Lupe Fiasco - Cake (Official Music Video) Reaction

[@erebus890]

Lupe is one of the most slept on lyricists of all time. His penmanship is nearly unmatched in modern rap.

[@bentorres-betgaming]

One of the greatest writers in any genre of anything, books movies rap etc

[@Nefarious_Bread]

@@bentorres-betgaming Exactly. Isaac Brock (from Modest Mouse), Conor Oberst (from Bright eyes), or Aesop Rock are the only three from any genre that I see challenging this dude when it comes to straight penmanship.

[@erik9775]

Lupe's got quite a few of those hits, he can make 'em any day he wants. He's in it for the love of it tho, not for the fame of it

[@squeasel09]

I read nothing but facts

[@williewilliamsohp]

That's what people don't understand

[@ghosttemplar6989]

Mural is one of them and Jr Mural is another one

[@oskiison]

Facts!!! The catalog speaks for itself👌

[@bentorres-betgaming]

As an old head that listened to lupe from day one... he's the goat lyricist to me. Enjoy exploring his catalog

[@squeasel09]

Lupe been COOKIN lately!

[@KonicKicks]

I’m sure a lot of people have already commented this but man, if you’re really just diving into Lupe please please go back and listen to his full body of work. Food & Liquor & The Cool are two of the best hip-hop albums of all time, not including Testuo & Youth, Drill Music In Zion, Drogas, F&L2, etc. Undoubtedly the most underrated emcee in the game, and has been easily cemented in my top 3 for the last 2 decades. So yeah, do yourself a favor a take a deep dive through Lu’s discography 🙏🏽🙌🏽

[@MrTambourineMan.]

Lupe’s so good. Im digging into his catalog for the first time as well. Only other songs of his I know are Kick Push and The Show Goes On. “The Show Goes On” was like my anthem for a while there.

[@messifcb101]

hahaha, man, I wish I was in your shoes right now. Discovering Lupe was such a box full of hidden gems...ENJOY that experience, bro, from ALL the mixtapes to his albums to his features, unreleased music and other genres of music he did, like Japanese cartoon. KZbin, Soundcloud, and dat-piff are your greatest allies !

[@EFNRND]

Lupe has gem after gem after gem and the more you listen to them the more you’ll take from them.

[@paulm394]

As a life long Lupe Stan if u want to hear him less concerned with high art, more raw, check the mixtapes pre 2012/13ish but pharaoh heights and lost in the Atlantic both free EPs you gotta hear.

[@messifcb101]

@@paulm394 valley is still on of my faves I go back to.

[@mikehamilton5730]

LUCKY just take your time with each album in order before moving on to the next one. At this point he's a super Saiyan

[@onemoney2show]

True Lyrical Alien for YEARS!!!

[@ReezyDoesIt]

Yeah Lupe's schemes are amazing. He's gotten better as time goes. Samurai is shaping up to be a real good album if these are anything to go by. Highly recommend listening to WAV Files. One of his best songs

[@elmzgalaxy3313]

Finallly some one reacts to lupes songs geez good stuff bro💪

[@SolitarioPulseMX]

Mixtape Lupe is a beast. Super slept on.

[@Jonathan_Fitzsimmons]

love life and death in San Fran...incredible!!!

[@bentorres-betgaming]

Friend of the people

[@blackoutbiz]

Twilight Zone

[@torysteller4475]

Mosaic rhyming is what you're referencing.

[@clayhopkins665]

Thank you for doing this!

[@NickMintz]

Always love it when Lupe gains a new discovery. I guess shout to Royce for putting him back in your target space.

[@rywynn13]

Oh ya, I'm here for Lupe everytime homie

[@EvanGoeke]

Lupe mad underrated this might be song of the year🔥

[@user-hm4tt9hy5f]

For starters, Happy belated birthday! Hope you got to enjoy it Appreciate you reacting to Lupe. He's my favorite rapper and the Royce beef is about the only time any of the reactors I watch reacted to him. If you like his lyrical stuff, he has a trilogy of songs called Mural ("Mural" from Tetsuo and Youth, "Mural Jr." from Drogas Wave and "Ms Mural" from Drill Music in Zion). His last album, Drill Music in Zion is worth a listen.

[@mikehamilton5730]

Agreed on DMIZ. Lupe's music has finally caught up to his rhymes.

[@Nefarious_Bread]

Because he doesn't go as crazy on his singles. Lupe's whole albums are basically B-Sides hidden gems. Been a huge fan of this dude since his second album.

[@Ausgrave]

Great video! New Lupe fan myself -- damn, dude is so impressive...somehow wildly entertaining, erudite, and professional all at the same time -- a real master at work here

[@tonyschimmoeller]

Where are you at in your discovery of his discography?

[@Ausgrave]

@@tonyschimmoeller Gone about halef-way through the rabbit hole...I now know the significance of Food and Liquor (I know what Kick-Push era means), I know about him helping Google with AI lyrical tools, I know he teaches at MIT, and that's really about it...I know a list of some hits of his between F&L and Samurai, but I haven't taken the journey between much yet. I've heard the Mural songs (which are all great), and Lamborghini Angels,Magi, and so on. I don't know anything about him personally or politically. I also know he was in a beef with Royce, but I don’t know anything about it. Lol...a little all over the place

[@mir1017801]

​@@Ausgravewait until you piece together the michael young (my cool young history) story. Ive been liecing that story together for 20 years. The majority of the story is told on the album The Cool, but the story begins on his first album food and liquor on a song called the cool. There is another song called Real recognize real, which introduces the characters in the story. I think that song was on an early version of food and liquor that leaked and didnt make the album once it was released. That version of the album may be vetter than the version that was released. But the concept album and cool story is the most incredible thing ive heard in music.

