Lupe Fiasco - The Complex Interview

I could have put this in the other post about the Complex shoot
but it was packed already so I decided to put it in an extra entry.

Here it goes

About CRS:

So are there gonna be no more Lupe solo albums? Is there a CRS project that you’re—

Lupe Fiasco: Yeah, the CRS project hopefully will come before my last album. So that will probably be the next thing that everybody kind of goes into.

About F.O.R.

Let’s talk about Fall of Rome—to come out with a clothing line yourself, it just has to be flawless.

Lupe Fiasco: Ask my friend, Virgil. We was talking one day and he was like, “Yo, what’s your trunk?” Before the clothes, Louis Vuitton’s claim to fame was the trunk. So it was like, “What’s the thing that you do naturally outside of every other thing that you do?” And I tell stories.

How does that translate into clothing?

Lupe Fiasco: I give my clothing a story. I create a purpose for it, you know? The theme for the season coming in October is the Fall of Rome, it’s the fall of decadence. It’s the absence of gluttony, just simple. So it’s black.

Everything’s black?

Lupe Fiasco: Yeah, everything’s black. And the logo for it is this broken statue that was pushed down when Rome was invaded; it represents the decay of beauty. And that nothing lasts forever. So it starts to get like my raps where everything becomes a metaphor for something else.

Are you going to wear Fall of Rome exclusively once it comes out?

Lupe Fiasco: Yes! [Laughs.] That’s how it’s supposed to be. You don’t see niggas on the Bulls rockin’ a Celtics jersey because the shit matches their shoes. When your game is to sell clothes and for people to believe in your brand and to push your brand, you keep your game face on. And if your game face is Billionaire Boys Club, it’s Billionaire Boys Club. If it’s Bape, it’s Bape. That’s one of the things I love about Nigo. It’s like, “This is me. I’m engulfed in it. I’m every part of it. I am it.”

Are you the kind of dude who buys something and if someone asks you where you got it, you’re like, “I can’t tell you”?

Lupe Fiasco: Nah, I tell them what it is. I like to share with the world. It’s nothing for me—this my girl right here, she’ll tell you. It’s nothing for me to just take it off my back and give it away.


About leaving the game after 3 albums

So more people know you, but I remember you saying that you’re three albums and out—is that still the case?

Lupe Fiasco: I’ll keep performing, you know? I doubt if I’ll make any more albums.

Rapping is your passion, but you’re gonna stop after one more album?

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