Lupe Fiasco Talks "Lasers," Favorite Album Thus Far

by Jokesta on August 24th, 2009

http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/1544/1604/26274/asset.jpegFans of acclaimed MC Lupe Fiasco may be in for a surprise with his forthcoming LP as the 'Superstar' hitmakers says he will be experimenting with different types of music.

"I feel like, 'cause of my first two albums, that now I have the foundation to just branch off and just do not really crazy [music] or whatever I want, but just make music outside of who I normally make music for," Lupe said referring to his upcoming album during an interview at the Coke Live Festival.

"I feel like I have my true fans, my hardcore fans down, locked down, and now I can kinda experiment with other types of music and it's really good. It's my favorite album thus far."

'Lasers,' which is slated to hit stores in December, will be Lupe's 3rd studio album following the critically praised release of "The Cool."

Lupe originally intended on retiring with a bang by releasing a triple LP entitled 'LupE.N.D.'

Those plans were then put on hold indefinitely as he prepped 'The Great American Rap Album'  which was later dubbed We Are Lasers and then changed to Lasers.

Lasers is an acronym for "Love Always Shines Everytime Remember 2 Smile".

 
 
 
 

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chalieboy6 months ago
great more experiments
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dooflinky6 months ago
lupe stole flo-rida’s next album title, flo-rida’s all about those lasers, he got that futuristic flow, lupe should have kept his album titled loser. lupe is gay.
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jannis886 months ago
dammmmn….compare florida with lupe but dont say you listen 2 hip hop than!
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theditty6 months ago
FCK UP DOO DOO
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marco35256 months ago
Fuck…please don’t disappoint.
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wrongidea6 months ago
^^when does he do that?
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jflow9316 months ago
looks like it took him long enough to climb Kilamanjaro…
and was he quoted wrong cause: " now I have the foundation to just branch off and just do NOT really crazy [music] or whatever I want…" <- that means he isn’t doing really crazy music or whatever he wants.

and dude didn’t even drop a release date. wasn’t this shit supposed to drop in like July? and hopefully he gets off that Matthew Santos crutch. cause yeah the collabs are dope but if he is really experimenting he needs to come up with his own hit single. point blank: Superstar sold because of the hook, not cause of Lupe.
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critikal6 months ago
ummmm didn’t like the sound of that… you have them on lock now… don’t lose them with wierd experiments maybe just do one at a times I don’t want experiment to be plural….
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pmoney36 months ago
lupe isnt good i dont know why so many people like him.

