckbeatzbeats]

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[thearnow]

produced by mike shinoda :)

[HizMrzForever]

Do Yall Even Kno What This Song Is Trying To Say ?

[gosuckadickanerd]

@HizMrzForever no

[sonicsbiggestfan1997]

@HizMrzForever yes. the first man he talks about is one who got influenced by the TV. he couldn't stop watching it, and he continued to watch it hoping it could help him.

The second man is one who got addicted to the radio. doing everything it told him to do without hesitation. the difference is, the first man hated the tv, and tried to stop watching it, cuz he knew it was taking away his personality. the second man saw nothing wrong with it. both these men lost their voices due to "the box"

[niiiiiiiiiiickk]

dude what the fuck. lupe fiasco has around 10 songs that i just cant resist. he only just realeased his 3rd album. the future looks bright for a boss that has already had so many fucking amazing songs

[kayothicrayjay]

I hate rap except for my friend's christian rap. and this... :)

[MsSarahJ56]

@kayothicrayjay have you ever heard of dilated people. it is not chirstian but they are politically and socially relivant, that and immortal technique

[kayothicrayjay]

@MsSarahJ56 No i have not, but I'll look that up, that's interesting. thank you :)

[MsSarahJ56]

@kayothicrayjay dispite the tendency for volgarities when it comes to such heated topics as they rap about, they truely are articulate

[gibsonguitarist1250]

M A X I M U M F L O W

[Nasstan125]

Damn it's sad to see how much lupe has fallen off

[ashley101verve]

NFL Madden ''07'' :)

[knowcentsable]

come on boys... the meaning of this song is bout da hustle...replay it...its all about selling drugs!

[Dmpurcell90]

@knowcentsable I think it's a commentary about our society...How we're being brainwashed by our TVs and the Media. Lupe is very outspoken about the NWO and Illuminati

[AnubisBeatmaker]

Nossa.Muito Show mesmo.

[TheSquishey]

I dont like rap. But I love this.

[Gotenks0002]

@TheSquishey either way, you don't like rap, since you just said you don't, not trying to troll, but its irrelevant to say you dont like rap and yet like this, which is indeed rap/hip hop

[StickarenaCA]

@Gotenks0002 He's saying that this song is just an exception.

[Gotenks0002]

@StickarenaCA he can tell me that himself sir. besides i was speaking to/at him not anyone else. thanks for adding your input on the subject at hand however.

[urbanpsych0]

@TheSquishey i like the style that is called rap.. but mainstream rap is full off bullshit.. this is the rap i like.

[Dboy4100X3]

this album is just a classic

[ultimatesupremedrago]

Lupe is incredible

[kain702]

Based on Lupe's blog, it's deeper than just being controlled by the media. Its an analysis on the paradox of truth seeking when the truth itself is an opinion. The world is the instrumental and our voices are the lyrics thus there is no absolute truth only what each of us interpret from the world. From lupe's own POV, there is no ONE MEANING to this song, its all up to interpretation. We are in fact the ones who he describes in this song glued to the boxes tryin 2 find a meaning to this song.

[IWhoCreate]

@kain702 oh dam i actually thought it had something to with truth but what you said was a real eye opener.

[kain702]

@IWhoCreate Thanks dude. Music is at its best when there are deeper levels of meaning.

[birdmanjrd2]

1st box = TV?

2nd box = Radio?

It's a little deeper than that lol, but whatever...

[BubbaDaPitcha4]

Lupe fiasco is my top 5 lyrical artist in this generation

[That8oySimba9302]

The song is too REAL. Lupe's best album

[IWhoCreate]

I feel like this song is a alittle too sophisticated for a video game. I think what he might be talking about is truth. People keep on saying its about TV and the Radio, and that may be, but what it is we are trying to gain from these is the truth. However anything can be in the box. What is true is that we will never gain the truth, hence the love and hate for the box. lots of paradoxicals, its a brain buster for sure.

[pachie1234]

@IWhoCreate it is about tv, he said it in an interview, the song speaks for itself - people watch too much tv and don't think outside the box(t.v) and many believe everything that is on tv - hence "it never lies"

[ooHATAWAYoo]

Madden 07 baby!! Still my fav of all time! =D

[SymbioticElementX]

Produced by Mike Shinoda :)

[Maticus07]

@SymbioticElementX So is that why this song plays on my Fort Minor radio on Pandora? :D

[SymbioticElementX]

@Maticus07 hehehe ya that might be why :)

[jjhighasfucK]

@SymbioticElementX forreal? damn i didnt no that, thats my dude hahah



[SymbioticElementX]

@jjhighasfucK haha yup. Shinoda's beats are very unique. recognized it straight away as soon as I was listening to this song. :)

[jjhighasfucK]

@SymbioticElementX maybe cause its from workin with linkin park lol idk, im guessin, but hes straight as fuck i havent heard any of that or fort minor inna while.

