Lupe Fiasco

When Lupe isn’t tethered to an overbearing concept, his thoughts are still intriguing enough to build worlds around.

“You seem unquestionably bored out of your fucking mind,” which, yes.

Scholars and nerds, aren’t you glad Lupe didn’t dumb it down?

The rap game has delivered an endless array of seminal debut albums. We hand-picked the very best. You're welcome.

'Kung Faux' offered a window—albeit a distorted one—into the material so often stripped down to sound bites and homages.

Who failed most to live up to their potential?

It's time for some wild but perfect comparisons.

The Internet, Noname, Daniel Caesar, and more—our favorite love songs of 2018.

With Tyler making songs for 'The Grinch,' here are five other rappers who need to be soundtracking children's films.

Read with caution.

“You don’t work, you don’t eat.”

We ranked the 10 most iconic interactions between your favorite rappers and the airlines that bring them to your city.

'DROGAS WAVE' is typically complex for Lupe, and it's peppered with definitive greatness.

Just because you love something doesn't mean you understand it.

If you don't understand why Kanye West is Taco Bell, we can't be friends.

Oh, how times have-a-changed.

The album is slated for release in 2018.

VIBE asked 50 Cent, Chamillionare and more how they'd fix the music industry in 2007. Let's hop in the time machine.

"There's just really nowhere to go with a rap supergroup."

From Joe Budden to Joey Bada$$, lead singles don't always taste like the main course.

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"So I took an L."

See you in the comments section.

Despite near-universal acclaim, these four albums just didn't have "it."