Lupe Fiasco Tetsuo & Youth [PA]

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the meatiest set he's produced in years. Kicking and pushing against the rap status quo, he raps over French jazz funk, pens a two-part suite about the prison-industrial complex, inserts contemporary classical-string interludes and curates a nine-minute gang-sta-rap-posse cut..."
"[V]ividly imagined with stream-of-un-self-conscious raps and touches of Ani DiFranco-like cult jazz."
Paste (magazine) - "Lupe has always been more than a lyricist, and he continues that tradition throughout the rest of the album, which features songs with normal structures. Even 'Chopper,' a nine-minute posse cut, has a solid chorus."