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A variation on buy my old album
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Despite releasing a number of classic mixtapes and free tracks, Lupe doesn’t rap for free – it’s his main source of income.
He does this for freedom
a) his own financial freedom which gives him freedom to do as his pleases
b) in support of the freedom of people in general
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All of Lupe’s old fans who are complaining his new tracks don’t sound like his first album Food & Liquor obviously didn’t all buy it as it didn’t go Gold (sell over 500,000 copies in the United States) unlike his next album The Cool.
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Lupe is still setting trends and killing tracks. So don’t look for his replacement.
A reference to a surgery typically performed on the aged. His hip is still good, so it doesn’t need to be replaced.
Indeed anyone who has seen Lupe perform live will know he’s still got masses of energy.
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This is another way of expressing fans expectations of some rappers that they stay the same. We may love Illmatic, The College Dropout, Reasonable Doubt, and Food & Liquor, however we can’t expect our favourite rappers to remain frozen in time. They will change, evolve and develop over time. Their interests, problems and preoccupations will constantly shift.
The Picture of Dorian Gray a story about ageless beauty
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A stupor is most commonly used to refer to a state of drunkenness.
However Lupe doesn’t drink, instead he is saying that the expectations of some fans that he should stay forever young put him in a state of mental numbness.
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Fly paper is sticky paper which flies can’t escape once they land on.
Lupe’s ideas are likewise sticky – maybe he’s been doing some reading..
They ain't see the steel plate up under my seat though Lupe Fiasco – Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus
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Both of these lines are references to the movie Casino.
One scene shows one of Nicky Santoro’s henchmen (Dominick) spitting on a free sandwich given to police officers at his restaurant.
In the opening scene of the movie, in an attempt to kill Sam Rothstein, they blow up his car with him in it. The model of car which Sam is driving has a steel plate under the driver’s seat, which saves his life.
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With numerous songs and albums titled “Get Money” as well as appearing as an imperative in many songs “Get Money” has become a rap mantra.
With the phrase repeated for over ten minutes the words morph and fold into each other and ultimately lose meaning.
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