Lupe Fiasco - Dumb It Down (Official Video)
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2009
- The official video of "Dumb It Down" by Lupe Fiasco from the album 'Lupe Fiasco's The Cool'.
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This song is honestly in the running for best rap song of all time and it's criminally underrated.
It's criminal
💯
Felony
I was looking for a comment like this like 10 years ago. Shall I say 15 years ago?
It and Put You On Game
This song becomes more and more relevant every year. 🔥 Can we get a Tiny Desk please!
This song was like a a wake up call for what hip hop is now. Dudes dumbed down and sold that ass. Thx Lupe for never lowering your standards!
Ummmmmm But the Fans are dumb
Big time facts
As society increases in stupidity rap is only going to get dumber. Movies will get dumber. Art. Everything. We're literally living ng in a world like the film Idiocracy
I mean most main stream artist was not rapping like this even back then
Wow!...you actually knew what is going on this music industry, with that being said, do you really think those rappers who sold their souls are making great money in this shady industry?
The genius of that song is Lupe decides to make a song that's just about him bragging that he's a dope rapper, something he never does because he usually raps about important stuff. He does that to dumb down his style to appeal to the masses, but even in doing so, he makes a song with metaphors so fucking clever that's it's still a really smart song and therefore not stupid enough for mainstream audiences to get it. He basically saying even if I dumb my shit down, I'm still to slick for yall.
That's Lupe for ya! Lol
I would also add that even in the hook where the black dude is telling Lupe to dumb it down and the white guy is telling him the same thing, they're both coming from different perspectives which all boils down to the concept of telling Lu "dumb it down". It's simple but genius at the same time and this was back in '07.
That was the whole point of this album, The Cool is mocking what we perceive to be cool in modern day culture. It's crazy how this album continues to be more and more relevant, at least near the Chicago area. The funny thing is this song was designed for mainstream and still didn't hit, because people are so deaf to the message. This album really caused me to analyze not only the music I listened to but also life choices.
Hahaha I love that!!!
Todays rappers could never go this lyrically deep
He is a today rapper, also lotta rappers go deep nowadays bro just gotta look past the “mainstream”
I got some music I’m sure you’ll enjoy if your a fan of lyricist check me out on all platforms at RawwThoughts
Only a handful of rappers even back in the day could rap this well.
There isn't even a lot of pass rappers that can touch this type of lyrical monstrosity lol
These agents we hear on the radio are pushing a manufactured ratchet sub-culture for our people to adopt..the powers that be don't want hip hop like this or hip hop from the Gods..they want the youth dumb
This is easily the best song I have ever heard in my entire life
This song still 🔥🔥🔥 and superstar lupe fiasco needs to comeback to music
Qua Hoover u listen to drogas wave??
u aint winnin no awards nigga
robots and skateboards, nigga?
@@outsiderzzzz Forget Awards// I'd rather use Swords// I hold more power than Extension Cords// Skateboards? Urban is a War Lord// Battling fakes on their Keyboards
😂😂 Nbs
The man dumbed it down while being complex at the same time. The man is the best rapper alive I STAND ON THAT.
I respect that. He's in my top 10. I'm 37, so I have a few 90's rappers ahead of him plus rakim
This song is a perfect GFY to the industry. Look everyone I'm gonna dumb it down and I'm still to complex for you.
I am sorry, but he is not even close to best rapper
He doesn’t teach at MIT for nothing
i want PROH'blems!!!!!
16 year old me: "wtf is he saying brah"
29 year old me: "oh shit I get it now"
16 yr old me shits hot
29 yr old me shits hot
I just listened again and I listen often and caught a new gem! Knowledge add each one teach one. But you gotta understand the lesson.
😂😂😂 so factual
It be like that sometimes ✨💡✨ illumination.
Facts lol
2020 still one of the best tracks EVER!! Genius wordplay 🙌🏿
Yeap!
