Lupe Fiasco has revealed that he has completed recording his new album Food & Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 and is previewing the project for his label Atlantic Records in New York City, New York.
Announcing the news on Twitter, Lu revealed that the LP is “in NYC” and that he’s having the “1st Label Listening Session” for the follow up to Lasers.
For the release of Lasers, the Chicago, Illinois rapper’s LP was delayed on account of the imprint. With Food & Liquor 2, Lu said that the only thing that could keep it from releasing would be whether or not it’s a double-disc project.
“Food & Liquor 2 is done. Release date? I dunno. Let’s just say…July,” he said during a recent performance. “The only thing that’s holding Food & Liquor 2 up…is whether or not it’s gonna be a double CD or not.”
[April 9]
UPDATE: Last night, Lupe Fiasco took to his Facebook page to reveal that his new album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 will release on September 25th.
[June 3]
UPDATE #2: Lupe Fiasco has revealed the cover art for his upcoming album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, which touts an entirely black image.
[August 23]
UPDATE #3: Amazon (via FSD) has revealed the tracklist for Lupe Fiasco’s upcoming album Food & Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1.
1. Ayesha Says (Intro)
2. Strange Fruition Ft. Casey Benjamin
3. ITAL (Roses)v4. Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)
5. Audubon Ballroom
6. B*tch Bad
7. Lamborghini Angels
8. Put ‘Em Up
9. Heart Donor Ft. Poo Bear
10. How Dare You Ft. Bilal
11. Battle Scars (with Guy Sebastian)
12. Brave Heart Ft. Poo Bear
13. Form Follows Function
14. Cold War Ft. Jane $$$
15. Unforgivable Youth Ft. Jason Evigian
16. Hood Now (Outro)
17. Things We Must Do For Others
RELATED: Lupe Fiasco Says No More Mixtapes, “Food & Liquor 2” Is Done & Could Be A Double Album
YOU KNOW IT’S HARD OUT HERE FOR A GROUPIE ASS BITCH, BUT SOMEHOW EVERYDAY WE MANAGE TO RIDE DICKS. LUPE FIASCO AIN’T MAKING SONGS LIKE YOUNG MONEY, WE MAKE THOSE JAMS FOR SAVING STRIPPERS AND FOR 16 YEAR OLD WHITE GIRLS TO SING ALONG TO. WE ALL ABOUT BEING HOES OVER HERE.
17 letters YMCA MMG OVOXO DICK
Don’t you ever get bored?
renaming a album to cap off old success yeah bitch all you want lupe fans I wont buy ever again I am sick of the weak shit(lasers)
Eminem has done sequels for his albums but no one talks about that.. smh. Slim Shady LP & Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show & Encore, and Relapse & Recovery. lol c’mon
Lupe’s last chance to make a hip-hop classic and keep his core fans.
Originally, this is what LASERS what supposed to be. From that point, there is no turning back when it comes artistic coherency and significant sound. I hated his last techno/dubstep-oriented efforts, also, I have to notice that 30-40% of the LASERS were good.
For God’s sake Lupe, please don’t dissapoint us. I know your last album sold as much as The Cool in significantly worse economic conditions, but believe me, sacrificing quality for sales is not your way.
God damn, I wouldn’t be able to put it in a better way. Espcially the last sentence is what I thought about Nas and think about Lupe now.
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Reminds me of tyga’s “rack city”
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i loved lasers. & in no way does that make me less of a hip hop fan, than you. it’s just I didn’t mind the beats that were dubstep style.
also looking forward to the new albums
There weren’t any actual dubstep beats on Lasers though? Maybe you’re talking about FOTP?
Naahh, I don’t buy that ‘another F&L’ shit. This title makes me sceptic. You were a completely other guy back then, it was a whole different time, point is, you would think of another title if you’d fully believe that the music speaks for itself.
That is actually a very good point. I’m a Lupe fan but I have to agree with you there.
well I disagree
first off cause every artist thinks their music speaks for itself.. what you said is fuckin redundant. don’t you hear whenever a rapper’s about to drop an album: “man, it’s gonna be special/like nothing you ever heard before/my most personal album/etc” every damn time.
whatever Lupe tells us about the album, not everyone’s gonna buy it. he knows a lot of fans aren’t bumpin Lasers, he’s gonna let em know that this time, Atlantic Records had considerably less input on this album and that shit’s gonna be different
and I don’t buy this “it was a whole different time, you a whole different person” shit. just another excuse for more nostalgia filter or assuming things we can’t prove. Lupe’s verse on Game’s Cali mixtape sounded like vintage Lupe, so I’m not trippin’.
all u haters listen to go to sleep by lupe, that shit is on f&l 2
haters? i’d call them passionate fans, lol.
