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Lupe Fiasco
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When Lupe Fiasco announced his retirement plans in early 2008, every hip-hop head within earshot thought, [i]Aren't you just getting started?[/i] After all, we're talking about a rapper who rolled onto the scene a few years earlier, weaving his way through a horn-stabbed Kanye West track ("Touch the Sky") and a smoky single about skateboarding ("Kick, Push"). Soon after, Fiasco justified his Jay-Z endorsement — Jigga man called the Chicago native a "breath of fresh air" — with a universally acclaimed debut, 2006's [i]Food & Liquor[/i], and a string-soaked Jill Scott duet ("Daydreamin'") that sampled Tchaikovsky and grabbed a GRAMMY®. As if that weren't enough reason to listen to Fiasco's career unfold, [i]The Cool[/i] went the concept-album route and left the charts smoldering. All because of its restless beats and tightly woven storyline, from the heaven-sent hook of "Superstar" to the throwback boom-bap breaks of "Paris, Tokyo" and "Gold Watch." Now pick that mic up, Lu; you've got a job to do.