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8.0
23185
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Fiasco stands tall as an counter-revolutionary leader for the burned out and the damned
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8.0
23431
8.0 |
FasterLouder
If this is what he sounds like when he’s being held back, I can’t wait to hear him get free
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8.0
24701
8.0 |
FasterLouder
Full of catchy hooks, big production, and Lupe Fiasco in one of his most out-spoken and blunt forms
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7.0
23053
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Left-field bombast
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6.7
23296
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Much of Lasers is slathered in synthesizers, giving it an au courant hip-hop sound that may not age well
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6.0
23107
6.0 |
BBC
Lupe remains a singular hip hop voice
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6.0
23143
6.0 |
No Ripcord
He still proves rap can be insightful and exploratory sans the ego. But the album is weakened by the label’s attempt to creatively mute its production
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5.0
23283
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
It's clear that Lasers has misfired, and that Lupe's revolution looks more improbable than inevitable
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4.9
22960
4.9 |
Beats Per Minute
This is the absolute worst-case scenario of what can happen when commerce is placed above art
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4.0
23862
4.0 |
NME
Walks a fine line between conscious hip-hop and sleepwalking
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4.0
22889
4.0 |
The Independent
While his flow has a nice bounce and monotonal glide, too many tracks end with one wondering what exactly he's said, if anything at all
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4.0
22890
4.0 |
The Guardian
It's occasionally likable, sometimes excruciating and rarely special
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3.0
23445
3.0 |
Pitchfork
You can't knock him for trying something new, but the tools he should be using - his rubbery wordplay, thoughtful commentary, sheer love of the art form - get ditched, with nothing interesting to replace them
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1.0
23146
1.0 |
PopMatters
My main goal from this point onwards remains to never hear Lasers in its entirety again. Download Enemy of the State, a free mixtape released by Lupe last summer
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