Lupe Fiasco has become a notable Emcee in his own rite from his creative ideas, his lyricism, and of course, his originality. For awhile now, Lupe has been trying to solidify his place amongst the greats in Hip-Hop, with the release of his latest studio album ‘Lasers’ he hopes this is the final leap.

The Chi-Town Emcee recently spoke with MTV News about his latest album ‘Lasers,’ which releases today (March 8), and discusses a lot of concepts behind it.

These were his comments:

“For this record, being a more popular record and being the goal of this record from its inception, no matter what changes and phases and label battles that it went through, it was always about, ‘Let’s take it to another level,’ ” he told MTV News. “If we’re gonna go and try to get on radio, trying to capture that bigger audience, there’s a certain format that you have to fit to do that. That’s the growth that the fans want, the underrated things that the critics say. So to achieve those things, you have to play that [game]. You can’t say, ‘I wanna play for the Yankees,’ and you’re a football player. That’s not gonna work. You have to learn how to play baseball.”

With the new single from the album entitled ‘The Show Goes On,’ between the production and the real melodic chorus, the transition takes a different approach and puts Lupe in a new direction in his music and the delivery of his lyrics.

During an interview with the Chicago Tribune, these were his comments:

“I was literally told for ‘The Show Goes On’ that I shouldn’t rap too deep. I shouldn’t be too lyrical. It just needs to be something easy on the eyes. Like a record company telling Picasso that we don’t need these abstract interpretations of life, where people have to sit down and look at it and break it down. It was better to paint the Upper West Side lady and her poodle so everyone could look at it right away and understand what was going on. I felt like I was painting poodles.”

At press time, Lupe Fiasco’s new album ‘Lasers was released today (March 8).

Here is the interview with Lupe Fiasco and MTV.