PLEASE NO LASERS TYPE MUSIC LUPE! KEEP IT HIP HOP!
lupe makes good music. fuck yall niggas
it says ‘1st label listening session’
the label are faggots and want pop songs. (lasers)
this album will not be out anytime soon, defo 2012, but more than likely after summer is over.
why would lupe not go independent then?
cuz the label will do all the paper work and shit, all that borin shit in an office. why would you wanna do that yourself, u may aswell have a label to do it for you pay you. musically it would be a better idea to go independent cuz you would release the music you really wanted to. swings and roundabouts
and pay you*
Lupe has a contract to fill out with them, and if he doesn’t respect it.. shit’s gonna go down.
yeah, he has a 5 album contract. He tried to get past it with lupEND
Please, Lupe, drop a classic. F&L is the modern day Illmatic to me and the only album that came close to it ever again.
I will never forget the first time I listened to food and liquor
Its good, but not that good. I haven’t listened to it for about 3 years cause I’ve had better music to listen to that’s been coming out.
Even The Cool was better IMO.
if he spits like he did in friend of the people, ill be happy.
give it up
Lupe is a fucking sellout now. Fuck him and his pretentious ass.
fuck you too
even if he did sell out, he still bodies your top 5 on the mic nigga
Hopefully it is better than Lazers an that it is comparable to the 1st Food and Liquor……………………………
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WCC5PLVmo
Hip Hop Classic on the way
Lupe Fiasco is the best lyricist ever….can’t wait
IT’s gonna be a double disc that’s why he said part 1 is done this is gonna be a classic cause atlantic has had no say on it so far
Lupe Wack. . . J Cole all day !
Lupe Fiasco is wack? But J Cole is nice? J Cole that disses 17 year olds and lies about fucking half-famous women in the industry. That nigga? The one who’s Cole World turned out horrible after all the hype? Lupe Fiasco is a way better lyricist (Arguably the best lyricist to pick up a mic) and speaks on meaningful things in life so maybe you just can’t understand. Go download Farenheit 1/15 Part 1,2 and 3. Go Download Food and Liquor, Go download Touch the Sky, Go download Return of the Jedi, Enemy of the State, Before their were LASERS, Go download Friend of the People. J Cole is decent but that’s it. Kendrick Lamar is the same age and way better than J Cole
people expected too much out of J.Cole man. his debut album was so anticipated like Lasers was. I agree Kendrick Lamar bodies him tho
yea J.Cole sucks forreal. Lupe is a visionary
Lupe is the most well-rounded lyricist of all time, there’s virtually nothing this nigga can’t pull off. GOAT talent.
I’m sorry Lupe and Cole Ima let you have you 15 minutes of fame BUT Talib Kweli is the best lyricists alive! I would know all I make is G.O.O.D. music and everyone agrees.
Lupe had a dope appearance on the Game mixtape, so this might be mmkay.
LOL, Lupe Fiasco will make another pop album with 90% shitty electro beats and tons of guest features on the hook. Lupe is trash. Hopsin already exposed him that he can’t skateboard. Go listen to Gucci Mane!
It’s Gucci Time!
Hopsin is SOOOO FUCKING WACK!!!
A wanna be 90’s Eminem with half the skills. He needs some medication & a new career, stupid ass fuck!!
Hopsin is better at rapping than Eminem
At this point Hopsin is better than Em and thats fact
Hopsin better than Em?? Y’all must be fucking stupid or smoking something wild. Eminem could serve his little ass whenever he wanted, but Eminem doesn’t need to prove anything. He’s been their, he’s done that & he’s made the blueprint to Hopsin’s biting ass style.
LOL dude you’re a fucking retarded douche. Really? Of all the emcees you could have tried to compare Lupe to, you choose GUCCI and HOPSIN? Seriously? The only thing Hopsin could say about Lupe is that he doesn’t skateboard, but lyrically, neither Gucci nor Hopsin could touch Lupe… Ever. Even on LASERS, Lupe was more lyrical than either of those two will ever be. You ignorant piece of shit.
L.A.S.E.R.S. was a forced studio release. If you listen to it, then go back and listen to The Cool, Food & Liquor and Fahrenheit, it’s not really Lupe at all. A few of the tracks were decent, but his not being commercial bit sort of came back to fight him when he was forced to do so. He’s still dope as hell though. He’s up there with Common and Kweli lyrically as far as I’m concerned.
I hope it has that go go gadget flow
Just lube me up and insert that skate P…get it?
Lovely, another faggot stealin my nick. Never ends
Lupe Fiasco is better at rapping than more than 99% of the world
You do know if you took every rapper ever, it wouldnt even be 1% of the worlds population?
LOL. The best rapper of all time is probably a dude on a street corner that we all have never heard of.
he should get jay z to exec produce again
Pretty excited about this but for everybody saying “that Lupe verse on the Games track was tight and thats the kind of Lupe Im hoping to hear.” Yea it was a tight ass verse and me too but that song was recorded before Lasers came out. Game was talking about that song at the end of 10 and it never made the final cutt on the RED Album.
hope lupe goes back to his roots. Im expecting a hiphop classic
that title sucks. just sounds weird having part 2 and part 1 at the same time.
hopefuly it sounds more like the original food and liquor album and alot less like lasers.