[@Ausgrave]

@@mir1017801 Holy crap -- I had no idea about any of that. Thank you -- I'll DEFINITELY keep that in mind

[@blackoutbiz]

What did the Ghoul say, "I do this for the love of the game!" That's Lupe to a T. A master of his craft and you can feel the love on his projects

[@Kothyn]

Damn the snippet of this song was out 2 years ago. Bro had this in the vault for a minute

[@scalarchronicles_AFRICA]

Unmatched, Peerless...Period!!! Lupe is G.O.A.T

[@randyi6176]

Lupe teaches college hip hop courses. Look him up.

[@killsan-tv9859]

At MIT professor Lu

[@randyi6176]

I think he’s at Yale now

[@paulm394]

@@randyi6176both but mainly mit

[@joshneal4767]

Kinda sad Lupe doesnt get his credit. Genuinely top 2 lyriscist ever

[@queenabeja1980]

Yes, he is different. He's not rapping, he's working.

[@datboyrizzle5133]

Mural by lupe is one of his best works

[@kurthope31]

U gotta do lupe - mural , watch the timesnuroman video for it

[@oskiison]

They sleep on MURAL!!

[@ChrisB-k7b]

I gotta dive more into lupes mixtapes. I know the "cool" front to back though.

[@paulm394]

He has insane mixtapes and unofficial eps. Bro even has a metal band he constructed for one project. He’s fucken insane

[@mir1017801]

They are all on mixtape monkey for free. Farenheight 1 abd 2 and enemy of the state are my favorites. Lupe the jedi is good too

[@ronny-ratamp2923]

Wow🔥🔥

[@EFNRND]

SLR1 SLR2 and SLR3 the second one is a response to Kendrick control track

[@jojo21r53]

Happy late birthday, Duane.

[@deekidred1]

Thats what you call an Elite MC

[@jvnbrk]

Technically speaking not many do it better if anybody

[@JirricoMckee-jf1su]

No ones does it better! Period!

[@tonyschimmoeller]

​@JirricoMckee-jf1su I'd argue Black Thought and Pharaohe Monch but Lu has an argument against them too

[@matthewbonvillion8724]

"this is where hitting it different differs"

[@MisterMcDipStick]

Man i miss the saturday night lives. Miss ya Duane ❤

[@DuaneReacts]

I’m live on Twitch.tv/duanetv almost every single night I just had to move on from KZbin so I can avoid getting strikes, Fridays are still music night, the rest are either gaming or watching random videos Either way appreciate you homie! Hope you’ve been good

[@57kwest]

My 12 yr old that is getting into hip hop (censored) asked me who my top rappers are. I have to lists...GOATS and ALIENS. Lupe, Black Thought, Aesop, Em, MF DOOM, Rakim, Tech... These are Extraterrestrial LYRICSISTS. Ppl that have mastered language to the point that professors study THEM

[@projectrain2254]

Checkout his other Lyrically dense songs like Mural and Adoration of the Magi🔥

[@killsan-tv9859]

Dots n lines too

[@trillyandtruly211]

If you started from Lu first track and got to this one, you probably wouldn't listen to another artist.

[@kevinmolsby9285]

The year is 2060, and computers are still losing memory dealing with his lyrical ability.

[@v8724]

I wanna see him on a track with Eminem

[@matthewbonvillion8724]

I hope you listen to more Lupe

[@jrenfalkpedersen8886]

Its a tie betweem him and DOOM for greatest lyricisist of all time

[@kritikal3172]

I really would love for Lupe and Eminem to battle

[@dfree1442]

Nah, make an album.

[@demarcus4664]

@@dfree1442I would absolutely buy a Lupe and Em album

[@MyEyesBlink]

Lu has a new single out. I would looove to get a reaction from you on it.

[@bbllrd1917]

Listen to Ms Mural

[@brainfragrances]

funny that him and Royce battled and both of them evolved into the same sort of run-on-into-the-next-sentence flow

[@theAttris]

Not true. Lupe has tools he uses, Royce is one speed.

[@michaelash3381]

Yo Homie.

[@Wallegator]

Kick Push is not even his biggest song. His hits weren’t number one. But they played in sports stadiums and fighter walkouts 15 years later.

[@Michal2SAB]

Lupe has a lot of soft stuff that makes you wanna skip, but his verses are always great. Sometimes to a point I feel like hes outrapping everybody

[@rawrick01]

Lupe would destroy your favorite rappers favorite rappers lyrically the man is next level.

[@shawnt1170]

When you listen to Lupe you come to realize Cole and Kendrick lyrically are not that good 😂😂😂

[@squeasel09]

I wouldn't say that, they all definitely respect each other. They just have different lyrical lanes

[@shawnt1170]

@@squeasel09 I disagree Lupe can rap just like them however they can’t rap like Lupe

[@squeasel09]

@shawnt1170 I feel like they could if they wanted to fr. They all aliens tho lol this was some lyrical miracle/deep af/vibe music from Lupe, I love it regardless. I do feel him, Sean, and Wale are mad underrated lyricists

[@shawnt1170]

@@squeasel09 listen to Poor Decision from Wale ft Lupe 😂 washed him up Lupe is on another level and please don’t bring up Big Sean 😂

[@squeasel09]

@shawnt1170 you seem very unopen to other artists having "as good as a pen as Lupe". Live in your bubble and under-appreciate other lyricists lol you're one of many that choose to believe Wale or Sean are weak for whatever reason. FYI, they both murk people on features consistently also

[@killsan-tv9859]

1st

[@MoeG911]

You coulda done a better job of dissecting a Lupe video