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The Cool | 
| Artist: Lupe Fiasco
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 2748
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 368316
UPC: 075678995996
EAN: 0075678995996
ASIN: B000WPNL8Q
Release Date: January 21, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Baba Says Cool For Thought - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Free Chilly - Lupe Fiasco & Sarah Green/Gemstones | | • | Go Gadget Flow - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Coolest - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Superstar - Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos | | • | Paris Tokyo - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Hi Definition - Lupe Fiasco & Snoop Dogg/Pooh Bear | | • | Gold Watch - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Hip Hop Saved My Life - Lupe Fiasco & Nikki Jean | | • | Intruder Alert - Lupe Fiasco & Sarah Green | | • | Streets On Fire - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Little Weapons - Lupe Fiasco & Bishop G/Nikki Jean | | • | Gotta Eat - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Dumb It Down - Lupe Fiasco & Gemstones/Graham Burris | | • | Hello Goodbye (Uncool) - Lupe Fiasco & UNKLE | | • | Die - Lupe Fiasco & Gemstones | | • | Put You On Game - Lupe Fiasco | | • | Fighters - Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos | | • | Go Baby - Lupe Fiasco & Gemstones |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Will The Cool, the second album from Lupe Fiasco, do what his first couldn't and make this Chicago rap prodigy a star? If the answer must be no, maybe it's just because Lupe's too far ahead of the competition. The Cool gets off to a bit of a bumpy start--"Go Go Gadget Flow" shows off Lupe's quick-lips vocal talents, but it's a bit slight content-wise, while "Superstar" reaches for the crossover card through its somewhat hammy sub-Chris Martin vocal from Matthew Santos. A little further in, though, and Lupe's firing on all cylinders. "Dumb It Down" outdoes Pharrell at his own game, droning synths and ticking drums atop which Lupe dissects an industry built on low expectations. "Hello/Goodbye" shows the breadth of The Cool's scope, borrowing a doom-laden hook from James Lavelle's UNKLE project. And "Little Weapon", produced by Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy, surprises; a pneumatic, enjoyable production that's the bed for a narrative that sees Lupe morphed into the body of a child solider--although a surprise pull-back at the end suggests it might be about violent computer games. Maybe it's too fragmented to vault Lupe into the league of Kanye and Jay-Z--or maybe The Cool is simply too original and too inspired to resort to hip-hop cliché. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
Some COOL S*** July 17, 2008
This album is sick, the bomb, ill what ever you what ever you want to call it. It takes a while to get into Lupe The COOL as he has new style & flow which is difficult for new consumers to get hold of. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even a 4th listen might not catch you but after that you will be hooked. The albums overall production is perfect with no album fillers (unlike many other hip hop albums i have listened to over the years). The track that will grab all is Superstar but now thats the only track i will skip past, Hip Hop saved my life is dope and so is Streets on Fire (has a Rock feel) Intruder Alert has mad dope rhyming, Free Chilly the 2nd track is only 1 minute 2 seconds long and that gives you an overall feel, a lot of the tracks have an indie flavor (cold play, snow patrol & linkin park) and then comes in with some crazy drums which will get you nodding all the way home. Overall Lupe deserves 5 mics a CLASSIC {Dark Boy)
 So soft I'd call it RnB July 17, 2008
I see a lot of people calling this hip hop but the beats are so slow and there's so much singing that I'd have to say it walks the line of RnB, saying that this is RnB to the highest standard. The tracks are so consistent that there's a real feel that this album is a masterpiece, listening to the album really gives you a good feeling and there's no dips or dives - its just a great experience. The lyrics are clean, poetic and bend towards well structured beautiful chorus'. I must admit I dont think I've heard of any of the collaborations on this album but they're really talented artists that offer so much to Lupe's subtle style. If you're gonna buy a hip hop / RnB album to play into the ground then make it this one.
A Hip-Hop Classic May 7, 2008
Been a fan of Lupe Fiasco since Food and Liquor dropped and he's done something not many have been capable of- make an album even better than their already great previous album
The Cool does not have one bad song, mixed with Lupe's pretty much perfect and extremely clever lyrics and the smooth beats makes for a really impressive album which deserves to be put in to the ranks of a Hip-Hop classic, something that is extremely rare in the US now with the fall in the quality of the genre
Lupe Fiasco is one who shows that you don't have to talk about guns, drugs, looking at women with a derogatory view etc. and still make a mind-blowing Hip-Hop album
Lupe is one of the only rappers in the US who is just about keeping Hip-Hop alive over there and it is a great pity that he is apparently going to quit after his third album
Any fan of the genre cannot miss this album and those who don't like it are probably the ones who listen to the terrible songs labelled as Hip-Hop which is killing the dying genre
Also need to say that Lupe is one of those artists that has lyrics where you will keep finding out different things the more you listen and carries on that tradition on this album
He's done it again... March 18, 2008
After Food and Liquor, it was perhaps forgivable to expect a lot from lupe fiasco. after all, his first album caused mass hysteria in the inner circles of hip hop, as well as doing well commercially. traditionally, successful debut albums are followed up with the expectation of raising their game; which is sometimes difficult when your first album is your very best work! Its no coincidence that Jay-z, Nas, Common, Kanye West are all judged by their first albums.
On first listen, you may think this is another one of those hyped up albums, all show and no go. I certainly did. On first listen I only listened to a few of the song fully. After a few days i came back to it, and found that there are some really thoughtful, precise songs. I think perhaps this is because the lyrics are often complex and metaphorical, which means they take time and effort to think about, and to absorb. I had a similar experience with Illmatic, taking perhaps two months to realise its greatness. It may be a cliche, but this is a grower. Even now, 2 months after purchasing The Cool, i still come back to it and find something new, which is a sign of greatness.
If you are a fan of real hip-hop, or like artists such as Common, Jay-z, Nas, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Mobb Deep etc, then you really will like Lupe Fiasco.
If at first you perhaps don't rate the album, leave it and then come back and really listen to the lyrics. A little patience will reap great rewards!
Some tracks to look forward to;
1) The Coolest
2) Hi-defination
3) Hip-Hop saved my life
4) The Die
5) Go baby.
The Cool = The Best Album of the Year! March 6, 2008
By far the best album I have listened to this year so far! Every song (with the exception of the annoying woman on the first track) could potentially be a top40 hit, with some explicit lyrics being edited out. Stand out tracks for me include 4,6,10,11,15,19 all with great beats as well as lyrical genius, but that's not to say the others songs are just album fillers. Every song is very clever, and related to events that we see and hear about day in day out. Lupe is very much in touch with youth culture at the moment, and so very easy to relate to. I am a little infatuated with this album, and listen to it at least once a day, but it honestly is one of the best albums I have ever heard!
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