Deconstructing Lupe Fiasco's "Touch The Sky" Verse | Check The Rhyme
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- “Touch the Sky” was the fourth single released from Kanye West’s 2005 album 'Late Registration,' following “Diamonds from Sierra Leone,” “Gold Digger,” and “Heard ‘Em Say,” and is one of West’s most iconic songs. It’s produced by Just Blaze and features a slowed down horn sample from Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” plus a stellar feature verse from fellow Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco. The show-stopping verse marked Lupe’s first credit on a studio album and features his trademark lyricism and intricate rhyme scheme.
Check out Genius contributor @JohnCLE71’s color-coded breakdown of Lupe’s rhyme scheme on the song’s third verse.
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A lupin the 3rd and Thundercats references in a verse. Lupe nerds status solidified
Well yeah he won Street Fighter tournaments and hangs out with Diago lol
Pancho Villa Him and Del the Goats of Nerd rap
still am
Kayne is a true anime fan
Time to watch lupin the 3rd the first again 🤣
After i heard "Guess whos on 3rd, Lupe steal like Lupin the 3rd" I knew I was a fan
Plus the Mumm-ra namedrop later
Lupe one of da realest
One of the greatest songs of all time. So uplifting
Anthony The Realest Killer sample used
Anthony The Realest fucking facts
That's 00's HipHop for you
Kanye West is the best
@@J.5.M. You mean Curtis Mayfield Move on Up, right?
Why the fuck do we not get these at least once a week?
Hank Hill Spongebob to
I have a love/hate relationship with this song. It’s one of the best Kanye songs but it’s been my alarm almost everyday for the past 3 years.
seven hahah
Kanye songs make the best alarms, lol. I've had Waves as mine since befo xmas
Good Mornin
Lol I had westside connection - bow down a couple years back. To this day when I hear that bass intro I get chills in my spine.
Just made it my alarm today because I've been sleeping in too much lol. Those trumpets should wake me up
love this! Lupe makes the rhyme scheme sound so smooth, yet simple...But it's much more complex
Eireee17 one could say it’s... genius
@@heknowdissed2420 or... one wouldn't.
@@stashatstake nah it is
@@michaeltorresii5248 not hating on the song, but the pun
that lupin reference
man ofsteel word that line go over most heads
I always thought he was referencing himself. What's it mean?
@@donsolos It's a classic manga. Lupin III.
That line is why I started watching anime
Shits dope
Now do Mural!
czcams.com/video/7vh7BX3aN34/video.html here's the rhyme scheme if you are interested
How much time we got??
Ksi?
Obviously it isnt his best verse but it was his first mainstream verse and this is where it started for him. Classic.
Uhhh, he's already released 'Kick, Push' at this point which was mainstream as well.
Henry Stephen This came out before then
@@RideFaster-EatPastaWrong, this came out in 05. Kick push was 06
one of the best lyricist ever in music period
THANK YOU
No
Manuel L Fuuuuck no
J P Wtf?!
For anyone saying no, stay off the fucking pipe and foh my comment dont ever disrespect Lu
Funny enough, lupe didn’t even want to be on the song. But I think this verse is such a great verse that introduced him into the mainstream. Nice wordplay, nerdy references and such a fresh flow
"Guess who's on third", this line has so much meaning especially within the context of the album
@@possecut late registration was his second album and by 3rd he meant 3rd verse
@@darkethnic9324 3rd song on album was touch the sky
@@legacy5907 yes but he meant third verse
@@darkethnic9324 knowing lupe - he probably meant both. he's the king of double/triple entendres
I'm trynna stop Lion like i'm Mumm Ra, but i'm not lyin when i'm layin on the beat. En Garde.. . Dope Thundercats reference
Misael Yisrael I was searching the comments to see if anybody caught that
When I see the actual lyrics makes me realize how amazing this is. Lupe is one on the greatest.
Out of all the Lupe verses tho lol
right?
Playboy Bugz Lupe is too genius for Genius
because it had kanye
this is one of the song that sprang lupes career
Juan Alej they never ran it like that, but it's plausible
“Peach fuzz buzz, but beard on the verge.” Over heads for years upon years one of the greatest verses ever.
The man just referenced Lupin the third and Thundercats...... He's the GOAT in my book
Lupe is insane
Modibo Kearney lol u corny he mean lupe nice wit the pen
He's N.Sane
Modibo Kearney If he said Lupe is sick or ill would you have swooped in like "Who are you? His Doctor!?!?!?"
"Here like ear, till I'm beer on the curb" is such a dense way of saying he's gonna keep rapping till he dies!
He delivered this verse so effortlessly yet when you break the bars down you see the clever wordplay behind it, one of my fave verses of all time. "I'm trying to stop lyin' like I'm mumm-ra, but I'm not lyin' when I'm layin' on the beat" 🔥🔥
I agree 100.
Lupe probably has the best feature on any Kanye album. His rhyme schemes are unreal
Woah i never caught the lupin III reference...
