**Official Lupe Fiasco Thread** (LASERS March 8, 2011 // Friend of The People Coming Soon)

[gllahone84]

The belly of a  beast 

these street's a demon's abs

 

[airjordan jb23]

 

[jking0821]

Lupe talking on twitter about him not signing the actual CD of F&L2. He is signing a black card or any other Lupe CD. But signing the actual CD of F&L2 takes away from the message of the all black.



This is basically the symbolism behind the all black. Props to Lupe for this I think this is genius.

 

[trilluminated]

[table][tr][td]--[/td][td]5[/td][td]LUPE FIASCO[/td][td]ATLANTIC[/td][td]89,778[/td][td]--[/td][/tr][tr][td]FOOD & LIQUOR II[/td][/tr][/table]
i really though he would sell more..

 

[flatbushfiyah23]

I knew this wasn't coming out at the end of the year like Lupe said.

 

[ripc]

89k :x

 

[teamjordan79]

Although it was the highest-performing hip-hop album of the week, the sales do not compare to his past releases. Lasers shifted 204,000 copies, while 2007’s The Cool moved 143,000 units. Food & Liquor II sold slightly more than Lupe’s 2006 debut, Food & Liquor, which did 81,000 in its opening week.

So apparently, Lasers was lupe's most successful release :x

 

[L7oser]

Album is solid. Need to give it a few more listens.
I just want him to continue the story. More The Cool, The Streets, The Game, Michael Young History, all that.
Thats how I got my girl and a lot of my friends to listen to Lupe. They were all like "that kick push guy? You listen to him?" Then when I put them on with the ongoing story and the symbolism they were hooked. And when i broke down "Gotta Eat" for them.

 

[Hahahaha]

89 is solid, pretty much what was expected today.
Lasers did over 200 first week because The Show Goes On was a HUGE hit
The Cool is still his best selling album. Lasers is like 20K-30K behind it.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Damn I was hoping he was gonna sell more :\

 

[nocomment6]

Great album, he really delivered the lyrics. But he still hasn't managed to get the beats and hooks together as he did on his first album. Although it is very progressive.

How come American terrorists 2 isn't on this?

 

[soundnfury]

So apparently, Lasers was lupe's most successful release :x

says a lot about a lot.

 

[brandon3000]

So apparently, Lasers was lupe's most successful release :x

says a lot about a lot.

it really does though :x

how label control = success?

 

[matt53]

@ OP and not changing the thread title though.

OP ain't been on in like a year, is there some way the mods can let one of run it?

Too far away I really hope part 2 has some solid wordplay and imagery

 

[Hahahaha]

89 is solid, pretty much what was expected today.
Lasers did over 200 first week because The Show Goes On was a HUGE hit
The Cool is still his best selling album. Lasers is like 20K-30K behind it.

 

[antoekneeo]

Solid album. Strange Fruition is my favorite track.

 

[gllahone84]

Can't stop playing Strange Fruition and ITAL...

 

[airjordan jb23]

Tough to name one favorite track but

Strange Fruition
Around My Way
Audubon Ballroom
Lamborghini Angels
Cold War
Form Follows Function

all get the most plays

 

[jay kickz till i die]

Cold War is about Micahael Young. the last verse at least

I kinda wish that he had an entire track for it tho to progress the story like he did with tracks like the cool and the coolest. Those are just some of my favorite lupe tracks off any of his albums/mixtapes

 

[ripc]

says a lot about a lot.

Not surprised.

Dude's buzz was highest prior to Lasers' release. Plus "The Show Goes On" got a ton of spins.

After that he started calling everyone terrorists, opposing voting, tweeting inane stuff, etc. Most of the people that bought Lasers weren't checking for this album IMO.

 

[Master Zik]

A lot of good songs on this, handful of great ones. Dope lyrics as expected. To me this album suffered from some of the same problems as The Cool. A bit too many songs. For me the albums falls off after Lamborghini Angels and doesn't pick up again until Form Follows Function.

All in all very good album.

 

[water]

Lupe is my favorite artists. Although his latest album isn't the greatest for bumping out loud, his lyricism is beyond what I expected. He pulled through and now can't wait for part two. BTW, my favorite song is Strange Fruition. 

 

[matt53]

For those who were fans of Gemini/ Gemstones off his Lupe's first couple albums, y'all need to check his new song that dropped a few days ago, fire!

http://niketalk.com/t/512140/gemstones-elephant-in-the-room

 

[julesbeats]

Lupe is truely a troll for making this album, he even said in an interview he used the F&L 2 title only to "market" the album, dude is a million times lamer than how he use to be,,,

 

[matt53]

Bought my ticket for the Austin show on the 17th! Anyone else going Texas fam?