LASERS - Lupe Fiasco

[Rivers17ncsu]

don't the artist/artists management set up the release parties themselves?

 

[Cody]

Zack Pics if he shows up, and an autographed blunt imo

:smug:

 

[NAHSTE]

Lupe is playing in Brooklyn on Sunday, wish I could afford to go but I'm sure he'll rock.

 

[Rudi]

I'm feelin All Black Everything.

And for those who watched Sportscenter tonight, they had a little preview of Break The Chain during one of the Carmelo montages...

This CD is about to be epic.

 

[Rudi]

I'm feelin All Black Everything.

And for those who watched Sportscenter tonight, they had a little preview of Break The Chain during one of the Carmelo montages...

This CD is about to be epic.

 

[strahanfan92]

Lupe fiasco says he flirted with suicide while making 'lasers'

In a new, wide-ranging interview, rapper Lupe Fiasco dug deeper than usual when revealing his inspirations and journey to complete his much-anticipated record 'Lasers.' Speaking to Details, Fiasco said that he fell into a deep depression after initially submitting his album to Atlantic Records two and a half years ago and getting rejected for not knowing "how to do what Kanye does."

He dealt with that sadness on a track that is emerging as a standout on the final version of the new album. Entitled 'Beautiful Lasers,' Lupe raps, "If you feel like you don't want to be alive/ You feel just like I am." He remarked that he did in fact contemplate killing himself at that point "to keep from killing somebody else." Lupe also said that making his third studio album wasn't easy. "The creation of 'Lasers' was a very painful, dark, f---ed-up process," he admitted.

Notably, the admission of depression and suicidal feelings has long been prevalent on hip-hop tracks but rarely discussed in public until recent cases like Fiasco's. Last year, Kanye West admitted to feeling suicidal after the media scrutiny surrounding his public meltdown at the 2009 MTV VMAs. Before that, The-Dream said that he seriously considered ending it all during his separation and then public divorce with wife Christina Milian.

'Lasers' is set to drop March 8.

http://www.theboombox.com/2011/02/2...-lasers/?icid=maing|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk3|46493

 

[strahanfan92]

Lupe fiasco says he flirted with suicide while making 'lasers'

In a new, wide-ranging interview, rapper Lupe Fiasco dug deeper than usual when revealing his inspirations and journey to complete his much-anticipated record 'Lasers.' Speaking to Details, Fiasco said that he fell into a deep depression after initially submitting his album to Atlantic Records two and a half years ago and getting rejected for not knowing "how to do what Kanye does."

He dealt with that sadness on a track that is emerging as a standout on the final version of the new album. Entitled 'Beautiful Lasers,' Lupe raps, "If you feel like you don't want to be alive/ You feel just like I am." He remarked that he did in fact contemplate killing himself at that point "to keep from killing somebody else." Lupe also said that making his third studio album wasn't easy. "The creation of 'Lasers' was a very painful, dark, f---ed-up process," he admitted.

Notably, the admission of depression and suicidal feelings has long been prevalent on hip-hop tracks but rarely discussed in public until recent cases like Fiasco's. Last year, Kanye West admitted to feeling suicidal after the media scrutiny surrounding his public meltdown at the 2009 MTV VMAs. Before that, The-Dream said that he seriously considered ending it all during his separation and then public divorce with wife Christina Milian.

'Lasers' is set to drop March 8.

http://www.theboombox.com/2011/02/2...-lasers/?icid=maing|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk3|46493

 

[MvP]

I'm really not expecting much from LASERS at this point. There is absolutely no way it meets or exceeds expectations.

 

[Maestro]

From what i've heard it has leaked.

 

[Woy]

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[Maestro]

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Got your leak.

I'm going to try and hold off on listening to it. It comes out in a week, i can live until then, i hope. Kind of disappointed in the leak, but you expect these things to happen. You reviewing it?

 

[Woy]

Yeah I think I'm going to review it.

I was feeling the first song, second one is Words I Never Said and I already said I like that.

 

[Maestro]

Yeah I think I'm going to review it.

I was feeling the first song, second one is Words I Never Said and I already said I like that.

I look forward to it. Not sure if i'm going to check it out until i listen or what. Decisions decisions.

 

[Woy]

Just off first impressions so far:

- I'm feeling "Letting Go".
- "Words I Never Said" is still a damn good song.
- "Till I Get There" is okay, but the hook sucks.
- "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" is a fucking disaster.

e: I like "Out Of My Head", but it sounds more like a track geared for Trey than Lupe.

 

[Champ]

I like I don't want to care right now.

 

[Woy]

That song is fucking awful.

 

[Woy]

I'm not going to base my review off one listen (I usually spin the CD 4-5 times before reviewing it) but right now the album is just okay. Not revolutionary like I know some Lupe stans will say, but it's not completely awful like other people on other boards are making it out to be.

Maybe my opinion will change, we'll see. Still need a few more spins to register everything before the review.

 

[Irish]

It's alright. If I was drunk I think I would enjoy it a lot more.

It's not walking to class music, unless I am drunk.

 

[kyhadley]

Yeah its alright. Definitely not the same Lupe as F&L and The Cool.

 

[Obst]

I had too high of expectations for this.