Tetsuo & Youth
by Lupe Fiasco
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 January 2015
- Label: 1st, Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:18:43
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 11 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Structured conceptually around the four seasons, 'Tetsuo & Youth' is an ambitious and sprawling project that was widely seen as a return to Lupe Fiasco's lyrical prime. The album features a rich, often jazz-inflected production that creates a cinematic backdrop for Fiasco's dense, multi-layered narratives and intricate wordplay. Celebrated by critics for its thematic depth and forgoing commercial appeal in favor of artistic complexity, the work solidifies its place as one of the rapper's most challenging and rewarding releases.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, conscious, storytelling, soulful, classic
Tracklist
- Summer (01:26)
- Mural (08:48)
- Blur My Hands (feat. Guy Sebastian) (05:27)
- Dots & Lines (06:32)
- Fall (01:13)
- Prisoner 1 & 2 (feat. Ayesha Jaco) (08:36)
- Body of Work (feat. Troi & Terrace Martin) (05:53)
- Little Death (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:29)
- No Scratches (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:22)
- Winter (01:31)
- Chopper (feat. Billy Blue, Buk of Psychodrama, Trouble, Trae Tha Truth, Fam Lay & Glasses Malone) (09:32)
- Deliver (03:52)
- Madonna (And Other Mothers in the Hood) [feat. Nikki Jean] (04:43)
- Adoration of the Magi (feat. Crystal "R酶v茅l" Torres) (05:06)
- They.Resurrect.Over.New. (feat. Ab-Soul & Troi) (05:38)
- Spring (01:35)
Credits
- Lupe Fiasco - primary artist, producer
- Guy Sebastian - featured artist
- Ayesha Jaco - featured artist
- Troi Irons - featured artist
- Terrace Martin - featured artist
- Nikki Jean - featured artist, background vocals, additional vocals
- Billy Blue - featured artist
- Buk of Psychodrama - featured artist
- Trouble - featured artist
- Trae tha Truth - featured artist
- Fam-Lay - featured artist
- Glasses Malone - featured artist
- Crystal Torres - featured artist
- Ab-Soul - featured artist
- Ty Dolla $ign - background vocals, producer, co-producer, featured artist
- Rick Ross - featured artist
- Big K.R.I.T. - featured artist
- Chance the Rapper - featured artist
- Ed Sheeran - featured artist, vocals
- Chris Brown - featured artist
- Charlie Wilson - vocals
- Marisol - additional vocals
- PJ - additional vocals
- Blood Diamonds - producer
- DJ Dahi - producer
- JackLNDN - producer
- Keyz - producer
- Marcus Stephens - producer
- MoeZart - producer
- Quality Kid - producer
- S1 - producer
- Simonsayz - producer
- VohnBeatz - producer
- Wiz Buchanan - producer
- Shafiq Husayn - co-producer