After a fan initiated petition, and a feud with his label, Lupe Fiasco continues to move forward with the March 8 release of his third album, Lasers. In a post on Twitter last year, Lupe said he and Atlantic Records were in a standoff because he refused to make a more accessible Pop single. The Grammy winning emcee hasn’t been on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart since 2009’s “Shining Down,” but Lupe said he’s making an effort to appeal to his core audience as well as mainstream fans.
“This is like the people’s album, because it was the fans who wanted it,” Lupe recently told KMEL’s Big Von. “They petitioned for it when there was a stall on the release date, so it’s something that I think is very controversial…there’s some very controversial records on the album. It’s that good, old-fashioned, Lupe Fiasco, ‘Food & Liquor’ flow that you’re used to. And then it’s me breaking barriers—there’s some club records on there. A lot of fans said, ‘Lupe Fiasco is underrated. Lupe don’t get the respect due he should get or the commercial respect that he’s due.’”
As previously reported, Lupe will work with The Neptunes as well as Alex Da Kid on Lasers. The latter is behind the boards for the album’s third single, “Words I Never Said.” The single, which also features Skylar Grey will be released February 1 in anticipation of Lasers’ March 1 release date. So far, the album’s two previous singles “I’m Beaming” and “The Show Goes On” have failed to chart domestically.
“I don’t really look too deep into it,” Lupe added, when asked about his recent lack of crossover success. “But as an artist, that is the barometer in the commercial space. I’m a commercial artist, I put out commercial music for people to buy, play on the radio and shoot videos for. It still has some weight as an artist because that’s where art is being rated at.”
I feel sorry for Lupe because he has integrity in his music. It’s a shame because he’ll never be a chart-topping artist. If he wants to make the big bucks and make his label smile, he needs to start making those bangers (that means, of course, rapping about senseless shit)
If any of ya’ll real Lupe fans u would not jump the gun and disrepect him the man is a lyrical genius and wants to switch it up he can do that bet all ya’ll gon be jamin to it anyways…… If u a real fan for Lupe jus sayin
This is for da club LOL!! it’s all good. You have to make songs for da club if you want to make dat money ya herd meh?
screw the mainstream retards. the real fans will buy your album thats what matters. sure you want make as much money without commercial success but it should be about the music and the true fans not pleasing people that dont know real music and the label. just do you.
Both of lupe’s have sold great food and liquor went gold and the cool went platinum. Who cares about being number one billboard thats what’s wrong wit hiphop now! Shit Becuz lupe is always gonna sellout on world tours and move good numbers when his album drops it’s just the record companies wanting to much money being greedy and shit!
screw the mainstream retards. the real fans will buy your album thats what matters. sure you want make as much money without commercial success but it should be about the music and the true fans not pleasing people that dont know real music and the label. just do you. also cosign amchri3
screw the mainstream retards. the real fans will buy your album thats what matters. sure you want make as much money without commercial success but it should be about the music and the true fans not pleasing people that dont know real music and the label. Lupe do you, screw them. also cosign amchri3
screw the mainstream retards. the real fans will buy your album thats what matters. sure you want make as much money without commercial success but it should be about the music and the true fans not pleasing people that dont know real music and the label. Lupe do you, screw them.
screw the mainstream retards. the real fans will buy your album thats what matters. sure you want make as much money without commercial success but it should be about the music and the true fans not pleasing people that dont know real music and the label.
words i never said look like its gonna be FIIIIYYYYYYAAAA!!!
I saw a Lupe video this morning getting ready for work. He ripped a Modest Mouse song for the hook, and it was kinda trash. His verses were cool though, I just don’t like it when rappers rip off semi-popular songs for their hooks
he took the shittiest song modest mouse ever made and somehow made it even shittier, like listen to that fucking u2 guitar riff
dude. every hip hop song rips a semi popular song! its called sampling and without it you wouldnt have beats. i love rap dont get me wrong, but in terms if production, its one of the most unoriginal genres. listen to kanyes beats, dr dres beats, fuck anybodys beats. they always sample another song
Heyy…go fuck yourself! Countless rap artists have sampled rock songs. If Eminem did this, it would be crowned as the greatest thing of all time. Why doesn’t anybody bitch about Stan?
big difference in sampling and stealing the whole song and changing the words
LUPE IS THE GOAT….BETTER THEN ALL THE RAPPERS IN THE WORLD COMBINED!