B.o.B. is better
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phillyrap426 months ago
lupe is the only rapper that i can say i cant wait to hear experiment. he already made fun of autotune on shining down so i dont think u should all b worrying. lupe is already a living legend so i cant wait 4 this shit
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blackmamba246 months ago
this sounds good , i think it is imperative that artists explore all kinds of stylz should they have early career success .. it may not always turn out to be the right thing especially die hard fans who like his shit as it is .but you will not know should you stay in your comport zone.. i look forward to hearing it.
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getatchyaneckyo6 months ago
this shit is gonna be hot.
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ghastly6 months ago
ahh what a bastard getting us all hyped up for some real hip hop. looks like weve got another 808 heartbreak on our hands people. either way i hope its good even if it is ‘different’
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writer16 months ago
no1 cares bout this overated skateboarding weirdo, go skateboard over a cliff loooool
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jannis886 months ago
no1 cares about jr writer you ignorant piece of shit! Lupe is one of the best mcs in the game right now!
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ogeazyfullclip6 months ago
doo flinky makes better comments than u, at least that niggas funny but writer u shuld prob think about killing yourself
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theditty6 months ago
DAT ALBUM GONNA BE TUFF
I STILL GOT HIS ‘’THE COOL’’ ABLUM
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valente6 months ago
uh oh, here we go wit these rappers and their so called “experimenting” come on Lupe. dammit. it mite work out good but ima still b ready 4 some bullshit
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jannis886 months ago
gonna be the best album 09….better than eminem, slaughterhouse, jayz, fabolous,etc
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writer16 months ago
^ go skateboard of a cliff too go join ur hero
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jannis886 months ago
go talk about hoes, money, guns, rims and syrup like your favourite rappes
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irock836 months ago
writer1 get the fuck outta here your garbage…
go and jump in front a moving van or better yet kiss paris hilton on lips
and eat out courtney love then get AIDS & herpes at the same time and
commit life suicide bitch made ass faggot…
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soldevilla6 months ago
ignorant shit 100%
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93kjejde6 months ago
im coping that lupes music is always good
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ardian6 months ago
Experiment all you want you always put a message in your music and aslong as you continue to do that then this is still going to sell very good at least he has something to say because all the rappers now aren’t saying shit
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writer16 months ago
@jannis lupe is one of the most overated rappers out he just a mini kayne west kayne is 10x better than this dude gimme a song dat lupe has made that makes him one of the best dont worry il wait
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yankeesfan42476 months ago
Too bad Lupe killed Touch The Sky. Which last I check Ye was on the song too.
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turftalka6 months ago
Here’s some:
1. Superstar f. Matthew Santos
2. Pressure f. Jay-Z
3. Shining Down f. Matthew Santos
4. The Cool
5. The Coolest
6. Paris, Tokyo
7. Paris, Tokyo (rmx) f. Q-Tip, Pharrell & Sarah Green
8. Superstar (rmx) f. T.I., Young Jeezy & Matthew Santos
9. Kick, Push
10. Kick, Push II
11. Touch The Sky (by Kanye)
12. US Placers (by CRS)
13. Everone Nose (rmx) (by N.E.R.D. f. CRS & Pusha-T)
14. The Emperor’s Soundtrack
15. Every song he’s featured on
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evile6 months ago
^^@writer
Lupe dropped 2 albums that are wayyy better than Lloyd Banks’ albums…In my opinion The Cool is a classic in terms of theme,lyricism and production…And least importantly Lupe got a grammy…Something which a G Unit member doesn’t have
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tez6 months ago
Writer1 is a goof ball, Lupe is better than jay,kanye,any memeber or ex member of g unit, wu tang, and almost anyone rappin in the south lol. He makes music, he doesnt talk about money and bitches everytime he hears a beat.
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wrongidea6 months ago
Put you onto game
The coolest nigga
Steady mobbin’(before lil wayne stole the title)
He say she say
Hurt me soul
Pills
Twilight Zone freestyle
Dumb it Down(made to make fun of niggas like you)
Intruder Alert
Game time
Bottom Top
and countless other freestyles and songs, Need i say more?
Nigga, you have Lloyd Banks as an avatar, his career jumped off the cliff ALREADY, so how could you possibly have an opinion.smh
Lupe is overated to uneducated.(example: you spelling “Kanye” wrong TWICE….dumbass. smh) Just cuz you’re either too lazy or too stupid to figure out what a nigga is saying isn’t his fault. It’s your parents’ and your school systems’ fault for not educating you properly, nigga.
Kanye makes bob your head shit but lyrically he’s not fucking with Lupe, no one currently is.He’s in a class all by himself, Lyrically and in consistacy. And so what if that nigga rides a skateboard, niggas should be EVEN MORE embarassed that a nigga with a skateboard is lyrically killing all of the fake ass gun toting, henney sipping, blunt smokin niggas u say are tight!smh
step yo game up nigga, be clear!!
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wrongidea6 months ago
my bad i didn’t even mention that was @ writer1’s fake thug ass.
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jannis886 months ago
cosign every single line!

let them kids talk shit…they dont know better!
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irock836 months ago
oh damn homie…you forgot…and he gets the girl which is something some guys go though and how he flipped that song…

and gold watch…he lyrically kills that shit…

hip hop saved my life…(slim thug dedication)he dedicated that to the whole texas scene if you think about cause it’s kinda hard down here for an artist…besides that good story tellin’

and last but not least…kick,push…that song along is story tellin at it’s best…he took skateboard as the theme and life is about getting up when you fall hard and keep rolling…something writer1 will never know anything about…

the only thing he(writer1) falls on is dick and gets up on that shit as well…faggot
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tez6 months ago
There are alot of top name rappers who rap good but they say shit all, you want some substance listen to Lupe. I dont understand how fans can relate to fake/phony gangsta rappers, no rappers really shoot guns, no rappers really deal drugs, and i know most of them ugly as the shit in my toilet, so they definetly not getting as musch ass as they claiming. Thats why they rap, so they dont actually have to do any of stuff they talk about.
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tez6 months ago
L.A.S.E.R.S

