September 19th 2009 - The Beach @ Governors Island - New York, NY
Update: Interesting, during his concert in New York yesterday Lupe talked about how his record company is holding him back and how they didn't push his single and not even 10 hours after a video of that popped up on YouTube, they (WMG) already took it down.
You can't tell me that this is because of some copyright reasons, all of the other live clips are still online, they just don't want people to know what Lupe said. I wrote it all down though, so check it below!
Update 2: Someone else uploaded a video of it...check it above!
Album Nr. 3, LASERS - Love Always Shines Every-time Remember 2 Smile.
I picked Lasers because Lasers are life, Lasers shine, Lasers are the future, Lasers are progression, Lasers are revolutionary, Lasers are NOT Losers!
Lasers are different, Lasers are weird, Lasers are eclectic, but Lasers are NOT Losers! We're winners that's what we are, we're winners! All the freaks, all the ones that don't know what they are, all the indecisive ones, We're Not Losers, We Are Lasers!
I picked Lasers because Lasers are life, Lasers shine, Lasers are the future, Lasers are progression, Lasers are revolutionary, Lasers are NOT Losers!
Lasers are different, Lasers are weird, Lasers are eclectic, but Lasers are NOT Losers! We're winners that's what we are, we're winners! All the freaks, all the ones that don't know what they are, all the indecisive ones, We're Not Losers, We Are Lasers!
This next record (Shining Down) is the first record off the new album and it's a testament, it's a testament to what you can do when people are holding you back.
My record company did not push this record at all but yet in it's first week we sold like 30.000 copies...don't be scared to put records like this on the radio, this is what we need! It's not what they want, it's what they need!
They need to know that it's people on top that recognize what they do, that feel what they do, that are where they're from, who don't really care about money and none like that, who don't care about fame, who don't care about being on the internet in front of some stupid-ass camera talking about what they wore this morning and what they had for breakfast yesterday. Fuck all that!
We Are Lasers and we shine goddammit, we shine and we gonna shine either with your support or without your support, we gonna shine muthafuckas and we gonna shine down on you!
More footage from the concert can be found HERE
My record company did not push this record at all but yet in it's first week we sold like 30.000 copies...don't be scared to put records like this on the radio, this is what we need! It's not what they want, it's what they need!
They need to know that it's people on top that recognize what they do, that feel what they do, that are where they're from, who don't really care about money and none like that, who don't care about fame, who don't care about being on the internet in front of some stupid-ass camera talking about what they wore this morning and what they had for breakfast yesterday. Fuck all that!
We Are Lasers and we shine goddammit, we shine and we gonna shine either with your support or without your support, we gonna shine muthafuckas and we gonna shine down on you!
More footage from the concert can be found HERE
he's cool, :)
ReplyDeletei need this album. the december (15th?) date is still on, right?
ReplyDeletewhat he said makes me excited.
ReplyDelete"who don't care about being on the internet in front of some stupid-ass camera talking about what they wore this morning and what they had for breakfast yesterday"
ReplyDeletelmao im sick of dumb video blogs like that too! its weird some artist think people wanna watch them do and talking about nuthin for 10 mintues
cotdamn atlantic is about to push his shit way back for this one
ReplyDeletelasers 2012 chea
Copyright claim by WMG...
ReplyDelete^^ yeah, read what I wrote...
ReplyDeleteViva la Lupe. Fuck Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteYea I got to see it like 3 - 4 times... Sean send the dude a message on youtube or something and find another host for this video.. I don't want it to get lost :)
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! Makes me more and more pumped for Lasers. It's looking to be even more focused than his first two!
ReplyDeleteso 2010 it is....released through FNF/???(distributor)
ReplyDeletethe music industry is all fucked up. all these record labels are consolidated into one giant entity, makes it impossible for the independents.
ReplyDeleteLu should take 1st and 15th over to ROCnation, where they have a different business model.
hi - D. Swank is stupid...Lu can't release shit outside of atlantic...i don't know why people think recording contracts are jokes
ReplyDeleteROCnation is a management company, not a label
ReplyDeleteand u CAN'T LEAVE A CONTRACT
ROCnation is a hybrid management/distribution company with a different business model than previous record labels and Contracts can be disputed.
ReplyDeletelupe is signed for what 3 albums or w/e after his contract is up he shouldn't sign with any major label he just record a album and sell it on the itunes and the streets like immortal technique he has enough of a buzz in the underground and mainstream to get em to sell the same thing he would sell with atlantic if not more...and blogs like these would help alot cuz its true atlantic aight doin sh!t!
ReplyDeleteLupe's contract = for 5 albums
ReplyDeleteROCnation is actually just a management company, not distribution... Ram you are way off
And as for disputing contracts, Lu can't just leave his contract and has tried numerous times, welcome to the music business
There is no way Lupe can just leave Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteThe next question will be, how can Lupe get Atlantic to get off their asses and actually promote his stuff? He may not be able to leave Atlantic, but he also cannot just stay and be content with what they are doing. His team has to do something to fix the issue.
when did lu get his deal with atlantic? after jay was trying to get him?
ReplyDeletehi. they can claim copyright infringement because they own the song he's performing and it's an unauthorized video of it... end of story...jesus get a brain.
ReplyDeletelupe's "team"? what can they do? and who is this team you speak of?
Are you stupid? It's a live performance of the song. If that was the case, then why isn't every video of a live performance taken down?
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't think that Lupe has a team of lawyers? He may not be able leave, but I'm sure that he could get them to at least fulfill their end of the contract too.
Oh sh*t Rhymestyle, so was LupE.N.D. like getting out of it quick? because F&L + the Cool + Everywhere + Nowhere + Down Here would have been 5...
ReplyDeleteand I love the guy doing the laser *pyew* sound effects XD
Yeah it was... if lupEND came out, he would have been done... That's one of the reasons why they didn't allow it
ReplyDeletealright back to explain my claims. yes, you cant just leave your contract but as has happen many times before (i.e. Joe Budden, Saigon)when an artist and record company are at odds and cant seem to agree and the company doesnt want to back there artist...there are fallouts where a record company agrees to release an artist....not to say that will happen with Lupe, but we all know the two opposing sides seem to be butting heads all year long...
ReplyDelete(oh and fuck you anonymous, saying im stupid)
RocNation is the same thing FNF is, they sign artist and represent them but dont distribute. to explain, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 was released through RocNation/Atlantic
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