lupe fiasco's fan beg record label for release of LASERS

I think there is nothing sweeter than what LUPE FIASCO'S fans just did; they sent a petition to ATLANTIC records, lupe's record label, to request the drop date of fiasco's third album, "lasers", that has been complete since last summer. I think there is no more motivation than this for any artist to get; when your fans genuinely go all out to get your album out, meaning they really need it.

Below is the petition from the fans:
"Dear Atlantic Records: The fans below have been waiting for the release for Lupe Fiasco's album 'Lasers' for over a good year now. Since when it was originally announced last summer, there has still yet to be a release date announced. It has even been stated by Lupe Fiasco the artist himself, that the album si in fact completed. Enough is enough, we demand that you stop playing around and give us the album that we have been highly anticipating since the release of The Cool." (Petition Online)

 I think if my fans did that for my book release i would definitely cry...Anyway, this is really good for hip hop. This shows that there are still fans of real hiphop out there. Lupe Fiasco is one of the rappers that came out the last decade that i really respect; he has depth, super smooth delivery, and some thoughtful lyrics. I think he is a real hip hop head, a lover of rap music, and he is not just in it for the fame and the money or anything like that.

I still bump FOOD AND LIQUOR(his first album), and THE COOL(second album), everytime in my deck. Infact, i have food and liqour on my phone, and i listen to it every now and then.

 


Below is what lupe had to say about the petition:
"I love to see progression," he said yesterday via phone. "I love it. I love to see this petition. It brought me to tears a couple of times like, 'these n---as really f--- with me. All these kids and these fans f--- with me and it's some positive sh--. Go to Wearenotlosers.com and see what Lasers really is. ... That's what they're petitioning for. Listen to 'I'm Beamin,' the song. It reaffirms what we're doing...I don't think the label cares about an album. I don't think n---as care. People just want their number-one record. They don't care about the rest of the album. I was talking to an engineer the other day and he said, 'These n---as don't even care about mixing an album no more.' They just want the first three songs. Three singles. They get them, one, two, three, they don't care what's on the rest of the album. I know this for sure. I've seen it. You can't blame them because of the attention span of the game and the attention span of music, how fast things are going. You only got them one, two, three shots. I'm not no fool. I'm looking at it like 'Yeah, you're right.'" (MTV)

I think this is very true, record labels don't really care about the album as a whole any more, they are just interested in those hot singles that are radio friendly; club friendly. And the thing is that, i don't totally blame them, because they are in it for the money; they are a business, that is why it is called the music industry, so the demand is what they are concerned about.

Below is what the recod label had to say:
"#Lasers is coming folks!," Atlantic wrote Saturday (July 24).

Very short, but i guess they answered the question.