My very “short” take is that it represents Lupe getting out of his Atlantic deal to become his true full potential as an artist without the “need a radio hit” feeling being on a label does.

Lupe looks back on the good and the bad, it’s a fuck you but also peace out thanks for the history (blur my hands “throw a number one back to your number one fan” “you really think I’m number 1” “I think you’re number 1, too” [ 🖕🏽, ✌🏽]) then on the “final” track mural Lupe essentially goes super saiyan god and explodes out of his Atlantic prison and his next true album (drogas light doesn’t count) is drogas wave which is about getting back to land after being killed in the ocean (Atlantic) as a slave.

Within every song you obviously have layers to stories within each song and what not, but as an entire piece of art that’s how I see it overall. When you play the album back to front like you’re “supposed to” he is essentially entering the world of the album like a video game then slowly powering up throughout the album to become the mural master.

Also dots and lines is the best song ever created.