Lupe Fiasco Lasers First Week Projection

Yup, you the man Lupe, you the man. Despite the leak one week prior to the release, HHD is predicting that Lasers will reach the top of the charts and move an estimated 220-240k units in first week sales. Take that losers.

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  1. Donn says:

    This album was soooooo bad I cant believe people wanna buy it without any Gaga feature, Justin Bieber feature, nothing!

    At least theres a Alex Da Kid beat! 😀

    Simplify your lyrics more Lupe and you would have Gold album debut Lupe hun

  2. Yung Silv says:

    this album was bad doesnt flow at all and the alternative hooks r wack, however this shows that an artist w/ a loyal fanbase/ credibility and a hit record can do big things. . . atlantic promo was on point for this even though they contributed to the album being shitty

  3. DasRacist says:

    Lupe is officially………….THE COOLEST NIGGA WHAT!

  4. Word says:

    This is kind of bitter sweet. I mean, glad he movin units. But he had to make his most poppy album yet just to do so in this sales climate. Still respect Lupe cuz I know its not all his fault. And the album IS pretty decent in my opinion, I like it anyway. But yeah, congrats Lupe. Niggas thought you was gonna come out and FLOP. LMAO, where the haters at?

  5. J.Spfld says:

    Winning! In my Charlie Sheen voice

  6. Mook says:

    This is good and bad. It’s good because of those numbers in 2011 are pretty impressive. It’s bad because when people buy the album they are going to be disappointed so when Lu finally decides to release a WORTHY follow up to The Cool then people aren’t going to buy b/c of the fail that LASERS is.

  7. Joshua says:

    Donn you are a f@#king idiot…

  8. RaZ says:

    Wow, I honestly didn’t see that coming. Did he have any competition?

  9. J.Spfld says:

    Oh yeah B.Dot! Update YN’s you played yourself corner…. Love the pup looking pic you have up of him…lmao

  10. Word says:

    @Mook

    I’m sure enough of his real fanbase keeps up with him enough to know the reason its gonna sound like that. Dudes fans are dedicated. Everybody know what Lupe is really capable of. I think we all know why the albu turned out the way it is. His fanbase that got sucked in becuase of The Show Goes On are gonna like it because they expected a poppy sound so thats what they gonna get.

  11. Donn says:

    @Joshua

    They’re my imposters. But I really do hate this album though. They got that part right.

  12. kwame says:

    wow.WINNING.lupe has a loyal fanbase.i admire that.all the internet hiphop ‘purists’ can yap all they like.FandL2!!!

  13. Mook says:

    @Word…
    you def got a point! Shit it’s like Lu teased us with this album because “All Black Everything” is the Lu we all know and love

  14. Nathaniel says:

    smh… you fucking losers, you! lol

  15. Mook says:

    I think these numbers will make Lu happy and he will release some sort of thank you mixtape for us real fans

  16. #chief says:

    not too shabby at all, especially in this day and age. album was better than most people give it credit for. lyrics were pretty much on point, beats were ‘eh’ at best

  17. Da Business says:

    Lasers is not as good as the 1st 2 joints, but Its solid and I’m glad I copped it.

    Keep doing u Lu.

    BEST MC out(after Em and Jay)!!!!

  18. Nathaniel says:

    honestly, i don’t see why niggas is tripping. be careful with that “pop” word. his subject matter is STILL the same as it’s always been. highly positive, and packed with social/political commentary.

    reaching a new level of popularity is exactly what “balance” needs in rap. lupe represents that, even with skylar rockin out and MDMA singin’ sloppy sappy hooks through and through. he’s reaching a new demographic. all the non lupe regular listeners are in love with this new shit. i think it’s funny, cuz it ain’t my favorite shit… but foreal my niggas.

    it’s bigger than some hot 16’s and hip hop beats. it’s bigger than the culture. it’s about the people.

    oh, and i suspect the next couple of years for lupe will go even better… AND i think he’s gone come back with some hard shit with F&L… and THEN, the people’s ears will be ready to listen in ways they weren’t before. we gotta think longevity and long-term winning on this one guys. expand your vision. peace!

  19. Word says:

    @Mook Right! That song was what I was expecting from him on the album. But im sure theres gonna be a followup mixtape for his REAL fans to buy. I bought the album from best buy regardless of what it sound like just to support dude. Lord knows he needs it with all these suicidal thoughts and the label breathing down his back.

  20. DEQ says:

    You goin over niggas heads Lu….

  21. Word says:

    @Nathaniel Cosign

  22. super says:

    even though lasers wasn’t as good as food and liquor or the cool but i thought it was gonna suck way more cuz of atlantic but overall it was a solid album and im glad i copped it. i cant until food and liquor 2!

  23. NEPS says:

    THIS ALBUM IS FIRE. Not your average album…so people get alll haterish…its on heavy rotation.

  24. Donn says:

    If you all want to know who I am I’m the what what in the butt guy from youtube

  25. DJ HzD Brazil says:

    Fuck what yall saying, it’s a good album…
    i really think that these people only enjoy nicki minaj & Wacka kind of shit…
    The Album it’s great, congrats Lupe!

  26. Joshua says:

    My bad Donn, I’ll make it up to you later and let you slap your balls against my forehead.

  27. Kidd R@pp says:

    Yo Lupe Looking hella old tho no?

  28. Just Sayin says:

    People who say Lupe should dumb down his lyrics are just too dumb to decipher them.

  29. Vega says:

    Hot stuff, if these numbers hold up we might just have a chance at seeing him go platinum. only time will tell. if he can get to gold near the end of the month he might….

  30. moreffa says:

    damn them numbers sound a liitle high in this day and age of no one buying cd’s

    if so good luck

  31. sway-z says:

    Now watch the 180º lol,

    This nigga knows the album wasn’t as bad as he was acting, it was just extra promotion talking about offin himself and all that bullshit. Besides like, two songs, the whole joint is straight, and at least 3 cuts are among the best shit he’s ever done in his whole career. He’s always had a slight pop slant to his music, don’t even front.

    Watch, this album is gonna be his “It was written” or “In my Lifetime, Volume 1.” Something written off as commercial, when it’s really not & niggas will grow to appreciate it years down the road

  32. mac DIESEL says:

    THEM RECORD EXECS WIT THE MONKEY SUITS AT ATLANTIC ARE GRINNIN’ FROM EAR TO EAR!!!! THE ALBUM HAS A POP SOUND TO IT, SINGLE IS SPINNIN’ ALL OVER NATIONAL RADIO, AND THEY SELLIN’ RECORDS!!!! THEY GOT JUST WUT THEY WANTED!!!! THE MACHINE ALWAYS WINS….ALWAYS!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  33. ptone814 says:

    i love all the negative comments from these trolls….

    lupe u the man cuzzzzz…..

    biggie/jay-z/2pac/50/feminem can dumb it down and make hella dough but LUPE THE GOAT cant? hypocrites….

    im gald to get more new music from lupe to add to my collection….

    f&l
    the cool

    itjotlod

    20 some new songs on mixtapes and now LASERS…..EVEN IF THIS DUDE RAPS IN GREEK IM COPPIN THAT SHIT!

  34. weswes yall says:

    i thought he wAS gonna flop? he finally made music for radio and its paying off
    mainstream wins again go listen to the cool lupe is gonna be pop now

  35. killafornia kush says:

    Lmfao WORST ALBUM EVER ANTICIPATED

  36. mac DIESEL says:

    @ Nathaniel

    COSIGN!!!! HE STILL SPITTIN’ THAT ILL SHIT!!!! JUST IN A DIFFERENT PACKAGE!!!!

    @ sway-z

    COSIGN!!!! FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT “IT WAS WRITTEN”!!!! THOUGHT NAS WENT COMMERCIAL ON THAT ONE!!!! COULDN’T STAND THAT ALBUM AT THE TIME!!!! CUZ “IT WAS WRITTEN” SOUNDIN’ SO DIFFERENT FROM “ILLMATIC”!!!! IT TOOK ME TIME TO APPRECIATE THAT ALBUM!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  37. So Icy Boi! 2.0 says:

    @mac DIESEL Lasers is WACK nigga. Fuck you,fuck Lupe,fuck Donn,fuck everybody!

  38. Ice Cold says:

    Congrats Lupe, LASERS is on repeat in school and car

  39. sway-z says:

    @mac DIESEL

    Word, alot of people felt that way, but to me I never saw it. Outside of the Lauryn Hill jawn (where he’s talking about sending people from jail to Africa, among other things) the whole album was hard, WAY harder than Illmatic. It just wasn’t as “hip hop” as Illmatic, and people shitted on it, but to me it was always a better constructed album, more cohesive, & better lyrically (even though it’s all storytelling, but that was the shit at the time).

    Now I ain’t saying Lasers is better than Lupe’s first two albums, but it’s not far off

  40. Nathaniel says:

    @sway-z @mac DIESEL

    exactly. on both those posts, Lasers ain’t F&L or The Cool, but it DAMN sho ain’t Nastradamus! lol… but that’s what niggas be actin like.

  41. YoYoYo says:

    damn thats ill, I didn’t think he was gonna sell that much. Like 100 150k tops, not like 250k. He does have competition RAEKWON, although he’s probably gonna get like 60k if he’s lucky. Although I fuck with “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang” more then “Lasers” but thats just me. Bought both, I am a hip-hop head.

  42. petey wheatstraw says:

    WAY harder than Illmatic.
    ——————————–

    murk yourself.

  43. DJ says:

    Lupe’s (Worst Album) >>>> Lil Wayne (Best Album), Drake (Album), Nicki M. (album), Gucci, Soulja b.

  44. DJ says:

    Yeah this was Lupe’s WORST album BUT still better than anything playing on the RADIO now of days!

