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Discuss the ongoing evolution of rappers making personal albums palatable for their audience as well as the different textures of personal albums available to us. 

Discuss the evolution of Lito through solo mixtapes and Step Brothers projects, how Lito influenced the world of music we have now. 

Discuss D’Angelo-Voodoo in depth. 

Discuss the scope of its influence and what makes it special.

Discuss Samurai in detail.

Breakdown the tendencies, attributes, and skills of Lupe Fiasco. 

How conceptual do we want Lupe to get?---Do you want Lupe to rap from the perspective of a dinosaur or a cheeseburger? Do you want stripped down Lupe? Some of the underground heads have always maintained the feeling that Lupe gets credit for being high concept without actually achieving a high concept. This is a part of Lupe as an artist no one is neutral on. His discography forces a position. 

Does Lupe like his audience?---I really thought Lupe would take over the world. What I learned from Lupe is no matter how talented you are, even if you carry all the attributes your audience has been demanding, if you talk down to your audience…lecture not conversate…you will lose them. Hip Hop fans I know all have a point of disengagement from Lupe where he became too much and they walked away. Most of them didn’t walk away because he wasn’t the same emcee, it was because he pushed them away. 

To Soundtrakk or not to Soundtrakk-In the roll out for Samurai Lupe has been protective of Soundtrakk. He thinks when people suggest a new producer they are denigrating Soundtrakk. I disagree with his processing of this. Lupe’s sound has been very clean and almost cute for a while. A lot of us wonder what would he sound like over August Fanon or Messiah Muzik production? We know this is a community with a ton of sonic flavor and we just want Lupe to take advantage!

  When I first heard Lupe on Touch The Sky my hope for him was he could become the Kanye I could handle. Someone a) better at rapping and b) in Christ pose less often. It was as exciting as hearing Kurupt on Doggy Dogg World. I always hold him against those hopes to chart where he has gone and where I rate him all time. 

Discuss the mission, coming together, sound signature, and reaction to SOUR DUB. 

Discuss SOUR DUB in detail. 

Discuss the process of making this album since we haven’t had a solo Nacho album since 2019. What adjustments were made? 

Discuss Jesse’s Revenge in depth. 

Discuss the evolution from the debut to Metal Lung to Nobody Planning To Leave and the format of ShrapKnel. 

Talk about Nobody Planning To Leave in detail. 

Discuss important themes and topics related to 2024 music. 

Unveil new superlative categories and name possible contenders.

Discuss the emotional reality of being “your favorite rapper's favorite rapper” and how difficult it has been to stay centered.  

Discuss Every Last Word and All That Was Left Unsaid in detail.