Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 16 November 2007
Chicagoan Lupe Fiasco will return with a new record in December.
Concept album The Cool will be out here on the 18th of December through Atlantic imprint 1st and 15th; an imprint he co-founded.
The record weaves a story from the narratives of two central characters. The Streets is a female “personification of the streets. Everything about street life that you fall in love with”; the Game is “the personification of… the hustle game, the pimp game, the mack game”.
On ‘Gotta Eat’, Billboard.com says, Fiasco raps from the perspective of a cheeseburger.
Tracked:
‘Iesha Poem’ ‘Free Chilly’ ‘Go Gadget Flow’ ‘The Coolest’ - feat. Pharrell Williams ‘Superstar’ - feat. Matthew Santos ‘Paris, Tokyo’ ‘High Definition’ – feat. Snoop Dogg and Pooh Bear ‘Little Weapon’ ‘Hip Hop Saved My Life’ – feat. Nikki Jean ‘God’s Watch’ ‘Streets on Fire’ - feat. Matthew Santos ‘Hello Goodbye’ – feat. UNKLE ‘Gotta Eat’ ‘Dumb It Down’ - feat. Gemini and Graham Burris ‘The Die’ - feat. Gemini ‘Put You on Game’ ‘Fighters’ - feat. Matthew Santos ‘Go Baby Go’
Featuring production from Neptunes, Fall Out Boy, UNKLE and Soundtrakk and a cameo from Snoop Dogg, the follow-up to last year’s critically-lauded but commercially disappointing Food & Liquor may be the rapper’s last – references made towards retirement on the new album.
Find ‘Superstar’, the first single to be plucked from The Cool, below: