Lupe Fiasco Covers XXL
On the heels of his chart-topping Lasers album, Lupe Fiasco received the honors to grace the
On the heels of his chart-topping Lasers album, Lupe Fiasco received the honors to grace the cover of XXL‘s May issue. The Chicago emcee opens up about his uphill battle with label home Atlantic Records to put out the long-delayed record. In the detailed feature story he admits that he made a more mainstream sounding album than he would have liked with Lasers, and that he isn’t proud of the artistic compromises he had to make. The consequences almost took a dramatic turn.
“It follows you everywhere. The way you rationalize things gets titled through that mentality.” In the song “Beautiful Lasers,” from the disc, Lupe mentioned keeping a gun on his table. “That was literal,” he admits. “I own a ton of them.”
To read the entire story, get your copy of XXL’s May 2011 issue, hitting newsstands nationwide on April 26.
