Is this New Stuff Hip Hop?

Man Hip Hop Sucks BAWLS!

These dudes today are too soft?

Emo rap is wacksauce!

What happen to the street nigguhs?

I only bump that 90's Hip Hop, real Hip Hop!

What happened to the time when...

You've heard all of this in the last 5-6 years.  It use be that same old Hip-Hop debating that circled around lines like ""It's like New York's been soft, Ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings".  Blame the falling-off of NY for the head first dive...plunge rap took into the shallow pools of mainstream commercial Snap-n-Pop Hip Hop.  Fuck the culture!  That's dead weight to a generation that's never respected any founding father whether it be Thomas "Them-ain't-MY-brown-babies" Jefferson or Kool Herc.  If you remember 98', you remember the blow up!  If you remember 96', you knew it wouldn't be long now; ours was on its way.  If you remember anything before that, you were part of the movement.  You were selfish with this Hip Hop shit.  Every song was yours.  You owned the words, you owned the beat, you owned the feelings and the expression that came along with it-- package deal Mister.  What are you thinking now? 

What have you been thinking since The Slim Shady LP went platinum, or Supreme Clientele broke through the packaging, while Blueprint smothered the airwaves?  Kanye made it cool to rushthe stage and snatch up awards, that didn't have his name on them.  Pharrell decided it was okay to sing a little falsetto in between your verses, while rocking skater wear, riding on a BMX, with some Beckies he stole from the Ashton Kutcher fan club.  Eminem buried his feelings along with his moms and drowned his biggest fan.  A had full of rappers even decided that college along with dope, rap, and wicked jump shots was officially a way out of this hood life.  What were you thinking?

Lupe Fiasco "Lasers" Pre-Order Premium Pack & Tracklist

Tracklist:

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)   

WeDoIt! It's pretty much safe to say that LASERS is officially being released. And Lupe is going all out for this release, just check out this Premium Pack available for pre-orders.  If it were not for the fans, this album would have stayed on the shelves. The record industry is that only place I know of, where its very difficult to dust off platinum material-- too many years on a shelf can do that, ask Saigon 2.15.11!

I'm amped to say the least. In many eyes, Lupe has two classic albums, and some of the best collaborations this generation. He made skateboard and rap cool. He helped the Rise of the Nerd movement that people like Pharrell started. And he's been able to intelligently discuss some of the most controversial issues of today in his music. Much respect deserved, and much love given. LASERS 3.8.11