Lupe is on a different level. You can't really compare him to rappers he's a writer.
Faux em and Hood now literally bring tears to my eyes. His understanding of the soul of blackness is what music is supposed to be about.
He doesn't make music for the masses. He makes music for impact. Breadth vs depth he goes for depth everytime.
Lupe and MF Doom are lyricists that I can listen to their songs 100 times and get new understandings every time.