Dope Couture just released their lookbook for their new Spring/Summer line. Follow the link to see what you can expect to see in their store this season!New line will be available on 4/4/11
Thursday, March 31, 2011
DOWNLOAD: Honors English - Flying High
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Most of you should have already heard this song the other day. You should have also noticed that the third verse was empty, so I sent it over to S-Preme and had him remix it with a third verse.
"I overlooked the sins...you Lust but i'm the Alchemist"Yay for Full Metal Alchemist references! Anyways, listen below:
Download HERE
He also said that a sexy video for "Out of My Head" is coming soon and revealed which girls he'd put in the video if he could cast whoever he wants to.
Besides that he answered some caller questions, talked about what he'd do if he wouldn't be a rapper, DJing, martial arts, not retiring, being suicidal and more.
He also got deep for a second talking about the problems we all have to face these days.
DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco interview w/ Big Tigger
Meanwhile check out some pics!
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco talks Spring Break Performance
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Official SoundScan numbers come in tomorrow. We'll update this entry with the final number as we did in previous weeks; so stay tuned!
Lupe stopped by the Jet offices recently while in Chicago to talk with senior writer Melody K. Hoffman about his latest album, Lasers.
Lupe talked about being controversial, walking the line between celebrity and non-celebrity and the meaning of "deep." - JET
Who Are You Now from Phase 2 of LASERS. Was an early track for LASERS that got put on the backburner unfinished. I wanted Cee-Lo or Janelle on the 3rd!Prod by Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B on Guitar & Matt Nelson on the boards. Oh and Graham Burris on BASS!!! Japanese Cartoon On The Check In.For those who say I don't put out free music or question my love for my fans...take this as a peace offering or a STFU whatever fits you haha!
DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco x B.o.B - Who Are You Now
Catch Lupe performing @ MTV's Spring Break tonight on MTV at 9:50 pm EST.
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco performs @ MTV's Spring Break 2011
Hilltop: What makes this album different from your last musically and lyrically?
Fiasco: This one is a little bit more pop, a little more commercial oriented. I'm focused on more radio records, but that was just musically. Lyrically and content wise it's the same as all of my other records, social conscious, social awareness, and self-determination and things of that nature.
Hilltop: Do you know what the next single will be?
Fiasco: The next single is actually a double hit. We're going to put the video out for ‘Words I Never Said' in a couple of weeks and the next single they are pushing is ‘Out of My Head' featuring Trey Songz.
Click HERE to read the full interview!
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco meets Lucy Lopez
Monday, March 28, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco addresses HOB Lasers Release Party
After the live footage we put up earlier today, now here are some pics of Lupe @ the DUB Show Tour stop in LA yesterday. Check out more below!
Get more info's and find out how to become a VIP HERE
To be clear to everyone that attended the House Of Blues Laser release thing in Chicago. It was NEVER supposed to be a show... The promoters didn't stress to the public the fact that it was supposed to just be a party.I had NO hand in organizing the event. Nor did my team. I don't even know who the other performers were until the night before the event.As far as me being late I literally drove about 6 hours to get there and I ran out of gas around Springfield!!!! Shout to AAA 4 the save!!! But anyways my name was on it so I'll take the "L" and rest assured that it will NEVER EVER happen again.
I love my fans. I'm sorry u guys had to go thru some BS. Again me and my crew had NOTHING to do w/ how the event was ran or organized. Also all the money for the event from my side is and always was going to be donated to charity so atleast for me it was a free event.
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco performs 'Words I Never Said' @ HOB
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Here's some footage of last night's Lasers release celebration in Chicago. Head over to RapRadar to see more videos.
Yesterday Lupe's Lasers Album Release Party went down at the House of Blues in Chicago and Lupe rolled through to perform a couple of tracks. Here are some pics of Lupe's set, courtesy of Dan. - More below!
Be on the lookout for it, we'll definitely have it on here for you!
Last month during his promo tour in Miami, Lupe met up with Lucy Lopez from Power 96. Watch above as they briefly talk about the Egyptian conflict, Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way', and more!
