Lupe Fiasco Lasers First Week Projection
March 9, 2011 @ 4:09 PM EST
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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
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
Lupe is officially………….THE COOLEST NIGGA WHAT!
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?
Winning! In my Charlie Sheen voice
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.
Donn you are a f@#king idiot…
Wow, I honestly didn’t see that coming. Did he have any competition?
Oh yeah B.Dot! Update YN’s you played yourself corner…. Love the pup looking pic you have up of him…lmao
@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.
@Joshua
They’re my imposters. But I really do hate this album though. They got that part right.
wow.WINNING.lupe has a loyal fanbase.i admire that.all the internet hiphop ‘purists’ can yap all they like.FandL2!!!
@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
smh… you fucking losers, you! lol
I think these numbers will make Lu happy and he will release some sort of thank you mixtape for us real fans
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
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)!!!!
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!
@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.
You goin over niggas heads Lu….
@Nathaniel Cosign
Congrats Lupe..
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!
THIS ALBUM IS FIRE. Not your average album…so people get alll haterish…its on heavy rotation.
If you all want to know who I am I’m the what what in the butt guy from youtube
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!
My bad Donn, I’ll make it up to you later and let you slap your balls against my forehead.
Yo Lupe Looking hella old tho no?
People who say Lupe should dumb down his lyrics are just too dumb to decipher them.
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….
damn them numbers sound a liitle high in this day and age of no one buying cd’s
if so good luck
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
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!!!!
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!
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
Lmfao WORST ALBUM EVER ANTICIPATED
@ 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!!!!
@mac DIESEL Lasers is WACK nigga. Fuck you,fuck Lupe,fuck Donn,fuck everybody!
Congrats Lupe, LASERS is on repeat in school and car
@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
@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.
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.
WAY harder than Illmatic.
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murk yourself.
Lupe’s (Worst Album) >>>> Lil Wayne (Best Album), Drake (Album), Nicki M. (album), Gucci, Soulja b.
Yeah this was Lupe’s WORST album BUT still better than anything playing on the RADIO now of days!
@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
Laser is no way near as dope as Illmatic or IWW! But it is still a good album!
l.a.s.e.r.s
@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
@DJ Cosign.
@Donn Obvious troll is obvious.
Noo Fucking Way
@ 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!
WAY harder than Illmatic.
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murk yourself.
^^^lmao cosign^^^
All Lupe haters are probably Gucci fans. Get the fuck outa here with that.
@That Nigga U got a problem wit Gucci fans? Us Gucci fans are hardcore street niggas blood
Food & Liquor 2 —> COMING SOON
wow, lupe is a superstar. happy for him, even with mediocre album.
Hell yea!! FOOD AND LIQUER 2 ON THE WAY!!!!!
dope album…i have to buy it tomorrow
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…
Thats wazzup….F&F up
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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!
What if the label wrote all the songs for lupe?
Hahahaahahaha i wouldnt doubt it tho…
250K+ ??? NO WAYYYYYY i call bullshit
Atlantic bought most of them
@Black Shady
#YOUMAD
HAHAHA! LUPE ALWAYS #WINNING!
-JIMMY IS THE ILLEST
@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.
Winning with his tigerblood.
I ain’t gonna lie, I thought he wasn’t gonna crack 85K.
Congrats Lupe.
Business as usual on the next album though kid…
The album is good. His commentary is the same. Y’all keep celebrating B.M.F. I’ll celebrate All Black Everything.
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
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.
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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….