Yes, Yes, YES!!
gon’ be classic!!!
I hope it’s good, but that’s probably the dumbest title I’ve ever seen. Why not just call it The Great American Rap Album. Sick of this stupid lame uncreative lazy trend of artists numbering their friggin albums, and Lupe just did it twice in the one friggin title.
Seriously…
Blueprint 2/3
The Carter 2/3/4
OB4CL2
Hunger For More 2
Pain Is Love 2
Loso’s Way 2
Doe or Die 2
HNIC 2/3
IT’S RIDICULOUS! And that’s just off the top of my head.
Rappers can write a whole new album of lyrics, but they can’t put a handful of words together for a new title.
SMFH!
Word, this is just shameful.
whining ass bitches.
it’s a fuckin sequel. get over it. artists have been doing it since the beginning of time, and it doesn’t mean it’s uncreative. BECAUSE NO ONE’S TRYING TO BE. Lupe didn’t come out of the shower and say “I have the most original idea for my album title!” he quipped a sequel because he wants to continue within that album’s path, that’s all.
what, only movies are allowed to do sequels now? naming all the sequel albums doesn’t even argue your point, stupid shit to whine about
In all fairness, I felt that Breakin’ 2: The Electric Bugaloo was better quality than Breakin’, so there’s that.
@ETK so because they’re not trying to be creative that makes it OK? Since when is not trying an excuse for anything lol
That’s like saying “I failed my exam today, but I wasn’t trying to pass, so my teacher should pass me” lol
this has NOTHING to do with creativity or lack thereof. creativity isn’t in the fuckin equation here, there is next to none required to name an album. it’s just an album title. ain’t nobody tryna be groundbreaking with a fuckin album title.
if he named his album something else, you guys would’ve thought nothing of it. all of a sudden it’s a sequel, and it’s a failure at creativity? always looking for shit where there ain’t none man, it’s disgusting
@ETK You may be right. If he had named it something else we probably wouldn’t have commented on it.
If someone does an average job of something, you don’t praise them, you just go about your business. Someone has to do an exceptional job for you to bother to give praise. But by the same token, if someone does an exceptionally bad job of something you will give criticism (as is the case here in my opinion).
To be honest, I don’t care that much about titles either. It’s just that this one is so god awful I felt the need to comment.
So if the sand in your vagina is still bothering you after reading this, just queef… because commenting again is not going to get it out.
It’s just a name of a fuckin’ album. Alot of bands do it, so what’s wrong with rappers? You sir are just a whinny little bitch.
Shut up, don’t worry about the title you dumb ass just be happy its coming out
I like how all of you are complaining about someone complaining about an album title. Hypocrites to the MAX!! I swear all of you are stupid as fuck!!!
yeah, cause it’s god damn stupid. I don’t discondone complaining, I complain about shit too, the world does, long as it’s about things that matter. jesus.
It’s been happening for years, you see it in books, movies, video games, why does it not have a place in music. what is this OCD punkass obsession with wanting to see completely different titles at EVERY album turn. “nah can’t use that name again nigga, it’s not exceptionally good, it played out” c’mon
LH I ain’t trying to change your mind. just letting you know how petty ppl like you are.
Wow didn’t know this would cause such a stir, people getting their feelings hurt left right n centre. I am looking forward to this. All I’m saying is the title is dumb, get over it lol
For the record, in most cases I think the only reason artists number their albums is to cash in on the success of the original.
@ETK I get where you’re coming from with movies, etc. But even then, it doesn’t make sense to call this number 2, because The Cool was F&L 2 (it was a sequel that continued some of the stories etc). So really if this album has to be numbered, it should be part 3. It’s like if they called The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Identity 2.
Regardless of whether you like the title or not its quite interesting. one interpretation is that at the corner of every street in chicago, or any city, there is either food or liquor stores, it runs our commerce; 1 means that hes connecting back with the roots in F&L…I’d say the first title was so good it didn’t need to be changed. Seems pretty deep to me.
I don’t mind sequels to albums but “The Great American Rap Album” is probably the worst title I’ve seen. I think he should’ve just went with FnL2…
It’s 2 part 1 just like a movie. It’s not F&L Part 2 GARA Part 1. It’s F&L2 GARA part 1
Can’t say that I’m a big fan of the album name, but I’m definitely a fan of the artist, and that’s all that matters. I’m hoping that Lupe’s album doesn’t make him “dumb it down” again because there were a lot of questionable songs on lasers that I couldn’t stand listening to. I’m hoping he gets back to his style on the original Food and Liquor and The Cool.
this comment wasn’t cliche at alllll. Wasn’t expecting ANYONE to say these exact words. woooo!, your creative
Not excited at all, probably gunna suck. Wish it wouldnt but probably will smh
what are you an idiot? how can u say it will probably suck when two out of three Lupe albums were incredible and amazing?
