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  • March 4, 2011

Lupe Fiasco Told By Atlantic Records “Dont Rap Too Deep” on Lasers

by Justin Cabral
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Lupe Fiasco struggled to release his upcoming third album on Atlantic Records. It took over three years and picketing from fans before Lupe followed up his gold-selling The Cool. Despite platinum singles, gold plaques and Grammy Awards, the Chicago native said his budget was cut and he was stiffled creatively.

“I was specifically told” — Fiasco chuckled — “‘Don’t rap too deep on this record.’” He laughed some more, telling the Chicago Sun-Times. “That was a specific order from the top. ‘You’re rapping too fast or too slow, or it’s too complex.’ … There are consequences and combat that comes from that process and the eventual compromise. With me, though, I’m not writing about someone else. I’m writing about me. This is my life. It’s very personal for me. So for somebody to kind of put their fingers in that and play with that, it becomes more damaging.”
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  • March 2, 2011

Lupe Fiasco – Lasers Review

by Nam Le
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Lupe Fiasco says he hates the way Lasers was made.

And it shows.

Around five or six songs through the album, it becomes apparent that Atlantic Records has its fingerprints all over the record, creating a electropoppy motif that is an awkward and uncomfortable fit at best – and outright terrible at worst. “Out of My Head”, “Break The Chain”, and “I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now” – in particular – stand out for this reason; they all sound like they belong on, say, a Black Eyed Peas or Drake album, rather than with a conscious lyricist like Lupe.  This is perhaps the inherent irony of the record overall – even as Matthew Mahaffey sings about “number one songs spinnin’ all day long” on “State Run Radio”, he ends up [unwittingly? intentionally?] describing the sound of Lasers as a whole.
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  • February 18, 2011

Curren$y’s “Muscle Car Chronicles” Art & Tracklisting Revealed

by Justin Cabral
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As fans await Curren$y’s Warner debut, his fifth album is coming soon

Curren$y is off to a quick start this decade as he prepares his third album in the past eight months. After Pilot Talk and Pilot Talk II dropping in July and November respectively on BluRoc/Def Jam, he is scheduled to release his final album with the label on March 15.

Muscle Car Chronicles is pretty much an EP with just nine songs, and features guest appearances from Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids and Tabi Bonney.

The New Orleans native is scheduled to make his debut on Warner on April 20 with Covert Coup, which will be produced by The Alchemist.

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  • February 18, 2011

HyperSolar magnifying film will increase solar panel efficiency by up to 300%

by Justin Cabral
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As the U.S. government continues to heap billions in subsidies to the world’s wealthiest coal and oil companies, the solar industry has been struggling to make it in the States. This is sad for many reasons, not the least of which is that we’re missing out on one of the biggest growth industries in the world.

Fortunately HyperSolar, a new U.S. company, offers a bright ray of sunny hope on the clean energy frontier.

If we have the political will to overcome the stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry on our nation’s energy policy, we could become 100 percent renewably powered in a 2030-2050 time frame.

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  • February 4, 2011

Lupe Fiasco Unveils the “Lasers” Tracklist

by Justin Cabral
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1. Letting Go (Feat. Sarah Green)

2. Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey)

3. Till I Get There

4. I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now (Feat. MDMA)

5. Out Of My Head (Feat. Trey Songz)

6. The Show Goes On

7. Beautiful Lasers, (Two Ways) (Feat. MDMA)

8. Coming up (Feat. MDMA)

9. State Run Radio (Feat. Matt Mahaffey)

10. Break The Chain (Feat. Eric Turner & Sway)

11. All Black Everything

12. Never Forget You (Feat. John Legend)

premiered on : LupeFiasco.Com

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  • February 1, 2011

Lupe Fiasco – Words I Never Said ; Lyrics + Video

by Justin Cabral
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Click Here or the Picture to listen to the brand new single from Lupe Fiacos upcoming album “Lasers”

Also click to read the full lyrics!

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  • November 14, 2010

Kanye West “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” *Album Review*

by Justin Cabral
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Produced by Kanye West unless noted) [G.O.O.D. Music 2010]

1|Dark Fantasy|4:40 (Produced by RZA, No I.D. & Kanye West) 4.5 – 5
2|Gorgeous (feat. KiD CuDi & Raekwon)|5:57 4 – 4.25
3|Power (feat. Dwele)|4:52 (Produced by Symbolyc One & Kanye West) 5
4|All of the Lights (Interlude)|1:02 4.75 – 5
5|All of the Lights|4:59 4
6|Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver)|6:18 4.75 – 5
7|So Appalled (feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & RZA)|6:38 4.5 – 5
8|Devil in a New Dress (feat. Rick Ross)|5:52 (Produced by Bink!) 4 – 4.75
9|Runaway (feat. Pusha T)|9:08 4.75 – 5
10|Hell of a Life|5:27 4.5 – 5
11|Blame Game (feat. John Legend)|7:49 5
12|Lost in the World (feat. Bon Iver)|4:16 5
13|Who Will Survive in America?|1:38 5

4.72/5 and or 93 – 95%:  Best of  his decade releases; BUY IT (Entire Review inside)
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