Woah Spring

It's amazing how time can get away from you when you're busy!  In the spirit of the soul of wit, I'm going to keep this brief and hit you with the punchline directly:
If you haven't already, you should get directly on top of Lupe Fiasco's "L.A.S.E.R.S.."
Why?  Several very good reasons:
1.  Lupe is an amazingly talented artist and producer; I would say of equal calibre to Kanye, while simultaneously being a more palatable human being.  (For the definitive, quantitative assessment of Kanye's relative douchbaggery, see [Daniels11].)
B.  Though LF's 2007 release "The Cool" was certainly an achievement for a sophomore release, I do not believe it had the same polish, swag, lyrical acrobatics, and sweeping instrumentals of "Daydreamin' (Featuring Jill Scott)," released the previous year.
4.  LASERS is not just another rap album:  Lupe's lyrics are poignant and timely, covering everything from the war to economics to politics to what's wrong with society today.  (Check out "Words I Never Said" to see what I mean.)
5.  To top it all off, the list of features and guest appearances on the album looks like a Who's Who of really good, under-appreciated artists (like John Legend and Holly Brook, now reincarnated as Skylar Grey).

This and "My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy" definitely rank as my top two albums released in the last six months.  If you haven't heard either, you're missing out.

The snow tires are coming off today - so fingers-crossed for spring boys and girls!

-JB