Lupe Fiasco Says "97% Of Hip Hop Is Terrible," Praises Drake & Slaughterhouse

Lupe Fiasco discusses the state of Hip Hop, saying "97% of Hip Hop is terrible," adds that he was influenced by Eminem, Canibus and "early Jay-Z."

The promotional tour for Lupe Fiasco continues. The Chicagoan recently visited The Breakfast Club and spoke out about the state of Hip Hop. When asked about rappers in the game like 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne and others, he explained that he feels "97% of Hip Hop is terrible." The emcee also spoke on his label situation, adding that he is "definitely going indie."

"We're coming toward the end of our relationship so it's like a going away party," he said of his last albums on a major. "After this album, I got one [album] left. So, it's all good for now. They give me my room. I'm definitely not going back into the majors. I'm definitely going indie when we're done."

Fans can also expect six singles from this album, according to Lupe, who says it will be treated differently than his last project.

"It was never meant to be a big radio kind of record, kind of like Lasers was with big radio records," he shared. "This is more like a core Hip Hop joint so we have room to throw six records out."

Later in the interview, Fiasco was asked about the likes of 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. While he said that Slaughterhouse and Drake were good, he went on to say that "97% of Hip Hop is terrible."

"I came from a different school. I came from Canibus, Eminem. To me, that's up here," he said, raising his hand. "Early Jay-Z is up here. So, for me, lyrically it's a different kind of conversation. But, I guess if it's just technically rapping, making words rhyme, metaphor here, metaphor here, it's cool. For me, technically it's good, beats are good, everything is good, it's fresh. But to me, the substance is just terrible. 97% of Hip Hop is terrible."

The video can be seen below

Lupe Fiasco Interview - The Breakfast Club

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He's not lying [pic]

oh wut do lupe fans have to say of course drake is dope hes better than 98% of the game


LMAO WHERES THAT !! LUPE STAN LUPE HUNTER BAHAHA UR IDOL PRAISES DRAKE


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Drake stans in full force this morning [pic]

he's hating on MMG

Lupe going to cry again

[pic] Eminem has been terrible for years now though...

Lasers definitely falls into that 97%

Is that lupehunter dude even serious? Thought he was a big troll

SlaughterHouse is terrible.. Drizzy is nice with it though

watch the haters come and say lupe is ignorant and arrogant and how he doesn't know !!


but were just praising him in the other thread of him crying [pic]

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praises drake? lol I guess thats cool if a grown man wanna hear another grown sing all the time. And eminem? lol Being lyrical dont mean !! if you have no content. Eminem could rap about sticking a gerbil in his[..] and !!ing a dog and people will swear he k!lled a verse just because of how he presents the bars with his flow. Slaughterhouse is overrated to and theyre turning pop. Just listening to !! like "my life" can confirm that. I listen to crooked and royce though,

Huh? You got that kinda backwards, don't you think??

But once again, Lupe's not lying. And of course he's not gonna diss ALL of rap.

Someone's mad because Rick Ross is in that 97% [pic]

lol and someone loves stalking and following other people comments. lol More weak !! traits I see. Didnt even mention ross so wtf you talkin about?



UMAD??? [pic]

I made the thread [pic]
Why wouldn't i be in it?

Ross was clearly mentioned in this so why not bring him up, we all know Lupe is throwing Ross in that 97%.

what? why would he be mad? sounds like you were tho