Lupe Fiasco has been promising to release his fifth album Tetsuo & Youth for quite some time now. He’s been dropping off singles like “Old School Love” with Ed Sheeran and “Next To It” featuring Ty Dolla $ign here and there, but a solid release date was elusive. According to a recent post on Lupe’s social accounts, his label was the culprit in the holdup. A few days ago, he Instagrammed (then quickly deleted) a clip of a new song with the caption, “ATLANTIC RECORDS won’t release the album until they get a “pop” single…so 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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Putting his label on blast proved effective, because today he gleefully shared a January release date for the long-awaited LP.
@LupeFiasco‘s #TetsuoAndYouth 1/20/15
— Atlantic Records (@AtlanticRecords) October 15, 2014
@AtlanticRecords pic.twitter.com/KohMW4Kcsa
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2014
SEE ALSO: 5 Reasons We’re Looking Forward To Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Tetsuo & Youth’ He was in such a good mood that he went ahead and shared the cover art for the Lost In The Atlantic song “Lillies,” which drops tomorrow.
Woke up feeling like… pic.twitter.com/b1ymHEEXuw
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2014
#Lilies feat. @Sirah produced by @TheBuchanans drops tomorrow…
#LostInTheAtlantic (you earned it!) pic.twitter.com/cg0baGAUhV
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) October 16, 2014
Photo Credit: Alex Nazari/Instagram