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco interview w/ Nikki Ramirez
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Don't have Lasers yet? Well Amazon.com is selling the digital version of the album for only $5 for a limited amount of time! So go get it if you don't have it yet or if you want to buy it again for some reason, go for it!
In case you haven't seen the live performance and interview yet, check it HERE
Tickets can be found HERE
XXL Magazine compiled a list of 100 of their all time favorite story telling raps and 'Hip Hop Saved My Life' made it to #31 and 'The Cool' made it to #88 on the list.
If you want to see what other songs made the list, follow this LINK!
By the way, if you had to make a list of YOUR top 5 favorite story telling raps, what songs would they be?
XXL Mag just posted their 2008 Freshman recap and this is what they had to say about Lupe:
Lupe released the gold-selling Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool in 2007. After a highly publicized dispute with Atlantic Records, which had his fans signing a petition to demand the release of his highly anticipated, Lasers, the CD finally hit stores in early March.
The LP debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and sold 204, 200 its first week— making it the highest selling debut of his career.
See the full recap of the other freshmen of '08 HERE
You can purchase the album HERE if you haven't done so yet!
DOWNLOAD: Lupe interview w/ Funkmaster Flex
audio via Flex / pic via FabThePoolBoy
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Hot 97.5 organized a meet & greet with Lupe at a secret location in Vegas some time ago. Now they come through with some footage of the event - check it out!
Meanwhile 'Lasers' falls to #3 on the Billboard 200 but remains #1 on both, the Rap and R&B/HipHop album charts. - via Billboard
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco @ FYE Chicago [Pics]
UPDATE: Official SoundScan numbers are in and Lupe sold 47k! That makes him #3 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Rap album charts!
Lupe Fiasco’s third album, Lasers, cements his reputation as one of hip-hop’s most cerebral and distinctive performers. “Before I did any of the recording, I wrote a very socially conscious, socially active manifesto, and I used it as the template for the album,” says the 29-year-old, who lives in East Garfield Park. Chicago Mag talked to him about what spurs his creativity.
Lupe sat down with the guys of B96's morning show in Chicago and talked about some of his favorite foods, his foundation, artists he likes, Lasers and more.
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe to perform at B96's Pepsi SummerBash
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tickets for this weekend's Lasers celebration at the House of Blues in Chicago are officially sold out! Fear not though, you still have a chance to win some tickets to the event!
Fans will have the opportunity to celebrate and hear all of Lupe’s latest hits at “The LASERS Official Celebration.” Lupe is riding high on success with tickets being sold out within 48 hours of them going on sale.
For those who didn’t purchase tickets yet, all is not lost. Fans still have the opportunity to attend the celebration and win complimentary tickets to the show. One lucky winner will have the chance to win an exclusive VIP package consisting of admission for two, an exclusive gift bag and a special meet and greet and photo opportunity with Lupe Fiasco. In order to win you must go to www.LUPESLASERS.com. To win VIP tickets guests must be 21+.
Check out the official website (www.LUPESLASERS.com) for additional ticket giveaways and information on the Lupe Fiasco “LASERS Official Celebration” at the House of Blues Chicago, located at 329 N. Dearborn. Special surprise guest appearances have been confirmed
So go HERE for a chance to win! Good luck!
Shouts to Andrew!
The 2011 B96 Pepsi SummerBash goes down on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL.
The show will feature live performances by Chris Brown, Pitbull, Keri Hilson, Chicago’s own Lupe Fiasco, Big Time Rush, Jay Sean, Far East Movement, New Boyz, and even more artists to be announced! - B96
Click HERE to buy tickets!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
This is my second tattoo. I got it February 24, two days after my 21st birthday. Ever since my first tattoo in 09, I've always wanted lyrics to a song.
Lupe is one of my favorites, so I figured why not. Besides I believe this line from Hurt Me Soul is beyond powerful!
Friday, March 18, 2011
The good folks of TheArtTrade come through with their footage of Lupe's launch event for The Lupe Fiasco Foundation which went down in Chicago on March 10th.
Special Thanks to Jabbar Apollo Muhammad for putting this video together!