Yo this nigga lupe a goat check me for that nyc
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This is one of the top hip hop songs ever.
Facts!!
Yea. I cant believe i havent heard this until today..... 🔥 🔥 🔥
This entire album is a classic.
On gawd bro. This album has great replay value.
Nfs . The cool deserves way more acknowledgment
they not ready for this conversation whatsoever!!!!!!
Lupe is that MC that you gotta listen to multiple times just catch what he is saying. That’s just how dope he is with his wordplay.
Over several years. Sometimes you mentally just ain't ready. Like teaching trigonometry to a three year old.
Agreed
Hell yeah. Especially his song "Mural".
Yep Only Rappers Ik Like That Is Him ,King Los &Kendrick It's A Couple More Can't Think Of Them Off The Back Thou
@@Therealmoseslupai and my personal favorite Gotta Eat. I’m think he’s talking about fast food but he’s using fast food as a metaphor while telling the story of a drug dealer.
Still one of the best artists, visionaries, and never sold his soul. This album, absolutely flawless
He definitely sold out
@@newwave3792wasn’t lasers and everything after contract work
It’s genuinely wild how ahead of his time Lupe was. GQ man of the year, rappers skateboarding, Goyard bags all common as hell in 2023
Ill rep Lupe til the day I die. Songs a decade old almost and still fresher than anything this year
West side.
To infinity is a good gift not line
No one believes in God today Lupe
@@buntycampbell8983 STFU Bunty! GOD is our creator! Remember that buster!!!!!!
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿 check me
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years later & I'm still pulling gems from this track. that's good music.
2007 memories! A very different year for Hip-Hop, Lupe opened alotta doors and inspired a new generation like Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Joey Badass, etc.
Big Facts!! 💯
Tell me one rapper in 2024 who has this lyricism.
Nope.
Kendrick? Nope.
Cole? Nope.
Sicknesss
Lupe has more wisdom in one verse, than Eminem has in his entire catalog.
They are both lyrical wordsmiths. It's hard to compare them. They are great in their own ways.
@@raineeconerty1516 Eminem talks almost exclusively about literally nothing, what's so great about that? 😂
This track is more relevant now than when it came out. Look how low music has gone to since then.
For real. Makes me wanna cut my own ears off.
Yup. Glizzy this, fn that, smithy and wess that, ima get yah, opps, (kill all my opps who are all your brothers...)...no wonder black culture is fd right now
Hip hop today in this era is Dumb down it’s very sad
And Lupe saw that it was about to happen over a decade ago with this song.
Lupe ... Held a torch for Hip-hop for the 2010's. Allah protect and preserve him.
Don't Miss IT:
You've been shedding too much light,
You make them want to do right,
They're getting self-esteem,
These girls are trying to be queens,
They're trying to graduate from school,
They're startin to think that smart is cool,
They're trying to get up out the hood,
I'll tell you what you should do??
Lupe fiasco performed The Cool in its entirety at Chicago's Riot fest last night. Amazing
That first verse def going over people’s heads... and the 2nd.. and the 3rd. If you here, then you understand or trying to
We trying bro we trying
Lupe is a lyrical genius 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
One of the greatest Lupe songs period. Fucking legend. One of the GOATS.
Periodt!!
Over all well all over the board
@@lareina9071 facts Lupe is one of the best to ever do it...
Such a underrated rapper.
Criminally.
Overrated asf
On December 18, 2007 one of the best albums from one of the best artist, ever hit the stores.
Not even 1M views after 14 years WTF? The counter must be broken.
This song is very relevant for these times
facts..
If you just found out about Lupe... Go chilldren! Go and listen to all he has to offer! Listen to all of Food & Liquor, and The Cool and even more phonetically flabbergasting, his mixtapes! & when you have finished, go and spread the Lupe like Lupus to every man woman and child!
😂😂😂😂
gemini : the “hood mentality”, their perspective on how u should rap.
