Tetsuo & Youth is a Hip-Hop album by Lupe Fiasco, originally released in 2015. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz Rap
- layered
- earnest
- cerebral
About
Lupe Fiasco is an underground rapper with a mainstream career, and vice versa. From his label dust-ups to his shifting musical ambitions, he's an iconoclast who happens to be a hitmaker. He revels in this duality on <i>Tetsuo & Youth</i>. Dig the second track, "Mural," which is nine minutes of dizzying raps with no guests and no hook. "Chopper" is similarly maximalist, featuring seven rappers and stretching nearly 10 minutes. Everything from banjo samples to '80s metal guitars to classic boom-bap beats dot the productions. The smorgasbord of textures complements Lupe's seemingly endless verses, adding up to a quixotic album that's also one of his best.
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Tracklist
- 1Summer1:26
- 2Mural8:48
- 3Blur My Hands (feat. Guy Sebastian)5:27
- 4Dots & Lines6:32
- 5Fall1:13
- 6Prisoner 1 & 2 (feat. Ayesha Jaco)8:36
- 7Body of Work (feat. Troi & Terrace Martin)5:53
- 8Little Death (feat. Nikki Jean)4:29
- 9No Scratches (feat. Nikki Jean)4:22
- 10Winter1:31
- 11Chopper (feat. Billy Blue, Buk of Psychodrama, Trouble, Trae Tha Truth, Fam Lay & Glasses Malone)9:32
- 12Deliver3:52
- 13Madonna (And Other Mothers In the Hood) [feat. Nikki Jean]4:43
- 14Adoration of the Magi (feat. Crystal Torres)5:06
- 15They.Resurrect.Over.New. (feat. Ab-Soul & Troi)5:38
- 16Spring1:35
Credits
Performers
- Guy SebastianFEATURING
- Ayesha JacoFEATURING
- Terrace MartinFEATURING
- TroiFEATURING
- Nikki JeanFEATURING BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Billy BlueFEATURING
- Fam-LayFEATURING
- Glasses MaloneFEATURING
- TraeFEATURING
- TroubleFEATURING
- YungbuckFEATURING
- Crystal TorresFEATURING HORNS
- Ab-SoulFEATURING
- Rosy TimmsVIOLIN
- Devan William HamptonDRUMS
- Kyle DavidsonKEYBOARDS
- Adam HallBANJO
- Erik HammerGUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold