Lupe Fiasco The Cool

Posted on 12.18.2007

Lupe Fiasco
Album: The Cool
Release Date: Dec 18, 2007
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The Cool is the sophomore album from Lupe Fiasco. It is due out in Autumn 2007, and may possibly contain a guest appearance from the remaining members of Pink Floyd. Lupe Fiasco is ready to battle. No, he isn’t at war with fellow rappers. His battle will take place as a stance against bootleggers. With his second LP, The Cool, in the works, Lupe is seeking Revenge. His method is already mapped out.

"There’s gonna be a lot of setup and a lot of preproduction on this album, so it’s gonna be in pieces," he recently told MTV. "But the pieces won’t come together, seriously, until like three weeks before it comes out. We’ll probably record everything in, like, a week. So we’re just gonna get it all together, map it out, have it done to a T, and then go and record. Then fresh from the studio, fresh to mastering ...so it eliminates a lot of time and error that was surrounding [my debut]."

Aside from a possible Kanye West beat, The Cool may end up being completely handled by F&F producers.

Now, the title may seem familiar. That’s because this album will further examine the character that told us there is "no heaven for a gangsta" on Food & Liquor.

"People are gonna see it and be like, ’Wow, ain’t that the dude from this song?’ I’m building concepts now for the album," he continued. "I got the title, and I work top down. ... This album is gonna be a bit more streamlined and a little bit more focused, I guess you could say...Not a concept album," he noted. "But I been wrestling with how to make the concept about what I want to make the album about fit but still have enough room where it’s just not a full-on story about somebody else. Where you still get all the — what I think are — necessary ingredients to do a good, good album."

Tracklisting :

1. Isesha Poem (Intro)
2. Free Chilly (Interlude)
3. Go Gadget Flow
4. Coolest
5. Superstar
6. Paris Tokyo
7. High Definition
8. Gold Watch
9. Hip Hop Saved My Life
10. Streets on Fire
11. Lil Weapons
12. Gotta Eat
13. Dumb It Down
14. Hello Goodbye
15. Die
16. Put You on Game
17. Fighters
18. Go Baby