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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Garry Mulholland

Lupe Fiasco, Food and Liquor

Chicago's Lupe Fiasco boasts beats from Kanye West and the Neptunes, so hip hop buzz is assured. And the deserving part of Food & Liquor is a set of themes from the politicised end of Afro-American ghetto life, hitting hardest on tracks by his 1st & 15th production team. The downside is that his orchestral Kanye-meets-Nas muse lacks originality, and that his lists of ghetto hardships on the likes of 'Hurt Me Soul' sound more like piss-take than protest. The closing 'Outro' is 12 minutes of Fiasco thanking everyone who might help his career. Bit of a giveaway, really.

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