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Tossing off fans with the Eurodance, EDM, and the unexplainable album Lasers, and then returning to form with Food & Liquor II, Lupe Fiasco finds himself free to soar and aspire on his 2015 effort Tetsuo & Youth, an album inspired by the rapper's upbringing in Chicago. It's also an LP that's conceptually structured, with "Summer," "Fall," "Winter," and "Spring" interludes dotting the track list, but any reservations that the sometimes "preachy" rapper has gone full sanctimonious are wiped away by the easy-rolling opener "Mural" and its elevated series of "LOL" punch lines ("Unless you Virgin Mary, nothin' do it but the truest/Believe all that unless you Jewish" or "And I feel like a missionary to a clitoris"). Guy Sebastian joins for the more poptacular "Blur My Hands," which seems a play for radio at only five-and-a-half minutes, as many numbers stretch longer, sometimes because of musical noodling (a banjo kicks off the great "Dots & Lines") and sometimes because it's a huge posse cut recalling the old days ("Chopper," the album's longest cut at 9:32). These flights of fancy are interesting, intoxicating, or both to varying degrees, but when "Madonna (And Other Mothers in the Hood)" hits the speakers as a poetic and majestic ode to those raising kids in the land of poverty and crime, Lupe offers a purposeful, and arguably perfect, song to anchor it all. His 2006 debut may still be the one to pick, since it's leaner and more instant, but Tetsuo & Youth strolls its way into greatness after a couple listens and wipes out all the bitter aftertaste of Lasers as if that misstep never happened.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Bob Horn, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Writer, MainArtist - Rosy Timms, Performance
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
S. Johnson, Writer - Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Jamal Johnson, Recorded by - W. Jaco, Writer - Keyz, Producer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - Devan William Hampton, Drums - Kyle Davidson, Keyboards, Recorded by - Quality Kid, Producer - Wiz Buchanan, Producer, Arranger, Programmer - D. Hampton, Writer - K. Davidson, Writer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Guy Sebastian, FeaturedArtist - Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - J. Griffin, Writer - W. Jaco, Writer - S1, Producer - Dustin Mclean, Keyboards - Simon Sayz, Recorded by - M. Landon, Writer - L. Griffin Jr., Writer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - VohnBeatz, Producer - Mark Lettieri, Additional Guitar - D Madness, Bass - Zhen Liu, Keyboards
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Nikki Jean, Background Vocals - Simonsayz, Producer - W. Jaco, Writer - Adam Hall, Banjo - S. Morel, Writer - Rob Rox, Mixer - Erik Hammer, Guitar - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - Rosy Timms, Violin - Jack LNDN, Producer - Zack Hall, Mandolin - J. Aisher, Writer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Writer, MainArtist - Rosy Timms, Performance
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - M. Thomas, Writer - Nikki Jean, Additional Vocals - W. Jaco, Writer - MOEZART, Producer - Ayesha Jaco, FeaturedArtist - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Marisol, Additional Vocals - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Additional Production, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer - Terrace Martin, FeaturedArtist - J. Griffin, Writer - W. Jaco, Writer - S1, Producer - Peter Lee Johnson, Violin - L. Griffin Jr., Writer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - VohnBeatz, Producer - Troi Martin, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Rivers, Bass
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - J. Griffin, Writer - Nikki Jean, FeaturedArtist - W. Jaco, Writer - S1, Producer - G. Reynolds, Writer - L. Griffin Jr., Writer - Crystal Torres, Horn - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - VohnBeatz, Producer - D Madness, Bass
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Billy Bush, Guitar - Nikki Jean, FeaturedArtist - W. Jaco, Writer - Simon Sayz, Producer, Mixer - S. Morel, Writer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Writer, MainArtist - Rosy Timms, Performance
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Trouble, FeaturedArtist - Bob Horn, Mixer - FAM-LAY, Writer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Glasses Malone, FeaturedArtist - W. Jaco, Writer - Trae Tha Truth, FeaturedArtist - Frank Dukes, Additional Production - D. Natche, Writer - DJ Dahi, Producer, Programming & Keyboards - A. Feeney, Writer - Buk, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Billy Blue, FeaturedArtist - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - F. Dukes, Writer - Trae Tha Thruth, Writer - Fam Lay, FeaturedArtist
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
PJ, Additional Vocals - T. Griffin, Writer - P. Jones, Writer - Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - M. Thomas, Writer - W. Jaco, Writer - MOEZART, Producer - Ty Dolla $ign, Additional Vocals - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer - Nikki Jean, Writer, FeaturedArtist - W. Jaco, Writer - D. Natche, Writer - DJ Dahi, Producer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Chris Dave, Drums - W. Jaco, Writer - D. Natche, Writer - DJ Dahi, Producer - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - Crystal "Røvél" Torres, FeaturedArtist
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer - W. Jaco, Writer - Ab-Soul, FeaturedArtist - D. Natche, Writer - DJ Dahi, Producer - M. Tucker, Writer - Troi, FeaturedArtist - "FREE CHILLY", ExecutiveProducer - DJ Spryte, Scratching - Eric Hammer, Guitar
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Bob Horn, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Writer, MainArtist - Rosy Timms, Performance
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
Tossing off fans with the Eurodance, EDM, and the unexplainable album Lasers, and then returning to form with Food & Liquor II, Lupe Fiasco finds himself free to soar and aspire on his 2015 effort Tetsuo & Youth, an album inspired by the rapper's upbringing in Chicago. It's also an LP that's conceptually structured, with "Summer," "Fall," "Winter," and "Spring" interludes dotting the track list, but any reservations that the sometimes "preachy" rapper has gone full sanctimonious are wiped away by the easy-rolling opener "Mural" and its elevated series of "LOL" punch lines ("Unless you Virgin Mary, nothin' do it but the truest/Believe all that unless you Jewish" or "And I feel like a missionary to a clitoris"). Guy Sebastian joins for the more poptacular "Blur My Hands," which seems a play for radio at only five-and-a-half minutes, as many numbers stretch longer, sometimes because of musical noodling (a banjo kicks off the great "Dots & Lines") and sometimes because it's a huge posse cut recalling the old days ("Chopper," the album's longest cut at 9:32). These flights of fancy are interesting, intoxicating, or both to varying degrees, but when "Madonna (And Other Mothers in the Hood)" hits the speakers as a poetic and majestic ode to those raising kids in the land of poverty and crime, Lupe offers a purposeful, and arguably perfect, song to anchor it all. His 2006 debut may still be the one to pick, since it's leaner and more instant, but Tetsuo & Youth strolls its way into greatness after a couple listens and wipes out all the bitter aftertaste of Lasers as if that misstep never happened.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:53
- Main artists: Lupe Fiasco
- Label: 1st & 15th - Atlantic
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2015 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company
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