Only Lasers sucked and that was because of the label pressures.
nobody waiting diz wack ass album. this nigga think thinks he is an activist or Black Panther Pary member? this nigga look like a hobo. lmao. I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING (PART 2) will outsell diz nigga and yo fav rapper. swag
Just give it up already, will ya?
And if you’re good, your Mom might actually take you to Best Buy and let you get the real version of Lil Wayne’s garbage album instead of the clean copy.
his song “failure” shits on everything
Here we go again…
i like cheese
Might b trash he came out wit it to fast
i this album to be good really badly. none of that lasers bullshit
this shit is supposed to be the old lupe because the last album was forced by the label. i fucking hope so.
*need this album to be good*
Dumb title
its just a title. whats so dumb about it
part twoing the name of your first album.
and giving the subtitle: great american rap album pt 1. that is whats dumb about it.
Fuck Lupe Fiasco! He’s not a top 100 rapper.
I’m going to put 2 Chainz in my top 10 dead or alive! why you ask? because he drops more work than yo favorite rapper out there! I’ll go as far as to saying he’s in tha lane with Tupac & Biggie because they have an endless amount of songs some of which have never been released! 2 Chainz has a lot released and unreleased tracks! people are gonna say why is he even putting 2 Chainz, Tupac, & Biggie in tha same conversation? because he’s a dedicated hip hop artist! dudes been out since 1997 and he’s still here in 2012! that’s a real rapper! he’s not retarted he can rap better than most of these rappers in tha game it’s just media never gives him enough credit! swag
Cool story bro. Can you tell it again? Do you have time?
That was probably the dumbest post I’ve seen about Hip Hop in so long.. So you take Quantity over Quality?
quality, not quantity
a whole lot of bs over real lyrics. you aint never seen qb’s finest do it so why should lupe do it
Soicyboi, u have set the guinness record for the most trolling on a website. That’s an achievement…..like a gay man going to jail
lmao….niggas thinkin of Lupe as GOAT….yall need to quit smokin that weed niggas….yall overrate him too much
push back, anyone???
i will wait & see on this one
Then once he releases Pt. 2 he needs to make it a double disc
i wish lupe luck but he stepped on too many toes and probably is going to disappoint. look he dissed watch the throne and the only producer he seems to be cool with is the neptunes.
i am just sick of lupe being an asshole. he acts like he is an activist and cares about political social issues like some type of martyr but really is ignorant. all talk and really just an actor not a factor. he has not been fighting with OWS he has been just biting on them while having ties to corporations
that nigga better stay away from that electronic music
This is in no way going to be a classic. Only bitch punk fool niggas in their high would buy this shit. Lupe has no flow, lyrics, mic presence or good beats, and he is the most arrogant person of all time.
Bitch dont you use my name to slander Lupe, that’s foul homie… nigga’s one of my favorite emcees
lupe can’t flow? you’re stupid he’s absolutely on of the best rappers of all time
Atlantic Records has to be the worse record label to work for,even worse then Bad Boy. If you were to know the history of 2 albums of the same project being dropped seperately they always have a bad outcome. They should just let him do a double disc CD for Food and liquor 2. He minus well call his second disc for F&L2 – Food and Liquor 3. It makes no sense. If the label new any better they would know that they would make more money off of the album if it was a double disc. Double disc sell for close to double the money for what it cost to buy a CD.
exactly. besides lupe can’t really do everything he wants to do with his music cuz the label is holding him back. it took fiasco friday just to get lasers. what do we need food and liquor sunday??
thats cool and im happy but its going to get push back.
is fandl 10 years old, if not you cant name it fandl deux, just my rules
why? People drop part twos and threes within the span of 5 years or less.
Lupe is the best. I’m buying it
I swear to god if lupe fiasco drops another laserz he is falling out of my top 20.
I couldnt say it better myself. Except he would fall out of my top 50
u guys are 2 weeks late on this news
Nas = goat. Lupe is one of Nas Deciples.. End of story
lupe is one of the best. god’s son needs a goat to carry on tradition
this
Lets hope its like Food and Liquor and The Cool and not like that Lasers bullshit. Dude is way to talented to come out with that pop, autotune shit.
why isn’t Lupe on G.O.O.D.? he’d fit right in over there
Plain and simple. Fucked up atlantic won’t let him leave. Otherwise he would have left way before Lasers came out.
Lupe Fiasco stands out and is unique. Also, autotune is like anything, it can be really useful if not abused, and in this case, should be used in small doses, as was done on Lasers.
Also, Everyone has role models. Nas is not god, he fucking beat his wife, contributing to another stereotype about angry black men.
Nas beat Kelis? WHAT
You’re reaching with that Nas beat his wife comment… were you in the room or something when what you say supposedly occurred?! C’mon son!
I wouldn’t be worried about this being pop if his three singles are
Around My Way
Bitch Bad
Lamborghini Angels
Things look good for Hip-Hop
Even with those 3 singles, he’s gonna trick everyone with his album. Just like he did with Lasers & Friend of the People. Just watch.
