Most wouldn’t expect to here Fall Out Boy‘s Patrick Stump producing for a highly anticipated Hip-Hop album. Nevertheless, this is happening as Stump is collaborating with Lupe Fiasco for Fiasco‘s upcoming The Cool album.
“He got his Kanye West on,” Lupe told MTV. “It’s a song called ‘Little Weapon,’ and it talks about child soldiers. The bulk of The Cool is kind of dark. It comes from a dark place. So ‘Little Weapon’ is about the coolness — so-called coolness — of child soldiers. It’s a real ill record.”
Stump agrees.
“I love how this one worked,” he said. “We had a few snags, but in general, it was awesome, because I got to ask him about feel, like, ‘What type of vibe do you want for this song?’ And then I got to hear him take it to different places. I didn’t have to steer too much, which is awesome. … And I didn’t sing on [the track], so this is a real test to see if I can make real music without my voice.”
Lupe later spoke about the new album and what folks can expect to hear.
“[‘Superstar’ is] a macabre record…I took elements and compared them to other elements. Like, you’ll see news footage of an execution, and you’ll see people standing outside a death chamber with signs [that say], ‘Yeah, Kill Him!’ And those are the kind of things you see when you go to shows too. So it was putting those things together and then coming up with a weird story, like, ‘What if getting into heaven were like getting into a club — a posh, super-hot club?’ So it’s kind of a dark record, but the bigness of the hook makes it this weird little thing.”
Lupe‘s new album, The Cool, is set to be released December 18
