Pitchfork

"His rhymes are still artful, touching on Leon Spinks, Dave Chappelle, UGK (sort of), and Greek mythology as he argues with guest vocalists who encourage him to, well, dumb that shit down." So wrote Marc Hogan in this space a few weeks about "Dumb It Down", the new song by Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco. The video for the track is as simple as they come, just black-and-white footage of our man lip-syncing with a few goofy cameos on selected lyrical asides. To enjoy it, you'd better like watching Lupe rap.