Lupe Fiasco's "Rap Theory and Practice" Course Overview and Q&A at MIT (11.30.22) 

Same!

3:25

Niceeee

Better than the one one of my old teachers used to use "R*tards attempting poetry."

De La Soul also said this too, that means its true when you got other folks reiterating the same thing.

fuckkk I forgot I was listening to Lupe fuuuuck

I didnt even catch that 🤦🏾‍♂️ wow

Wow 😲

Wow….😮😮😮

Damn...brother

went over my head

I peeped to

Literally got that far and started typing something similar, then saw this. Us Lupe fans fuckin KNOW hahaha

Nigga throwing subliminal in his lectures lol that's hilarious

@@seandafny set the tone

You should email this to your old teacher

lame teacher alert

High tide rises all boats 🛶

@Oodles of Noodles yeah that too. We have a big problem with education in the US in my opinion. From elementary all the way up to college. We need reform.

This was a pretty cool comment to see. I did my senior exit project on the Positive influence of hip hop on American culture. My board of English teachers also turned their noses at my presentation. I concur about him teaching at MIT, its a beautiful thing.

It's not even arguable after tetsuo and youth imho

of course ernest is here haha

In all Ernest I go so Bernie

Not arguably, the greatest

broo I'm ur 255th sub. Glade your watching the lecture too!

Uhh.. he been had credit. The hip hop community and world embraced him a long time ago.

​@@nonymous590 I think they mean more recently. Most people these days have been calling him crazy

@@JRoss911white people

Bro same wit me 🤣👊🏆 he dropped that shit when I was skating hella & it’s so dope to see him taking his knowledge & talents to levels we didn’t imagine back then haha

@@JRoss911 nowadays everyone's crazy to everyone, don't listen to other people. Form your own opinions

I have been in practice of this ever since I learned the definition of "Concise". For some reason that word helped me to skim back on the sometimes, confusing, long winded, or complex wording and concepts in my lyrics and try to speak as simply as possible while still being Dope. Sorta like a Special Beam Cannon of lyrics lol but it, as you said, makes things a bit more digestible therefore enjoyable for people.

I’ve wrote every day for 6-7 years and always thought the same thing I’ve never experienced block an never will.

That wasn't really someone's daughter

✊

Teaching is actually the highest level of learning. The brilliant never stop

In a way, me too. Like his discussion of surprise made me look at things in rap a different way. Its not like the element is new to me or that Im not aware of its impact, but its purpose and use in the specific context of rap that I never really fully thought about. Like now I noticed that Lupe did the repetition break structure in Ms. Mural which ends with the surprise at the end.

damn. just when I thought I caught everything.

@Fallen OffTop LMFAO

John Darnielle from the mountain goats also says this (paraphrasing) "There's no writers block, since writing is just a job. Have you heard of construction worker block or convenience clerk block?"

@@BanakaiGames Those are completely different things. One side is expressing yourself through art and the other is executing the steps of a much more straight-forward task.

Depends on your subject matter, you may be able to write about other shit, just not what you normally write about Lupe is someone that raps about any and everything. So of course he would feel that way.

Yea, he's right, you just gotta write until you start developing who you are. Narrating your life in lyrics gives you identity to someone you never realized you actually were. It's called self actualizing, and once you know you, then you have unlimited things to say. Ever notice how if you talk to someone who knows all your secrets, is supportive to you, and you feel good around them, then you feel like you can literally say anything without feeling like it's wrong to. It's because when you talk to them, you have a sense of who you are. It's the same when you pick up a pen and start writing. You develop skills over time. it's not about writing the best thing in the world. it's about being true to you, and developing your skills over time. So that you can write the type of things you wanna write.

Eminem said 99% of the stuff he writes Noone ever sees. Getting literally anything, even if it is completely unrelated on the table will get you out of that state of paralysis

RAPS = Rhythmic Analysis of Personal Struggles

Beautiful.

Rhytm And Poetry

Dope

this plus maybe Writing books. I've always thought he would probably switch to being an author, if he retires from rap (he already writes stories and comes up with interesting concepts with his music, so it just seems like the natural next step to me)

it was "new" like a decade ago. try again.

One of my favorite songs of all time.

One of the best hip-hop songs ever made

🙋🏾‍♂️

😎=🤓

Barely listen to Lupe (I don’t know much of his music but what I have heard was fire), but I was recommended this video and this is as dope as the little bit of music I’ve heard

@@myyoutubeaccount4167 go ahead and binge .. check out timesnuroman page he breaks down Lupe tracks so you can understand the deeper meanings it made his music make more sense than it already did

RAPS: 1. Reciting Amid Poetic Structure 2. Reciting Atop Poetic Structuring 3. Revolving Around People’s Stories

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same bro lmaooo

I want to be a test dummy lol I'm sure they're all gonna be Top tier

Go to pendulum ink

I would rather care that people come out being more perceptive about the word choices in every day dialogue...as he pointed out a lot of our interactions kinda yearn to leave an impact...if we can spot that in everyday conversation we can avoid the bullshit and see truth...we may even be more impactful speakers and storytellers

@@brooklynmedina7676 the number of wrinkles in your forehead after a hot bar.

The Mind and Heart of this generation of Hip Hop. In my honest opinion. When he did that my heart skipped a beat. These two I am a FAAAANNNNN of. Salute to Lupe.

Lupe does it in Ms Mural too and its his most talked about track from the album he released this year: Patron asks the Painter a question Painter responds to question Patron asks another question Painter responds Then at the end Lupe breaks the repetition by flipping it: Patron makes a statement (responds) Painter makes a request (asks a question) Surprise: Painter lights the patron on fire.

@@ImInYourBrains Are those the actual lyrics to the song? If not, I can't really tell what's going on there based on how you wrote it. I'd have to listen to see wym.

@@you-naminetwork6060 no. The rap's lyrics are a conversion between a pateon and a painter

This was amazing

Yessss!!!!!

🏆 you deserve this

I couldn't believe what I watched... Definitely the best representation of hip hop I've seen

Very interesting profile picture you got there.

Murals was a college class😂

@@wb3213 LOL

Thanks they got them from me.

Hes mine too. Him Kendrick and J Cole. Hes the mind of this generation Hip Hop. In my opinion.

Make sure you study FBA culture and knock be another british knock off.

Haha. Right. He ends the class asking if any one wanna box. hahaha!

No "The Cool" fans

As someone in the room, I can confirm that reference gave me a good giggle

I was listening & thought I misheard. I stop and replayed the video. Since I am a new fan, I was proud that I caught the reference. I also had a good giggle.

Radically Accepted Personal Speech Reformed Aspiration Providing Soul Reciprocallly Acknowledging Private Sensibilities Reconciling Auditory Polemic Signatures Recognising Audibly Perfect Signs Ritualised Antediluvian Promises Solidified God came to me and told me those ones

Heat check: Negative 😅 In all fairness though it came out a while back.

Which song?

@@blvckthomhq Dumb It Down is a song by Lupe Fiasco released on his sophomore album The Cool. It was quite far ahead of its time (2008, I believe) and really exposed some of the stereotypical dynamics that are part of hip hop/rap culture in a scathing critique. Personally, I believe the song was one of the reasons that "the culture" decided to make Lupe a bit of an outcast, not fully embrace him or staunchly defend him as he went to contractual war with his former record label (Atlantic). Some people in my community have been conditioned to reject "nerd type" of conversation, points of view, thought provoking ideas or things that challenge what is perceived as cool (hence the title of the album that the song is on). I've been a Lupe fan for a VERY long time & he has one of the most interesting careers & body of work from artists that got a major deal in the early new millennium. That album is in my top 5 all time albums in general because it has so many layers and complexities to it, but the song themselves can stand alone and aren't too difficult to digest. Some fansites and blogs, back in those days, called The Cool the hip hop version of The Odyssey, due to the epic poems and tales of the three characters contained within the work. I could go on & on about Lupe and his art but, when or if you get the time, do yourself a solid and really sit back and give that album a listen. Lupe really changed my life when somebody handed me a copy of that album in 2009. I was a 19 year old smart nerdy Black kid that was starting to fall into the trap of stereotypes of what "real" N's were supposed to be about (materials, drugs, and as many girls as you can get) but a somewhat close acquaintance of mine from high school saw that happening & pretty much gave me that album...I guess in their own slight of hand type of way to try and save me from myself & that path. It really did and we stayed pretty close throughout the college years & into the workforce. She named me godfather to her firstborn and she is going to be godmother to my little girl who is due to be here in a couple months. It's wild how a simple gesture, given out of care and concern, can really change a person's life for the better. Best wishes to you & yours.

25 likes on this makes me lose faith in humanity

I literally thought the same thing. How do you take his class and not know any of his songs?

“You going over nigggaz heads Lu”

@@BroBenjiBills Dumb it down

@@Mr.EFonz1 they telling me that they ain't feel you

@@SounDz206 dumb it down