- conscious hip hop, electronic, electropop, hip hop
- 48 min
- 12 tracks
- Atlantic
Lasers is the third studio album by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on March 7, 2011, by 1st & 15th Entertainment and Atlantic Records. Production for the album took place between 2008 and 2010. Lasers features production by The Audibles, The Neptunes, Needlz, Alex da Kid, Syience, and long-time collaborator Soundtrakk, among others. Trey Songz, John Legend, Skylar Grey, Sway, Matt Mahaffey, MDMA, Eric Turner and Sarah Green contribute vocals to the album.
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Contemporary, grave, spare and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Metacritic 57/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 5.3/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- The Independent2/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork3/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2.5/5 ★
- Spin6/10
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Tracks
- 1Letting Go4:27
- 2Words I Never Said4:17
- 3Till I Get There3:24
- 4I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now4:16
- 5Out of My Head3:24
- 6The Show Goes On3:57
- 7Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)4:02
- 8Coming Up3:58
- 9State Run Radio3:57
- 10Break the Chain4:22
- 11All Black Everything3:41
- 12Never Forget You4:04
12 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Lupe Fiasco
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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