MT! Behind The Music

It's been about a year and some months since the release of Lupe Fiasco's The Cool album. A song that sticks out to me a lot is "Gold Watch". Why? The flow, the laid backness, and mostly because of the references to fashions and such I've never heard of. Journey with me as we discover what the hell Loopy is talking about.

"Now let's peruse the essentials of Cool. A brief study of the things so instrumental to Lu. That make me feel flyer than lobbies of W's. A disclaimer just a rhymer, no credentials from a school.

In my Fall Of Rome jeans

my Head Porter wallet

 my Neighborhood shirt

and my Eddie Cheng CLOT shit..."(Skip til second verse)

"I like Zip Tea candles, and Maharishi sandals

My Vita sunglasses

and purple murder service samples(Ralph Lauren Purple Label)
I like False t-shirts though the street is off the handle

 Such a good designer, Junya Watanabe, goddamn you.

I like Yohji Yamamoto

and a Max Roach solo.

Leather Gucci belts

and Guilty Brotherhood polos

I like Mont Blanc pens

and Moleskine paper

I like Goyard bags

and Green Now N Laters. Monocle Magazine and Japanese Manga

Futura Nosferatu

and HTM Trainers...."

Everything else should be self-explanitory.......

"Hello/Goodbye"