I’m only going to dirty the purity of your listening experience. Another song, another day, another dollar.”) there can be no unknowing, and those who claim some sort of objective analysis are naïve at best and delusional at worst.īut for those of us who know about Atlantic Record’s refusal to release the album, the fan uprising, Lupe’s admission that he compromised the musical integrity he seemingly holds so dear (“Whatever. The effect of all that knowledge is to make listening to Lasers a sometimes paranoia-invoking experience. Every song, every note, every lyric has a question lingering like a shadow behind it: was that Lupe’s decision, or an Atlantic’s? That question colors the entire album, and occasionally produces some strange paradoxes. For instance, he’s essentially disowned Lasers’ lead single The Show Goes On, saying” I didn’t have nothing to do with that record. That was the label’s record,” which is awkward on two counts. One, I really enjoyed The Show Goes On, it’s the album’s only truly uplifting offering.
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