treekeeper asked: Have you heard NO YORK? I find it bizarre that Blu made great record despite being stuck in a Lupe v. Atlantic, yet it received little to no attention when it leaked. Instead of crucifying Lupe for making Lasers to assuage his label, shouldn't the hip-hop community salute Blu for taking the opposite route in the same situation?
Yeah I thought it was pretty good, wrote about it a little at Fader when he leaked it. Blu’s another rapper whose success seems to hinge solely on whether not he’s personally enjoying the act of making music and he clearly was in this case. At the same time it’s a completely inaccessible record and I’m not at all surprised by Sire shelving it or the subsequent lack of attention it received upon leakage. There must be a comfortable middle ground that can be found between his major label approach and Lupe’s.
