Lupe Fiasco says F&LII is NOT a true sequel to F&L, it was "marketing" move

[emoney]

Label politics? In what interview, video, song, or tweet has Lupe complained about Atlantic shoving there fingers in this project? To clear confusion, Lupe's camp wanted it to be named FNL2 for marketing, I'm sure Atlantic didn't force his hand in naming it as Food & Liquor II.

I think its quite obvious Atlantic has backed the fukk away from this album.

In his most recent breakfast club interview at New York's Power 105.1 FM radio station Lupe Fiasco mentioned that Atlantic Records told him that due to him not being in a 360 deal they may or may not market this album properly.

My problem with Lupe, are the parachutes and life jackets he always stays trying to equip himself with to avoid any potential failure.

Is he scared?

 

[Long Live The Kane]

That's a pretty meaningless distinction...rap album sequels have never ever really been anything but marketing and branding meant to invoke nostalgia anyway...the overwhelming vast majority of the time, only thing that connects the sequel(s) to the original album is the name, usually has little to zero bearing on the actual music...non story

 

[Breh Obama]

This nikka Lupe is a fukkin sellout. He dont care about his true core of fans. SMH if u a Lu stan u must feel disrespected.







Then again stans never feel disrespected when their artist disprespects them

 

[We Major]

Not sure what to think of Battle Scars

 

[SoulController]

his fans put so much more thought into his stuff than he does

the first one wasnt even that good, alot of the beats were terrible

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

Lupe is the best out, I loved how everyone got a problem with him.

Bunch of crybaby bytches always focused on this mans other business. Just wait for the album to drop and judge the music. You guys sifting through interviews. Grow up

 

[Rack4K]

I don't know if anybody mentioned it (I ain't reading thru the thread) but isn't that pretty much the case with most hiphop 'sequels' anyway? The Blueprint, The Carter, etc...it's a marketing move, anyway. Take a familiar name from an album people liked, add a number at the end. It's brand recognition.

Lupe was just the only one stupid enough to admit it.

 

[Loose]

This nikka Lupe is a fukkin sellout. He dont care about his true core of fans. SMH if u a Lu stan u must feel disrespected.







Then again stans never feel disrespected when their artist disprespects them

please showcase how in the hell a non commerical album outside of battlescars chorus makes him a sellout

 

[charmander]

i dont know why these poope fiasco stans still check for the nikka after he sold em out with Lasers and that swedish trance mixtape

 

[Loose]

i dont know why these poope fiasco stans still check for the nikka after he sold em out with Lasers and that swedish trance mixtape

Same way y'all still check for wayne after carter 3 4, and his shytty mixtapes

 

[charmander]

Same way y'all still check for wayne after carter 3 4, and his shytty mixtapes

 

[45123]

In his most recent breakfast club interview at New York's Power 105.1 FM radio station Lupe Fiasco mentioned that Atlantic Records told him that due to him not being in a 360 deal they may or may not market this album properly.

My problem with Lupe, are the parachutes and life jackets he always stays trying to equip himself with to avoid any potential failure.

Is he scared?

Naw, that's coming down to how much it sells and the amount of promotion dedicated. Honestly, if people are still making fun of him even if he comes out with a quality album but flops commercially, then its evident that those people are just haters.




Also, I don't get this infatuation with rappers selling out. Holding down your ground commercial wise is overrated to be honest. I couldn't care less if a rapper sells out or not, as long as they keep the influx of good music coming. If the songs start dropping in quality, then that's when I drop the artist out of rotation.

 

[OPTiMO]

Lupe is a fukkin diva nowadays

 

[OGJOHNNY5]

this nikka interviews should come prefaced with a face.

nothing but comedy

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

this nikka interviews should come prefaced with a face.

nothing but comedy

I love how to get this post, I need to look up a smiley of a dude i`ve never heard of.

And of course it's some VH1 reality TV gossip drama, and yall are the ones calling people divas?