better than BP3, Cuban linx 2, Slaughterhouse, Before i self destruct, Relapse, Carlito’s way.
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somerville6 months ago
Where did you get to hear some of these albums bro!!!??!?!?!
Oh wait…
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jflow9316 months ago
tez gets added to the dumbass Lupe stan list.
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jflow9316 months ago
and an album that hasn’t even come out is better than a movie? damn you are stupid.
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dakush4206 months ago
nigga cuban linx 2 didnt even come out yet and cuban linx 1 is prolly better then lasers will be
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thugzboy6 months ago
lupe is a faggot
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writer16 months ago
@wrongidea niggas like you make me laugh because i dont like him it must mean i dont understand him lmao, nas is MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH more complex than this little nigga and dont talk about lloyd banks carrer being dead when hes 1st album went triple times plat and i aint even gonna start talking bout his classic mixtapes get the fu k outta here wid dat lupe shit and you know kayne is better then this skatebaordin weirdo thats y u aint say shit bout him, tha hood aint bumpin lupe u suburb living ass nigga gtf outta here
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soldevilla6 months ago
oh ya man, and who the fuck bumps kanye in the hood? that’s a hood cats dirty little secret if he listens to it at all. And for real, that ignorant shit ain’t cool, but chi town’s doin it right, and that’s why lupe and ye will always shine, there isn’t anyone out there that can rap on lu’s level and sure as hell isn’t anyone out there who can drop an album like kanye, production’s tight, lyrics are dope, and the featured artists do there thing everytime. You right about kanye but i think you should go back and truly open your damn ears when you listen to lupe’s album. peace.
p.s. food and liquor went double platinum.
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wrongidea6 months ago
I love when niggas assume your from the suburbs cuz your more intellegent than them and cuz u carry a nigga on some matter of fact shit.smh
I live in northeast d.c., come down here stuntin if u want. Cam did, and look what happened.nigga be clear
and Lloyd Banks…don’t make me laugh nigga, he wouldn’t have even went 1 time platinum w/o 50.He does have a lil skill behind him, but he’s famous by association.Every nigga knows that.smfh
The fact of the matter is if he weren’t associated with 50 he would’ve fell off by now, cuz he can’t make it on his own.
Lupe came out by himself, as the front man of his crew, not a soldier.And he single handedly holds HIMSELF down, no one else is doing it for him.
Nas is a great rapper,one of my top 3, but his content nowadays in comparison to then is not as good. Plus Nas is “hoodly sophisticated”, whereas Lupe is “sophisticatedly hood”. There’s a difference.But I don’t expect u to know that.
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wrongidea6 months ago
and Kanyecan’t be meationed in the same same breathe as him, thats y.
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wrongidea6 months ago
*mentioned
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dboi076 months ago
Good… I might buy this album!!! No more robots and skateboard!!!!
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cormegaisking6 months ago
this mans gunna lose his fan base…cant believe he had a fanbase in the first place…his lyrics and flow were always there, but could never feel his music cuz of yet again i say the rotten vocals..the beats were weak too..im telling u guys its all about the boom bop era…u cant fuck with that shit all of those rappers in that era are pretty much considered pioneers, these rappers today will all be forgotten in 10years. The worst part about it is in 10years everyones gunna be putting out just singles and no albums, its already started too…and its all thanks to the south, sorry guys its true tho, the rappers in the south make one catchy tune for their album and thats it..now rappers all over north america are doing it. U guys will negative prop me now but just wait a few years and ull see wtf im trying to say
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killacashtro6 months ago
u must be from new york
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yankeesfan42476 months ago
As much as I love Boom Bap rap, Lupe has the chillest beats ever on every album.
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cormegaisking6 months ago
Naa, im from Toronto… CANADA EHHH!
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cormegaisking6 months ago
and ye agreed hes got chillen beats, his rhymes arent even half bad. but the singing is so deadly, ruins the mood
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domo2026 months ago
I DONT THINK IM BUYING THIS SHIT LUPE NICE BUT I GOT A FEELING HE GONNA BE DOING SOME ROCK SHIT
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killacashtro6 months ago
i bet u would buy lil wayne trashy rock album wouldn’t u
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domo2026 months ago
naw i would make a cd with your mother moaning on it and call it a rock album
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wrongidea6 months ago
so u saying the 2 rock songs he made on his albums weren’t dope?
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goodmusik6 months ago
lupe tight not near the best but tight check out myspace.com/954ag music is bangin I guarantee u won’t b disappointed
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elginboy906 months ago
Great title
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houston6 months ago
WOW nice acronym “Love Always Shines Everytime Remember 2 Smile” (Cover is bad ) dis is a great year for hip hop, dis album just might be better then eminems, jay-z, 50 cent put together holla at ya boy
P.S. Houston is the Rap capital of the south
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dakush4206 months ago
he shouldve put out another album before trying to experiment cause for real i dont think he got fans on lock like he thinks but another solid lupe album would then he can experiment

