“I was plotting on doing the follow-up to that,” Lupe said. “Simply because [Enemy of the State] was short. And I felt like it was space to do another one. I was gonna do another one called Friend to the People, but I started to get wind that people had songs they shouldn’t have had. I was like, ‘This is just gonna open the floodgates if I come out with another record. I know these dudes are threatening to leak records and do crazy stuff.’ Sometimes I feel there may be too much Lupe music out there — whether it be old stuff or new stuff or freestyles. I don’t want to have a ton of music sitting out. I made the decision to fall back from it and really focus on the climb. We were a couple of weeks away from doing that.”
The climb he referred to was his recent Mount Kilimanjaro trek. There was also another Lupe mixtape that DJ Absolute was supposed to be putting out.
“With this Absolute tape, I had to tell him straight up, ‘We homeboys, and you got all this old music, but it ain’t time right now. It’s too much going on. It’s too many people with music they shouldn’t have, and I don’t want to get it clouded,’ ” said Lupe, who’s putting out his third LP, Lasers, this summer. The lead cut from the album, “I’m Beaming,” was recently leaked without Lupe’s consent. – MTV
Lupe’s blaming Internet hackers for leaking “I’m Beaming,” but when I as well as the rest of the NMC have an email from Atlantic Records themselves – the same fuckboys who keep trying to C&D people to death because they can’t control their hoes down there – sending us the track, it makes you wonder who’s really playing who here.
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atleast he’s focusing solely on Lasers now
Honestly, I don’t think many people care how Lupe feels as long as we get what we want and that’s quality music. I’d rather take old material that’s better than shitty freestyles ala Enemy of the State.
like i said at rapradar. this dude is reaching saigon status. how you put out one short mixtape and one loose mp3 (“Fire”) in 3 years then pull back talkin bout “nah fam, that’s too much music right there”? #cmonson
^ i think he is referring to not only new recorded songs but old unreleased songs that keep surfacing. there have been a lot of those.
yo seriously, lupe you’re nice but you’re not above having shit happen to you that happens to every other artist in the industry. i’m sorry (no i’m not) your song came out before you wanted it to, but you can shove your “friend of the people” mixtape up your ass. who the fuck are you to tell fans they no longer deserve to hear new shit because one song leaked? i was happier when this nigga said he was gonna retire, he a prima donna cry baby bitch like charles hamilton
Lol @ meka stealing jonnies material…jonnie must got the jump on all lupe shit
LUPE IS TURNING INTO A CRY BABY LIL WAYNE HAS ALL OF HIS MUSIC OUT THERE FOR FREE AND SELLS 1.5 FIRST WEEK, LUPE SMARTEN UP YOU DO NOT HAVE JAY Z OR KANYE FAN BASE THAT CAN HOLD OUT WITH NO MUSIC FOR A YEAR AND STILL SELL RECORDS GIVE UP THE FREE MUSIC, I READ SOMEWHERE LUPE HAS MORE UN RELEASED TRACKS THAN 2PAC HAD THATS FUCKIN CRAZY GIVE THE MUSIC UP BRUHH STOP CRYING ITS A RECESSION FREE MUSIC IS THE TASTE TESTER AS PHARRELL SAID
NOW THERE GOING TO BE NO DJ ABSOLUTE TAPE WITH 10 YEAR OLD MATERIAL SMH LUPE STOP CRYING I KNOW HE READS THESE BLOGS TO GROW A SET
AND IM A LUPE FAN I THINK HE CAN BE GREAT BUT HE HAS TO GIVE FREE MUSIC UP ITS APART OF THE GAME NOW ITS 2010
Dude, stop with the all caps, Jesus fuck.
Jonnie , I like your content and your blog, but you REALLY need to change your layout and design if you want more looks…right now it’s sort of ugly…go for the minimalistic clean look, it helps with blogs about news.
Lupe is one of my favorite artists but I’ve never heard an artist bitch and complain so much. One song leaks and he throws little tantrums.
Wow, what the fuck???
im a serious lupe fan i have all of his tapes and albums but sometimes this man is just full of shit just come out with your music and stop bitchin
@steve…appreciate da feedback
I thought he already turned Lasers in to Atlantic. Also all of the bitching Lupe does is getting out of hand, everyones music leaks! Thats just how the industry is now. Also I never understood what the point is of finishing mixtapes and stuff, but just not releasing it. You made the music for people to hear, so let them hear it.
i dont understand that comment, hes blaming the internet or whatever for it leaking but atlantic sent it to yall? didnt they send it to yall wayyy after it leaked?
you make it sound as if they sent it to you and thats how the song first got heard and then lupe blamed hackers.
With the Absolute tape they should rename it and call it Absolute losers throw in some promos for Lasers then we all good to go. im sure theirs more to it. tho
I don’t think Lupe is saying he is better than anyone or look at himself as being above everyone. I think what everyone is failing to understand is that Lupe is taking a different approach by NOT flooding the market with tons of his music.
I respect him for that and will continue to buy his studio albums and go to his concerts. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY PEOPLE!
Who gives a fuck either way, Lasers >>>>
fuck! two more mixtapes pretty much cancelled b/c of one song! i hope he puts them out later…
Damn politics.
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pctv4me » Blog Archive » Lupe x Friend Of The People (Video) | 2dopeboyz said this on January 29th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
yeah. he whining about this ish too much.
how do you feel like theres too much music out there? no such thing as too much. if its good music. he must have a lot of recycled bars. or doesnt really believe in the material if he doesnt want it to come out…. giving it away is the way…
you gone name a project friend of the people. and then be stingy towards the ppl.. what the fucj
Lupe’s a bitch, but he does make good music lol.
This shit is getting old. Lupe needs to realize the fans will support him even more when he gives us free music rather than not putting out shit and crying about one record being leaked. Shit The Carter 3 leaked like 3 or 4 times and he had to start over. Whats the point of making so much music and not putting it out?
everyone bitching about lupe = egocentric
i doubt youve got any idea what its like to be a major label artist, stop trying to jusdge someone who you dont have the ability to empathize with
just saying…
man shake you bullshiting you leaked im beaming BEFORE atlantic sent you im beaming dont try to act innocent like we forgot what you did
@robertTHEallen
You don’t either. just saying…
Boo!!!!!!!
*Throws Stones At Lupe*
how is this bitching and complaining? the industry is all about timing…either respect the artist are don’t fuck wit him…simple…he gets in trouble for leaked shit from the industry..and investigated.