Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental

[xXxGothxQueenxXx]

this is a good song, and that means alot comming from me cuz i like metal and punk

usually not stuff like this

[MrDethguy]

Hes not a rapper hes a God

[AfghanSoldier408]

Who would dis like this song

[CKaGeDUBStep]

Before april 1st 2011 i would have said somthing like " Lupe & CuDi NEED to make a song" but now everytime i think of CuDi i know hes not the same. Which makes me sad :/

[inwoodog]

@CKaGeDUBStep lupe fiasco, kid cudi and j.cole are the realest rappers. or where....

[CKaGeDUBStep]

@inwoodog Thats what im sayin yo

[scottyea]

This song makes me so happy

[XxAnimeTundraxX]

True rap. Not the shit that belittles women and praises drugs, but music that is centered around real world issues.

[bucanegr]

@XxAnimeTundraxX Rap is still shit in general

[forerunner06]

the "he never lies" part in the beginning and chorus is from the song 'Nestle' by the band Far.

[scottyea]

@forerunner06 thanks man

[Emajor71590]

@ToddJones763 i agree

[ToddJones763]

You're a real Lupe fan when you heard this before show goes on

[iCharCakeYum]

@ToddJones763 oh yeah? what if i heard superstar before show goes on?

[lilreece8990]

Now am I the only one that hears this as gods view of the world...overall lupe Is a fucking lyrical genius

[MsHillel]

Pure Artistry



[dtpheif]

Lupe songs require more then one listen to fully grasp them.

[youngice604]

Mike shinoda made a banger with this one

[Crownzification]

It took me 30,249 times to actually get it down :D Its hard to keep up with Lupe Fiasco on this song

[bigdaddypaddy1]

some rappers are lyrical monsters. and lupe is on that level

[AdiaForeTwintee]

Real Housewives!

[lateryn]

i like this song



[the5caryclown]

hes not a rapper hes an artist

[BEAT0Z]

@the5caryclown rapper is an artist -_-

[JPotential]

I love the lyrics to this. Great song.

[Psychedelicify]

3 peoples lied

[TheMaya0425]

WOW I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS MY FISRT TIME HEARING THIS SONG I AM BLOWN AWAY DAMN LUPE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE CAN HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU AS A RAPPER !!!!!!!!! WOW IT REALLY MAKES ME THINK ABOUT WATCHING TO MUCH TV OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO SO MUCH

[rene11717]

One of my top 10 favorite songs

[KnightsSportsLeader]

someone lied

[mycomgame007]

lupe...this is why you have no dislikes :)))

[pikazard14]

This was my touchdown song in Madden 07. Oh good times =)

[SumBlackGuy508]

now i may not have listened to kanyes new album. but i do stay up on lupe and what commercialized song are u talking about? and true young moneys getting alot of good tracks out. but ur right the only things gettin play is the bs theres no meaning in anybody songs.

[sootyferrari65]

pgr4=best sound effects and best music

[AricaEatsHearts]

I like stuff like this.

Chill stuff, good beat.

This is what I paint to.

[FeRnY101808]

this song is on Madden NFL 09 very good song

[741023654]

VietJr!! :D

[caudataman5000]

i know every word to the song.

[hjimmy2134]

did it i sang all of it

[Jacster55]

lupe is the best rapper alive

[USFSoldier1]

Rapped the whole thing, right on tune, straight wit the lyrics no messups. (:

Started at :12

[iStylix]

That's the awesome thing about Lupe's music .. it's always open to interpretation . one song but so many different meanings .. 5/5

[serving2010]

Uh, that's the Ish right there...throw it in 6th and just cruise.

[mayydaymurda]

Lupe Fiasco gives me hope for rap again.

[drvasquez69]

@mayydaymurda To bad he's retireing =(

Lupe is the only reason I still back modern hip/hop

[clueless301]

HE IS NOT!...

Still waiting for that album to drop.

[drvasquez69]

@clueless301 After LASERS and the other 3 albums he is.

[clueless301]

Who knows... he might think it over... I hope

[Jacster55]

@drvasquez69 why he is 28 lol. why should he retire he is not even old. and plus he is the only person who is keeping hip hop alive.

[UltraKid808]

@Jacster55,

There's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooo many other good rappers...Lupe isn't keep shit alive my dude...He's not retiring either...the label won't let him.

[SumBlackGuy508]

@UltraKid808 most of those "soooooo" many other good rappers ur talking about are the commercial sell outs of the main stream media. theres only a handful of others with a positive rap style with lyrics other than guns, drugs, bitches, and money.