3 ALBUMS
30 MIXTAPES
1 POST PUNK ALBUM
ILL BUY HIS ALBUMS EVEN IF HE TALKS ABOUT ICE BECAUSE HE WILL BE WITTY WIT IT AND MAKE IT CLEVER….
SHIT LU JUST MAKE POST PUNK ALBUMS…FROM NOW ON….PERCERVIAL!
Calm down.Lupe is a decent rapper.
30 mixtapes? are u fucking retarded? he has 6 official mixtapes! u aint no lupe fan. smh u make us real fans look bad. besides u overselling the dude. he is ill as hell but i do recognize that there is talent greater than him
DO UR RESEARCH B4 U HATE ASS HOLES:
ENEMY OF THE STATE: A LOVE STORY
FNF 1: THE TRUTH IS NOT AMONG US
FNF 2: REVENGE OF THE NERDS
FNF 3: A RHYMING APE
FOLLOW THE LEADER
ABSTRACT ARTFORM
BEFORE THERE WERE LASERS
AFTER THERE WERE LASERS
DA EXAM
FREESTYLES AND FEATURES
FUTURE OF THE FUTURE
IM THE ISH
IT WAS WRITTEN
LASERS MIXTAPE
LUPE THE JEDI
OVERLOOKED 1
OVERLOOKED 2
CHITOWN GUEVERA
MUHAMMAD WALKS
PARIS TOKYO USA
PRE-LASERS
RETURN OF THE JEDI
SUPER FIASCO BROS.
SUPER STARDOM
TOUCH THE SKY
VINTAGE FIASCO
JUST A FEW MIXTAPES TO NAME OF THE DOME, U FUCKIN FAKE ASS FAN FUCKS PROBABLY GET UR INFO FROM WIKIPEDIA LOOOOOOOOL LOSER FUCKS….RE FANS DO THERE RESEARCH AND DONT HATE….
HATIN ASS LOSERS….
GOTTA GO UR MOTHERS CALLING ME
forgot the mixtapes:
STREET SMART
REAL MC
LUPE THE GREAT
RISE OF THE PHINXX
DO UR RESEARCH B4 U TURN IN2 A HATER
LMAO! sMDH. u a fake asss fan too. the only OFFICIAL lupe tapes were the farenheit 1/15 series dumbass: Truth is among us, A rhyming ape, Revenge of the nerds, enemy of the state. he released touch the sky and it was written as homage to kanye and nas. any fucking dj with photo shop can come up with a fuckin mixtape tracks. lmao where did u find these other mixtapes anyways? they mite have lupes name on em, but all they are is either remixed tracks of dude, songs hes featured on, his original mixtape stuff, or a combination of the 3. trust me if lupe would released a mixtape i woulda known. i mean the guy said it himself. LMAO get the fuck outta here with ur faggot ass fake ass 30+ list. pre lasers? before there were lasers? after lasers? GTFO. the first two sound exactly the same. lupe wouldnt name some shit like that dumbfuck
LADIES AND GENTS ANOTHER HATING IGNORANT FUCK….R U THAT STUPID, IGNORANT OR BOTH….FAKE ASS FAN….WHY DONT U DO UR RESEARCH B4 U HATE ASS HOLE…THE “OTHER” MIXTAPES THAT U DO NOT HAVE NUMB NUTS IS MIXTAPES WITH NEW SONGS THAT NEVER GOT RELEASED…
BEFORE THERE WERE LASERS WAS A MIXTAPE THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR WITH DJ MOONDOG FROM WGCI FROM CHICAGO IDIOT…IT HAD UNRELEASED NEW TRACKS…FOR EXAMPLE U PUSSY
THIS IS FOR MY NIGGAS…STREET STORIES…BEFORE THERE WERE LASERS…GANGSTA UP IN HERE…COLD OUT…TIC-TIC…FIRE…CORNER BEAT…FLASH MY WATCH…ACCEPT THE TROUBLES…GIRLS TALK…
ALL NEW TRACKS
IDIOT…
FOLLOW THE LEADER AGAIN ALL NEW TRACK PUNK CARRERRA LU….TAPE MASTER….CHICAPOW…DEDICATED….CHANGE…U IGNORANT FUCK….
