Lasers

Lupe Fiasco's new album Lasers (backronym for Love Always Shines Everytime, Remember 2 Smile) is utterly amazing. I could listen to it everyday. When Lupe Fiasco was making this album he was forced to conform to the record label and make songs the label wanted. The heads at Atlantic Records wanted him to make mainstream songs that will top the billboards, but Lupe just wanted to rap and be himself. He wanted to make music that was him and not commercial music. Some sources say that Lupe was almost suicidal because the label forced him to release an album for commercial purposes and to rack in money. Lupe did not want a album that is to please the whole public but to please his loyal fans that want true "Lupe" rapping. Lupe was forced to conform to the label. Lupe just like Gregor in Metamorphosis succumbed to the giant of conformity. Conformity is intimidating and really took a hold of Lupe, and causing him to breakdown and become almost suicidal. Furthermore, thank god he did not commit suicide because that would be the loss of a great artist in the Hip Hop industry and would leave many true fans, including myself, in sorrow. Lasers is available everywhere and many people have probably heard the track: The Show Goes On.