if kanye did 808s beforfe graduation it wouldnt have been as successful but graduation fuckin solidified him and gave him room to flop even though he didnt…if lupes “experiment” sucks then his retirement is after this album. thats how i feel i think he shouldve kept it 100% LUPE one more time

ima fucks wit it tho cause lupe is nice
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leftyduvall6 months ago
after Food and Liquor i’ll always support Lu…i jus hope he doesn’t pull a Kanye and do shit that aint really hip-hop
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wrongidea6 months ago
you mean like Andre 3000, and last time i recalled he’s still better tahn MOST niggas out.
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tez6 months ago
I dont understand how everyone will ride on Jay z’s dick for experimenting and “pushing boundaries” but when a good artist does it everyone has a bitchfest.
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tez6 months ago
get a life or listen to good music haters, cuz i know you cant do both.
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nasirj6 months ago
I hope its a good project coz if its not ill b pissed off,niggas should experiment on mixtapes not on album,coz if the experiment is wack im not waisting ma money
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raffraff6 months ago
Lupe Fiasco’s lyrics and his vision for his music will be timeless. Since 2006 his lyrics reached an intersting level in hip hop that I thought I would never hear. Don’t get me wrong… I listen to and analyze all of Mos Def, DOOM’s, Elzhi, Blackthought, Jay Electronica,Jay-Z, Nas, Blu, Big Pun, Canibus, Common, Talib Kweli, Royce Da 5’9, Slick Rick, Scarface,(and the most underrated MC alive Jean Grae), just to mention a few. But Lupe’s mind and perspective on words and wordplay is unparalleled. Lyrically only Mos Def and DOOM can match his versatility in respect to their own styles. Lupe’s delivery is the best in the business, his vocab caliber is not “scientific Canibus” because those are not the means of his writing style but I bet if he chose to do so he could, social awareness is an anchor and fuel of his drive, writing formats such as poetry, he can dissect a line, he can make haikus and limericks hide in his words, his writing scheme is 100 dimensions above anyone. Just listen to “Dumb it Down” and how he inputs the “Three Wise Monkeys” proverb into his writing(the last verse is wickedly mad!!!). Or download “Blackout” and try to figure out what the hell he is talking about. Look… I can talk all day about Lupe simple and plain he is and will be (mark my words) the bar and ruler into which we compare “real lyricist” and writers in the genre of hip-hop. Lupe should of existed in the 60’s or 70’s with the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and maybe then the world would appreciate his “vision” and scholarly mind. just sad to see some people just slew lupe ……i hope one day you realise just how good he actually is but i guess everyone has taste. one final word …….LASERS!
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raffraff6 months ago
its a change to see on lupe articles from a handful of ppl commenting to now where theres so many people …just shows ppll r paying attention!
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raffraff6 months ago
dude has never disapointed before i mean look at food and liqour….the cool…..even every mixtape from touch the sky to farenheit 1/15 …this album is going to be a banger!! cant wait need a confirmed date tho!!
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writer16 months ago
aight because yall luv lupe sooooooo much (even tho he aint that good) please coule you give me 3 of his best songs so i can actually listen and il see if my mind changes ………..
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raffraff6 months ago
^
ite writer theres so many but myy personaL opinion would say..

