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Rapper sets sights on Pink Floyd for new CD
12/12/2006 10:13 PM, Reuters
Jonathan Cohen
Having worked with Jay-Z, Kanye West
and Jill Scott on his debut album, Lupe Fiasco wants to join
forces with Pink Floyd on his next project -- "... or the
remnants of Pink Floyd," he says.
The Chicago rapper knows the prospect of getting the
dormant rock group to sign off on such an idea is remote, but
that isn't stopping him from pressing forward.
After all, he got jazz pianist Chick Corea to change his
mind and approve a sample for the track "American Terrorist"
from his acclaimed album "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor."
"'American Terrorist' wasn't going to be on the album,
because we heard Chick Corea doesn't like hip-hop," Fiasco told
Billboard.com. "But we went the extra mile to make sure he
heard the rest of the record and could see that there was no
cursing, and that there was positivity. We were taking extra
care with his work and not putting any garbage out there. It's
that same approach with Floyd. I'm really serious!"
Fiasco said the next album will be titled "The Cool" and
will only feature production from the up-and-coming
collaborators utilized on his Atlantic debut, such as
Soundtrakk and Prolyfic. "I'm coming up with concepts, but I
need to find a way to wean myself off the Internet," he said.
"I think I need to break my laptop. Lyrically, it's going to be
intense, but nothing is recorded as of yet."
"Food & Liquor" spawned three Grammy nominations last week,
including best rap song for "Kick, Push," which has cemented
Fiasco's image as an unlikely hip-hop skateboarder. "I'm fine
with people identifying me that way," he said. "I like to
support it any way I can, from literally helping to build skate
parks with Tony Hawk to making sure I stay in the dopest
hoodie."
Reuters/Billboard
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