During a performance in Portland, Oregon, Lupe Fiasco made two major announcements in the middle of his set.
“We got a long, illustrious career on the mixtape circuit, right?” said Lupe. “Some pretty groundbreaking things on those mixtapes, right?”
Lupe continued his self-congratulatory speech, saying, “So, in light of that history of amazing, lyrical feats and superb wordsmith-ness, I am sad to say tonight that there will be no more Lupe Fiasco mixtapes.”
The announcement was met with a smattering of boos from the crowd, but Lupe continued making announcements unabated. “Second piece of announcements. …Food & Liquor 2 is done. Release date? I dunno. Let’s just say…July. The only thing that’s holding Food & Liquor 2 up…is whether or not it’s gonna be a double CD or not.”
Watch the video of the announcement below, courtesy of the LupE.N.D. Blog:
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Im excited as shit for the news but we all no that album aint comin out for anotha 2 years
You ain’t releasin’ your album on July, and most def you ain’t releasin’ it on double CD. See what we did there, Lu????
What if I work with Alex Da Kid again and i have the whole 2nd disc produced by Da Internz. please release my stuff my fans wont protest again after i just put out a electro-rap album
Ok you can release your anti-mainstream album, but only if you throw some devil worshiping hand signs in your videos.
I’ll let my fans talk bout it
this nigga is fake. he cant even skate. lmao. he aint as lyrical as Rick Ross. he aint as real as Ross. he aint as fat as Ross. Rozay tha G.O.A.T.
your a dumbass, rick ross is the fakest nigga in the the game. he used to be a cop, graduate of college, hes full of shit, but ill still bump ross over lupe’s pussy ass shit. food & liquor was tight so was The Cool. Lupe’s last album was fucking lame, he needs to get off his high horse thinkin he knows politics and shit
I’m positive that “Failure”, “Dumb It Down” and “S.L.R.” are light years ahead of anything Ross will ever create. But it’s ok. You can’t process the majority of the content of Lupe’s songs so you relate more to the fictitious ringtone rap and I can understand that. Your ears were just raised wrong. But here’s where you can correct all the years you’ve been wronged: Listen to a real MC like Lupe, like Budden, Skyzoo, Tech 9ine, Immortal, Laws and a whole hose of others. They actually say things that mean something. Not crafting a lifestyle that they’ll never live!
u both are fuckin jokes!
lol ross is lyrical ???? yeah and donkeys can fly!
lol Lupe and Immortal are fucking bellends who know nothing about politics. you’re better off listening to Officer Ricky and not lying to yourself. Try reading some books if you want some real knowledge.
oh yea and Tech is bland as fuck, dude can just spit fast but he is lame. so many better dudes out there, just off the top of my head: KRIT, Currensy, Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Freddie Gibbs, Mr Muthafucking eXquire. Those are the newer dudes obviously, it goes without saying that you should’ve listened to Wu Tang, Goodie Mob, Ed O.G. and countless other legends.
lol and you know all about politics, nigga? tell me when you get your talk show or weekly blog goin’
whether Lupe knows about politics or not, he was on the ball about a lot of things. and with the things Lupe raps about, it was a matter of time before he went political, a matter of time
All you guys going crazy on this So Icy clown and hes a troll dont pay attention people..DX needs to really clean up these comment sections
you know what’s funny? that all you people really take this troll seriously
SO ICY=SWAG=YOUNGSTA
STOP FALLIN’ 4 THE BS, U LOSE WHEN U DO
Lupe greatest rapper since Nas..both GOAT..
Don’t forget Eminem.
lupe is dope but not greatest ! specially not the greatest after Nas ! Nas is dope too but they are not greatests!
Lupe just a notch below Eminem and Nas..few more albums he could be up there
agreed
as long as he doesnt have those wack beats like he did on LASERS then i know this will be hot
should be dope as long as the label stays out of it just let them pick 1 single and back the fuck off cause that lasers album was one the worst albums i ever heard
what about Word i never said ?? Show goes on?? All black everything???
they were some very lyrical tracks!
CAN’T WAIT!! Hopefully July is right. Album of the year, no question. haha “fuck atlantic records!” Lol F&L2 will be nothing like Lasers…hopefully
let’s just hope that it’s not anything like the tragedy that was Lasers, I’m really hoping Food and Liquor II is amazing.
Food & Liquor Was classic! hope this one will be classic too!
double CD probably means there’s gonna be some electro ish on there… but either way it guarantees we’re gonna have the old Lupe material on there, and that’s all I care about
Lasers being the lesser of his three albums is an understatement, but he still had some nice messages in there I hope he prolongs in this project
To me, Lasers will always be:
Shinning Down
I’m Beamin
All Black Everything
Words I never Said
Till I Get There
Coming Up
The Show Goes On
I’m just gonna assume everything else was just forced on there by the label. Replace that shit with “Double Burger With Cheese” and “Life, Death & Love From San Francisco” and that would have been a dope ass album.
