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Lupe Fiasco lashes Out Against Atlantic Records (Music Industry) |
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Lupe Fiasco lashes Out Against Atlantic Records (Music Industry)
Chicago native Lupe Fiasco talks about the hold up with his project at Atlantic Records and his career. How his label didnt send his song out to radio.
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Why not have this conversation privately with his label?
He's hardly going to be in their good books by lashing out publicly, is he? |
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Really feel for Lupe Fiasco as his first album was great but he gets little publicity ![]() lowkey did a song about Chipmonk that talked about these 360 deals, sucks to be a commercial artist these days ![]() Quote:
Originally Posted by lowkey
Make enough love songs and you might see paper
When you see 1, the label see a hundred crispy bills That is what happens when you sign 360 deals Give this chump a little chance, punch you in his heart Got signed for a chump then bumped for his advance Getting hyped cos sum 12 year olds felt your song But what you gonna do when all the little girls are gone You'll be as frail as the songs you got wealthy from And be a tiny little dancer for elton john You aint even worth the ink in my fingertips Does this little midget really fink he's a lyricist? |
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Yeh, agree with you but his label is delaying his album "LASERS".
Its all complete and they havent released it, been waiting for over a year now for it |
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Records labels want their artists to sound in a certain way
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Yeh, agree with you but his label is delaying his album "LASERS".
Its all complete and they havent released it, been waiting for over a year now for it Quote:
Records labels want their artists to sound in a certain way
I'm reminded that it took Smile Empty Soul three years to self-release their brilliant record Anxiety as the record company (Lava- subsidiary of Universal) felt uncomfortable with it's lyrical content. ![]() If I was Lupe I'd either set up my own label or go somewhere not wanting a 360 deal- but good luck with the second option
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Agreed, it would be better for him to release his material on his own label.
Alot of artists do that, Dizzee Rascal, Jay Sean, lil wayne etc. "The Cool" was an amazing album, and I know LASERS will be even better. Listen to Beautiful Lasers (Snippet) love it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2568Lm-7g |
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Victory?
From Lupe's Twitter http://plixi.com/p/49247847 Make of it what you will for now. Also if anyone has been following Kanye's G.O.O.D. Friday tracks, could this be the next? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XOQd1EqmfL...s1600/what.jpg Finally Kanye has said the CRS project is still on the cards, anything to get some more Lupe! |
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Victory?
From Lupe's Twitter http://plixi.com/p/49247847 Make of it what you will for now. Also if anyone has been following Kanye's G.O.O.D. Friday tracks, could this be the next? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XOQd1EqmfL...s1600/what.jpg Finally Kanye has said the CRS project is still on the cards, anything to get some more Lupe! ![]() I'll wait until I've heard the album until commenting however
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If you take the bribe i.e. the advance, you've got to except the consequences I'm afraid.I like the way he said he paid for the video out of his own money - probably this money is the advance money which of course is recoupable i.e. if the artist doesn't make any profit for them they have to pay it back.Sounds like Atlantic are trying to break him into submission to make him produce music on their terms not his own.They know they can do this because the contract he signed probably is not very flexible creatively at all.He's got to do it their way or face the financial consequences.The bottom line is that major labels are only interested in making money - if they don't like something it is their perogative to change it as they see fit.Especially if the words "commercially acceptable" are written into his music contract deal.
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Labels simply don't want to release music unless it conforms to what they want it to sound like. Why do you think Chinese Democracy took so long to release? It's a massive departure from the 'classic' GNR sound, and the label didn't want that - only reason it ever got released was because Azoff bullshitted the label into believing once it was released the original band would re-unite!
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We now have a release date for LASERS, an announcement from Atlantic records states it will be released on the
#LASERS - MARCH 8, 2011 RT: @LupeFiasco Victory! http://plixi.com/p/49247847 |
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We now have a release date for LASERS, an announcement from Atlantic records states it will be released on the
#LASERS - MARCH 8, 2011 RT: @LupeFiasco Victory! http://plixi.com/p/49247847 ![]() It was finished last year and they want us to wait another five months
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March 8th
![]() It was finished last year and they want us to wait another five months ![]() |
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Innit. They could release it tomorrow if they really wanted to. Apparently he's completed more than one album but the label is just sitting on them. It's pretty sickening
His lyrics are completely different to other artists POSTIVE |
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Don't blame him for holding out for so long, I'm sure the new album will be great, Atlantic were basically pushing him to fill the 'B.o.B role' for a few years and he was even offered the track Nothin On You first but Lupe didn't want to go down that commercial route hence the commotion and threats of protests from his die hard fans.
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What faith can he have that Atlantic will even promote it properly, I get a feeling that there may well be next year a
Lupe Fiasco Lashes out against Atlantic not promoting his album thread........... |
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