Lupe Fiasco

witty word-play and double- at some instances even triple- entendre coupled with an intricate rhyme scheme, Lupe Fiasco, dubbed by some as the king of trickiness rap, takes a firm stance against those who constantly attempt to prevail on him to simplify his lyrics to comply with the current hip-hop stereotypes which could in turn improve his prospects for commercial success. Lupe Fiasco elaborated on the song on “The late show With David Letterman” by saying “ 'Dumb It Down' looks at how musical

is symbolized by the immortalization of the boy's portrait on the high, wooden fence behind them, which had previously shown a video of Matisyahu performing the song. Finally is Lupe Fiasco's “Muhammad Walks,” which is a direct sample of “Jesus Walks.” Everything is the same minus the lyrics, which are rapped by Lupe and is about Islam and its prophets – comparable to “Jesus Walks,” but from a Muslim perspective. The most notable aspect of the song is how Jesus

humanitarians, based on that superstar 's characteristic qualities. In Lupe Fiasco 's music video, "Words I Never Said," an argument of the artists ' characteristics and true intentions will be tested and proven to be "good" based off references from the article about the video. He raps his message throughout the entirety of his song while having film of the many serious problems that the world struggles with everyday. Based on Fiasco 's efforts, the film will appeal to generation Z more, which allows

A Contextual Analysis of “Words I Never Said” by Lupe Fiasco “Words I Never Said” is the second single released from Lupe Fiasco’s third album Lasers. This single was released on February 8th, 2011 for online download. “Words I Never Said” is a very informative and somewhat opinionated song. Through his lyrics, Lupe Fiasco is trying to speak out to the people and let them know what is really going on in the world and how they should pay attention because they play a huge part in it. The lyrics refer

The aim of this study is examine the portrayal of women in contemporary rap videos, and to see if it could be potentially harmful. Unfortunately within the music industry like many industries sex sells, and the media has brought to light this fixation. Hip-hop has persuaded a large portion of society that this is how women should be treated, but new times call for new measures and it is time that people realise this and give women the respect and dignity that many believe they surly deserve. In the

ideals. However, today’s society lacks individuals who parallels with Whitman. Lupe Fiasco represents the Modern American voice speaking out against the degrading world society and does so by influencing the public through their appeal of music. He rejects and contrasts from the negative influences of the world and uses his music to contradict those who degrade our society. Born in the west side of Chicago

I listen to music everyday and I couldn’t imagine going a day without it. This is because listening to music is necessary for me. I listen to music when I am bored, walking to class, at a party, going through different emotions, or basically doing anything. If you turn on your tv anything you watch has background music, we even have music in elevators, which is proving the point that humans need music. Sue Devine writes in an article that “Whether we’re aware of it or not, sound and music is a primary

1. As a young girl, I have always associated most white people with the quality of being rude or racist. For example, not holding doors as I walked behind them or ignoring my friendly smiles and/or comments. I vividly remember several occasions where I would be walking two steps being a Caucasian person and they would fail to hold the door open allowing it to slam in my face. There is also an uneasy stare that is given while shopping, such as following African-Americans around the store to watch

As a young girl, I have always associated white people with the quality of being rude or racist. For example, not holding doors as I walked behind them or ignoring my friendly smiles and comments. I vividly remember several occasions where I would be walking two steps being a Caucasian person and they would fail to hold the door open allowing it to slam in my face. There is also an uneasy stare that is given while shopping, such as following African-Americans around the store to watch them make sure

of evidence f how language has changed and is changing every day. Lupe Fiascos shows how powerful language and language choice can be in his song, Dumb it Down. He begins a very lyrically poetic verse, explaining how he is unable to hear, or see what is going on. Lupe is describing how the use of ‘intellectual” language is not preferred by the Rap music industry. This shows how language controls the perception of many people. Lupe is attempting to expose how people define people by the way they speak