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Lupe Fiasco - Lasers

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BlueRoyaL
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States2493 Posts
March 09 2011 01:53 GMT
#1
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I've always liked Lupe. Consider him a lyrical BEAST. But I honestly think that this drop is a bit overrated, I think it's because of all the hype, considering he now only has one more album left to make before he's done.

It was alright.Not the best. Overrated.

I liked these songs though





what'd you guys think of it?


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ThePurist
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada686 Posts
March 09 2011 01:56 GMT
#2
I kept the whole album on repeat today to listen to it. I can honestly say I like Food & Liquor better than Lasers. However, Lasers has some interesting tracks: "Words I Never Said", "The Show Goes On" kinda stood out to me.
BlueRoyaL
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States2493 Posts
March 09 2011 01:57 GMT
#3
Yeah, Words I never said is really good. I heard it a while ago, it got leaked :S
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Zim23
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1681 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 02:35:08
March 09 2011 02:01 GMT
#4
F&L was his best never going to top it.

Edit: Let me add how the hell did he let "Till I get there" end up on the album. Man that song depresses me. The production on the entire album is way too pop-ish for me. After listening to Kanye basically master the art of producing hip-hop, Lasers sounds amateurish by comparison.
Do an arranged marriage if she's not completely minging, and don't worry about dancing, get a go-kart, cheers.
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
March 09 2011 02:06 GMT
#5
I like the two songs you linked, haven't heard these before thanks for sharing
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SafeWord
Profile Joined February 2010
United States522 Posts
March 09 2011 02:07 GMT
#6
You know Atlantic Records gave him little to no freedom on this ablum. They wanted him to make a "poppy" album because The Cool was unsuccessful to them, even though it sold 700,000 copies, nom. for Grammys etc. Anywho he is making F&L 2 this year and he has all the freedoms he wants :D.
Who needs players when you have God?
Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
March 09 2011 02:09 GMT
#7
I treated this album like The Cool; only a few songs I really liked. Rest were 'meh'

F&L <3
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
March 09 2011 02:10 GMT
#8
This album is pretty amazing to me. I honestly like every single track on it.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
Fasterfood
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada166 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 02:26:21
March 09 2011 02:25 GMT
#9
I'm really glad someone made a blog about this because I'm a huge Lupe fan. I'd put both F&L and The Cool in my top 10 favorite albums.

Lasers kills me. It's not bad by any means, but It's not on the same level as his other albums. I've been asking myself what is missing but it's tough to put a finger on it. Here are some quick thoughts as I give myself a study break:

In the past Lupe was recognized as different from other rappers for a few reasons, one of which was his wit. On lasers he seems to have abandoned complex metaphor and instead tells us that hes clever. It just feels lazy.

Lupe was also recognized as having a different message than other rappers. On Lasers he drops lines like "sipping on purple" and tells us he has a gangster past. The context of those lines is not promoting a gang lifestyle, but none the less I ask myself why the lines are even in there.

thirdly, there are so many choruses. This wouldn't bother me if any of them were raps by Lupe, but they're either autotuned hooks or simple lines sung by featured artists on Atlantics label. The producers, rappers and singers from first and fifteenth are almost completely absent.

On the whole I feel the album doesn't have the re-playability of his previous two. I don't want to say its bad, but after listening to it on repeat for the last few days I think I'm pretty much done with it.

vindKtiv
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States215 Posts
March 09 2011 03:29 GMT
#10
http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/03/lupe_fiasco_does_what_hes_told.html

"One thing I try to stress about this project is, I love and hate this album. I listen to it and I’ll like some of the songs. But when I think about what it took to actually get the record together and everything that I went through on this record — which is something I can’t separate — I hate this album."
-Complex Magazine February

Lasers was absolutely nothing compared to F&L or The Cool, and there is absolutely no denying of that. But I think we should take a step back here. The Cool was a commercial "failure" so in order for Lasers to be released, many concessions had to me made, the autotune, the crap features, Kesha-esque beats, etc. Honestly though, if you are willing to dig deeper past the crap you will find the Lupe you are searching for.

What depresses me more than how bad the album ended up being is just how the fans reacted. Many of them just got up and left saying how Lupe fell off. Someone like Lupe honestly doesn't deserve that kind of reaction when people like Lil' B are gaining momentum. You can hate on this album as much as you want, but don't say this is the end. Who knows, maybe with F&L2 later this year (probably not, but we can hope) and maybe after his contract with Atlantic, he will be able to go back to making some better music. Or maybe he will just die out with this one. Who knows.

Anywho he is making F&L 2 this year and he has all the freedoms he wants :D.

Actually, F&L2 is going to be released with Atlantic, and you can probably expect the similar kind of involvement from the record label. They are out to make money after all. And I really doubt F&L2 is going to be released this year. Best case scenario he will pull some Eminem-esque rebound from Relapse to Recovery.

