Tag: Lupe Fiasco

What a long strange trip it’s been. After years of setbacks and label drama, the long awaited Lupe Fiasco album Lasers has finally dropped, and it currently holds the #1 and #2 positions on the iTunes hip-hop chart.  This means that despite the negativity and bad reviews surrounding them album, the people are still buying…

Just in time for tomorrow’s Lasers release, Enstrumental returns with the insanely popular Dumb It Down tee, which Lupe created in conjunction with Enstrumental prior to the release of The Cool back in 2007.  The last batch sold out quickly, so if you missed them here is your chance to pick it up.  Only 50 were printed,…

Performing “The Show Goes On” Lasers drops Tuesday. Pick it up. mwp Update: Lupe Fiasco, Jimmy Fallon, Kathy Bates & Chris Pratt Play Charades:

As I’m sure you’ve seen or heard by now, Lupe’s third album Lasers hit Leakville early this morning, despite innovative campaigns to thwart it.  Considering that his debut album, Food & Liquor, was the leak heard round the world, it always makes headlines whenever his work seeps out ahead of time.  This afternoon, Twitter and…

Congrats are in order for Lupe Fiasco, as today it was announced by DJ Busy that “The Show Goes On” has already struck Gold, moving 505k units.  If you’re keeping track at home this is Lu’s second Gold plaque (alongside The Cool), which he can hang next to his Platinum award for “Superstar”. RR

Produced by The Buchanans. Wasalu weighs the what if’s on the latest joint from Lasers. The album drops March 8th, so be sure to pick it up on iTunes or your local retailer. [audio:https://www.fakeshoredrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Lupe-Fiasco-All-Black-Everything.mp3]

Here we have some live in-studio footage of Lupe and UK artist Sway during Lu’s recent stop across the pond while on the final stretch for Lasers.  As you can see they blessed Lupe with a b-day cake prior to tearing into “Monster”. In other Lupe news, another track from Lasers has been made available…

Lu and Trav connect for a dedication to the actor turned fake rapper (perhaps), which appears on Travis’ new mixtape/project, Let The Drummer Get Wicked. I assume the Full/No Tags will appear of Mr. Barker’s Give The Drummer Some album, which impacts March 15th. 05 5- Joaquin Phoenix

Wasalu is going all the way IN right now.  He just “premiered” this joint on Semtex’s show, but apparently he’s been playing it on his sets overseas, so some may be familiar with it.  Lu tears apart the Prodigy’s instrumental. Lupe Girls