Vintage wrote: aiight I respect your opinion..but I feel that if the rap game wasn’t so watered down that Lupe would be a lot more influential..His last album went Gold without having much radio play and about no video play at all..It shows that many people do respect his grind..Here’s my breakdown of rap..

Lyricism:

Lil Wayne- 7.5..Lyrical but not relevant
Lupe Fiasco-..I’ve already stated my opinions

Albums...Sales?Yes but also Quality

Lil Wayne-(8/10) He’s weird because I think he has 9 albums and the C3 sold already 1.7 mill or so but the rest of his albums have not been as well recieved by the public or critics..I will say that The Carter II is very close to a classic if it is not one..C3 was probably a 3.5 or a 4 out of 5..

Lupe Fiasco-(7.5)Has obviously not been in the game as long but he has decent sales..Food and Liquor was not a huge profit but it did receive great critical acclaim..as well as The Cool which went Gold while receiving the same kind of compliments..but he does suffer this category because of lack of sales

Relevance:

Lil Wayne(10)..I don’t need to explain..he runs the rap game..(track whore but nonetheless,he’s the most relevant)

Lupe Fiasco(8)..Puts out mixtapes,albums,and does a few guest appearances here and there

Critical Acclaim:

Lil Wayne: (8)Rolling Stone gave C3 a 4.5/5,I think..something like that..He’s been given much higher ratings ever since he’s gotten with producers besides Mannie Fresh AKA since The Carter series took off but that doesn’t make an excetion for all his other shit that he’s put out that was GRADE A Garbage..sorry

Lupe Fiasco: (9.5)Five Star Albums and a Grammy