Lupe Fiasco Covers XXL

Lupe’s no choir boy, but he does cover the May 2011 edition of XXL. Below he gives another reaction to Lasers debuting at number one on Billboard. Issue hits newsstands April 26th.

I wasn’t completely overwhelmed, because now I have to go into the business meetings,” he said. “Now I’m waiting for, ‘If you didn’t say you hated the album in that interview, we would have done 300,000.’”

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  1. Mr. A From Tha T says:

    might juss be me, but im way confused bout that quote

  2. YepYep says:

    dope! bout time he gets some respect! thank you XXL

  3. yeezy taught me says:

    ye.

  4. wuu says:

    i love that lupe did those numbers. thats dope !! it shows niggas can go to the next level by just changing your sound enough to have some mainstream success. i remember right before the album cameout niggas was saying shit was wack and was gona flop! obviously not !!

  5. Truth says:

    Simply….RESPECT!!! SHine hommie shine!!!!

  6. RECOVERY says:

    WHO PRAYING TO? HE THINK TO HIGHLY OF HISSELF. REALLY HE A PIECE OF SHIT!

  7. hiphopfan says:

    @ Mr. A From Tha T

    lupe said in an interview that he hates the album, so now he knows that when he goes to meetings with his label they’re gonna tell him, “if you didn’t say you hated the album in that interview, we would have sold 300,000 copies

  8. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    haha@Recovery take it easy its just a magazine cover homie.

  9. Black Shady says:

    Do your thing Lupe…even tho your album was meh..

  10. still best rite now!! says:

    the label bought most of those records 1st week anyway…smh

    how else do you have a 75% drop in one week?

  11. Bo VICE says:

    WACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

  12. Sim City says:

    Really the dudes praying on the cover fuck out of here XXL you get an “x-small” for the cover

  13. Mr. A From Tha T says:

    @hiphopfan capeche bruh, yeah i aint gon lie i only liked a handful of cuts off of it

  14. onepercentfree says:

    Soul at number one = that is a fact period.
    Lupe is the artist with the most soul at the top since sade did last year.
    lupe = win

    http://www.myspace.com/onepercentfree

  15. nyg718 says:

    this niggas horrible.. u internet niggas help these trash niggas out alot

  16. Downgraded to Human says:

    This is for you fuckers who keep screaming illuminati, illumined means to be enlightened, big up to lupe

  17. LA says:

    The Source> xxl cover is pure garbage smh

  18. internetgod says:

    Lupe deserves the best he put in alot of work .

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  19. Belize says:

    Dope, but what the fuck? All these “hip-hop” magazines should have Nate Dogg on they covers! Death of a legend and we talkin bout someone who shoulda been part of the Freshmen shit? ftw!
    REST IN PEACE DESHAUN HOLTON & NATHANIEL HALE! WE MISS YOU!

  20. puerto-black says:

    who complains about some shit THEY made?

  21. swag puffs says:

    jay elect is the most enlightened emcee. period. and where the fuck is nate dogg?
    fuck this.

  22. DIGGSY!!! says:

    no nate dogg cover. FAIL

  23. JHP says:

    “How else do you have a 75% drop the next week?”. Because this isn’t Kanye West or Jay-Z we’re talking about here, it’s Lupe Fiasco. He’s got a minor hit with the mainstream pop crowed in”The Shows Goes On” and a buzz amongst true hip-hop fans who visit sites like these daily. All the fans came together the first week to give him that big a debut, but the reality is, he’s still not a household name. Neither of my parents have heard of Lupe Fiasco, and my sister only vaguely knows of him because Show Goes On is on the radio. He needs 2 or 3 Top 10 hits, award show appearances, etc. to really get a better overall buzz for himself. And he might have sold more if he didn’t diss his own album before it even dropped. He still did decent numbers though, and a #1 debut can’t be truly be considered a failure.

  24. wuu says:

    @still the best
    normally therres a 70%percent decrease for every artist 2nd week

  25. haq says:

    Lame. Rakim? New LP comin’ or what? Fuck a lupe.

  26. 5k on my wrist says:

    hope the next album is better. if there’s gonna be one.

  27. sway-z says:

    And they would be right nigga, all that complaining and crying you did for no reason. The real fans get what you did, and besides that, the album is ight anyway. It ain’t up to the other two, but it definitely got some shit on there

  28. Crack Music says:

    this nigga is complete garbage…smh..

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  31. The REAL So Icy Boi! says:

    YO WHAT THE FUCK HAPPEN TO THIS NIGGA?
    SMFH

    btw, XXL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SOURCE

  32. Fuck You Icy Nigga says:

    Fuck this cover the Source just did a feature on Lupe XXL just riding the coattails fucking lame ass niggas

  33. Vexed and Glorious says:

    Lasers was straight trash.

  34. LUPE's THOUGHT BUBBLE says:

    “ALLAH, please….don’t let me get dropped.”

  35. ruthless says:

    Lupe’s one of my favorites but Jay Electronica is the most enlightened.

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  37. Music Industry Major says:

    haha lupe looks fake as hell, fuck that photoshop touch up.

    looks like its straight out of a wax museum

  38. iChace says:

    I love Lupe and Lasers isn’t a bad album (thought its not as consistent as the first two), but this cover is the wackness…

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