Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco's "Daydreamin" is my favorite track off of his great debut album Food and Liquor. The thing about Lupe that seperates him from mainstream rappers of the day is that he doesn't rap about the gangsta lifestyle that is prevalent in so many commercial hip-hop hits these days. It's probably for this same reason that the highest charting position for any of his singles thus far is #79 on Billboard.
But hey, we all know that commercial radio isn't any good, so let's focus on the message and not the profits. Over the course of the album, Lupe touches on subjects ignored my mainstream hip-hop, such as what happens to those who don't survive the gangsta lifestyle, missing father figures, being Muslim in a post-9/11 America and on a lighter note, skateboarding.
The lyrics in the second verse of "Daydreamin" best exemplify the album's criticism of mainstream hip-hop.
So come on everybody, let's make cocaine cool...
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