(dumb it down)
preppy white boy : the “record label’s mentality”, their encouragement on how you should sound. (dumb it down)
You'll sell mo records if U mentality and lyrically “dumb yourself down in the rap game” 😉 more records = more $$$
lupe: rapper
Lupe is timeless …truly one of the GOATS
Yeah this isn't a Rap song . This dude deserves his own religion . This is nothing to be categorized. Theres no words for what I've just witnessed
His flow is sick, Lupe is top 5.
No doubt
How the f*ck does this classic, possibly the most lyrical song of all-time, have only 450k views when it's been uploaded to youtube for 15 years?? This is honestly embarrassing. The rap community is letting me down.
This track still goes hard that beat 🥶 Lupe bodied this period.
Lupe dumbs it down and it still goes over most peoples heads. Legend
No doubt
I love Lupe! I love Kendrick too. So blessed to be alive to experience both GOATs
I’ve been listening to this song heavy lately
Ain't nothing else to listen to but trash and dookey
Listen to this on a regular, just fire.
Me too
Because what he speaking on reflect so much of today's music on these radio Airwaves
2020 vision anyone?
third verse tying all the metaphors together while still flowing perfectly is just insane
All 3 verses are seriously dope... over 93.7% ppls heads
This shit blew my mind when it came out, hip hop took a quantum leap forward with this one
This was the song that made my ass get into that shop and buy the album.
ages 13-16 i listened to metal and metal exclusively, and would look down on every artist of any other genre. at roughly 17, i slowly branched out and moved on to goth music, industrial, and electro. finally, at 18, i became open to any kind of music, and fell in love with the wu tang clan.
a little over a year ago, i met a very special man online. we liked the same movies and music, and had a similar way of thinking and approaching things. he wouldn't shut up about lupe, and so i checked him out. this song was the first one. needless to say, it did not take long for me to get into him.
i am from germany and my friend is from sweden and we have never personally met and yet, i have never felt a connection this special and intense with anyone else i have ever spoken to. we spent nights talking on the phone, laughing and crying together.
it's now been over a month since i've heard from him. the last message i got was "give me a moment, my love" and he was gone. none of my messages are delivering, no matter the app or platform, i keep trying to call him, but there's no trace of him.
i just bought myself a ticket to see lupe next year. while i am hyped and excited, it sure is bittersweet, because my dear friend, who got me into him in the first place, won't be there with me.
arien, whether or not you're ever reading this, and whether or not you're ever coming back, please know i love and miss you and will never forget or replace you. thank you, for getting me into lupe, among the countless other things you did for me and taught me.
When he dropped this song i had a different respect for this brother..he knew what was going down in the industry behing the scenes..he knows who the real enemy is..
lupe is the only rapper to use the word blokes in a rap.. never heard it even in australian rap
"Which makes me Necklase ""Less"" like a necklase theft"! Being considered a necklase & not lost or missing,the opposite of a chain being stole! Basically stating that he's not lost in the sauce & lacking value while also (Double Antandre) lacking the possession of a necklase just like the theft of a chain taking place. In other words,He is considered a Jewel without 1! Dope 💩
I couldnt stop thinking about this song while i was watching American Fiction
This song helped change my life... thank you Lupe... as always " I ain't dumbing down nothin'"
Even Scuba Steve would find it hard to breeve
Oddly the creator of Scuba Steve got cancer he from Mississippi
0:18 he shows us the symbol and tell them he’s fearless from jump. I love it.
CalibahMK2 what is the symbol
I'm wondering the same thing
CalibahMK2 1 year later I still want to know what the symbol was
@@stayg7798 me too.
Gary I think I figured it out, if you pause the video and go to 0:18 he points his finger on his ear telling critics to listen. Yep, I figured it out. 🤯
He was just too advance. Lupe always have a few spots on my playlist
How doesn’t this have a billion views
Lupe called everything before it happened listen to words I never said
It’s crazy that you can listen to an old Lupe song and catch something you missed.