How can you dislike this verse?! Literally one of my favourite of all-time. Goosebumps everything I hear it
To think this one verse made me go "who the hell is this dude and why have I never heard of him" to over decade later him being in my top 5 favorite rappers of all time.
Damn
Lupe the GOAT
theoverlyreligiousdude TV you already know
theoverlyreligiousdude TV amen
theoverlyreligiousdude TV L
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Think you mean Ye is
Completely beautiful
This went waaay over my head when i was younger. Suprised to see it's actually a very intricate verse.
This verse is the definition of swag
One of the best verses ever
Tryna stop lying like I'm Mum-Ra....fucking 🔥 Lupe been killing it for years
0:07 I love watching Lupin the 3rd
lupe was slept on
*is
When he said: "I'm tryna stop lying like I'm mumm-ra but I'm not lying when I'm laying on the beat en garde " I was like...wow...who is this dude. He was pretty much an instant favorite of mine on that day lol.
My introduction to Lupe
That pattern was intense!!
plz more of these
Lupe is so fucking underrated. He's the best lyricist today in my opinion. I wish he could get the recognition he deserves.
please do more of these
Greatest lyricist to ever do it.
It's not even a whole song, just a verse and he's said more than most would on a whole album
Legendary verse, not his best but legendary
Bruh. The metaphors and Similes in this verse is a Masterpiece. Come back to us and be a star again Lupe. We need this style flow and lyricism.
Beautiful...
oooooo this was nice!
This should be like a "every other day" type video. These are lit 🔥🔥🔥
One of Lupe’s greatest features. Excellent verse.
I get goosebumps
I'm glad I was old enough to remember this song premiering. This was one of those great introductory verses by a rapper that made them instantly famous. Food & Liquor came out the next year and Lupe's status was cemented in hip-hop history.
One of my fav guest verses of all time
Lupe's wave files truly needs to be decoded
Lupe is so overlooked and underrated
Earl Sweatshirt deserves to be here
OG ADE his verse on whoa
OG ADE
they already did one for him, I think
OG ADE they did his super rich kids verse.
Pat Flowers I don't think they did
OG ADE I agree
I wonder if Lupe ever listened to company flow, last line might be a reference to "In fact I'm all that, El-P yo bring the horns back"
great visual
Damn they bringing back the oldies !! 🔥
"Let me end my verse where the horns are" 😂😂
LOVE THIS VERSE
Lupin the 3rd
shit caught me off guard 🔥
Damn I finally get that lupin the third line now that I watch anime
Lupe snapped on this.
thanks youuuuuuu genius. keep showing that homage ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
please do Mos Def's Part on Blackstar's "Redefinition"
Whatever Whatever do you have a link?
LM Slim The video is Rapping deconstructed with Mos Def's part at 4:50
ok nice I remember seeing it, but I would still like to see rapgenius doing it too, though 😆
Great debut.
This verse is stuck in my head
One of the greatest verses I ever heard. Lupe Sama.
"im trying to stop LION like im mummra, but im not lying when im laying on the beat"
The Thundercats line is still the one that gets me to chuckle 14 years later
SO SLEPT ON TILL THIS DAY!
Bars!!!!
He referenced lupin the 3rd new favorite rapper
ThunderCats and Lupin the Third references
Incredible verse he came in the game like a vet
Great line to end a verse!
One of the cleanest verses ever.
Most underrated in the game, dont @ me
Ooooh!!!
Should've chose Glory. He kept the same 6 syllable rhyme scheme throughout that entire song while staying on topic.
B-Mint1994 Underrated ass song, that first verse is especially incredible
around this time till cool he was dope i liked lasers but it sounded really drowned out and cheap food and liquor 2 beyond havent been a fan tooo cryptic complex even when it doesnt need to be
Controversial Mann DROGAS Light is almost the opposite of tetuso and youth. I would recommend you listen to it if you havent already.
Northsyde Lupe as a whole underrated man
That adoration of the magi verse too
More lyric breakdowns please
Awesome
This makes me want to cry. So long ago :(
Lupe was something special
and I became a fan for life.
only rapper to never have another rapper have a better verse than him in his own songs
Solid
Classic feature verse good shit 💯
Classic verse🔥
Can y'all do these more often???
"YOU GON' TOUCH THE SKY BABY GIRL!"🙌🏾
one of the best songs on here
one of the best verses of all time
ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED RAPPERS EVER
I never noticed that lupin the 3rd reference until this year
now thats some real shit
Lupe Fiasco is a low key GOAT, he is one of the most talented writers/lyricists in American history...don’t believe me? Deconstruct another verse, then another, then another and the proof is there every time, Lupe Fiasco, a Modern American Poetic Genius!
I missed this series
LUPE THE MOST UNDERRATED RAPPER OF ALL TIME
One of the dopest verses from a lyricist
What a great feature verse to a great song
Big L, Earl Sweatshirt, or MF doom next
Please
Would love to see some MF DOOM syllable patterns highlighted.
Never been so early to a video before