With three tracks released before hand, speculation of final album as a rapper, retirement, and even leaving his label. Atlantic Records has finally released Lupe Fiascos' junior album entitled "Lasers". Which according to Lupes' blog, was suppose to be released January of 2010 and titled L.U.P.End, being his final album as a rapper. The first single, "Shining Down" featured Matthew Santos and was released July 2009. A second single called "I'm beaming" was released in August 2009. Nine months later, and still no Lupe Fiasco album. Mid September he tweeted that the album was ready to be released, but Atlantic Records did not want to go forward with it because of the context of the album and anticipated low album sales. Finally after speeches, protest by fans at the New York City Atlantic Records office, and over 28,000 names on petitions, Atlantic records tweeted on October 7th, 2010 that the album would be entitled Lasers, and would be released March 8th, 2011. The first official single off the new Lasers album is called "The Show Goes On" produced by Kane Beats and has already been certified gold in the U.S for selling over 500,000 copies (Goes to show Atlantic was wrong and proves how faithful Fiasco fans really are). February 8th, 2011, Fiasco released another single off the Lasers album entitled "Words I never said" featuring singer/songwriter Skylar Grey.
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Letting Go" (featuring Sarah Green) | King David | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Words I Never Said" (featuring Skylar Grey) | Alex da Kid | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Till I Get There" | Needlz | 3:23 |
| 4. | "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" (featuring MDMA) | The Audibles | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Out of My Head" (featuring Trey Songz) | Miykal Snoddy | 3:24 |
| 6. | "The Show Goes On" | Kane Beatz | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)" (featuring MDMA) | King David | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Coming Up" (featuring MDMA) | King David | 3:58 |
| 9. | "State Run Radio" (featuring Matt Mahaffey) | King David | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Break the Chain" (featuring Eric Turner and Sway) | Ishi | 4:21 |
| 11. | "All Black Everything" | The Buchanans | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Never Forget You" (featuring John Legend) | Jerry Duplessis, Syience, Arden Altino | 4:04 |
Last week, Lupe released the official track list, on his website ( LupeFiasco.com) of the album including features and producers.
Be sure to listen out for the album Lasers which officially drops March 8th, 2011 (midnight on iTunes.) Fiasco is always known for bringing vibrant beats and witty smart lyrics to his music, with far from simple metaphors and grounded subjects.
_ Geraldine Leibot.
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