So trill and so sincere yea I'm both them there..
2023 LU still the supplier of the notes for living! 💯 🔥
amazing they made us forget about these bars
Bro I heard this song some years back but I was young this the hardest shit I heard in forever at 25 years old no cap
Lupe I respect you for this
Their starting to think that smart is cool lupe 💯💯🙏🙌🏾
Amen. I thought about this song today and man, is it underrated. The metaphors, the allegorical references, the sheer and blatant showcasing of the big picture social issues. So many years later- and more relevant than ever
"POUR CHAMPAGNE ON A B-" FCKN GETS ME EVERY TIME 😂😂😂😭😭
2022 still listening to clean rap music, we ain't dumbing it down for no mumbling rappers
Still here To infinity and beyond.
I love Lupe!! This song is one of the hottest songs he’s ever done, such cool rhymes!!
Underrated lyricist
Overrated af
i remember finding this song when it first came out and my mind was blown…. still all this time my mind is blown w his triple entendres
2020. Damn man dumbed down indeed
Damn I Remember my dad showing me this song when I was like 3rd grade and at the same time I was really into NERD wearing ice creams and skating. Timeless track for certain people.
Genius level exploded
This shit applies today more than ever. 🔊🥶
Kendrick just proved this song still holds value these Drake fans and hip hop head calling Kendrick’s response trash they hate lyrics I guess all beats no lyrics
Don't dumb it down
Live. Live. Live. So many genres on Earth. Why fight. Learn to speak / communicate with all. Star trek (decades).
We don't need to leave the hood just the mindset🙏🏾 earth is da crib🙏🏾
How does this song not have a billion views
The genius in this song to this day, still amazes me
CRIMINAL this doesn’t have a million views
Facts
Fr lock him up
The hook explains why lol
Did this song warn us men at that time about the average American female’s interests are changing?
Only us are here ,they don't see
2nd verse 1 of the greatest in Hip-hop history!!!
This shit should be in a book
Genius stuff man! The stuff Lupe was talking about in this song is clearly why hip hop is trash in 2022.
Meanwhile Rappers Today: I pop perks, I pop zans, I pop yerks, fent and zans. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Lupe was pregnant during this time. Then he gave birth to Kendrick Lamar
Blasphemous
I’ve officially found it.. The dumbest comment on RUclips
Kendrick at this time (2007) was on tour with Jay Rock releasing mixtape after mixtape and just about to surface on 2Dopeboyz with a single called Cut You Off. I know this because I witnessed the inception of K.Dot on the blog era lol. Lu def ain't birth Kendrick but Kendrick def picked up where Lupe left.
Pure madness 😂😂
@@phonzzfortheworld Lupe didn't really have a J Cole to improve his game a rival which shared his art in music he's always had his different style that he hung on to and comparing him to Kendrick is just not worth throwing shots at his legacy and icon status imo.
"spit hot fire like dylon on chapelle skit"🔥
This is the G.O.A.T in his prime here no question
Good days!
Top class ❤❤❤ tune
First heard Lupe on Art of Rhyme. Anyone remember that site? Lupe predicted the future in so many different ways, that's his genius.
He's an aquarius. Thats who they are always ahead.
Amazing Lyricism.
Why da fuq we censoring this masterpiece
Dope ass song. Been bumping this for years now and years to come👌🏾
Had to come back to Lupe after the Kanye & Drink Champs Interview
Super computer
Wow, nostalgic
Thank you for not dumbing it down
I show up cause FD said he fucks with this more than JCole
im about as white as wonderbread but this track is sick. Lupe is a visionary.
Lupe Fiasco The Goat
Lupe for president 😎 this song it's self is Gold its on heavy rotation 🔥🔥🔥🔥🥰
As soon as Kendrick dumbed it down. He eviscerated Drakanos