lupe has had numerous interviews where he has shit all over atlantic and said they pretty much held his album hostage. they controlled the production and what kind of stuff he had to put out. with that in mind, it's really no big shocker that lasers feels subpar and forced -- it was.
some decent mixtapes have dropped this year, fortune family's tape is pretty dope, and the dean's list is listenable at the very least. if you're looking for hip hop substance, the dean's list isnt the first place i'd look but you'll find some decent tracks.
i'm pumped for yelawolf honestly. since he's signed to shady records, the songs he has been featuring on have been getting better and better. supposedly they're going to be doing an album with em, slaughterhouse, yela, and the rest of the shady records/g unit/aftermath crew. i'd love to hear all of them over dre and alchemist beats.
goblin and watch the throne are gimmes for hype this year. odd future is getting as much hype as b.o.b did in his first couple of years. they'll both be quality, no doubt, as hov and kanye are both perfectionists. kanye west has one of the best pure ears for music in the game, outside of dr dre. yeah, ham sucked, but the first single for any project always seem to be huge letdowns.
chiddy bangs swelly life is an album i'm looking forward to, but i'm hoping i am not disappointed by too many tracks showing up on there that i've already heard. i know opposite of adults is a good song, but i'm tired of it popping up on every mixtape they have! can't fault them for putting it on the preview though.
also late, but commenting on mf doom being best rapper of the past decade. ehhhhh, he's really good, and a great emcee, but he can't touch eminem, mr. west, or outkast. you can even include the game in that category as he's had some really solid efforts over the past ten years. ten years is a long time in the music biz, especially hip hop, where artists seem to pump out new music every week just to stay relevant.
also late again, but lupe has already said food and liquor 2 is half done, to whoever above me was wishing for more f&l flavor instead of atlantic fucking lupe in the asshole.
tl;dr, any hip hop head already knows anything ive typed