39. "Can you make music this dense and have listeners?" In response to In response to 0 Wed Mar-18-15 11:35 PM by cidolfas
This is an incredible lyrical exercise. And T&Y goes there better than any album in a long time. But I wonder if this is something that can be sustained?
My only qualm with Lupe's newest is the musical direction. The aesthetic musically is to be as accessible as possible. I understand it fits with the current climate of hip-hop, but it just doesn't fit for what he's trying to say artistically, in my opinion. At times, Lupe feels very disjointed from the music he's working with. There just doesn't seem to be an organic connection with the art he's creating.
I wish he'd taken more chances on that front, and then we'd really have the genre-defining, revolutionary act Lupe is capable of becoming.
Not to say that he isn't doing something interesting and new. But to me the overall package of Shabazz Palaces, as one example, is pushing the envelope in more interesting and more important ways (despite Lupe's phenomenal lyrical flash this year).