If you're informed, you make an informed choice. You understand the quality of certain things and you understand the history of certain things.
Lupe FiascoIt definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was like a 20th anniversary kind of thing. All of those intentions were there for it to be resurrecting a classic for a new generation. I tried to honor it.
Lupe FiascoThe truth is limitless in its range, if you drop the T and look at it in reverse it could hurt.
Lupe FiascoWith Australian audiences, there's a certain level of education - as far as how much access and exposure they have to music from various genres. So when you do 'Big Day Out' and there are all these different musical acts, you see the same people in your crowd that were there for a completely different artist.
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