Lupe Fiasco - LASERS

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:36 am

Here's the first video from it, "I'm Beamin." Verse 2 is pretty great.

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vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:52 am

This song is pretty corny. Not good at all, but Lupe fans will probably be all over this..

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:57 am

vermillion wrote:This song is pretty corny. Not good at all, but Lupe fans will probably be all over this..

It's a good album cut, but I don't know why he made it a single.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:00 am

Star Wars happened a long long time ago you fucking homo.

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:39 am

Icesickle wrote:
vermillion wrote:This song is pretty corny. Not good at all, but Lupe fans will probably be all over this..
It's a good album cut, but I don't know why he made it a single.

Not really. Maybe if you have low standards, but this song isn't that good no matter how you slice it. Shining Down was a lot better, and I'm not even really a Lupe fan but I can admit that. Most, if not all of his records on his first two albums are better than this too..

Mindbender Futurama · Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:38 am

vermillion wrote: Most, if not all of his records on his first two albums are better than this too..

there it is.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:45 pm

Icesickle wrote:Here's the first video from it, "I'm Beamin." Verse 2 is pretty great.

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tayRavage23 · Post by **tayRavage23** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:54 pm

Icesickle wrote:
vermillion wrote:This song is pretty corny. Not good at all, but Lupe fans will probably be all over this..
It's a good album cut, but I don't know why he made it a single.

nah this is a great single for Lupe Fiasco

most of his fans will love this shit and this new cocky activist persona will draw in new fans. bet money the whole album is probably gonna sound like this, synthy as fuck w/ the nigga spewing "enlightenment" w/ a touch of holier than thou attitude.

the video is better than the song, yall will think it's corny (and it is a lil bit) but yall are cynical as fuck.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:38 pm

good track

not a departure from his other stuff at all

the album will be dope

Me Still · Post by **Me Still** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:46 pm

The beat sound kinda cheesy but damn dudes lyrics and patterns is pretty bangin.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:07 pm

everything but the lyrics of the verses and his flow sucks on this song

stop it with kanye rip off 808s and heartbreak gay shit synth-driven beats (even if it were produced by kanye)

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:38 pm

Meh. Terrible execution here. And I actually like the beat.

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:13 am

Fuck the artist Lupe has become.

curiouscharles · Post by **curiouscharles** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:48 pm

actually don't mind the beat (now that the track is finished)

really can't stand the attitude he's conveying though, really miss raw-recordin' pre food & liquor lupe

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Sat May 01, 2010 7:06 pm

He's just following the concept of this record. The albums is called Lasers and I think he's trying to execute the concept well, even to the point of using synth based production. Maybe this song will sound good in the context of the album or something. Weird how this doesn't even have a release date when I heard the first single almost a year ago.

Gyangsta 4 Life · Post by **Gyangsta 4 Life** » Sat May 01, 2010 7:17 pm

Neptunes beat. Shit is fire.

Lupe has maybe three bearable songs and this is one of them.

Gyangsta 4 Life · Post by **Gyangsta 4 Life** » Sat May 01, 2010 7:19 pm

vermillion wrote:Weird how this doesn't even have a release date when I heard the first single almost a year ago.

It had leaked and he ranted accordingly. You must have missed that.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:23 am

Gyangsta 4 Life wrote:Neptunes beat. Shit is fire.

Makes sense now since this song sounds like a Pharrell song.

table · Post by **table** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:19 am

The cute Asian girl on the catwalk is the spitting image of a young Michelle Malkin.

ayentee · Post by **ayentee** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:20 pm

im feelin this. i honestly dont understand the hate. great replay value.

GUCCI CONDOMS · Post by **GUCCI CONDOMS** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:57 pm

will be one the biggest songs of 2010....

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed May 05, 2010 3:48 pm

ayentee wrote:im feelin this. i honestly dont understand the hate. great replay value.

Yeah, this grew on me. It's as good as some of the best tracks on his last album.

The video is better than the song though. It has a Spike Jonze feel and the special effects are cool.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed May 05, 2010 3:59 pm

don't see how it's not a good choice for a single. the chorus was stuck in my head by the second verse.

I'm not mad at this.

ObeseJesus · Post by **ObeseJesus** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:07 pm

this dude is fucking annoying

the chorus is hot but the verses are pretty terrible. For a dude who's supposed to be able to rap, he sounds a lot like kanye/drake in his mediocrity.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:32 pm

i can't remember what mixtape i heard but Lupe killed it on a bunch southern tracks. which is more than likely why i fuck with this.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:37 pm

ObeseJesus wrote: the chorus is hot but the verses are pretty terrible. For a dude who's supposed to be able to rap, he sounds a lot like kanye/drake in his mediocrity.

This is a single, dude. The verses, especially the second verse, have more "substance" than almost anything on the radio. If you want bravara lyrical lyrical performances, check out this shit:

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Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:38 pm

Employee wrote:

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:46 pm

Re-listened. Has grown on me a bit. Second verse is dope, though the sentiment is straight jacked from the Jay-z "Che Guevara with bling on" line of flimflamming, which is in itself a diluted version of what Outkast were trying to convey on "Aquemini" so color me somewhat unexcited about the poetics here... but his flow is on point so why complain?

Not sure I'd want an album full of songs just like this one, though ... we'll see.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:47 pm

Are you sending out a signal to Dids or something? I don't get it...

Kilgore786 · Post by **Kilgore786** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:48 pm

shit's dope, Lupe's dope...

Anybody think otherwise is entitled to their opinion but ya'll might be trippin.

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