Lupe Fiasco Is In Another Battle With Atlantic Records — mtv.com

Lupe Fiasco is engaged in a bit of a tug-of-war with Atlantic Records over the release of his upcoming album, Tetsuo & Youth. According to a now-deleted Instagram post captured by the Lupend Blog, the Chicago rapper is having trouble securing a release date for his fifth solo album — so he’s dropping another project instead. “ATLANTIC RECORDS won’t release the album until they get a ‘pop’ single,” he wrote. “[S]o putting together a mini-project while they find one for me. It’s called ‘Lost In The Atlantic Ocean’ with a bunch of my friends to stay active and happy…this a snippet called ‘Lilies’ feat Sirah produced by The Buchannons…finishing today…”

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