Maybe you were tricked by those two albums but I am pretty sure most people were not. He said Lasers would be more commercial sounding. He said FOTP would contain a good amount of dubstep beats. I guess you didnt hear.
Can’t wait to cop dis album. Having high expectations for this. But with Lupe, he won’t disappoint.
just like L.A.S.E.R.S. right hahaa Lupe is tired. he turned into what the people he always talks about
Album aint all black. At least there will be a parental advisory label.
I feel sorry for the artwork designer, must have taken months of hard labor
Hahaha
Lupe going Indy after this the 2nd part of the album anyways.. Trouble for other rappers
i liked lupe till he grew ugly ass shit locks and started preaching all the time. he is the ultimate hater. hates on everyone who has a diff style of rap. not everyone raps about the same stuff plain and simple.. he is like that one friend you cant stand cause he thinks he is better than everybody.. fuck fiasco. i will not buy his fuck america cd..
^ nigga run hot
He hates everyone thats make music, what sounds the same
Y U COMIN @ HIS HAIR THO? I SMELL WHITE SUPREMACY
Can you really consider this ‘artwork’?
Also, The Roots did this on Organix. Still excited for the album though.
boring cover
Must’ve took him AGES!!
It’s like the opposite to a Kanye cover.
outside of wiz and wayne, lupe has to be the most homosexual looking rapper out
you forgot lil b….
hipster
yes
he lost his damm mind cheep ass
Cheep tho?
LMAO
Lupe has become a contrarian/hipster type dude in the last few years…Ever since he started growing those dreads he’s been doing corny, meaningless shit like this.
I’m a fan of his music but increasingly not so of him himself. I bought ‘Food & Liquor’ and ‘The Cool’; I still listen to his Fahrenheit mix-tape series; and I’ll probably buy this album. And, yet, I agree with you.
@lol, @LJofSpades real talk. first two albums were dope, somehow now he comes off as gimmicky and hollow now. and yeah i’ll probably get it too.
Nas, Killer Mike, El-P, Big K.R.I.T., Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Lupe… 2012 is shapin’ up pretty nice
I can’t believe people are saying, “Lupe sucks now because all he does is complain/hate on others.” It’s called having an OPINION, dickheads.. it’s not like he forces his views onto the public.. people will sit here and complain all day about the state of hip-hop but when you get a lyrical guy like Lupe.. you STILL complain!! You should be glad there’s at least one rapper who actually cares about his content and music..
AHHHH the lighting…the way the black color reflects off a persons subconscious at the angle to which they look at it. AHHHH I could see the drive and determiation of a Homosexual centered in the midst of the black abyss…PURE GENIUS
lol wtf? lupe fans are ridiculous. you are spitting pure bullshit.
Damn Obviously you are obviously stupid, this analysis is obviously real. Obviously.
WOW GENIUS I AGREE 100%
Cool . . . but weeknd did it first on the Echoes of Silence video background LOL
this is stupid af
Oh, the fucking creative genius is back.
i like the idea. the album is called greatest american rap album and the cover is… nothing really. just empty
he just took the 2 chains off of 2Chainz album
lol
lol I thought the page was still loading
LOL
lupe is a pretentious fuck and some of his fans try to interpret his bullshit lyrics with more bullshit.
Pretty fucking much. The production on the CD is gonna be sick, but the lyrcial content is just gonna be fucking lame.
Lupe, you can be political, but get real dude. You’re a rapper.
You heard the lyrics on the album?
Bitch Bad was so political
just more idiots who are too subdued by his lyrics they have to resort to saying bullshit like that
get real dude, you’re a rapper? what the motherfuck does that mean? ignorant ass bitch
@ETK – Lupe’s Lasers was like a parody of Pharoahe Monch’s W.A.R.
First two albums were dope
it wasn’t that bad, but my point is there’s plenty of political emcees who think on a higher level.
The cover is genius I was expecting an american blue red and white flag or black and white type flag.
The cover is genius I was expecting an american blue red and white flag or black and white type flag. Lupe Fiasco so far so good on the singles sounds like it’s gonna be a classic!!!!!
oh look…the lupe stans are back again. I thought you guys all committed suicide after hearing lasers?
Still not quite as bad as just before lasers released when you plagued multiple websites with your “Lupe is the Goat” message
i just want the dude to stray away from the mainstream. lasers was decent but very radio friendly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bf4rY9Xq3k&feature=relmfu
Damn, can’t believe how idiotic some people are nowadays.
This album cover is just a big MIDDLE FINGER to the industry and everyone who doesn’t listen to Lupe because he can seriously give 2 shits about you. Real talk.
Lupe is intellectual AF and most of you can’t comprehend his rhymes so you’re mad at him and his fans.
Yes, he’s a rapper. Why can’t he be political. Ya’ll mad cause he’s not talking about money, cars, and hoes?
Get a life.
I agree 100% homie.
“Ya’ll mad cause he’s not talking about money, cars, and hoes?”
Why do all pseudo-intellectual “Hip-Hop heads” automatically default to this baseless assumption to drive home their arbitrary arguments?
Being able to comprehend what Lupe raps about or his artistic direction doesn’t make you intelligent. It’s not hard to do. It isn’t about whether or not people can comprehend his message. It’s about stans touting Lupe as some genius or revolutionary over an unoriginal and, frankly, boring concept. He’s a better than average rapper who’s too full of himself.
How about you and the rest of you dickriding faggots do yourselves a favor and stop worshiping ordinary men as if they were fucking Gods.
@AOHH
Don’t bother feeding the fucking 9th graders who think this shit is deep. Obviously his views on hip hop are extremely limited or else he wouldn’t be listening to Lupe Fucking Fiasco and thinking he was an Einstein.
@ AOHH
You speak the truth.
really, AOHH
you got the nerve to call Lupe’s concept unoriginal and boring, what the fuck does that make a Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, etc album?
ever since you came out with the word “dickriding” I knew you were one of those people. people dig Lupe and tout him as a genius not just cause he’s doing this shit, but because he’s bringing this shit to the mainstream. I got women on my FB page who don’t even dig hip-hop sharing the Bitch Bad video. he’s doing something right, and something outta the norm in hip-hop while still being out of the box
now you call that “unoriginal”, and you catch feelings whenever someone directs you to a Lil Wayne track? get used to it nigga. I’m not sayin you have to like Lupe’s shit but saying THAT NIGGA is unoriginal, among this wave of hip-hop that’s talking about the same, motherfucking, bullshit day in, week out, month in, year out is somethin special, b. Lupe’s tryna come out the woodwork with something different and it’s working. got the female fanbase on lock now with Bitch Bad, he’s only goin up from there
Oh, and Lupe’s the only rapper who’s full of himself? FUCK OUTTTA HEEEERE
lol i’m a lupe fan, but ur a stan. last album was alright, and a big reason for that is this pretension rebellious bullshit, when he couldn’t even get creative control of his own fuckin album. this cover concept is tired. when jay z did it it was tired. haha
@AOHH The first half of your argument actually sounded intelligent although I completely disagree. Then you went all ignorant on me with your entire last paragraph. Whats up with that??
Money, cars, and hoes is what dominates the radio and Lupe goes against that and still gets radio play. Instead of wasting time going against someone trying to do something positive how about you delegate that energy to someone glorifying what half of the listeners will never have.
and i thought 2 Chainz album cover wasen’t creative lol – PS: i know what he’s doing IT’A JOKE CALM DOWN
Well this is disappointing. If Lupe was taking the more artistically unconventional approach to album covers he should have followed Kanye’s lead with MBDTF, Watch The Throne and Cruel Summer.
There are many great musicians that have had nothing as an album cover so I’m not going to shun him for that. Artistic freedom and all. But this just looks like Lupe is trying way too hard to seem “deep” and instead just comes off as pretentious.
yeah he is a try hard that way
Trying to hard by using a all black album cover. Really? Its not that serious dude.
THIS IS THE COVER FOR THE BLACK ALBUM BY PRINCE. LUPE SURE IS A GENIUS LOL.
There’s something this that is so black, it’s like how much more black could this be, and the answer is… none, none more black…
lol
lmao
lmao wasn’t expecting a Spinal Tap line
I bet if you put a black light to it it shows a image.
blacker than The Black Album.. not even a fade like Jay-Z had on his lol
Prince
Prince in late 80s
Looks like the cover is working…
Boring as fuck. It’s been done.
a) by who? b) oh wait, nobody cares
Ummm Prince maybe?
Prince – The Black Album
Jay-Z – The Black Album
Metallica – The Black Album
Does it really matter tho. It’s not like he claimed he was the first to do it.
I wonder what the cover for part 2 is gonna look like?
I’m really waitin to hear the explanation for it though
i was waiting for something to load…
borinnnn
This album looks mega gay
Got to give Lupe props about speaking out against Chief Keef. The worst part is that Pusha T has been biting Chief Keef hard lately. Pusha knew his old stle wasn’t going to sell, so now he wants to sound like a 16 year old kid. Pathetic!
How about you hop off of chief’s dick
Pusha sounds nothing like Chief Keef. Now you’re just making shit up because of your hatred against him.
this shit sounds like its gonna be the hiphop SchoolHouse Rock.
NO YMCMB THIS SHIT WILL FLOP
You lovin that roman reloaded shit huh? wierdo
I read a lot of stupid shit in these comments… but you just took the cake.
This nigga done took the 2 Chains off the 2 Chainz album…You stans need to grow a pair
he wants this shit to sale? motherfuckers wont be able to find it haha
That’s just it…he says he could care less about sales. If so Im sure we’ll be looking at Lasers 2.0 and not this.
At this point Lupe and Nas took similar paths right around age 30….hmmm. Nas is to Lupe like Kanye is to skinny jeans; its father in rap lol
Food & Liquor 2: Great American Rap Album Pt. 1.
1. Ayesha Says (Intro)
2. Strange Fruition feat. Pharrell (Produced by The Neptunes)
3. Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free) (Produced by Pete Rock)
5. Audubon Ballroom (Produced by The Neptunes)
6. Bitch Bad (Produced by Soundtrakk)
7. Lamborghini Angels (Produced by Needlz)
8. Put Em Up (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Heart Donor feat. Phonte (Produced by 9th Wonder)
10. How Dare You feat. Bilal (Produced by Soundtrakk)
11. Battle Scars feat. Guy Sebastian (Produced by Soundtrakk)
12. Brave Heart feat. Poo Bear (Produced by Black Milk)
13. Form Follows Function (Produced by The Neptunes)
14. Cold War feat. Marsha Ambrosius (Produced by Just Blaze)
15. Unforgivable Youth feat. Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West, add. Mike Dean, add. Jeff Bhasker)
16. Hood Now (Outro) (Produced by The Neptunes)
17. Things We Must Do For Others (Produced by Soundtrakk)
Fake…B*itch Bad wasn’t produced by Soundtrakk neither was Battle Scars. And I highly doubt Kanye is on here…
^^NVM I just saw your name was Dream Tracklist…my bad lol
Proper producers, proper features.
I’d buy an album like that. Twice. At least!
Is it just me, or all these features are not so well-known? (Expect Poo Bear & Bilal ofc.)
LUPE IS THE G.O.A.T.
GREATEST RAPPER? YES
SMARTEST RAPPER? YES
BETTER THEN FAT (BIGGIE)? YES
BETTER THEN SKINNY (PAC)? YES
AHEAD OF THE GAME? YES
PAST YOUR LITTLE MIND? YES
PLEASE HATE
IS LUPE WHO YOU L.O.V.E.?
ON HIS DICK? YES
ON HIS DICK? YES
ON HIS DICK? YES
ON HIS DICK? YES
ON HIS DICK? YES
ON HIS DICK? YES
DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND GET OFF HIS DICK…
Good stuff debating if I wanna cop it. Cause I’m not feeling 2 tracks on here that I heard but it should be a good album.
Lupe is a pretentious, preachy, pompous dick head who is constantly contradicting himself. He claims he doesn’t like gangster rap like Chief Keef but brags about how he was a “gangster rapper” himself before he blew…He says he thinks all presidents are corrupt but supported Hilary Clinton when she was running, he complains about not having enough “real hiphop” artists but praises dudes like Lil B constantly, while shitting on artists like A Tribe Called Quest.. I just can’t take this dude seriously anymore…He probably doesn’t even have any real opinions on any of the shit he talks about…He just enjoys being a prick.
Co-sign.
When did he brag about his past rap style??
Your like a female making up stories to prove a point that’s very bitch like… What a female would see as preachy, is nothing but facts explaining there future demise if they continue there ignorant ways… Only and evolved species of humans can truly understand the FIASCO. You two are not and will rot and decay with your simple bitch states of mind. ONE LOVE……….
Lupe did say he had a gangster-rap style, but Lupe’s style is a more intellectual approach. Keef’s is barbaric and unrefined.
he praised Lil B only because he was somethin different, and that was at the peak of Lil B’s hype… now nobody checkin out for him, you actin like Lupe’s a top 5 fan of him… stfu
Lupe went on record praising Slaughterhouse and nobody mentions that… bitch ass nggas
Can’t wait to get this and listen to form follows function. Lupe puts out real music
Dude swagger jacked a TRUE GOAT in Prince wit this cover. I’ll still give it a listen but homie contradicts himself more than Game. Although the shit he said bout the kids in the Chi was some real shit.
yo hhdx, make this into a separate, new post. nobody wants to scroll past year old posts to see the info. but anyway
no guest verses, you dont see that too often. nobody wanna get slaughtered by the goat. and the amount of hate on here for somebody who dropped 2 classic albums by time he was 25 is unbelievable
You mean the “goat” didn’t want to get slaughtered by his features…….
Lupe fiasoc has proved he’s an amazing young rapper but his fans need to face it the dude isnt the goat by any stretch plenty underground veterans have surpassed lupe intellectually and musically but yet their stans arent as prevalent and arrogant as the lupe fanatics this lp will be another colossal piece of quality rap music despite that abysmal shit-sandwhich “Lasers” Lupe is re-focused now and thats what rap needs
^ Truth. Lu stans feel a higher sense of empowerment because they feel they have an inch of an understanding on what he’s really about and they’re more inclined to express that.
Lumpy Fiasco ths isn’t a motherfuckin wrestling match, nobody let alone Lupe cares about getting slaughtered on tracks or not
even if someone like Nas or Eminem rips Lupe apart in ONE song, it won’t change anything for what Lupe doin
I am just an inch dissapointed. Wanted Go To Sleep on here. Hopefully it will be a bonus track or there is a deluxe edition. Otherwise another good quality album to look forward to.
everyone has that fkn song already what is the point of it being on the album?
