Lupe Fiasco's new single, "Mural," is an incredible display of verbal ability as he flows for about 7½ minutes straight without stopping. Listen above, via Hot New Hip Hop.
Overall, this is a very strong track with really nice understated production from The Buchanans. Calling it "epic" would be appropriate, given the length of the track and the sprawling, high-minded verbalism from Lu. Here's what he had to say about it on Twitter:
“@2ssein: @LupeFiasco so is #Mural like a super advanced version of form follows function”
My entire lyrical career was practice for Mural
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 14, 2014
The album Tetsuo & Youth is due out on January 20. It's available on Amazon (CD, MP3) and iTunes.