[cdude5749]

this game is on madden 07

[fasdffa1]

Anyone think it's ironic what the song is about and it's on ( from what I understand from the comments ) a couple video games?

[IWhoCreate]

i hate that lupe is still not recognized as a great rapper....I think he proved it with his very first album. I loook at peoples lists of greatest rappers of all time and shit and never seen one with lupe in it.

[MeZmoRiiZeXx]

@IWhoCreate thats becuz lupe is beyond rap hes hip hop and most of these ppl today dnt know hip hop sadly

[jo0k]

i remember when this came out, it was good then and still is.

[BeGoneSon]

love this.

[moneyomgmoneyiloveit]

so fuckin awesome

[cyper201]

the box can be anything you want it to be that's what makes this song so great

[1desjardins]

1st box , its the TV

2nd box , its the Radio

thumps up so peoples know !

[KevinTheVillian]

@1desjardins Im glad i'm not the only one who realizes

[xSpencerWxRFCx]

@1desjardins let people think for themself.

[ASDMarauder007]

@1desjardins deeper than that.

[ZACMAY101]

@1desjardins EVERYBODY READ THIS I BEG OF YOU . i am amazed that noones understands.THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE HUSTLE. doctors = drug dealers. cant remember how to stop the hustle, locks it in a box = safe . last of the boxes refers to the fact he has no other option once he "swallowed the combination" and got in too deep. Lupe fiasco is a muslim who is writing this song from an OUTSIDE THE BOX perspective. PLEASE LISTEN AGAIN AFTER READING. it is a perfect timeline from beginning to finish. THANKS

[ArkamFiasco]

@ZACMAY101 So I understand your interpration of it, and it makes sense for most of it except for "He just sits, and listens to the people in the boxes Everything he hears he absorbs and adopts it Anything not coming out the box he blocks it" so can you please help me

[ZACMAY101]

@ArkamFiasco lol he listen to the people who are above him in the grind , whatever they tell him he listens and does . doesnt pay attention to anything other than the hustle.

[1desjardins]

@ZACMAY101 holy shit , never saw that before , thanks dude :o!

[1desjardins]

@ZACMAY101 what you say make sense , but what about the second verse ?

[ZACMAY101]

@1desjardins listen again . the second verse makes it even more nuts man . like what dont you get ill explain it

[ArkamFiasco]

@ZACMAY101 it could be that the box influences people into getting drugs

[Zanguza]

Had to listen to it twice to realize the first and second verse were different.

[C8oy93]

Think Food and Liquor was lupe's best album. not that The Cool and Lasers weren't good. But food and liquor has the realest lyrics and meanings. Every song just has something all people have either seen or related too...no other rapper does that these days...maybe besides J.Cole. Lasers is more mainstream to me...Realest song is "Letting Go"

[kuggle7]

@C8oy93 did you just say that the cool wasn't good.

[C8oy93]

@kuggle7 na lol. i'm saying that Food and Liquor was better to me. All of Lupe's albums are nice

[jjhighasfucK]

and keep doin it and listen closely ;)

[42Jay420]

@jjhighasfucK pussy

[jjhighasfucK]

@42Jay420 fuck you josh

[jjhighasfucK]

press 2 and when it gets too 0:42 press 2 again

[BoxOfOranges84]

To me this song is about Fox News and the mindless sheeple that are almost hypnotized be what they say

[jjhighasfucK]

this shit is straight, whoever said hes a one hit wonder is a fuckin retard..

[hazeddon]

@jjhighasfucK Who in their right mind would ever say that?

[jjhighasfucK]

@hazeddon i have no idea, but i remember seein some dude talking about one hit wonders on fuse and he brought up lupe, i thought that was the dumbest thing ive ever heard hahaha hes lookin real dumb.

[hazeddon]

@jjhighasfucK lol I mean theres stupid and theres stupid, and theres that guy.

[jjhighasfucK]

@hazeddon which hes completely off the radar hahaha.

