Guardian Music — The Strokes are not alone in trashing their own work, there's a tradition of artists disowning their creationsPoor old the Strokes. It appears that they've spent the last five years making an album, Angles, that they don't even like. "I won't do the ... more info

Mercury News, California — The pairing of Cee-Lo Green and Lupe Fiasco looked to be one of the tastiest showcases at this year's South by Southwest festival. more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Lupe Fiasco has been forced to pull out of an appearance at the South By Southwest festival in Texas on Thursday night (17Mar11) after falling ill. The hip-hop star was due to play his first show since scoring his first U. S. number o... more info

NME — Janelle Monae and B.O.B step in to replace them at Texan event more info

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Altsounds — 1st & 15th/Atlantic recording artist Lupe Fiasco's highly anticipated third studio album, “LASERS” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 204,294 units sold. The album– which includes the RIAA gold certified hit sin... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco has scored his first U. S. number one album. Lasers debuts at the top with 204,000 first-week sales, knocking Adele's 21 off the top of the Billboard 200. The chart success is a big triumph for Fiasco - he had to ... more info

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MTV.co.uk News — Lupe Fiasco’s new album Lasers has only been out for a few days but he’s already planning a follow-up. The Show Goes On rapper claims that he isn’t planning on making radio... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — If the 60s were rock's point of inception, then the 80s were where rap was born.  That would mean, this decade for rap should be what the 90s was to rock.  And if you paid attention to my previous post you would know what I thought about the 90s an... more info