Lasers Is Finally Upon Us!

#LASERS

Right off the bat, I want to congratulate Mr. Jaco for fighting for his right not to get pimped by the system he became entangled with for so many years, with their nonchalant unwillingness to produce and release his album without getting more hands into his pockets. However futile the fight turned out to be in the end. 

When's It Finna Drop????: Atlantic Tweets Response To Lasers Petition

We'll see.

Lupe Fans Petition His Label For Lasers

Is this gonna be Chicago's Detox?

The king of social network unrest, Lupe Fiasco has taken to Twitter to clear up his position on the issue of his label Atlantic Records not releasing Lasers, his follow-up effort to his 2007 sophomore release The Cool. Lupe expressed his frustration toward his label and possibly his fans last week while promoting In the Jaws Of the Lords Of Death, the first release from his side project Japanese Cartoon:

'Tis The Season For Hating: Yellow Nigga Goes In On Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fires Back

Yeah, shoulda known Elliot @ Rap Radar would go in on Wasalu's Christmas Eve tirade, but to say you never cared for the brotha? Tsk tsk...

Now not surprisingly the LASERS zealot himself had some choice words to speak on Elliot Wilson's duplicitous character (via lupefiasco.com):

Christmas Arrived A Bit Early This Year Huh...

See, normally you would NEVER catch me reciting lines to songs I hear, especially no Chicago rap shit (I hate 'em). But there's hope for Hip Hop, and music in general, in 2010 written within these lines: