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For all the artist-label snags Lasers hit prior to its birth, the album topped the Billboard 200, while one of its singles, "The Show Goes On," became Lupe Fiasco's second Top Ten Hot 100 hit. As that album was in limbo, Fiasco began working on his confusingly titled fourth album, a 69-minute "part one" of a sequel to his 2006 debut. It's most certainly not a Lasers sequel. There's no obvious attempt to repeat earlier pop chart successes, and its introduction is indicative, similar to that of 2007's elaborately conceptual The Cool, with Fiasco's sister Ayesha Jaco contributing some more of her commanding poetry. Released only a year and a half after Lasers, the album was likely met with fewer label-related issues, but each one of its first three singles stirred up some controversy. "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" uses the indelible beat from Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," considered by many hip-hop fans to be untouchable for its emotional relevance and classic stature. Pete Rock himself objected vehemently, and that conflict was resolved, but the beat is a bad match for the MC's angered, if piercingly focused and thoughtful, rhymes. On "Bitch Bad," Fiasco takes a characteristically authoritarian stance on misogyny. The order of the second and third nouns in the hook -- "Bitch bad/Woman good/Lady better/They misunderstood" -- is one of its many debatable issues. As with many of his songs, the lyrical value (clever, cerebral) is far greater than the musical value (sluggish, meandering). It's much more about delivering a message and provoking debate than replays. For the third single, "Lamborghini Angels," Fiasco is at his detailed and focused best, combining surreal imagery and grim non-fiction over a brilliantly tense beat from Mr. Inkredible. Through this song, the MC covers behavioral programming, child sexual abuse, and Afghan civilian murders in a graphic manner. Don't expect a party. Don't expect to appreciate each method he uses to relay his viewpoints. One can at least appreciate, or at least respect, a rapper capable of dropping an absolute stinger like "But my tone was like a Afghani, killed without a home, blew that bitch up with a drone" like it's nothing.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, Recorded by, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Graham Burris, Recorded by - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Ayesha Jaco, Performance
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Carl Sigman, Writer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Soundtrakk, Writer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Engineer - Casey Benjamin, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist - G Magers, Engineer - Soundtrackk, Producer - Albert Lai Francis, Writer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Larrance Dopson, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Trevor Astey, Guitar - C. Brody Brown, Producer, Programmer - Jason Speck, Recorded by
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
P. Phillips, Writer - C. Penn, Writer - P. Kantner, Writer - Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Additional Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, CoProducer - B Side, CoProducer - Chill, Additional Producer - M. Buchwald, Writer - Richard Michael Conti, Saxophone
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Marcello Pagin, Writer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Bullit, Producer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Famties, Producer - Christian Buettner, Writer - Thomas Mueller, Writer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Jason Boyd, Writer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, MainArtist - Dominic Jordan, Writer - The Audibles, Producer - David Kutch, Masterer - Poor Bear, Producer, Additional Vocals - Sasha Sirota, Recorded by - Trehy Harris, Assistant Mix Engineer - Simon Morel, Additional Recording - Jimmy Giannos, Writer - Wasulu Jaco, Writer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Joe Peluso, Recorded by, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Mr. Inkredible, Producer - We The Best Studio, Chorus
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Julian Bunetta, Programmer, Writer, CoProducer - Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, Recorded by, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Larrance Dopson, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Ava Johnson, Additional Vocals
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Andrew Harr, Writer - Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - The Runners, Producer - Poo Bear, Writer, FeaturedArtist, CoProducer - Jermaine Jackson, Writer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Bilal, FeaturedArtist - Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Poo Bear, Writer, CoProducer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Severe, Producer - Klypso, CoProducer - Andrea (Severe) Samuel, Writer - Joseph (Klypso) Mourad, Writer - MDMA, Writer - Checkin' Trapps, Additional Musicians
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Guy Sebastian, Writer, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - David Ryan Harris, Writer - Miles Walker, Mixer - Lupe Fiasco, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Leon Zervos, Masterer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - James Kang, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Pro-Jay, Producer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - The Runners, Producer - Poo Bear, Writer, FeaturedArtist, CoProducer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Infamous, Producer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Keith Cooper, Saxophone - Mike Denten, Engineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Marco (Infamous) Rodriquez, Writer - Wilner Baptiste, Strings - Ralfy Valencia, Bass - Kevin M. Sylvester, Strings - Abel Guzman, Engineer - Alejandro Elizondo, Keyboards - Ed Libow, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Valburn, Strings - Rich Maloney, RecordingEngineer - Ted Zimmerman, Trumpet
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Larrance Dopson, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Carlos Mcswain, Drums - C. Brody Brown, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Alexandria Dobson, Additional Vocals - Jane $$$, Writer, FeaturedArtist
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Jason Evigan, FeaturedArtist - Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Joe Peluso, Recorded by, RecordingEngineer - Poo Bear, CoProducer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - King David "The Future", Producer - Trevor Astey, Guitar - Jamal "Mally Mall" Rashid, CoProducer
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Brian Gardner, Masterer - Lupe Fiasco, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Papa, Additional Vocals - Joe Peluso, RecordingEngineer - Jake, Additional Vocals - Poo Bear, Writer - Darrale Jones, Producer - Free Chilly, ExecutiveProducer - Simonsayz, Recorded by - Larrance Dopson, Producer, Programmer - The FuturistiKs, Producer - C. Brody Brown, Producer, Programmer - Garnett Flynn, Recorded by
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Albumbeschreibung
For all the artist-label snags Lasers hit prior to its birth, the album topped the Billboard 200, while one of its singles, "The Show Goes On," became Lupe Fiasco's second Top Ten Hot 100 hit. As that album was in limbo, Fiasco began working on his confusingly titled fourth album, a 69-minute "part one" of a sequel to his 2006 debut. It's most certainly not a Lasers sequel. There's no obvious attempt to repeat earlier pop chart successes, and its introduction is indicative, similar to that of 2007's elaborately conceptual The Cool, with Fiasco's sister Ayesha Jaco contributing some more of her commanding poetry. Released only a year and a half after Lasers, the album was likely met with fewer label-related issues, but each one of its first three singles stirred up some controversy. "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" uses the indelible beat from Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," considered by many hip-hop fans to be untouchable for its emotional relevance and classic stature. Pete Rock himself objected vehemently, and that conflict was resolved, but the beat is a bad match for the MC's angered, if piercingly focused and thoughtful, rhymes. On "Bitch Bad," Fiasco takes a characteristically authoritarian stance on misogyny. The order of the second and third nouns in the hook -- "Bitch bad/Woman good/Lady better/They misunderstood" -- is one of its many debatable issues. As with many of his songs, the lyrical value (clever, cerebral) is far greater than the musical value (sluggish, meandering). It's much more about delivering a message and provoking debate than replays. For the third single, "Lamborghini Angels," Fiasco is at his detailed and focused best, combining surreal imagery and grim non-fiction over a brilliantly tense beat from Mr. Inkredible. Through this song, the MC covers behavioral programming, child sexual abuse, and Afghan civilian murders in a graphic manner. Don't expect a party. Don't expect to appreciate each method he uses to relay his viewpoints. One can at least appreciate, or at least respect, a rapper capable of dropping an absolute stinger like "But my tone was like a Afghani, killed without a home, blew that bitch up with a drone" like it's nothing.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:53
- Main artists: Lupe Fiasco
- Label: 1st & 15th - Atlantic
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States ℗ 2012 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
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