After reading an article on Complex.com about Lupe Fiasco and his third studio album called “Lasers”, I find it sad how record companies handle business with their artist. In my opinion Lupe Fiasco is one of the most talented rappers of this day and age, and he has trouble getting a record company to make an album for him but people like Soulja Boy go platinum. It just does not make sense to me. Lupe and Atlantic Records have been having issues since 2009 about his album. I have never seen an artist and his fans do as much as Lupe and his fans did to make it possible that his album get a release date of March 8th 2011, which is today. They had protests and petitions made up and Lupe even discussed the issues at hand while on stage and in interviews. According to the article Lupe was forced to do certain radio friendly or commercial songs. By forced I mean he was told if he does not make certain songs that the label wanted they would pull the plug on his album. These acts by the record company is what makes Lupe “Love and hate this album.” “I don’t like the process behind Lasers. The music is dope but I just don’t like the process.” That is a direct quote from Lupe when he was asked why he hated the album. Whatever happened to the days when artists were able to get out their creativity however they wanted? It’s ironic how an artist who made a song called “Dumb It Down” which emphasizes how he will not stop being lyrical just so that more people can understand him, has been told to be less lyrical and has been put in a box by his record label. I remember listening to Lupe’s first two albums and just admiring his word play and his subject matter, hopefully one day he will be able to return back to his roots and put out the music he envisions in his mind.
Written by: Barry Allen
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