by
Lupe Fiasco
- Record Label: Atlantic
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
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Sep 25, 2012Fiasco turns Food & Liquor II into one long tirade -- everything sucks and no one's going to fix it.
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Oct 12, 2012Some of these tracks give Lupe the room to triumph... But he falters on the frivolous "Heart Donor."
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Sep 25, 2012Food & Liquor II has the usual Lupe deficiencies: a hectoring tone ("Bitch Bad") and bombastic beats that pile-drive messages home. He's better when he relaxes a little: Songs like "Hood Now," a celebration of black cultural takeover, have a lighter touch, and hit twice as hard.
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Oct 4, 2012Food & Liquor II is fine and good. It's just not The Great American Rap Album.
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Sep 27, 2012Fiasco is not without skills or beliefs, but neither are as refined as his self-regard.
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Sep 25, 2012The tunes are pugnaciously mass-market, with debts to Kanye West. Throughout, though, tracks such as ITAL (Roses) and Audubon Ballroom come inflected with righteous fury and weary humour.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 68 out of 94
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Mixed: 17 out of 94
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Negative: 9 out of 94
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Sep 26, 2012
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Sep 29, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012