The comment section on this site has REALLY fallen way the fuck off. Niggas Lupe grief for having his album black…but don’t give niggas grief for having the same old tired ass “niggas smoking blunts, rockinga million chains or hoes or cars” on their covers. I understand that most ofyou don’t understand half the shit in Lupe music, but everytime you down the man you honestly jut make yourself look stupider….
disapointed mathew santos isnt on this?
Aaaaaaaah, now I know what’s missing from it.
they both had a falling out around Lasers
Ladies and gentleman, that cover art is going to go down in history as one of the most provocative, incentive, genius album covers of the next few generations. What I think it implies is the void, the emptiness, the darkness, that our world has become. If it wasn’t for Lupe, I really wouldn’t know about politics or real world issues, and that’s why Lupe Fiasco is the greatest of all time. Lasers was a masterpiece, and I can’t wait to see how this new classic album comes out.
You “types” of fans RUN RAMPANT on here. What’s innovative?? the FACT he STOLE this idea from PREDECESSORS??? UMMMMMMMM, PRINCE!? Fuckin’ YOUNG BUCK, that has been used TIMES before. Yea, I like Lupe too, but you fuckin stans are UNREAL, lol like GET A FUCKIN grip. Dude is an above average rapper, his shit DOES NOT go over folks head like yall would LOVE to think. Besides…..Talib n Mos Def BURRY lil homie when it comes to this INTELLICTUAL tip, so run along with your verbosa about this dude. N before you respond lil boy….I’m coppin’ the album. Just needed to sit you down.
Milehigh… are you remedial?
dude said lasers was a masterpiece.. and you cant tell he is trolling? smarten up son
He’s an extreme fan, he isn’t trolling.
that black square cover art,presumably, partly inspired by Kazimir Malevich painting, guess which, – “Black Square” . you can google it, very controvercial and famous event in contemporary art
…….
OKAY Who hasnt coppied an idea from another artist before, you can go back 30 years and find something somebody did before. Lupe didnt have “Hoes,cars, or the same tired as blunt cigar with the perfect Smoke Stream. He changed it up. SMH
Why is Lupe so boring though
because you’d rather bump to some tracks about hoes, cars & money
Yeah Lupe is one of the most conscious out there, conscious = boring but not necessarily… either way, Lupe is one of the best at what he does, and he got the mainstream crowd to listen to what he saying, partly thanks to records like Lasers
He’s one of the only blackbelt MCs left in the game. A true lyricist in a era of fools. I just hope he doesnt got someone singing the hook on every damn song. Can somebody drop a hip-hop album please instead of this Rap/R&B/dubstep/electronica/soft rock bullshit that we get on every album.
my name says it all
“Lupe is the GOAT”
That would be Immortal Technique.
>immortal technique
>GOAT
>lol.
immortal technique not even close
That’s by far the most unoriginal album cover ever.
what a dumb thing to say… it’s unoriginal? name ONE other album cover that looks the same. cant do it? thats bcuz its original
Well, off the top of my head, Prince had “The Black Album” which was the same… Plus, The Beatles White Album was the same but white.
Haha bitch!
SPINAL TAP MOTHERFUCKERS
and which cover from ANY hip hop artist recently you consider to be original?
Prince or Beatles ain’t rappers
sounds classic.
Guy SEBASTIAN? You ditch Matthew Santos for Guy Sebastian? Come on Lupe, lay off the drugs.
Lupe along with Skyzoo is the best breathing.
take notes rappers this is how SOLO albums should look like atleast have 6 or 7 songs by yourselves…smh
Would really love to hear Lupe rhyme along side the rappers he admires….Nas & Canibus
looks awesome, would love to see 1 or 2 big features tho:P but give him probs for doing it all on his own:) respect from the netherlands , amsterdam!
what about the thing he said about making a double cd?
It originally was but Atlantic Records didn’t like that idea so it’s being to be a two part album. Part 1 9/25, Part 2 early 2013.
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Smh! There are only two songs that are good, the rest is garbage, no wonder the label didnt like his conceptual ideology, i see why they are dropping him after this album. Smh!
They never said they were dropping him and he’s on album one out of three to fulfill his contract. You sound like Wendy Williams.
loser
go listen to your solja boy u fagg.
The Cover Is Unimportant.
It’s All About The Content.
He Uses Words That Sound Good, Lyrically.
But Content Or Should I Say, His Album Has No Structure, The Songs Make No Sense At All. But Really Though. . .Bicth misspelled in purpose. . .Is The Only Good Song On Part One.
LOL FUCK OFF BITCH
Food & Liquor 2 Best Rap Album for these year easy GOD DAMN No one in LUPE FIASCO LEVEL WOW
go to http://WWW.YUCBEATS.COM lupe’s got beats from there for this album!!!
If you liked the cool this is your taste… BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR SO FAR
real
if u hateing on lupe u hateing on —–pac—–they talking bout the same thing
worst hip hop album in history
Best project I’ve heard all year so far