OVERLOOKED AGAIN ANOTHER MIXTAPE WITH ALL NEW SONGS DICK BREATH….WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING…LIFE…BUDDY…COULDA BIN…DIDNT U KNOW…THE BIRDS AND BEES(PRODUCED BY KANYE)…DONT KNOW…
NEW TRACKS LARRY
PRE-LASERS…..AGAIN STUPID FUCK NEW SONGS….RUNAWAY….LYRICS…POPPIN OFF….RAPP CITY…FLASHBACK….LUPE…
SUPER FIASCO BROS ANOTHER MIXTAPE WITH NEW SHIT….COLD WORLD…PARIS TOKYO REMIX…HUSTLERS & CUSTOMERS…THE COMMERCIAL…MY SNEAKERS…YOU ME AND HER…FAST CAR…SAY GOODBYE…GANGSTA GROOVE…DIAMOND IN THE BACK….
AGAIN MARK NEW TRACKS….
I CAN GO ON FOR DAYS BUT UR SO IGNORANT THAT U WONT DO RESEARCH U’LL JUST HATE…PUSSY
LUPE FIASCO IS THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UR MOMS SWALLOWS….
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dude im talking OFFICIAL releases u dumbass cock sitting mutherfucker. lupe never co signed those other mixtapes, matter of fact dude was pretty pissed at the fact that they were being released. u a dumbass dude. and that mother shit was a low blow. what are u 12? smh its really hard to find some fans i guess.
i feel bad for ur mother….
follow the leader is official….
before there were lasers is official and so on….
do ur research fake fan….
and i never mentioned “OFFICIAL” when i 1st wrote my comment…YOU DID FAGGOT….
i said 30 mixtapes,,,,30 cd’s with different music on it YOU STUPID LITTLE FUCK….READ THIS POST B4 U WRITE BACK…
STUPID MOTHERFUCKA
GO FUCK YOUR MOTHA
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alex jones gonna partner with lupe SHIT IS REAL
lol i see he using that “Illuminati” shit to sell records.. hahaha… smh
what the anarchy sign? the anarchy sign has nothing to do with the “illuminati”.
yea i mean illuminati is a theme also in the movie angels and demons, didnt watch it just know. Shits been around for a while, and its deeper then illumaniti your a dumb mother fucker if you blame everything on illumaniti, you know what illumaniti is its the federal reserve. Its the disparity between rich and poor that still exists because people are to much of cowards to start the revolution. Its what pac died for.
we need Lupe to come out with some real controversial shit and speak out against the NWO and Federal Reserve — enough bullshitting around, hip hop, its time to attack the real centers of power
The NWO? You Mean Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash? They Disbanded years ago and it wasnt because of Lupe.
P.S. Anyone who responds to this comment with the belief that i was being serious, Your Fucking Stupid and Go Back to 1st grade.
You are an idiot Almar Lupe had everything to do with it he was whispiring in Kevin Nash’s ear the whole time. Lupe was a tru supporter of the Wolf Pack do your research
Lupe is that nigga. LASERS
Lupe is a real nigga.
just stop yappin’ and put out some music b
right, i mean if niggas gonna buy the album niggas are gonna buy the album, like oh we got to wait for the perfect timing, put out a club track gets some fans that may not buy the album to purchase it and make more money, like c’mon man nobody who listens to club music buys albuums neway.
The Show Goes On reached 57 on the billboard top 100, so stop saying it didnt chart.
…WTF DX? “The Show Goes On” has charted at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is currently rising up the iTunes chart, last week it was out of the top 100 and now it’s #58 and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it return to the chart next week. Check your specs next time…
And btw it’s not like Lupe hasn’t made club tracks before. Remember “Hi-Definition”? Or even that unreleased “Lean” track sounded like it was made for the club
Lupe the GOAT, LASERS best album this DECADE
man stfu the shit hasn’t even dropped
have you heard Show Goes On? Im Beamin? Never Forget You? The only album competing with this EVER is Illmatic and All Eyez On Me…..
dude u ignorant as fuck.
illmatic?all eyez on me?first off i hate when preteen niggas talk sbout pac like they know westcoast music.if you downplay westcoast music then dont mention All Eyez On Me..how the fuck you calling lupe fiasco GOAT.that means lupe is greater than pac..slap yourself bitch boy..stuck in puberty but yet you talking grown peoples music
LUPE FIASCO IS THE GOAT…..