he say she say
hurt me soul
twilght zone (kraaazy)
failure
conflict diamonds


i know you said 3 but just check any of them out…..my mind was blank so dont get uptight ppl when you read my selcetion of top 3 lupe songs lol

get at me writer
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wrongidea6 months ago
i cosign you on all comments you said.
i already told this nigga “writer1” the list he could check out,(like 12 posts above.lol) but i guess it aint what u say but how u say it to get niggas to understand.
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kingjames2066 months ago
lupe is just gonna keep getting better an better a ya favorite rapper lil wayne is gonna keep getting wack an wacker autotune dis….
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writer16 months ago
@wrongidea i didnt even see that post you made my bad but ye ima listen to these songs and il let yall know
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raffraff6 months ago
cold bloodied haha wrongidea funny dude….but yeh i guess he missed that post but thanks for the props dude…..damn you writer u better come back with sum good feedback after hearing them songs lol
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writer16 months ago
i change my mind bout lupe he a gd rapper but he stil to me overated and punchlines and methaphors there are way more rappers that have a edge on him, he does have a variation of music tho i must say dat about him but all in all i fink lloyd banks is better then him
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raffraff6 months ago
woaw that little repect i had for you i just lost ….i honour your opinion everyone has diffrent taste up until i saw lloyd…..i actually repected ur opinion but dude lloyd banks?? you gotta be kiddin me! your reli need to get your head rite…..you cant even compare rotten applle to any lupe albums! throw yourself of a bridge dude
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writer16 months ago
rotten apple wasnt a good album fair enough it was m ore like a mixtape BUUUUUUUT hunger for more was better than any lupe album and the sales prove it go and make a pole if you want hunger for more was a certified hood classic it had too many hot joints in there im cooler than the other side of the pillow nigga please lupe is a gd rapper but he aint coming close to lloyd banks have you heard bank’s mixtapes any of them id advise you listen to money in the bank 1-5 and youl c the truth 2
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wrongidea6 months ago
Cmon with the Lloyd Banks dude, just stop. i’ve got Money in the Bank 1-4 and heard 5 a month ago.(cuz i was already thinkin it was gonna suck) it’s still “typical” hood shit, nothing special. It’s not like it’s raising the bar or anything.Any nigga can hear it and say" ok, i get what he’s taking about."
And that line" cooler than the other side of the pillow" was said by Outkast first, it’s an ol’ pimp line. Know the facts homie, and the history behind ALL music, not just the past 5-6 years of rap. It gives u a much wider range in knowing what youre talking about.There’s not too much i don’t have from the past 30+ years.(and i’m still in my early 20s’) not to mention my music from the 50s-60s…..must i tell u again…..GET YOUR GAME UP!!!smh
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justblaze086 months ago
that shining down joint is one of my favorite songs from lupe if he make songs like that then this will be his best album
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writer16 months ago
1st of i hate when people say hes talking bout the same hood shit but when its bigge or some1 iconic everyones like ye hes a legend stop havin double standerds on niggas 2nd of that line might of been said by outkast (stil want proof about that) before but banks made it famous similar to mj doing the moonwalk on stage and made it global and i dont wana hear music from the 50’s or the 60’s becuase thats not my generation and it dont appeal to me, banks hands down has been the most sonsistant artist since late 08 and the reason why rotten apple wasnt a great record was cause he had family issues his pop died and his mom had heart attacks bact to back and his grandma died banks vs lupe no contest lupe is a gd rapper but banks is a better one point blank period
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raffraff6 months ago
“banks hands down has been the most sonsistant artist since late 08”

“banks is a better one point blank period”

i give up this clown is craaazy you need rehab dude get of that drug your on cuz what you say is pure bullshit….i shant reply to you, your a waste of time…..i respect that you have diffrent taste but to say that banks is better than lupe damn homie i dont know what to say ……but someone PLS EDUCATE THIS NIGGER! peace
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writer16 months ago
nigga if ur so sure that lupe is betta go make a poll and we’l c wat the majurity of people on this website think plk for a reason homie
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wrongidea6 months ago
i think the amount of negative comments and trashes u got (no props), speaks for itself.smh
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raffraff6 months ago
Funny how some 1 blasts out the N word …….when truth be told i aint even black…..i know what i know get of banks dick peace
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datdudechris6 months ago
SMH 90 percent of da dudes who posted on here r sum SUPER STANS
I swear I hate Lupe Fiasco bcuz of mutherfuckers like yall
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wrongidea6 months ago
niggas kill me always sayin someone is a “stan” just cuz u like a particular artist. how the fuck is that when everybody likes somebody’s music. i swear niggas just find new tools to hate on each other all the time. first niggas wanna jock the word “swagger” like that shit hasn’t been in the dictionary for centuries. and now it’s “Stan” like that shit isn’t like 5 or so years old. smh
Does it make u feel smarter that you learned a new word 2 use?
cuz to me, all you lil niggas are still dumb as a motherfucka.

smh
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