[pachie1234]

@jjhighasfucK They say that because I believe one of the only songs that made the radio was superstar (in that era, (kick push was on the radio, but that was when good music was still played on the radio

- now a days people just want a pop like song to bump to - (not caring about the lyrics and just listening to a hot beat and chorus)

[jjhighasfucK]

@pachie1234 yeah, the shit i seen they were sayin kick push was the only good song, i feel you on that. and thats exactly what people do hahaha damn, i cant agree with you anymore on that. thats why i dont like mainstream rap that much, basically its the same shit, im more into lyrics then a good hook an a beat.

[pachie1234]

@jjhighasfucK That's what I'm into and Lupe is definitely in my top 3, it sucks to see the direction music has gone to now, and I don't see it changing.

[jjhighasfucK]

@pachie1234 yeah, basically its the same shit all the time... i call em brag rappers, they dont rap bout nthin else, some people just dont know what real rap really is lmao smh at hypebeast. and its probably not. i like lupe, alot actually. but i think since odd future blew up, i think there the ones who finna change the game... shit waynes on there dick hahahah

[yoyoloto]

I usually hate rap and rappers, but I must admit that this fiasco guy is standing out, sick lyrics

[TheGamekid93]

@yoyoloto lool listen o the cool and try connecting the dots but only do so if you want your brain plastered all over your ceiling as if someone blasted a shotgun close range

[Istaygutter]

O SHIT SORRY FOR THE FREESTYLE I THOUGHT HIS WAS A REAL INSTUMENTAL LMAO CARRY ON EVERYBODY :D

[42Jay420]

@Istaygutter lyin ass retard

[Istaygutter]

I AINT SAYING I CAN RAP --- OR EVEN BATTLE STACKS --- BUT I GUESS-- IF HE THE MAN -- IT'S OK TO BATTLE CATS ---BUT TODAY IM JUST CHILLING IN MY B-BOY STANCE ---BUT HIP HOP SO DEAD -- ALL THEY DO IS DANCE ---I MEAN MICHEAL JACKSON DEAD ---AND THEY DO HIS DANCE --- I AINT NEVER DID THE DOUGIE --- BUT IM FRESHER THAN SOME HUGGIES ---I GO TO SLEEP IN THE A.M --- RISE IN THE P.M ---BLIND TO THESE RAPPERS -- THAT MEANS I CAN'T SEE THEM ---WILL BEAT THEM FOR I BE THEM ---IM REALLY TRYING TO FREE THEM

[42Jay420]

@Istaygutter BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Istaygutter]

@42Jay420 lol you a ghost nigga 

[RyGeus]

Lupe, Ry Geus, J Cole and Kanye!

[MagicBulletsX]

Man this song puts me in a depressed mood..just the beat itself

[DJDEFSTROKE]

>You will NEVER find the instrumental of this song

[RyGeus]

@DJDEFSTROKE Haha, I know! I've tried many times!

[MagicBulletsX]

Fuckin love the feel and the vibe of this song

[lilaliyahi]

..thats why I don't really watch tv

[megaD3af]

@lilaliyahi I feel ya. All I watch is sports, Most Shocking, and maybe a movie on demand once in awhile.

[TheSuperLizardMan]

WHERE CAN I FOUND THE INSTRUMENTAL TO THIS?! I've looked absolutely everywhere...

[sho1oo]

@TheSuperLizardMan tell me if u find the instrumental to this song haha

[MrMynamesjohn]

my day has just been made

[BIGMrighthere]

Well on U Stream Lupe said this song is about TV and radio, how they tell you what to think and do.

[412pirates]

Madden 07 Swag

[gunot5827]

im probably going to get a bashing for this but i wish this old lupe would come back, ppl keep telling me he he is still there but lately all i have heard from him is poppy trash (my opinion) hopefully he can give his old fans something with F&L2

[xSmokeItDown]

@gunot5827 He had no choice. I wish people would do some research before just throwing out comments like "lupe sucks now" or "lupe sold out"

He made the pop shit because Atlantic Records literally told him "if you do not make these songs, we will not release your album."

He was given pre made beats with pop choruses already on them and told to finish the song. He had very little creative control and the label CRUSHED his artistic drive and spirit by refusing to allow him to do what he loves.

[bigblackracoon]

@xSmokeItDown Thank you good sir. I feel that all these people who say Lupe sold out or whatever are posers! There not real fans because the real fans know about the situation with Atlantic and how he actually feels about Lasers. Lupe still has the same great, thought provoking lyrics, just that in Lasers there not as clever as the verses you'd hear in songs from The cool album, and there on poppy beats.

[Lulz071]

@bigblackracoon I agree with you guys completely, but I find it's disappointing for the fans nonetheless. I mean, he made Dumb It Down addressing this sort of thing.

