Lupe Fiasco's Lasers: #1 Album in the Country! (Q and A included)

[Bon]

In light of the responses I've gotten to this thread, I have decided to include a small question and answer portion to this post.

...who

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, born February 16, 1982. Muslim. First exploded into the music since in the mid 2000's on Kanye West's song "Touch The Sky" in late 2005-early 2006.

In mid 2006, his first offering "Lupe Fiasco Presents Food and Liquor" leaked, and consequently, new songs were recorded when the album had its proper release in late 2006. Reviews for the album were, suffice to say, positively critical, reviewers noting his charismatic wordplay and a knack for storytelling.

In late 2007, his sophomore LP, "The Cool," was released to very positive reviews, as well (**** in Rolling Stone, for instance). He was supposed to release "Lup E.N.D.," a series of three different albums, as he had announced his retirement from rap. Unfortunately, his contact with the record company prevented him from this doing this; his LupE.n.d. album was shelved indefinitely, and in place of it, a new album, reportedly titled "The Great American Rap Album," was set to be released in 2009.

This did not occur, and another title, "We are Lasers" (now, titled "Lasers") was put into production. Lupe said in early to mid 2010 that the album was finished, but that the record company had made no plans to release it. After a petition made by fans for the album's release, Lupe and his record company finally came to a compromise, and Lasers was properly released in early March of this year, topping the Billboard Album charts (his first).

Some rapper Bon talks about all the time.

*shrug*

For someone who had constantly ridiculed and criticized me for not "doing research" on the underground scene and the rappers/pioneers who made it what it was, it really disappoints me that you've declared Lupe as merely "some rapper [I] talk about."

I hardly ever bring about the topic of rap because it's these typical responses I usually get (since text really has no emotion, I assume the tone of said responses are nonchalance and sarcasm; if curiosity is your original intention, please let me know, so that there are no misunderstandings). No one genre is perfect, but this is something I love and will continue to do/discuss, until there is no breath left in my body.

Damn you, Mora! That's my line.

I left information about this man, so I heed you to read it, in the hopes that you comprehend the reasoning behind my content of Lupe's most recent success.

who the **** is Lupe Fiasco?

Seriously.

You partake in rap in the forums, yet have never heard of this man? Do some research, Cutter.

So, is this a good thing or is Lupe another one of those really bad rappers that everyone hates yet still gets on the top of the charts?

Let me give you a tiny list of the "bad rappers" infecting the music market these days:

1. Soulja Boy
2. Wacka Flacka Flame

Those two, for sure. Listening to them will literally make you dumber. Lupe does not fit this category. I'd put him in a league with Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Black Thought from the Roots.

Hope this Q and A explains everything.

[John Mora]

Re: Lupe Fiasco's Lasers: #1 Album in the Country!

...who

[Perversion]

Re: Lupe Fiasco's Lasers: #1 Album in the Country!

Some rapper Bon talks about all the time.

*shrug*




EDIT: Also, that top twenty....is that seriously what people actually listen to?

[Bon]

Re: Lupe Fiasco's Lasers: #1 Album in the Country!

...who

**** you, John-john.

Seriously.

[Jamos]

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...who

Damn you, Mora! That's my line.

[Alex]

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Look at all of that blank, wasted space on your task bar! My god.

[Ryner]

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**** you, John-john.

Well done.

[Funk]

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Mumford & Sons and R.E.M. are the only respectable names I see in that seething mass of musical ineptitude.

Where are the people that listen to all of this crappy music? Luckily, I must not know them personally.

[Bon]

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Look at all of that blank, wasted space on your task bar! My god.

New computer. I may add some stuff later on.
Back on topic, I'm happy for him because the album was supposed to have come out over a year ago, and now that it's been releases, the fans took action and gave him his first number one LP. I plan on getting it soon.

[Cutter De Blanc]

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...who

**** you, John-john.

Seriously.

who the **** is Lupe Fiasco?

Seriously.

[Perversion]

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Oh, this is the thing you were talking about in the last Lupe Fiasco topic?


EDIT for Cutter: He's some rapper Bon makes topics about.

[Bon]

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who the **** is Lupe Fiasco?

Seriously.

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http://pavilionboards.com/forum/show...2&postcount=11

[Red Dragon]

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So, is this a good thing or is Lupe another one of those really bad rappers that everyone hates yet still gets on the top of the charts?

[Bon]

Re: Lupe Fiasco's Lasers: #1 Album in the Country!

So, is this a good thing or is Lupe another one of those really bad rappers that everyone hates yet still gets on the top of the charts?

It's certainly the former.

His credentials:

2 gold-certified albums (both critically acclaimed)
1 grammy award for "daydreamin" feat. Jill Scott
Versatility with his flow, storytelling, hardly curses

I see this topic basically went nowhere. *shrug*

[John Mora]

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The Grammys: they haven't made a mistake yet!