RAP ALBUMS:
FOOD & LIQUOR
THE COOL
LASERS
POST PUNK ALBUMS:
IN THE JAWS OF THE LORDS OF DEATH
MIXTAPES:
ENEMY OF THE STATE: A LOVE STORY
FNF 1: THE TRUTH IS NOT AMONG US
FNF 2: REVENGE OF THE NERDS
FNF 3: A RHYMING APE
FOLLOW THE LEADER
ABSTRACT ARTFORM
BEFORE THERE WERE LASERS
AFTER THERE WERE LASERS
DA EXAM
FREESTYLES AND FEATURES
FUTURE OF THE FUTURE
IM THE ISH
IT WAS WRITTEN
LASERS MIXTAPE
LUPE THE JEDI
OVERLOOKED 1
OVERLOOKED 2
CHITOWN GUEVERA
MUHAMMAD WALKS
PARIS TOKYO USA
PRE-LASERS
RETURN OF THE JEDI
SUPER FIASCO BROS.
SUPER STARDOM
TOUCH THE SKY
VINTAGE FIASCO
G.O.A.T.
AND HATERS THIS IS MY OPINION….IM NOT ASKING FOR URS….
lupe’s got a post-punk album.?
yea man its ridiculous!!!!!
go to
allsabotage.com
thank me later
HEY WHATS GOING ON LUPE SOLDING YOUR SOUL WAS NOT YOUR PRIORITY HE MUST KNOW THAT HE WILL FUCKING LOOSE HIS SUPPORTERS AND THEY WILL EVALUATE INTO ENEMIES IF U HAVE BEEN FUCKING SOLD TO THE BITCHIES FUCK YOUUU I REALLY AM DISSAPOINTED
man, your dumbass didnt make any sense at all. fuck i actually feel retarded after reading your shit
LMFAO^^ for real
dude, you took one too many bong hits before you posted that, give the guy a chance to show you his music before you judge his entire album
what the hell is this guy talking about.
1. “the show goes on” DID chart, at #57
2. “i’m beamin” might not even be on Lasers.
…c’mon man..
this will be epic and revolutionary to some degree but he is not the G.O.A.T so relaaaaxxx people. Don’t forget that he has a big machine working behind him, but now that things are changing (the world) they are giving him his shine now so that it appears relevant with the times. the machine gives shine when and to whom they want to.
That snippet makin’ me think it’s gonna be something epic. It will. 😀
Club sogs? Well this album is gonna suck and Lupe is offically a SELL OUT
Wait & see before u jump the gun muthafucka
HAHAHA, Lupe will get murked doing club hits. That nigga is straight trash. Gucci Mane at least makes REAL HIP HOP without any of that corny shit Lupe tries to sell. Fucking nerds think they are hip and cool. Gucci Mane murked that nigga.
It’s Gucci Time!
i forgot to tell you guys i sit on dicks on my free time. but yeah i love Gucci because he resembles my mother. fuck haters!
It’s Gucci Time!
Nigga….you keep posting the same faggot ass bullshit on every page,(which arent funny) just stop. Your embarrasing yourself u pathetic-unoriginal-unfunny-bitch-ass troll!
PLAYA DOANT WORREE BOUT DOASE HATERSSSSSS!!!!! GUCCI MANE WILL NEVER SELL OUT FOR NO LABEL LIKE LIL LUPE! REALEST MC MAKING MUSIC THESE DAYS!!!!
BUUURRRR
God I hope by club songs he means popish beats but he’s still rapping about meaningful stuff…but knowing the current state of Hip Hop that ain’t happening
I’m disappointed to hear this but I’ve always heard Lupe got pigeonholed to a roll he didn’t want. As long as these tracks are sincerely how he feels, He has my moral support. That being said, He def doesn’t have my financial support. Sorry, Lupe. No disrespect.
Oh, and just to throw my 2 pesos in, the only song I’ve even, remotely, dug so far is I’m Beaming. The rest is shit in my opinion.
Well that fucking sucks… club tracks are he bane of quality music. I pretty much anticipate that after I remove all the shit tracks, I’ll be left with a 8-track EP.
Only blind people and assholes wear sunglasses indoors….
Japan nikka lupe ain’t no bitch like judah naz the trigger gonna pop your melon boy when I see you blood on your casio and you guys say lupe weak no yo bitch judah is this be tap out tony westside chi telfon boy better pray comin to japan
wait…what.?
