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lupe fiasco does a video for a reaaaaallllly bad song on LASERS – probably in the bottom 3 lupe songs of all time. all of which happened to be on lasers.
*whistles*
-grizzly
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i can say with great confidence that 1. lupe fiasco had nothing to do with this generic shit storm of a music video or 2. lupe fiasco dipped into that integrity BIG TIME.
huge ‘smh’ at this.
-grizzly
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lu’s performance from the MTV MA’s last night. excellent performance, as is to be expected from the lasers camp.
-grizzly
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well, i expected a strong statement from mr. fiasco with this one, and the video definitely delivers. a powerful visual to accompany a powerful track that says a bunch of shit he probably shouldn’t have. overall, i wish i enjoyed the actual song more, but skylar gray’s hook is both cliched, cheesy and honestly, annoying as hell. lupe’s in true form though, seeing red on every single verse.
-grizzly
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as lupe rides out the success of lasers, he stopped by the letterman studios to perform his now hit single on national tv with sarah green.
-grizzly
you mean to tell me that lupe let go of an archived album track himself? maybe the tides are shifting. this one, while unfinished, is still a pretty cool collaboration from the ‘past my shades’ crew. lupe wanted a third verse from janelle monae, but that never came to fruition. that’ll do, lu.
download:
lupe fiasco – who are you now [f. b.o.b.]
-grizzly
obviously, this should’ve made the album. it leaked prior, maybe even as much as a year back, but lupe was pissed because it wasn’t finished. here we have the completely finished version with a kenna guest spot to boot.
download:
lupe fiasco – what u want f. kenna
-grizzly
all dope everything. lupe gets his own walmart soundcheck special; one of the least likely candidates to have a great internet video series. aside from a full performance (setlist: shining down, i don’t wanna care, go go gadget, hip-hop saved my life, beautiful lasers and superstar) you get a pretty great interview.
oh and the performance is full-on lupe. band and everything.
stream the whole thing at walmart’s site.
stream:
lupe fiasco – walmart soundcheck [full performance + interview]
-grizzly
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here’s a short video following lupe around on the day of LASERS’ release in his hometown of chicago. as an added bonus, a b-side/cut from the lasers arsenal has surfaced on the internet, and features eric turner, the guy who did the hook on “break the chain.” although this song is much, much better.
download:
-grizzly
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tavis is easily one of the best journalists working right now. thorough research and an earnest eat always makes for great interviews, and he shows this through a 20+ minute interview with the man of the week, lupe fiasco. for the record, lupe’s on track to do 200k+ for lasers’ opening week. clap for em.
-grizzly
So, after a long wait for fans and Lupe Fiascos alike, we finally have LASERS. There’s a lot of background to this release, some of which was touched on in the review. But for the most part, I’m happy for Lupe for a number of reasons, regardless of how good or bad this album would’ve been. There were a lot of bullshit moves on Atlantic Record’s part, and I really hope he either gets dropped (I’m sure he wants that) and gets to do whatever he wants from here on out, or Atlantic allows him to do whatever he wants with Food & Liquor II.
Either way, the review for LASERS is below the jump. And the album’s in stores. Go pick it up.
-grizzly
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every week until lasers drops, lu’s gonna be putting up a song for streaming. this week, we have “all black everything,” which lu’s gone on the record to say is his favorite personal track of all time. while a good track, it doesn’t stack up to some of the greats; but that was probably obvious.
hit the jump for the stream.
-grizzly
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i’m sure there will be a lot of these in the coming weeks. i’ll post the good ones. he spills the dirt about a few label related details and lasers, so this has a few tidbits of worthwhile information.
-grizzly
getting really excited about this record. preorder the record, show some support for ol’ wasalu.
tracklisting:
1. Letting Go (Feat. Sarah Green)
2. Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey)
3. Till I Get There
4. I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now (Feat. MDMA)
5. Out Of My Head (Feat. Trey Songz)
6. The Show Goes On
7. Beautiful Lasers, (Two Ways) (Feat. MDMA)
8. Coming up (Feat. MDMA)
9. State Run Radio (Feat. Matt Mahaffey)
10. Break The Chain (Feat. Eric Turner & Sway)
11. All Black Everything
12. Never Forget You (Feat. John Legend)
-grizzly
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lupe went the fuck off on this one. controversial, ballsy and bold. shots at obama? shots at pac? this dude is crazy. don’t care for the hook much, but the beat and lu’s verses are crazy.
LASERS, MARCH 8th.
-grizzly