Lupe, Pharrell and Kanye’s CRS to do a full album

Posted on August 15, 2007 
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Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco

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Having already released one song via an online mixtape, CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers), the hip-hop supergroup featuring Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, is hoping to do an entire album.

“Us Placers,” which samples Thom Yorke’s “The Eraser,” was performed by Fiasco earlier this month during his set at Lollapalooza in Chicago. “Now [our labels are] working it out, whoever is going to pay is going to pay a whole hell of a lot. Everybody is excited, [but] ‘Us Placers’ is the only record we have.” Says Lupe referring to record companies noticing the momentum the track has received from the internet.

Fiasco has pushed back the release of his sophomore album, “Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool,” from October 30 to November 20. Work is continuing on the album with producers from his 1st & 15th camp, including Pro and Soundtrack. Previously, Fiasco had avoided big-name producers (”It’s too expensive,” he says), but “now we’re doing CRS, [so] I can get all the music for free.”

The rapper says he is going to stop releasing mixtapes and may not have many more studio albums in him.

“I’m just wearing down,” he admits. “I’m never doing mixtapes again, not even Internet ones. My whole energy for making hip-hop music is slowing down. I’ve been doing it for seven years. I still don’t think I’m famous. I’ll do what I have to do to promote my next album, but I’m not enthused about doing seven albums. I’ll do my three, and then I am going to keep moving to the next phase of life and maybe grow trees.”

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11 Responses to “Lupe, Pharrell and Kanye’s CRS to do a full album”

  1. Wayne on August 23rd, 2007 11:25 am

    Chicago rules! I like anything this guy does.

  2. Vinyl Word on January 18th, 2008 5:06 pm

    The Lupe Fiasco Show…

    photo by Dave Bullock/eecue.com (original) You know that plastic bag in “American Beauty?” Imagine Lupe Fiasco is that plastic bag, and the music is the wind that moves said bag. A strong, bi-polar wind. Sounds poetic, huh? It’s hard……

  3. Worm on January 26th, 2008 6:07 pm

    I hope they find a way to make this happen!!

    http://www.quickbeats.net

  4. Sarki Sozu on January 28th, 2008 4:47 pm

    thanks

  5. Vinicius on February 21st, 2008 11:40 pm

    While they don’t get a way for it, let’s wait :)

  6. mu-sik.com on February 22nd, 2008 8:29 pm

    Still waiting… :)

  7. AndyK on March 9th, 2008 11:33 am

    I didn’t even know he was from Chicago, although i’m [sadly] only just managing to listen to his music on radio 1!

  8. mu-sik.com on March 9th, 2008 6:51 pm

    It’s hard to keep up!

  9. *Dope.StaR* on March 12th, 2008 6:13 pm

    Ohh Man..ii Freakiin Love these Guys;;
    if they make a whole album..
    ii willl most deff. Cop that early.

  10. mu-sik.com on March 13th, 2008 6:51 pm

    Still waiting … ;)

  11. mu-sik.com on June 1st, 2008 5:02 am

    Chat, news, views about Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams collectively or individually. Follow the link to have your say on CRS!

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