Last night at the House of Blues Foundation Room in Chicago, Lupe Fiasco hosted a launch party for his charitable organization, the Lupe Fiasco Foundation. After doing a full day of press (Chicago Tribune, WGN), in stores (FYE) and radio (Power, B96 and WGCI), a visibly exhausted Lupe still made time to drop by…
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Lupe’s Lasers To Move Between 220k-240k Copies?
Now, these numbers aren’t official, and Hits Daily Double is usually off by a few thousand, but it appears Drewstadamus was correct in predicting that Lupe’s Lasers would be his biggest album yet, despite the drama surrounding it. Beautiful Lasers indeed. The Chicago-born rapper arrives with his third Atlantic Records studio album, Lasers, which will…
Video: Lupe Fiasco Interview on 106 & Park
From earlier this evening. And oh yeah, he’s still #1. Cue up the BDP. Props MWP
Travis Barker feat. Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell – If You Want To
I was expecting this joint to drop today & Complex delivers. You may remember this track as “Horn Synth”, which leaked last year. Add some killer drums & you have the second track from Travis Barker’s album, Give The Drummer Some. After listening, go grab a few copies of Lasers. [audio:https://www.fakeshoredrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Travis-Barker-ft.-Lupe-Fiasco-x-Pharrell-Williams-If-you-Want-To.mp3]
Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers Currently #1 & #2 on iTunes Chart
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…
Enstrumental Relaunches Lupe Fiasco ‘Dumb It Down’ Shirt
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,…
Video: Lupe Fiasco on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Performing “The Show Goes On” Lasers drops Tuesday. Pick it up. mwp Update: Lupe Fiasco, Jimmy Fallon, Kathy Bates & Chris Pratt Play Charades:
My Thoughts On The Lasers Leak
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…
Lupe Fiasco x Kanye West x Mos Def Freestyle @ Blue Note NYC
Last night in NYC, jazz-pianist Robert Glasper and his band The Robert Glasper Experiment had a show with Lupe Fiasco at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC. Lu brought some special guests with him in the form of Kanye West and Mos Def, who kicked an impromptu freestyle session on stage. Talk about a…
Lupe Fiasco’s “The Show Goes On” Strikes Gold
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