I can't remember but I think it was on Joe Budden's podcast that the gang were arguing how "creating an album" is a lost art in music today. Their reasoning behind it, which is true, is that most artists record 50-100 songs and then throw their favorite 10-12 together with no regard for theme or structure. What would've been best is if they picked their strongest 3 or 4 songs as singles and then have every other song serve as a compliment to it, not filler. What I find interesting and coincidental about "The Cool" album is that most of the singles / best songs happened to be the first set of songs Lupe recorded which made it super easy for him to build around it. I bought this album in high school when it dropped and it was truly a masterpiece written from start to finish.
That makes no sense. How is choosing the best 10-12 out of 50-100 results into filler? How would choosing only the best 3-4 *singles* and make *songs* around them? Wouldn’t those just be fillers?
@@Joela393 thats not what i said. what i said was: 10 - 12 songs from 100 songs = a project that sounds disjointed 4 best songs + supportive songs = cohesive album A filler track is a throwaway song with no purpose n replay value. A supportive song is a song whose quality matches the single but fleshes out a diff aspect of the theme of the album. Example: "superstar" - single, "the coolest" - support
The fact we can make a album just for the story line for the coolest is dope af to me. Go through all his mixtapes & albums and put together all the songs and it would be a whole project. This guy is a fucking genius. I’m surprised no one hasn’t made a playlist for it on RUclips
This as well as Food & Liquor are two of the first "conceptual" hip hop albums that really stuck with me. It really brought me new insight to lyricism and poetry. Thanks forever to Lupe, respect 🙏
Listening to "put you on game" repeatedly brought me here tonight. I remember this interview before i went and saw him at the HOB in Chicago. Such a great album!!!
BEST: F&L 1, The Cool, Testuo & Youth, Drogas WAVE WORST: F&L 2, Lasers, Drogas Light (I actually love this album becuz its trap Lupe but I see why others dont)
I always thought the Cool was a story inside a story. It was like, he was telling the story of Michael Young and where his head was at during the making of the album. It is brilliant.
True, T&Y is definiatly one of his best, a fantastic outing, but he has severly shitted on his discography since then. He has as many bad/mediocre albums as good by now
First 2 albums r some of the best hip hop ever
Lupe is in my top 5 of all time
Same
I can't remember but I think it was on Joe Budden's podcast that the gang were arguing how "creating an album" is a lost art in music today. Their reasoning behind it, which is true, is that most artists record 50-100 songs and then throw their favorite 10-12 together with no regard for theme or structure. What would've been best is if they picked their strongest 3 or 4 songs as singles and then have every other song serve as a compliment to it, not filler. What I find interesting and coincidental about "The Cool" album is that most of the singles / best songs happened to be the first set of songs Lupe recorded which made it super easy for him to build around it. I bought this album in high school when it dropped and it was truly a masterpiece written from start to finish.
@Mark Anthony thanks
That makes no sense. How is choosing the best 10-12 out of 50-100 results into filler? How would choosing only the best 3-4 *singles* and make *songs* around them? Wouldn’t those just be fillers?
@@Joela393 thats not what i said. what i said was:
10 - 12 songs from 100 songs = a project that sounds disjointed
4 best songs + supportive songs = cohesive album
A filler track is a throwaway song with no purpose n replay value. A supportive song is a song whose quality matches the single but fleshes out a diff aspect of the theme of the album.
Example: "superstar" - single, "the coolest" - support
The fact we can make a album just for the story line for the coolest is dope af to me. Go through all his mixtapes & albums and put together all the songs and it would be a whole project. This guy is a fucking genius.
I’m surprised no one hasn’t made a playlist for it on RUclips
This as well as Food & Liquor are two of the first "conceptual" hip hop albums that really stuck with me. It really brought me new insight to lyricism and poetry. Thanks forever to Lupe, respect 🙏
one of the most incredible album of all time
Listening to "put you on game" repeatedly brought me here tonight. I remember this interview before i went and saw him at the HOB in Chicago. Such a great album!!!
The Cool and Tetsuo and Youth is the illest albums of all time
Jamar Poe don't forget about food and liquor
How about...... ALL LUPE ALBUMS ARE!!!!
playaflyJOE27. Lasers and Drogas Light.....
Your right. The storytelling and writing is great! The MYH story is such a heavy one. Tetsuo & Youth's youth tale is great as well!
BEST: F&L 1, The Cool, Testuo & Youth, Drogas WAVE
WORST: F&L 2, Lasers, Drogas Light (I actually love this album becuz its trap Lupe but I see why others dont)
Still the best album ever!
I always thought the Cool was a story inside a story. It was like, he was telling the story of Michael Young and where his head was at during the making of the album. It is brilliant.
Your right. I think he's avoiding talking about it
Those first two albums definitely solidified its place in Hip-Hop. Drogas and Youth are also masterpieces ❤
Love it.. Fand my favorite this is a CLOSE second.. Best tracks, goldwatch, and paris tokyo
Are you gonna upload the rest of this video. I really wanna hear what he has to say about "Gotta Eat"
Manny Ruiz da hgfjyhhhvxbv nbighkhjjjkkknj
Thank you for posting this
Hmmmm is it possible that Lupe's "The Cool" song and album influenced Gasper Noe's "Enter The Void" movie? 🤔
I remember him saying that he had plans to make a horror-themed radio program and comic book based off the album. Did he ever do so?
this is the whole video. there is no part 2.
sessionsinthedesert unfortunate...
Manny Ruiz
Da Chicago Goat
the 2005-2008 Lupe Was Hungry and A Lyrical Genius, since then hes never been the same
RaisZar Official Tetsuo and Youth
Bro .....Tetsuo and Youth.... is a masterpiece
Tetsuo & Youth Is his best album
True, T&Y is definiatly one of his best, a fantastic outing, but he has severly shitted on his discography since then. He has as many bad/mediocre albums as good by now
RaisZar Official he’s better than ever now
Are these from the promo copy of the CD?
I actually named the album the cool on Wikipedia and lupe took that
Pac what lol
This is dope
Lupe looks so hungry Here, now he's a different person.
Tetsuo and youth was an amazing album
+diehardpatriot3 yeah but he's changed now
yeah... is not like being ten years older doesn't change your mentality and makes you focus on things that are more important right?
+Joel alicea (Soap Fiend) true.
+Joel alicea (Mestizo child) Exactly
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