  45. sway-z says:

    @petey

    Illmatic was straight hiphop. It was written was mafioso shit for like 13 tracks straight, with one pop single at the end. So yeah, it was way harder, just like yo jawn told me

  46. Real Talk says:

    Laser is no way near as dope as Illmatic or IWW! But it is still a good album!

  47. sway-z says:

    @Real Talk
    Definitely not saying that, but in terms of Lupe’s own catalog, this is an album niggas is drawling about because they think it’s commercial, which is the same shit niggas said about IWW, only to recognize it years later for the dope shit it is. Lasers is gonna be the same thing for Lupe, but hell no, it’s not on the level of those 2 Nas joints, we EXTRA clear on that homie lol

  48. MusicorDeaf says:

    @DJ Cosign.

  49. Melvin Burch says:

    @Donn Obvious troll is obvious.

  50. Chu Chu says:

    Noo Fucking Way

  51. Ty says:

    @ Nathaniel Well said. He just found his way into millions more ears by making this kind of album. Now when he talks his stuff a lot of people will be listening…. smart.

    I just hope he doesn’t fall in love with the fanfare that will come with moving this much product and decide to keep crankin’ out albums that sound like this. I need F&L beats back! We shall see I guess.

    Oh and I know technology is real cutting edge right now, but isn’t Wednesday early as hell to make projections on an album that dropped on Tuesday?? It hasn’t been on sale over a weekend yet!

  52. DX says:

    WAY harder than Illmatic.

    ——————————–

    murk yourself.

    ^^^lmao cosign^^^

  53. THAT Nigga says:

    All Lupe haters are probably Gucci fans. Get the fuck outa here with that.

  54. So Icy Boi! 2.0 says:

    @That Nigga U got a problem wit Gucci fans? Us Gucci fans are hardcore street niggas blood

  55. DJ says:

    Food & Liquor 2 —> COMING SOON

  56. D says:

    wow, lupe is a superstar. happy for him, even with mediocre album.

  57. Tru Talk says:

    Hell yea!! FOOD AND LIQUER 2 ON THE WAY!!!!!

  58. Dum fucs says:

    dope album…i have to buy it tomorrow

  59. pienman says:

    glad i am one of those lupe fans that did cop that brotha joint… the tracks i did hear was dope enuff for me which may be like 3 or 4…still glad to see him doin his thang on tracks
    F&L 2 coming…

  60. Gman says:

    Thats wazzup….F&F up
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  61. D says:

    I dont know how all you people can hate on my dog lupe….he raw and L.A.S.E.R.S is dope the lyrics are like wow!!! LUPE is the shix he better than other artists out there!

  62. Bow Wow Stan says:

    What if the label wrote all the songs for lupe?
    Hahahaahahaha i wouldnt doubt it tho…

  63. Black Shady says:

    250K+ ??? NO WAYYYYYY i call bullshit
    Atlantic bought most of them

  64. JIMMY says:

    @Black Shady

    #YOUMAD

    HAHAHA! LUPE ALWAYS #WINNING!

    -JIMMY IS THE ILLEST

  65. Hank Moody says:

    @Ty

    Im pretty sure this is somewhere around what F&L and The Cool did first week (meaning not much of a boost from this style) so hopefully the sales wont really affect any decisions of his.

  66. K!LLm@tic says:

    Winning with his tigerblood.

  67. BK says:

    I ain’t gonna lie, I thought he wasn’t gonna crack 85K.
    Congrats Lupe.
    Business as usual on the next album though kid…

  68. Chris says:

    The album is good. His commentary is the same. Y’all keep celebrating B.M.F. I’ll celebrate All Black Everything.

  69. TheCool says:

    Personally, this album is crack. The thing that takes some getting used to is the beats, but lyrically, Lupes there 80% of the album.

    Not as good as F&L, or The Cool, but its better then anything on the radio at the same time.

    Listen to Letting Go, Words I Never Said, Till I Get There, Beautiful Lasers, All Black Everything, Break The Chain. Thats all fire shit lyrically.

    And Lupe doesnt even like alotta the songs on the album. Look up on youtube for the original version of the album the industry made him cut and paste shit. And forced him to get on some beats. And hes gotta release SOMETHING to get closer to the end of his contract with those faggot ass Atlantic Records.

    3.5/5

  70. KanyeSmug says:

    Lupe WINNING Lupe beats Averil Levigne cause he makes a better POP album lol Great lyrics and unlike NAS that’s right you heard me unlike NAS he can flow to any type of beat.

  71. KanyeSmug says:

    State Run Radio by Lupe > Hip Hop is Dead song

  72. […] first week numbers are in and as predicted, Lasers beamed its way to the top and moved 204k units since its release March 8th according to […]

  73. stfu says:

    if anyone says this album is trash…they arent listening to lupes lyrics on this album….yea ok the beats are a lil clubbish and commercial so what…lupe still had substance, positivity, truths and it was uplifting for the people….so to be real..this album was a good solid album…it wasnt no food n liquor or cool, we know that, but it was a good album….stop listening to the damn beats, listen to what he had to say in his songs….the “LUPE” we know is still speaking to us….

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