Lupe Fiasco has recently been doing press rounds to promote his upcoming album, Tetsuo & Youth.
In a recent interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106, the Chicago native talked about a song he has with singer Chris Brown entitled “Crack.”
“The song with Chris Brown called, ‘Crack’ [is] about smoking crack,” Lupe Fiasco said during an interview. “That’s what the song is about. People are like, ‘How could you make a song about smoking crack?’ I’m like, ‘Well, why not?’ People smoke crack. It’s a problem. It’s not a problem. Some people love it. Some people hate it. I’m just going to present it to you in a format where, hey this song is about smoking crack. How you deal with it is how you deal with it. Does it make you go fight a anti-drug campaign? Does it make you want to smoke crack? Does it build you up as a crack dealer? Does it tear you down as a crack dealer? I don’t know. I don’t really care. But I’m going to make a song about smoking crack called, ‘Crack.'”
Lupe Fiasco Describes Concept Behind “#1234” Video
During the interview, Fiasco also spoke about the music video for “#1234.”
“I just want them to be these one shots or these shots of imagery and put this imagery together to tell a story,” Fiasco said of the clip. “I want to take that video and then show it to a little kid, then I want to take a video of that kid watching the video and then show that to some adults and really that was the video.”
“#1234” can be viewed below.
Lupe Fiasco Clarifies “Ratchetness” Of Tetsuo & Youth
During the interview, Lupe Fiasco also clarified the difference between what he considers ratchet and what he believes the masses define it as.
“It’s Lupe’s ratchet,” Fiasco said. “You can either take something and fall into what everyone else is saying or you can take something and build upon it and make a new thing out of it.”
He also detailed the “ratchetness” of his album earlier this week in an interview with Houston’s 97.9 The Box.
Watch Lupe Fiasco’s full interview with Power 106 below:
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One of the last true MC’s left in the game
dope video. album of the year potential.
Uhhh… Ratchet is the most annoying shit ever. I love lyrics, especially Lupe’s boarderline-insanity style, but rapping over ratchet is a no-no.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5L1WtHwJF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FFK5Oh10os
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXNeu-H3Tog
Lupe sucks, Weezy murks his fuckass.
More like weezy sucks lupe may not be that good now but still better then wayne and kendrick is killin rappers left and right
Killer shit
Villainous hero don’t give a shit
Hancock, Will Smith
Adrenaline, with a twist
Saw him at house of blues in Hollywood. It was epic. Beautiful visuals too. Crowd energy was vibrant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8A29kz1Hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-7zFV6ypZg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGNTO0qaVc
he spits the truth .. ive been bumpin him since food n liqour and that album n his follow up album have some his best verses ever hands down from hurt me soul to put you on game i didnt care for the lazers album even tho he did body some shit but that was the label not him so i feel now hes back and ya hes def 1 of my top MC’S today
the video is fucking amazng
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uptil I looked at the draft four $7430, I didnt believe that…my… brothers friend was like they say actualy erning money part-time on their laptop.. there uncle haz done this for only about seventeen months and recently cleared the mortgage on their house and bought a great audi. check out here… http://www.Fb39.Com
i’m hot and give me my props/ And stopping is not an option/ I feel like i’m God’s Son/ I know i’m not Pac, Nas, or Eminem/ But you still get my sentiments/ I’ve been sent here to rap/ And kick facts for these cats/ Got dog barking other side of the tracks/ And that’s that
He look like Eddie Murphy in this video!
“Does it make you go fight a anti-drug campaign? Does it make you want to smoke crack? Does it build you up as a crack dealer? Does it tear you down as a crack dealer? I dont know. I dont really care.”
Hahhahahaha when Lupe gets ignorant he gets super fucking bullshit retarded ignorant.
oh yeah, HE sounds like the retarded one here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoj3N5o8hY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kGPh5Hnwg
lupe is such a cry baby pussy reaching for attention. Sosa finna slap this wack ass nigga back to his retirement home. This nigga allready cried and retired for a month cus sosa dissed his wack ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OBKUbPtXk
I like the idea of making a song to inspire anti-drug awareness, but to make it neutral is kind of fucked up! I have to hear it first, but if it EXACTLY what you put it as, I’m gonna lose some respect for this dude.
Lupe is a great rapper. I agree with most of the messages in the #1234 video, but I don’t stand behind dressing up as a KKK member. I understand what Kanye is going for wearing the Confederate Flag and I understand what Lupe is going for dressing in a KKK robe, but I don’t support it.