Lupe Fiasco Announces LupE.N.D. Album Logistics
| by Mark Jackson on November 4th, 2008 |
Lupe Fiasco's third and alleged final LP will be a three disc set collectively entitled LupE.N.D., consisting of Everywhere, Nowhere, and Down Here. And if the rumors are true, over 50 tracks exist between the three.
Below is a video of his concert Halloween night at the Congress Theater in Chicago. After his dragged-out LupE.N.D. announcement is an acoustic version of "Superstar".
If you're not caught up with Lupe's plans for retirement, he gave the low-down to Pitchfork regarding his retirement late last year: "I'm at a creative end," he explained. "I really don't think I have that much to say. And I don't want to get to the point where I'm putting out music just to put out music. Especially recording music. I'll still perform as long as a venue will have me and a promoter will have me. Always. Until I'm 100 years old." But actual recorded music is another thing in itself. The interview process, the radio process, the video process, the budget process-- that shit wears at you, tears at you. And I've been doing the music business for like eight years. And prior to that, on the underground level trying to get to a professional level, about 10-15 years. It's a heavy process and you just get to the point where you're just like, 'I don't know.' It's just like three is enough."
Does he have any music plans besides performing? "I'm going to step back and run my label [1st & 15th]. I've got Matthew Santos, who's my artist. Gemini, Sarah Green, Soundtrakk, just on a more production side. So I've got a full-fledged credible label with credible musicians on it. So I'll sit back and do that. And then I'll talk to different people and get inspired."
Will Lupe Fiasco be a hip-hop legend following the release of LupE.N.D.? Will it really be his last album? Let us know what you think in our just-added comment box!

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