Line Out - Comments on "We Ain't Graduate From School, Nigga!"

Comment by jz

jz — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:47:29 -0800

nice change of pace from the last two up-rocking singles. im gonna have to listen a couple more times before making a final verdict, but im into it.

Comment by jz

jz — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:53:07 -0800

also, the token yuppie whiteguy: tired cliche. might as well give him a cigar to chomp.

still, i like what hes getting at, even if its a more ham-fisted approach than usual for lupe.

Comment by Listen To Eric, Andre, O'Shea And Lorenzo

Listen To Eric, Andre, O'Shea And Lorenzo — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:51:45 -0800

I know, because we'd all totally get it if the A&R character were played by the token hood guys on the first chorus, right?

Anyway, only thing that bugs me about the racial prejudice portrayed in this video is I'd be surprised if Lupe Fiasco has EVER let a white dude of ANY kind from a label tell him to dumb it down.

At some point, someone's gonna have to admit that rap is only lightly salted at worst. The Jerry Heller stereotype is still funny but it's not really relevant.

You know what's funny is Lupe was probably just being good talent and deferring to his video director's vision anyway, so what the fuck do we know?

Does the video work? Yes.

Is the song good medicine. Heck yeah it is.

Done deal for me.