“Go To Sleep” as well
go 2 sleep wasnt lasers thats fnl2 and lettin go is a sick song as well as words i never said
Letting Go
Oh yeah, forgot about “Letting Go”
double disc is a must buy even if not every song is food and liquor flawless material.
Yeah ok, Lupe. Whatever you say.
I see he wants to do a double album to get out of his atlantic contract. The thing with double albums is that they usually have too much filler, and after lasers we know what kind of subpar work lupe’s capable of. but then again he’s probably more focused and is too smart to release two subpar albums in a row. personally i’d prefer a shorter album full of classic material but a lupe fiasco double album has enormous potential.
You’re right. 2Pac did the same thing back in 96 to escape the Death Row contract with “All Eyez on Me”.
Yo, I didn’t hear of a double since UGK in 2007.
Yo, I didn’t hear of a double since UGK back in 2007…
hate to break the news to everyone, but lupe is officially an old ass nigga. his 30th birthday was in february, so that means i can’t call him young anymore. anyone 30+ yrs old = old ass nigga. i’ll still bump lasers though. that album had some hot ass beats on it. fuck food and liquor and the cool, fuckin snooze albums.
young niggaz stand the fuck up! hate us now!
age is a state of mind lupes gotta long way 2 go so hes still young
you’re an awful troll. go to some forums and get some experience, or maybe observe some good trolling because you suck dick at it.
Bro… Jayz is 43 and running shit… get a clue
youngsta,
GTF off tis website. Nickelodeon is where you should be at biyatch!
Icy Boi/Swag/Youngsta, why don’t you stop writing shit on DX and go suck a nigga dick? fuckin faggot
Thank you lupe. Mixtapes are ruining rap. The labels allow artists freedom to say what they want on them but there production is obviously half ass. Artists waste good lyrics on mixtapes and then on albums use their half ass lyrics. It makes mixtapes and albums half ass. Lets get back to making complete songs with good production and good lyrics
AGREED
what the fuck are you talking about? Mixtape production most often is far better than production on an album because mixtapes are free, so you don’t have to pay artists for sampling. Albums haven’t been good for about 10 years, because, as in Lupe’s case, artists tie their overblown egos in with album sales so they make a bunch of poppy ass bullshit. But even Lupe’s mixtapes are garbage nowadays. Friend of the People?? Fucking wack
You’re sort of tying into his point though. With mixtapes becoming so common in the rap game, some artists indeed throw poppy material tenfold into their albums, making them less authentic and the hip-hop scene what it is today
If this sounds anything like “Lasers,” I’m not interested.
That album was terrible and its apologists are the worst.
I’d rather bump Nastradamus than Lasers any day of the week.
what was so good about him in the first place this kid sucks !
Hang yourself!
make it double!!!
One of Lupe’s best song “Glory” was from a mixtape. The lyrics on that song is the s@#%!! Lupe’s last two releases (Lasers & Friend of the People) have been pop cRap–plain and simple. Hopefully, FnL2 marks the return of the old Lupe and not the sellout/ghetto hair Lupe.
Umm..ghetto hair?? there is nothing about his hairstyle now that is ghetto..him growing out his hair is a reflection of personal expression and culture!…just enjoy the music 🙂 Thanks,that is all!
His single Go To Sleep quotes “I hear they need a hero, so I’m back to dope again”
He’s also said in a press conference he’s going back to the triple metaphors and deep lyrics
Food & Liquor was his best album to me, along with The Cool. But i wasn’t too sure about lasers
This world is such a fucked up place. My mind such a fucked up shape. Everything down here sucks. Maybe what’s up there is great. We all gotta go one day. I just wanna cut to the chase. I wanna stop these nightmares. I just wanna touch your face.
All I see is all my feats. All I see is all my flaws. All I hear is all my demons. Even through your applause. All you see is all my flights. Well all I see is all my falls
All you see is all my rights. All I see is all my wrongs. Door, keep telling me to fight, gun on my table telling me to come home. Telling me to to put him inside my hand. Then put it up right next to my dome.
Door keep telling me to find a reason
anything to keep me from squeezing
Simplest things, yea you really like summer
You really like music, you really like reading. Love. I can’t win if it’s me against me. One of us ain’t gonna survive
And my heart been broke for a while your’s been the one keeping me alive.
This is what Lasers was to me.
Hold up…I thought he was gonna make a mixtape with Jay Elect. What happened to that???