Justin Markert
A bunch of stuff I like and think about.
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Justin’s Top 10 Albums of 2011
9. Lasers by Lupe Fiasco
In 2006, Lupe released Food & Liquor and I was hooked. It was a great album. Following in the footsteps of MCs like Kanye and Common, Lupe was spitting deep stuff in an industry filled with fluff. I specifically remember him killing it on Letterman with Jill Scott when he performed “Daydreamin,” a send-up of the cookie-cutter fake misogynistic excess BS so alive and well in mainstream rap. Watch that awesomeness here. He released The Cool in 2007 which was some sort of concept album. Truth be told I never dove in enough to give you a fair assessment. It took FOUR years for his next release, and I gotta say, Lasers is a great record. He hasn’t stopped pulling his political and social punches like others have this far into their careers, (Kanye, Common)