[InfaDave]

shinoda did a great job with this track, nd lupe jst went ape-shit on it

[kingkarl12341]

i thought it was about someone with a split personality two sides fighting for control of the body they both possess

[YungMalThaKid]

songs like these make me not believe in illuminati/free mason and last but not least opinions personality individuality uniqueness have it ppl NEVER FOLLOW

[comedian5264]

madden 12

[iriezonapsychonaut]

This was produced by Mike Shinoda. check out "be somebody" by fort minor

[comedian5264]

lol its been so many years and nobody knows wants hes talking about.

[freshprince58]

"and you cant tell me just who you are, you buy me new clothes just to hide those scars..you built that roof just to hide those stars, now you cant take it back to the start.."

those few line are some the most real, amazing, touching words ive ever heard

[braduh1]

Madden 07!

[caden7836]

@braduh1 and pgr4

[braduh1]

@caden7836 ?? If I may ask, what is pgr4?

[caden7836]

@braduh1 Project Gothem Racing 4

[braduh1]

@caden7836 I see

[Redskins4eva2126]

@braduh1 true shit bro i had this song playing when i was playing superstar mode

[R4MB0777]

759,000 views, why is it only showing my views?

[bigblackracoon]

@R4MB0777 Please don't post those kinda comments that are for the soul purpose of obtaining thumbs up on Lupe vids. As you can see everyone else is commenting on what the song is about or how they interpet it. Then you come along and dumb down the conversation with that"why is this only showing my views" comment. I probaly sound pretty rude and insulting and for that I apoligize, but I just hate to see such comments on a Lupe vid.

[anonymousworld513]

in case you guys didnt know this is called the Instrumental because its about a kid who never talked he just absorbed everything that people were saying... because a instrumental has no words it's only a beat and anyone can say anything over an instrumental..... I hope u understand the message Lupe was tryna get across....

[LightKiiraa]

@anonymousworld513 lol it seems you yourself didnt understand the message.

[kartikeyamudgil]

Woah! Luv it!

[EnassiClothing]

fuck i love this song !

[EnassiClothing]

FUCK YES!

[SlickthaMC]

i like the beat alot in this song

[av399]

Hmm I wonder what a music video for this would look like

[DruggedPocky]

@av399 I pictured Lupe Fiasco dancing with a box in his hands...

[mesha001717]

Lupe + Eminem would be AWESOME!

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[berbatov5225]

nice one

[Amega14]

Lupe Fiasco & Kid Cudi

Lupe take the verses Cudi take the chorus

[TropicalIcedZ]

Without a doubt one of his best non-single tracks!

[spazam6]

This. Is. Beautiful.

[dreesfree093]

*THUMBS UP!(:

[09Dimension18]

@Ez4rmLR I'd say he's the best.

[FrozenHeatRecordz]

For anyone who doesnt know, hes talking about how TV and media takes away our voice and just leaves the instrumental, the box is TV, and the docters are market researchers (like in the In Da Club video)

This song is just genius.

[VikDAkinG]

@FrozenHeatRecordz I always felt this song was about addiction, to practically anything.. I used to have a cigarette addiction and I always related to this song because that is how my mind made me feel about cigarettes whether it was true or not, however to each his own I suppose..

[NYYstateofmind]

@FrozenHeatRecordz your wrong. he means that TV creates stereotypes, and people become the stereotypes, taking away their originality or voice.

[kingkarl12341]

@FrozenHeatRecordz thats not what i thought :P

[xSmokeItDown]

@FrozenHeatRecordz is exactly right about the meaning of this song. Listen to it again.

"He just sits, and listens to the people in the boxes, everything he sees he absorbs and adopts it. He mimics and he mocks it. Really hates the box, but he can't remember how to stop it; so he continues to watch it....."

YOU ARE FREE TO DO AS THEY TELL YOU.

[RayZenMusic]

imo the boxis someone he was close too

[kace842]

Lupe Fiasco is a fucking genius, how he isn't bigger I will never know, the show goes on isn't lupe that's columbia.

[MrBignate323]

I think "the box" is tv i could be wrong idk

[baumkleid]

what does box mean?

[YouBeMadlol]

@baumkleid I thought it was the tv Lmao

[liquidshiggy]

this is my shit it reminds me of this girl

[DustinHoltz]

This is so much better than that gay as fucking black and yellow song. I hate that song and all songs like it. I thank Lupe for showing me that there still is hope in young musicians today.

[ssimplysmile]

@Xeophian Thanks honeeey :)