As a side not, I Don't Wanna Care Right Now is probably the worst song Lupe made. Out of My Head sounds like one of those crap songs on the radio, and I always ask myself why the hell Trey Songz is on my Lupe CD.
sur_reaL
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada278 Posts
March 09 2011 03:44 GMT
#11
Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco > all.
Kanye's latest album was pretty good too though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3hrtp1T84
WAAA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
New Zealand291 Posts
March 09 2011 03:53 GMT
#12
What happened to E.N.D? Didnt realise this was out but from the songs I youtubed just now I dont really like it (
HeadhunteR
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Argentina1258 Posts
March 09 2011 04:59 GMT
#13
this album was made for the money. His F&L album is better than this sugar coated album.
in The Kong line forever
SafeWord
Profile Joined February 2010
United States522 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 05:20:26
March 09 2011 05:07 GMT
#14
On March 09 2011 12:29 vindKtiv wrote:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/03/lupe_fiasco_does_what_hes_told.html

"One thing I try to stress about this project is, I love and hate this album. I listen to it and I’ll like some of the songs. But when I think about what it took to actually get the record together and everything that I went through on this record — which is something I can’t separate — I hate this album."
-Complex Magazine February

Lasers was absolutely nothing compared to F&L or The Cool, and there is absolutely no denying of that. But I think we should take a step back here. The Cool was a commercial "failure" so in order for Lasers to be released, many concessions had to me made, the autotune, the crap features, Kesha-esque beats, etc. Honestly though, if you are willing to dig deeper past the crap you will find the Lupe you are searching for.

What depresses me more than how bad the album ended up being is just how the fans reacted. Many of them just got up and left saying how Lupe fell off. Someone like Lupe honestly doesn't deserve that kind of reaction when people like Lil' B are gaining momentum. You can hate on this album as much as you want, but don't say this is the end. Who knows, maybe with F&L2 later this year (probably not, but we can hope) and maybe after his contract with Atlantic, he will be able to go back to making some better music. Or maybe he will just die out with this one. Who knows.

Show nested quote +
Anywho he is making F&L 2 this year and he has all the freedoms he wants :D.

Actually, F&L2 is going to be released with Atlantic, and you can probably expect the similar kind of involvement from the record label. They are out to make money after all. And I really doubt F&L2 is going to be released this year. Best case scenario he will pull some Eminem-esque rebound from Relapse to Recovery.

As a side not, I Don't Wanna Care Right Now is probably the worst song Lupe made. Out of My Head sounds like one of those crap songs on the radio, and I always ask myself why the hell Trey Songz is on my Lupe CD.


Um part of the deal with releasing Lasers was that they wouldn't butt in for F&L 2

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.14317/title.lupe-fiasco-says-food-liquor-2-is-half-done/

Also people need to know why Lasers sounds so different then his last two ablums.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/lupe_fiasco_on_lasers_lame_rap.html
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659446/lupe-fiasco-lasers.jhtml

Also just google Lupe and going to related news you can find many interviews, and reviews, that clear up the reasons why its different and why Lupe didn't have a choice.
Who needs players when you have God?
MetalMarine
Profile Joined June 2007
United States1559 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 05:22:18
March 09 2011 05:19 GMT
#15
Really liked "The Show Goes On" a lot good lyrics for me in that song
TheMunkey
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada470 Posts
March 09 2011 05:26 GMT
#16
On March 09 2011 14:19 MetalMarine wrote:
Really liked "The Show Goes On" a lot good lyrics for me in that song


Lupe was forced to that song by his record company. He said in an interview that if he didn't do it his album wouldn't be released so he held out for the longest time and finally cave. The song is alright but you can tell he didn't write that song.
Never give up
maahes`ra
Profile Joined January 2011
United States255 Posts
March 09 2011 05:49 GMT
#17
I was totally ready to buy this album but then I listened to it.

o_o;;

I sincerely hope that this doesn't persist into F&L2 and Atlantic keeps their hands off of one of my favorite MCs... Moooore mixtapes!
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MetalMarine
Profile Joined June 2007
United States1559 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 06:33:54
March 09 2011 06:32 GMT
#18
On March 09 2011 14:26 TheMunkey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2011 14:19 MetalMarine wrote:
Really liked "The Show Goes On" a lot good lyrics for me in that song


Lupe was forced to that song by his record company. He said in an interview that if he didn't do it his album wouldn't be released so he held out for the longest time and finally cave. The song is alright but you can tell he didn't write that song.


Shit really? That kinda sucks, but honestly it still doesn't change the fact that i like it though heheh.. ahh shit, should i feel cheap...? haha......
BlueRoyaL
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States2493 Posts
March 09 2011 06:32 GMT
#19
On March 09 2011 14:26 TheMunkey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2011 14:19 MetalMarine wrote:
Really liked "The Show Goes On" a lot good lyrics for me in that song


Lupe was forced to that song by his record company. He said in an interview that if he didn't do it his album wouldn't be released so he held out for the longest time and finally cave. The song is alright but you can tell he didn't write that song.


it pisses me off when label companies force artists to perform songs they didn't write. It's understandable for singers, but for a rapper? it's just ridiculous
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
March 09 2011 07:53 GMT
#20
As a big Lupe fan I was very disappointed in Lasers. All Black Everything was awesome though.

Hope he can surpass this in the future : /
RIP Aaliyah
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