New Release Tuesday

Today marks the release of Lupe Fiasco's latest creation, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. Fiasco originally wanted to release his latest album as a double-disc, but Atlantic Records wan't on board so Part 2 will drop some time after Christmas.

In the meanwhile, we have 17 new Lupe tracks to hold us over. I'll be honest, I'm up in the air on the whole project because of the controversy over Lasers, the label disputes, the anti-Obama comments, the Pete Rock beef, the Chief Keef beef (which I have no problem with because Chief Keep does indeed suck), the Occupy Wall Street movement, etc., etc., etc. But at the end of the day, it's still new music from one of the best lyricists of the past 10 years and it's named after his debut which was terrific, so you have to expect some banging music from Lupe right?

I have only heard snippets so far, but I've liked what I've heard. I know the production won't be along the lines of Lasers, which is a good thing, and I know Lupe will give some thought provoking lyrics. I'm interested in this disc, as I suspect Fiasco has one of the better albums of the year on his hands.