For all of you bitching about “club” songs, chill the fuck out. If you’re a real Lupe fan you know that even if the beat is a little more up-tempo, he’s still gonna kick the track’s ass. HE IS THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME!
thank you! even lupe’s club songs are gonna lyrically put most dudes songs/albums to shame no doubt about it
Andre 3000 is the greatest what the fuck you taumbet???
EPIC
EPIC
Lupe can do no wrong,. “im beamin” was dope. His first and only two albums are dope. DO YOU LUPE.
PS if you like hip hop with a soul and meaning check the website. ynfmusic.bandcamp.com
B.O.R.T Mixtape
Black and Orange Rapid Transit
At the end of the day I have never heard a wack rhyme or verse from Lupe. He at least understands the fact that even the dopest mc’s are held to some degree of commercial sucess, hence the venture out to doing some club songs. But I wouldn’t throw in the towel on Lupe knowing that his body of work to date is sick. I’m sure his “club songs” wont be as cheesy as the crap we’re forced to listen to today. Let’s give him a chance and hope for the best, why dont you? (lol)
Cover art is SICK
im about sick of hearing from this little nigga man….he whines too much…yeah F&L was a straight classic but that dont give him a pass to be a ho…i will download this shit but he aint getting my cash ya dig
eat a fuckin dick yu hater. LASERS BITCH!
dizz mad cuz your money isnt going to lupe..GAY GA GAY GAY!!slap yourself bitch boy..how the fuck you gonna realese an album that you yourself is calling “controversial”??you leave that up to the critics and fans.humble yourself nigga.he got the “anarchist A” in the album cover but yet he got club songs.makes no sense.google “Orbit Downloader”.this shit dont deserve cash
Lupe has made a club track before that was pretty decent…its called “Tilted” produced by Needles….Look it up before u judge…like damn biggie and pac made club records but Lupe cant…and i see ppl sayin they not gunna support his album because he makin 1 or 2 club records on the album…wow y’all not real lupe fans anyway…I will support him and J. COle when he drops…plus im sure Pharrell will be the one making the clubs records since majority of the album is produced by The Neptunes and Pharrell is but a legendary producer with that space sound that will compliment Lupe’s flow…im just sayin
I AGREE WITH YOU….BIGGIE AND TUPAC DID BUT LUPE CANT? YNOT?
Now this man knows what he’s talking about. Tilted is a kick ass song along with any other song Lupe will ever make
HAHA I was joking LUPE IS THE GOAT LASERS GONNA BE EPIC
Im gonna buy copies one for me and one for my gf!!!
HAHA I was joking LUPE IS THE GOAT LASERS GONNA BE EPIC
Im gonna get 2 copies one for me and one for my gf!!!
im buying this cd. his first 2 cds were great, hes a talented artist making real timeless music, not contemporary garbage. Trust
That part about him making some club records definitely worries me. Don’t worry about what the mainstream thinks, they listen to pure garbage, and thats why we love you Lupe, cuz you don’t dumb it down.
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why ?? nooo club tracks plz , maybe 1 or 2 , but no NOOO AND NOOOO! DONT SELL OUT!
There goes Lupes entire fanbase….I dont think he or Atlantic understand how picky the backpack/hipster music fans can be with their favorite artists.
Club tracks now huh? What happened to ‘Super Lyrical Lupe’ being able to free all our feeble minds with his lines?
The first two albums were dope, but bottom line is dude signed a major deal. If you want to control your sound/image you should follow how these southern rappers do it. Hate it or Love it, artists here get to cultivate their brand, promote it right to their auidence, and then monetize without changing up. This is why Cash Money is winning right now.
I think I’d like Lupe better if he took all of his immense intellect and became an author, I don’t think he truly enjoys making us music anymore…kinda sad…
One of the few artists who’s music I will purchase just on principal.
so hes a sell out if he wants to try something new…fucks wrong wit yall?
Sick of this trash hip hop
Watch the new up and coming artist. Shit goes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSxkhZEqSxs
wack….
wack….he needs to come harder than that garbage
you guys can all go fuck yourselves. your all fucking pussies. This has nothing to do with lasers, i just want to let you all know that your all fags for taking this bullshit so seriously and you should all put on a episode of jersey shore and blow your fucking brains out.
Your welcome.
lupe is the best fuck anyone who differs. he raps the truth and you pricks cant take it.
FNF UP