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Tetsuo & Youth

Lupe Fiasco

Tetsuo & Youth

Fifth album from the Chicago rapper, with guest appearances from Guy Sebastian and Ty Dolla $ign

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6.9

Label
Atlantic
UK Release date
17/01/2015
US Release date
20/01/2015
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    The album is the best Lupe Fiasco has been in years, mostly because it forgoes the previously self-imposed mandates of his savior complex in favor of a balanced view from both intrapersonal and interpersonal lenses
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Strolls its way into greatness after a couple listens and wipes out all the bitter aftertaste of Lasers as if that misstep never happened
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Third, fourth, and fifth listens are demanded to appreciate its scope
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  4. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Sometimes subtle, sometimes not, Lupe is a man with a lot to say and a lot of ways of doing it successfully, without pretentiousness
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  5. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    Lupe has always been most exciting when he's somewhere outside his comfort zone
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  6. 7.0 |   Beardfood

    A dense pound cake of metaphorical run-arounds and mediocre beats
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  7. 6.9 |   Paste Magazine

    On the whole, Tetsuo and Youth is a shaky album by a newly energized Lupe Fiasco
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  8. 6.0 |   The Music

    A solid fifth album from one of modern rap’s most important voices
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  9. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Kicking and pushing against the rap status quo
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  10. 5.8 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Lupe’s voice is the most distinct part of this album
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