Lupe Fiasco faded to black on the cover of his recent album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1, choosing a blacked out image for the artwork. During an interview with FUSE‘s Ashanti, Lu explained that Johnny Cash inspired his decision to go minimal on the cover for hist latest work.
“One of the main reasons why it’s all black was there’s a song called ‘Man in Black’ by the late, great Johnny Cash. People always ask me, because I wear black on stage and I stay in black, ‘Why do you stay in black? Why is the album cover all black?’ And I say, just listen to Johnny Cash’s ‘The Man in Black.’ The reason he wore black was because he wore it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime. There’s meaning behind it.”
Watch the interview below.
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I wear all black because I’m getting fat.
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I love Johnny Cash and I love the new Food and Liquor album! Lupe Fiasco is the truth!
my nigga…johnny cash is that dude..havent liked lup since the first food & liquor but this shit wasnt bad
I bought it yesterday and laughed when I looked at the covers. than I opened the shit up and booklet is like 6 black pages too. yeah its pretty funny and unique but I also hadnt bought an album in 3 years, I usally just download and sort of wish i had just downloaded this album too since it doesnt have any artwork any ways. its a dope album and was worth it but idk, felt like I overpaid a bit lol
yo i think 6 blank pages for a booklet is fucking wack! if i paid for that shit i would be so bummed out! i dont even know if i want to download this shit for free
you’re catchin feelings because of a god damn booklet? nigga sit your ass down and use the booklet as filters for your joints! that’s what I’ma do, glad I bought the album
you know what’s fun? thinking.
Some people buy cds for the actual artwork. I would be pissed to. So if you’re mad at people catching feelings than fuck you.
if you love the artwork so much, get a fuckin ipod
dunno about you, but to me the main point of buying a music CD is to hear the music
The credits are in the inside of the case pop it open to find them…
shit thats cool i never even thought of that
i thought he was a conscious rapper why he be wasting paper like dat?
at least your trolling is original
man I saw the all black booklet and laughed. co-sign BP, that just means I got myself a whole bunch of material for joint roaches… shit ain’t complicated.
You sir, win the day.
Good interview he’s pretty much summed it up
definitely gained respect after this article…people dont pay tribute to the original lyricists…before there was rakim, nas, common, even lupe…there was guys like bob dylan (best ive ever heard), jim morrison, john lennon, jimmy page, robert plant, and many others from the 60’s and 70’s