Lupe's sophomore LP is packed with diverse musical guests like Patrick Stump, Snoop Dogg, Matthew Santos and UK electro outfit UNKLE (and despite the fact that Lupe's got a cameo on Blake Lewis' just-released solo album, the beat-boxing Timber-like does not appear on Lupe's joint), but The Cool's also chock-a-block with lotsa heady elements too: matrix-like pseudo-humans, quasi-demonic details, otherworldly spirits and other things that freak us out if we think about them too much really late at night.
But, dear, is it art? And will it live up to the Grammy-nominated Food & Liquor? We're gonna take a leap of faith and go with "yes," but we'll let you decide.
Listen to every track of Lupe Fiasco's The Cool.