The pity party continues for Lupe Fiasco. The Chicago rapper recently discussed the fight with Atlantic to release his shelved LP Lasers, despite the fact the album was mostly filled with tracks he didn’t much care for. Now we learn that Lupe was nearly suicidal when his label chose B.o.B’s version of “Nothin’ On You” over the cut he had recorded.
“That was the tipping point,” say the emcee in an interview to The Guardian. “It was less about the bruised ego but more the audacity of it. It was mentally destructive. I say it with a certain laissez-faire now because I’m past it, but back then, hearin’ that shit, it fucked me up.”
“I was super-depressed, lightly suicidal, at moments medium suicidal — and if not suicidal, willing to just walk away from it all completely.”
We can’t blame him for being upset – B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You” was not only a #1 hit, but garnered both he and Bruno Mars three Grammy nominations, including one for Record Of The Year.
We heard Lupe’s unearthed demo of “Nothin’ On You” last June, and we have to agree that we much prefer Bobby Ray’s cut (though many of our readers thought Lupe’s lyrics triumphed over B.o.B’s raps).
He’s more than likely feeling even worse nowadays with the stream of not-so-positive album reviews trickling out… that is, he’d probably feel worse if he actually was able to produce the album he actually wanted.
Those comments he gave didn’t have anything to do with Nothin On You or B.o.B. Lu didn’t want to do that song in the first place, and he was happy for Bobby getting a big hit. Way to twist words around.
I really don’t think it was atlantic who forced the hook by pooh bear to be auto-tuned, i think it was pooh bear himself judging by his track cup caking. That nigga likes his voice auto tuned smh
I’m sorry.. who?
how much credibility does this site have? lmao, big words from a small ass site
Jon is right. That’s not what Lupe said.
Him and B.o.B. are good friends and his depression was more about the “audacity” of his record label in telling him that a) “The Cool” was a failure and b) that his work was “wack.”
HE IS A HUGE NUT!!!!
I got love for Lupe, I can understand his torment especially with the issue about LASERS and LUPEND.
Working with this kind of industry can be really harsh.
The title is way off. Lupe has been friends with Bob since ’07. He told Atlantic to give the tracks to BoB because they both didn’t like his take. After they blew up, Lupe personally chose BoB to open for him on his pre-album tour and they’ve released 3 songs together since then.
The songs aren’t what hurt Lupe’s psyche, in addition to not being able to make his own music his brother died, and he has said he never really mourned his father and protege who both died while he was making “The Cool”