3 emcees, 3 verses, 3 stories... A lot of hip hop songs use the structure of 3 verses, each dedicated to a story, all held together through a central theme. This song doesn't really have a central theme that ties the stories' content together, but rather is illustrating (haha, get it?!) how the emcees use their lyrics to tell stories so powerful they seem visual. Each emcee takes his turn at demonstrating his verbal storytelling ability by packing a story that can still manage to elicit an emotional response from the audience into the space of just one verse. Apparently it worked, because a lot of people claimed to have CRIED in response to Lupe's verse (the last one). I've never seen the Gundam anime, but everyone is claiming that verse is a reference to it, which wouldn't surprise me since Lupe is quite the anime nerd.
Also, Lupe Fiasco and Fort Minor are 2 of my favorite hip hop artists, so I was excited when I discovered this collaboration. Fort Minor's not that unknown--in fact, under his other names, he's extremely famous--but just in case: Fort Minor is the hip hop pseudonym for Mike Shinoda of the band Linkin Park.
Fort Minor feat. Lupe Fiasco and Ghostface Killah - Spraypaint & Ink Pens:
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