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Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

Fifty years ago, Miles Davis announced the ?birth of the cool.? Lupe Fiasco anchors his new album in the declaration, ?I present the death of tha cool? — showing all the artistic ambition and cold-eyed moralism that makes him such a fascinating hip-hop figure. This skateboarding Muslim from...

2007 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

2006

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Lupe Fiasco energized hip-hop when his highly anticipated 2006 debut Food & Liquor was leaked online before shooting into the Top 10 of Billboard's album charts upon its release. Critics hailed the rapper as the savior of the genre on the strength of tracks like the skateboard anthem "Kick, Push" and his mellow, Grammy-winning duet with soul/jazz singer Jill Scott on "Daydreamin'."

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