Food & Liquor, Vol. 2: the Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1
by Lupe Fiasco
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 94 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 94
  3. Negative: 9 out of 94
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  1. Tim1
    Oct 2, 2012
    0
    The beats are ripped off from other sources. The best example being Around my Way - it is a near duplicate of They Reminisce Over You. The lyrics are overly preachy and quite stale. Lupe is technically adept, but this is the Mediocre American Rap Album.

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60
#60 Most Discussed Album of 2012

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. The Quietus
    Oct 31, 2012
    90
    What it proves to be is an exhilarating, uneven, thought-provoking, over-egged, over-long, lucid, barnstorming, soul-infused hip-hop album of a type that, as I may have mentioned once or twice or five times, you just don't get any more. Except, of course, you do, and here it is.
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  2. Consequence
    Oct 12, 2012
    60
    Some of these tracks give Lupe the room to triumph... But he falters on the frivolous "Heart Donor."
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  3. Spin
    Oct 4, 2012
    60
    Food & Liquor II is fine and good. It's just not The Great American Rap Album.
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