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lol atlantic just proved you can force a rapper dumb down and still sell records.
**Official Lupe Fiasco Thread** (LASERS March 8, 2011 // Friend of The People Coming Soon)
- Thread in 'Music' Thread starter Started by jiggaman414,
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Originally Posted by LBJ23navo
Congrats to Lupe
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Originally Posted by Rolaholic
Even with all this negative feedback and controversy,it's still on track to debut at number 1 on the Billboard charts with a projected 220-240k in sales which would be Lupes best first week sales of his career
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So this !+%* sucks?
And I highly doubt it debuts at number one.
And I highly doubt it debuts at number one.
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I really doubt he's doing 200K first week, no hate but I don't know how when he's not as popular as he was before and he didn't do numbers like that then
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HDD is usually pretty good with their projections. We'll see.
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These two points more than likely sum up the higher sales for Lupe. I waited until I bought it on release day to listen to the album and waited to make my own judgments on it but reading the criticism on here beforehand, I'm not going to lie, my hopes were down on the album. It felt like I was buying the album just to support Lupe as a fan rather than anticipating buying great music. It's an okay album, I wouldn't say it was a horrible but definitely not the best of his three studio albums. My biggest criticism is that the album didn't feel cohesive for obvious reasons (Atlantic).
6 Rings G.O.A.T.
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Lu really didn't remember the lyrics huh
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Food & Liquor 2 better be on some perfect ratings type steez man.
I'm one of the few who actually likes this album. It's not the Lupe I wanted, but I still bump to this heavy.
I'm one of the few who actually likes this album. It's not the Lupe I wanted, but I still bump to this heavy.
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Atlantic butt-fudged my man Lu on this one
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[h1]Lupe Fiasco's 'Lasers' Headed for No. 1 on Billboard 200[/h1]
Lupe Fiasco is on his way to scoring his best week ever on the Billboard charts, as his third album, "Lasers," is on track to sell around 190,000 to 220,000 copies and easily bow at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week.
Some industry prognosticators suggest the set -- if all goes well -- could shift even as much as 240,000 by week's ending on Sunday, March 13. Any way you slice it, even if it comes in under 200,000, it will still beat out his previous high, when "The Cool" started at No. 15 with 143,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan at the very end of 2007.
Lupe Fiasco's 'Lasers' & 10 More Endlessly Delayed Rap Albums
Fiasco has earned one top 10 thus far, with his debut, "Food & Liquor," which debuted and peaked at No. 8 off an 81,000 launch in 2006.
Other albums looking for high entries include the fifth volume of the "Glee"soundtrack series, Avril Lavigne's "Goodbye Lullaby," R.E.M.'s "Collapse Into Now" and Sara Evans' "Stronger." The former two titles are aiming to start somewhere above 75,000, while the latter pair could see around 50,000 each.
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Only songs I like are 'Words I Never Said,' 'The Show Goes On,' 'All Black Everything' and 'Beautiful Lasers.' Everything else seems mailed in. That trash with Trey Songz should have been aborted. Along with 'I dont wanna care right now.' Just terrible, wack **! songs.
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I'm not saying I hope he does bad, it just doesn't make sense to me. I buy more albums than 95% of this board, I follow first week sales and total sales. I bought both of his albums, definitely not this one. Unless "The Show Goes On" is much bigger than what I thought it was. He's not as big as he was before, so it's just crazy if he's about to have his biggest first week.
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Horrible album!
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I don't know if its getting radio play but I saw that it was #2 on 106th and Park a couple weeks ago. Don't know for how long but that surprised me when I heard that.
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THIS
My exact sentiments. My biggest gripe with the album was the songs that just were horrible. I would have put up with mediocrity but there are songs on this album that are down right un-listenable. And lupe is my fav artist out.
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I don't know why people are surprised with the projected #'s
This is by far the most accessible Lu's ever been to the mainstream. Maybe I'm forgetting but I remember Lupe being incredibly niche circa both the F&L and The Cool releases even though he was already a mainstream artist the second go around.
Son was on Sportscenter every night for two straight weeks.
This is by far the most accessible Lu's ever been to the mainstream. Maybe I'm forgetting but I remember Lupe being incredibly niche circa both the F&L and The Cool releases even though he was already a mainstream artist the second go around.
Son was on Sportscenter every night for two straight weeks.
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I tried to get in to this song, but I just couldn't
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Yea man,He should've kept songs like "I'm Beamin","Solar Midnite" and "Ressurection" and switched them with some of the garbage songs on the album and it would've been a solid album with most of the songs being pretty good instead of what it is now
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i felt soft after listening to this album
3.5 mics IMO
3.5 mics IMO
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No. 1 on the charts??
And thats why the album sounds like it does they were trying to appeal to people who buy albums.
Atlantic is Charlie Sheening
And thats why the album sounds like it does they were trying to appeal to people who buy albums.
Atlantic is Charlie Sheening
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Congrats Lupe
