Comments on: Lupe Fiasco: Food & Liquor

By: Father

Father — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0000

You misunderstand. I was saying that it IS trendy and therefore already dated when put in the context of iconic album covers that negate trends and become timeless. I never said it was terrible.

By: AlCapwn

AlCapwn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:11:00 +0000

yeah the cover isn’t trendy so it must be terrible.

By: McDonough

McDonough — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Many Black people have down syndrome.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:26:00 +0000

Agree. Terrible cover, looks like something from a Photoshop tutorial.

By: mrtruffle

mrtruffle — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:17:57 +0000

hehe where do I enter the prize draw!

By: iamjcollins

iamjcollins — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:03:55 +0000

As much as I like the album, the art work makes me think Lupe's about to say “and you could win all these great prizes if you answer this question correctly!”

By: Father

Father — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:50:37 +0000

This already looks incredibly dated. About as iconic as default Photoshop outer glow.

By: LMXV

LMXV — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:16:21 +0000

Like usual, hip hop and materialism.

By: ceasebreath

ceasebreath — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:17:55 +0000

I think the work is dope and think that Chuck Anderson did a wicked job on the cover, when it was released 3 years ago.

Commercial or non-commercial, It’s just imagery that is targeted to a certain audience, and maybe it’s not for everyone but those who understand or appreciate to it, have a relationship with it.

By: cenzi

cenzi — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:56:03 +0000

If you REALLY want to get specific, why don’t you learn Dakota? Or Blackfoot? if you live in America. Land thieves.

Second, the visuals tell a story, and if the story is not correctly comprehended, then, as Chuck has already said, the fault falls on the marketing team. And note that I said team and not just the graphic artist, who I follow regularly and admire very much. But I guess he just fell on this one, I and will help him out by laying blame on the record company, the marketing team and Lup himself, as well as Chuck.

I wonder how many of you are actually hiphop heads and have “studied” hiphop… or are you all more interested in the “graphics”???

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:23:45 +0000

I agree with LarsEfx. Knowing english has nothing to do with having an opinion on America.

I dont think It’s a “revolting” album cover though. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible. Nothing special. It’s just blah.

Bad type though.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:10:22 +0000

@ to the negative,

If you have to research the artist and graphic designers in order to appreciate a “great piece of art,” I would question how great that art really is.

By: to the negative

to the negative — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:50:47 +0000

some of people are simply ignorant. please do a little research about an artist and the graphic designers that are responsible for creating great pieces of art before commenting on any album design.

By: tuffghost

tuffghost — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:52:10 +0000

isn’t it supposed to be hyperbolic? mr. fiasco is way into his anime and videogames, it seemed to me like he was trying to emulate that over-the-top vibe. i mean, he’s holding a goddamn katana on the back! its all kitsch.

i thought it was pretty funny.

By: LarsEfx

LarsEfx — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:03:29 +0000

So now you can’t have an oppinion on america, if you can’t write english perfectly? That’s lame.