[UltraKid808]

@SumBlackGuy508,

smfh....No! and Lupe is a commercial rapper...He's Mainstream and Common>>>>>Lupe Fiasco.....Talib Kweli>>>>>Lupe Fiasco.....Mos Def>>>>Lupe Fiasco....Jay Electronica>>>>>Lupe Fiasco....and this isn't the fucking 90's alot of rappers today don't rap about guns or drugs....Name the last Mainstream rapper that was gangsta and still making hits???? T.I. makes very postive songs now but you probably don't like him, right? and being a positve rapper doesn't make you the best....

[SumBlackGuy508]

@UltraKid808 actually i have most of tis albums. and im not sure which crack den u came from but his new stuff may be starting to pick up a posotive message be he just start. ur talking about the "positive" man caught with a trunk full of guns. and yet and still the only hits coming out from rappers are about guns, fucking ur gf in my backseat, or all the money i have. and dont forget "shake dat ass cuz i gotz cash"

[UltraKid808]

@SumBlackGuy508,

T.I.'s songs are postive now...Just because he got caught with guns doesn't mean shit and you still haven't name a gangsta song that blew up this year plus you're acting like every song Lupe makes is positive plus Hip Hop doesn't have to be postive all the time. Back in the 90's there was tons of rappers who rapped about gangsta shit, smoking weed, girls and money.

[SumBlackGuy508]

@UltraKid808 the only reason t.is rapping positive is because he got that case. hes under the microscope and ppl are lookin at him like hes retarded. hes just tryna build new appeal. and the fact that anytime a kid shoots, stabs, or slaps somebody everybody points the finger at gangsta rap doesnt help. this is the FIRST real break in gangsta msic we've had since the 90's and lupe just happened to be one of the very few in the industry that had been promoting education instead of violence

[SumBlackGuy508]

@UltraKid808 oh and by the way We Be Steady Mobbin' Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane. Gangsta song on the chart tops for 2010

[UltraKid808]

@SumBlackGuy508,

Your point is? Lil' Wayne is the biggest rapper out right now and Gucci Mane is just a trend......Southern bangers are a huge trend right now and Weezy doesn't really rap about Gangsta shit......The only real Gangsta song that I know that was a hit in 2010 was BMF.....Gangsta rap will always have hits but it's definitly not as popular as it once was in the Mainstream,,,,,,,,,,,,

[SumBlackGuy508]

@UltraKid808 ok i an accept that but the fact still remains that the whole of rap is still lacking a steady positive wave. clubbing, cars, women, and liquor dont make for a determined youth. all i was saying at the beginning of this whole thing was that lupe is one of very few that have a different tone. a story teller if u will. besides all u need is a hot beat and a catchy hook to make a hit today.

[UltraKid808]

@SumBlackGuy508,

Not even good production can save you these days.....Kanye has some of the best Hip Hop production on his album and he's barely getting any attention....Lupe just released a track that was very commercial and it hasn't even blown up yet.......The only urban artists I know who can put out a certified hit are Lil' Wayne, Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Trey Songz....Every other hit song on the radio is just random as fuck...

[kefindifidofo]

@Jacster55 Mos Def !!

[Jacster55]

@drvasquez69 why he is only 28 . he is not even old. plus he is the only rapper keeping hip hop alive.

[koolmazin]

this song is friggen awsome man its just showing me stuff!!! i feel like this song tells me somthing

[adebo3745]

its my fav song it just gets me started

[Chapizisdabest]

that TV thing makes sense except for two quotes. "And thats the last of the boxes" & "As the Doctors jot it all down, with they pens and pencils."

Doesn't really apply to a TV or radio or whatever.

[briangy2009]

The box represents the Tv or a radio... Figure it out from there. I Luv Lupe!!!!

[lydayjr]

hey so what does this song mean? what does the box represent. love it, jus trying to figure out what he is using these objects to symbolize ... someone please answer!!!!

[LancetheNG]

The lyrics of the song represent how contemporary society is essentially dependent on TV. Instead of living out his own life, "He (the guy in the song)," watches tv.

"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"

This basically means that whatever people on tv do or say he does it.

This song is accurate social commentary in the form of a rap song,

[jaybeze14]

as soon as i hear the beat i was hooked

the lyrics (as always) was a bonus

[AndreTheTruth1]

Madden NFL 07!!!!!

[YungIce36]

YEE BOY ONE OF THE BEST MADDEN EVER

[mHeightz22]

@AndreTheTruth1 oh thats why it sounds so familiar

[skyraindrop]

yo yo yo whats the message of the song sorry for asking

[thedonmarlo]

the "box" is something rappers visualize as someone being created by the people.

if you put a rapper in the "box," you're calling him an average rapper that sounds like all the other rappers.

[freedomfighta]

It's essentially the TV/media/industry/magazines, etc. and how people are mesmerized by it and buy into it

[bluetooth198]

nice

[BeastlyBeast34]

pretty easy to sing GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!

[Soru475]

love this song. 2 man. after the first time i have heard it.

[whoopsyou]

love this song. cant wait for we are L.A.S.E.R.S!