Lupe Fiasco’s, second album, The Cool, has leaked to the internet today.
The is his highly anticipated “The Cool” concept album based off the song “The Cool” from his first album “Food And Liquor”.
Here are all the confirmed tour dates, singles, purchase link, preview link, album cover, quotes, tracklist, and release date.
Tour Dates
Nov. 30 – Urbana, IL – University of Illinois
Dec. 2 – Champaign, IL – University of Illinois
Dec. 6 – Los Angeles, CA – TBA
Dec. 7 – Los Angeles, CA – TBA
Dec. 18 – New York, NY – The Fillmore
Dec. 27 – Honolulu, HI – Pipeline Cafe
Single
Street Single
Cover
The cover is made of up “Islamic calligraphy” style letters, and Arabic type characters to spell Lupe Fiasco.
Tracklist
01. Baba Says Cool for Thought
02. Free Chilly
(feat. Sarah Green and Gemstones)
03. Go Go Gadget Flow
04. The Coolest
05. Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)
06. Paris, Tokyo
07. Hi-Definition
(feat. Snoop Dogg and Pooh Bear)
08. Gold Watch
09. Hip-Hop Saved My Life (feat. Nikki Jean)
10. Intruder Alert (feat. Sarah Green)
11. Streets on Fire
12. Little Weapon
(feat. Bishop G and Nikki Jean)
13. Gotta Eat
14. Dumb It Down
(feat. Gemstones and Graham Burris)
15. Hello/Goodbye (Uncool) (feat. UNKLE)
16. The Die (feat. Gemstones)
17. Put You on Game
18. Fighters (feat. Matthew Santos)
19. Go Baby (feat. Gemstones)
Release Date
December 18th 2007
Leak Date
December 11th 2007
Guests
Matthew Santos, Gem Stones, Sarah Green, and Snoop Dogg
Quotes
The pieces won’t come together, seriously, until like three weeks before it comes out. We’ll probably record everything in, like, a week. So we’re just gonna get it all together, map it out, have it done to a T, and then go and record. Then fresh from the studio, fresh to mastering …so it eliminates a lot of time and error that was surrounding my debut.
Further Ideas
The album could continue into a comic book and a horror themed radio program.
Purchase Album
Buy Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool
Album Preview
MTV – The Cool – Album Preview
Disection
Lupe Fiasco Breaks Down “The Cool” album