Nearly four and a half months after dropping his latest critically-acclaimed project, Samurai, Lupe Fiasco returns to said project today. By earlier debuting through Vevo an inspiring new Cris & Blaq-directed video for arguably not only the best track on the project, but one of the best tracks released all year regardless of genre. With the Troy Tyler featured, Palaces.
The inspiring new video finding Lupe and Tyler on the sandy backdrops of by an ocean. As the Chicago emcee spits such inspiring eye-opening lyrics as, “Lord, please bless my castle of sand. Waiting on a battle, sword handle all in my hand. The war forces more toward my door with demands. More important than the fortune that you poured in my pan. From freestyling to recording advance. Can you please reinforce all my borders and bands? I should’ve put it towards some plans. Want a forest, gotta water some plants, huh. Normally, ignoring the branch. Is par for the course, but when you hold a culture, you can’t. Can’t parkour over a part. You gotta march forth over your art and for your fans.” About realizing that fame wasn’t all he thought it would be. People cutting hair, kids in school learning and a young lady modeling also shown through the video. To show the different innocent and inspiring ways that Lupe Fiasco through his music helps them. Really help bring the lyrics and record even more to life.