Lupe recently unleashed this promo clip to generate some buzz for his new album, LASERS (p.k.a. LupE.N.D.). It was good until the end of the clip when Lupe says, “We are not losers. We are lasers.”

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Hey look! Lupe Fiasco has just won the first ever Character Approved Award “to honor individuals from a cross-section of creative disciplines who are positively influencing American culture.” That’s right, the first ever because now that Obama is President and the roads are magically made of gold, miss me with that that bitches and hoes music you call hip-hop. From here on out, it’s all about Japanese cartoons and giant robots. Monocle is the new XXL. C-Span is the new BET. Oh look, they even have a website where they pledge all kinds of corny shit in a bid to combat intolerance and promote mutual respect, because they obviously weren’t promoting mutual respect when Obama wasn’t President. GET A LIFE, you fucking HYPOCRITES!!!.

[The LupEND Blog]

Japanese Cartoon, huh?

• Japanese Cartoon

Lupe Fiasco (ft. Pharrell, Sarah Green & Q-Tip) – Paris Tokyo (Remix)

Just when I was starting to think this remix never existed, alas! it’s realer than real. OK, now that we’re done doing the happy dance, no more pointless remixes just to prove a point.

This is pretty dope for a lo-fi, almost Rik Cordero-esque video. My only gripe is that the guy who plays Lupe looks more like Nick Cannon.

Chicago’s resident hip-hop connoisseur Andrew Barber caught up with Lupe yesterday and asked him how he felt about his older, sometimes unflattering songs leaking on the web. Lu says he’s cool with it, because it saves him the trouble of dropping mixtapes to keep buzz afloat.

Lupe added that he knows who’s been leaking songs like “The Birds & The Bees” and “Gangsta” to the masses. I wonder if Prometheus had anything to do with it.

Lupe Fiasco – “Gangsta”

By my unofficial count, Lupe has more unreleased cuts than both his albums combined. “Gangsta” sounds like it was recorded around the same time as “Pop Pop” — Lupe’s other “gangstafied” joint if you know what I mean. Thanks to Andrew for unearthing this one for the masses.

I’m digging this art-meets-music concept of the new Complex cover shoot with Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D — pardon me, I mean N*E*R*D*. N*E*R*D*’s artwork was curated by KAWS, while REAS handled Lupe’s illustration. Dig in for some more interesting photos after the gap.
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