We Are Not Losers...We Are Lasers!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On (VIOLIN COVER)
Lupe Fiasco dropped by our studios to talk about his much anticipated new album, Lasers. We sneaked a secret camera to see what he was doing...Shhh! For more of your favorite music check out musicchoice.com
Oh and if you want some cookies from Nikki - click HERE
Every year we do better, steady on the rise, the tears for lost ones weigh heavy on the eyes, Dita sunny's, gold prezzy, twin turbo chevy fo' a ride of course, from the backseats of phantoms I thought of leaving thru suicide doors, love got me thru it, best fans ever made the whole world care, had 51st & 6th looking like Tahrir Square!
Apologize for dumbing it, but look what has become of it, "All Black Everything" some old white southern woman humming it, took Gaza Strip's Politics and put them number one and shit, took the myth that concious dont equal commercial and mothafuckin pummeled it!
Weapons for the weak, lessons for the meek, the too proud to beg, and the too poor to speak, the too smart to listen, and the too dumb to teach, two sides to every story so I listen to both speak, shout 2 all the dj's, who gave a nigga replays, @fakeshoredrive @rapradar & the whole internet space, U put it online I put it in they face, and there it will remain, for atleast another week, right at number 1, hahaha yeah nigguh, stay strong Japan, Nate Dogg REST IN PEACE!!!
Lupe will perform at Erwin Park on Central Campus March 31, the Duke University Union Major Attractions committee announced Monday night. Fiasco’s concert will mark the first time the baseball field of the park is being used to host a concert, according to a DUU press release.
Pre-sold student tickets will cost $25 each and will go on sale March 21. The general public will be able to purchase tickets at $35 each March 23. Tickets sold at the door will cost $40.
The event will begin at 8 p.m., and doors will open at 7 p.m. Erwin Park is located on 200 Oregon Street.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
PREVIOUSLY: Lupe performs 'Beautiful Lasers' @ Sirius/XM
I know you probably been asked this a million times but do you think Hip-Hop is still dead?Yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, but the new artists that I’m loving they coming from the UK, they coming United States, they coming from all over the world and a few in particular are J. Cole, Jay Electronica. I’m really into them and I’m excited for Lupe Fiasco’s new album ‘Lasers’ and Raekwon’s new album so the spirit of Hip-Hop is alive and well. The spirit is, can’t kill the spirit.
Read the full interview HERE
SoundScan numbers usually don't vary much from those though...so this is pretty big. Lupe has the number 1 album in the States right now and this also marks the biggest first week sales of his career.
Update: Bilboard confirms 204k
While sitting in the 27th-floor lounge of his corporate parent during the month before Lasers' release, Fiasco told The Daily Beast that he initially felt he was "creating new music" with his first draft. Then came the pressure from his label to take a pop turn.
"That's what the record label made me do," Fiasco said. "I asked 'What album do you want at this point? You're shitting on my creative [process] and what have you.' ... And they said, 'We want Top 40. We want No. 1 smashes.' ...So the focus for everybody, from A&R [people] down to the writers that I write with, went to: 'Let's get these smashes, write these big-ass hooks and get these big humongous beats.'"..."They don't have a choice on the next one," Fiasco told The Daily Beast later that night, back up on the 27th floor of his record company's office."The way I'm putting it out now is: What some of you guys sent me through, you'll never have a say-so on a project of mine ever again. That conversation between us is done. You're not even allowed to tell me what to do at all."
Click HERE to read the full thing!
Check the official festival website HERE
There's also an interview and if you sign in to Walmart's site you'll get access to the All Access Pass which will make it possible for you to see some bonus/backstage footage!
Click HERE to check it all out!
If you're not familiar with Emilio Rojas, well then you can redeem some cool points by grabbing his last mixtape, Life Without Shame, but if you are, then you know he doesn't ever disappoint! Here's his spin on 'Words I Never Said'
Monday, March 14, 2011
Lupe performed for Walmart Soundcheck and his fans at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on Feb. 27th.
Check out a preview of the official footage above! Tomorrow they'll start to drop the first clips of Lupe's performance on walmart.com/soundcheck
DOWNLOAD: Lupe interview w/ Richard Kingsmill
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