• ' Released: September 25, 2007 • ' Released: March 18, 2008 • ' Released: April 21, 2008 • ' Released: June 5, 2008 Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (commonly referred as The Cool) is the second by -native. It was released on December 18, 2007,. Recording sessions took place during 2006 to 2007, with Lupe Fiasco himself, alongside Charles Patton (Chilly) serving as the records. A concept album, The Cool was based upon the song and a title character from his debut album, (2006). The album features from, and, while the was provided by, Soundtrakk and, among others. The album debuted at number 15 on the US, selling 143,407 copies in its first week. The album debuted as the number-one rap record and remained for 9 weeks.

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To date, the album was a certified gold by the (RIAA). At the, the album was nominated for the Best Rap Album.

61760117514 drajver obnovitj. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] While Fiasco was recording his second album, his father died of, his good friend Stack Bundles died, and his business partner and mentor—Charles 'Chilly' Patton—was sentenced to 44 years in prison. When asked about the album's dark side, Fiasco replied: Oh yeah. A lot of loss. I lost my father, I lost my business partner to prison, and I lost some friends. It was a very dark period.

It still is in some aspects, but you know, I'm kind of coming out of it. But especially during the time that the album was being cooked, in my head it was a very dark kind of period.

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool expands on the story with Fiasco telling on the track, called 'The Cool' from his. Fiasco introduces the characters the Streets and the Game. The album tells the story of the little boy from 'He Say, She Say' who grew up without a father, and the people that step in to raise him are the Streets and the Game, with The Streets playing his female love interest and The Game his father.

Speaking on the concept Fiasco said: I expand on the story, I introduce two other characters, the Game and the Streets. The Streets is a female. She's like the action personification of the streets, the street life, the call of the streets.

The Game is the same way. The Game is the personification of the game. The pimp's game, the hustler's game, the con man's game, whatever.

Then they've got supernatural characteristics. Like the Cool, his right hand is rotted away. The only thing that rotted away was his right hand. It represents the rotting away of his righteousness, of his good. And the Streets and the Cool kind of have a love affair going on. So she's represented by this locket.

And the locket has a key and it's on fire. And as a gift to the Cool on his rise to fame, she gave him the key. And the key represents the key to the Streets.

So she wears a locket around her neck at all times. And the way the story goes, she has given that key to tons of people throughout time. Al Capone, Alexander the Great, whatever.