Lupe Fiasco. The Cool

Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool, commonly referred to as simply The Cool, is the second studio album by Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on December 18, 2007. The Cool is a loose concept album, based on a song and its titular character from his debut album Food & Liquor of the same name. The album features production from Soundtrakk, Unkle, and Patrick Stump, among others. Guest appearances include, but are not limited to, GemStones, Snoop Dogg, and Matthew Santos. The album debuted at #15, moved a spot up to #14 on the Billboard 200 in its second week.



Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool was received with mostly positive reviews from music critics, with an 77 rating from review aggregator MetaCritic.com. Entertainment Weekly said “Sonically, he’s got the same kind of gratifying ADHD going on. Some tracks, like ‘Paris, Tokyo,’ contrast his Twista-style rapid-fire delivery with a lazy rhythm that’s close to smooth jazz which can comparable to A Tribe Called Quest. ‘Hello/Goodbye,’ at the other extreme, has U.K. electro outfit Unkle providing a tense rock feel.” The NY Times, hailing the album as “one of the year’s best hip-hop albums,” added that “The songs only grow more urgent as Lupe Fiasco expands his sociopolitical perspective. ‘Intruder Alert’ starts as a wary love song and broadens its topic to immigration. All Music Guide said “He is one of the most clever artists around, and as far as telling stories with rhymes goes, he’s way up there, best exemplified by ‘Hip-Hop Saved My Life’ (a gripping story about a struggling rapper) and ‘Gotta Eat’ (where Lupe’s inspiration for metaphors is a cheeseburger, yet it is no more corny than Main Source’s classic ‘Just a Friendly Game of Baseball’).”

Tracks:

1. Baba Says Cool For Thought
2. Free Chilly (Feat. Sarah Green & Gemstones)
3. Go Go Gadget Flow
4. The Coolest
5. Superstar (Feat. Matthew Santos)
6. Paris, Tokyo
7. Hi-Definition (Feat. Snoop Dogg & Pooh Bear)
8. Gold Watch
9. Hip-Hop Saved My Life (Feat. Nikki Jean)
10. Intruder Alert (Feat. Sarah Green)
11. Streets On Fire
12. Little Weapon (Feat. Bishop G & Nikki Jean)
13. Gotta Eat
14. Dumb It Down (Feat. Gemstones & Graham Burris)
15. Hello/Goodbye (Uncool) (Feat. Unkle)
16. The Die (Feat. Gemstones)
17. Put You On Game
18. Fighters (Feat. Matthew Santos)
19. Go Baby (Feat. Gemstones)

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