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Lupe Fiasco Fans Gear Up For "Fiasco Friday" A 900+ Person Protest In Front Of Atlantic Records Demanding They Release Lupe's 'Lasers' Album
It's been three years since Lupe Fiasco dropped his last album. In today's hip hop world that's an eternity.
Lupe's fans are ready to rise up and revolt against his label, Atlantic Records.
On October 15 fans will be outside of Atlantic's headquarters protesting and demanding Lupe's long awaited 'Lasers' album finally be released according to the Village Voice.
17 year old Mathew La Corte is the organizer of the protest dubbed Fiasco Friday. He and a lot of other fans are simply fed up with Atlantic holding Lupe's album hostage with no release date in sight.
La Corte has amassed 29,000 signatures on a petition, there's also a Facebook group with 900 members. He talked to Village Voice about how this all started.
"Well, three years ago Lupe came out and said that he was going to do a new album. And we were kind of waiting around for things to happen. Then Lupe started to release some information about how the album was finished, the album was done, and he gave it into his record label Atlantic and nothing was happening. It was in their hands and he couldn't do anything. So we continued to wait. And then there was a petition that was started, and people started to spread that around, and now I think we're at 29,000 signatures. But we gave that in to Atlantic this summer and what happened was they tweeted that it was coming; that was all they were saying. They refused to give us any official information about why it hasn't been released. And I think many of us feel personally disrespected that they really have blatantly just been completely silent on this issue--that's basically what started this whole thing."
When asked why pick Lupe out of hundreds or rappers who get their albums shelved every year, La Corte had this to say.
"Personally I feel that Lupe Fiasco is a completely different breed of rapper. There are a lot of other types of rappers and what we really wanted to focus on was not talking about other rappers and what they do and naming names, but focusing on Lupe and his positive message and the things he talks about in his songs. It's also what he does outside the record booth and all the things he does for charity. He just climbed Mount Kilimanjaro last year for charity. He just donated coats for a children's charity. He's a rapper but he's also a social advocate, he's a political activist. He does things that really break the mold of that traditional rapper, and I think that's what draws a lot of people to his music is that here's a guy who is really talking about some of the most major issues that a lot of people feel, and that's why a lot of people can relate to him. Because we all, as the youth and even as older people, we have thoughts about what's going on, what's happening around us and we want to express those thoughts.
And people have said, "Oh, there are so many other reasons you could be protesting. Why are you protesting Lupe Fiasco?" I think that it's important that we get behind one person who's going put out information and ideas that other rappers aren't. That's a major portion of why we're doing this in the first place. Why is Atlantic not putting out this record? You can see right now how strong of a fanbase he has. Is the issue that it's not commercial? You're not going to hear a Lupe Fiasco songs on many radio stations. Are you gonna be able to get that money as the Atlantic Music Corporation from radio play? It's not gonna happen. So what idea is Atlantic Records putting out? That it's okay to bring our children up with this music that's all about me going out and partying tonight? Is that really what we're all looking for? I mean, rap and music and creative expression has forever been used to reflect the society, and what's going on in the world right now. I think there's a lot of other things that rappers can be expressing, and the things that are on the radio are really do not reflect what this society is all about. And I think that's why there's so much push behind Lupe, because he's really much more than just a rapper from Chicago. He represents a generation, and a movement."
It's good to see fans actually doing something instead of sitting in front of their computers b*tching and whining. Whether it will make a difference remains to be seen.
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Comment by bkallday on October 7, 2010 at 2:35am -
lupe is like the mad rapper, but it ain't the fourth album, and he mad soft.
i really can't understand people protesting that they want his album. gonna be a bunch of toothpick leg fans...all they gotta do to stop the protest is lay down a bunch of cheese and the protesters will all be stuck in one place. then they'll need real lasers to escape the toothpick leg cheese trap!!!
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Comment by ETF ETERNITY on October 6, 2010 at 10:13pm -
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Comment by sv000 on October 6, 2010 at 7:10pm -
Thats cool, good for the fans and thats good for Lupe.
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Comment by Chill ling on October 6, 2010 at 12:17pm -
GOOD s*** and I hope they do
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Comment by BuckDat on October 6, 2010 at 12:08pm -
When are n***** gonna learn to stop f'ing with the majors? There's PLENTY of indies out there with near-worldwide distribution.?
@Shamz 'Tha LU Don'
Real culture and the majors don't mix. It used to be the Hip-Hop culture brought their music TOO the majors but the majors are defining to the masses what Hip-Hop is THEMSELVES. This isn't anything new and they've done it to previous forms of music as well.
Hip-Hop is NOT dead. People just need to realize there's the culture and the separate industry definition of "Hip-Hop". Sure, you can be part of the culture and be in the industry. It's just becoming less and less. For years, Hip-Hop/Rap started getting defined by the industry and mixed into R&B, but now it's becoming more pop/Top 40 and that says Everything. Hip-Hop has closer ties with Rock if anything, so to me the beginning of the end of Hip-Hop on in the mainstream was MANY MANY years ago. When all the R&B producers starting doing Hip-Hop records and every top Rap hit became R&B.
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Comment by Walt Kowalski on October 6, 2010 at 11:33am -
f*** lupe and f*** this protest...
I dont give a f*** how poetic or lyrical you THINK that lupe is, if people dont want to listen to his s***, then f*** him your album isnt gonna drop. so sorry.. not really...
900 people? gtfo here....
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Comment by Shamz 'Tha LU Don' on October 6, 2010 at 8:53am -
this right here is the death of hip-hop, this is what people talk about when they say record labels are killing hip-hop, if a lyrical genius like Lupe can't get his album released, hip-hop is literally f*cked! its gona finish like Jazz an Blues did, the beginning of the end, r.i.p hip-hop, we always loved you, but let soulja boy, gucci mane and wacka flocka murder you.
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Comment by collins717 on October 6, 2010 at 8:07am
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i like lupe and i support rap in general, but people need to face facts the record label is a business if Lupe's not putting out hot content then he ceases to be an asset for Atlantic, would you put a product on the shelves that is a projected loss; artists get dropped executives get fired, both have to make decisions to make sure that doesn't happen
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Comment by Kost17inho on October 6, 2010 at 7:52am -
man f*** Altlantic...
they said "Lupe is whack" how the f*** can u say that?? deaf muthafuckaz... haven't u heard "dumb it down"!??!
Lupe is one of the best out there and lyrically insane!!!
f*** Atlantic and all labels like them!!!
put out Laser!!! GO LUPEN!!!!
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