Rap-Up.com || Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Food & Liquor II’ Debuts at No. 5

Lupe Fiasco’s return to the charts may be just as controversial as his new album. The Chicago MC’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 enters at No. 5 on this week’s Billboard 200 albums chart.

Led by the singles “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)” and “Bitch Bad,” Lupe’s fourth effort for Atlantic Records sold 89,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was enough to claim the No. 1 spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Although it was the highest-performing hip-hop album of the week, the sales do not compare to his past releases. Lasers shifted 204,000 copies, while 2007’s The Cool moved 143,000 units. Food & Liquor II sold slightly more than Lupe’s 2006 debut, Food & Liquor, which did 81,000 in its opening week.

Elsewhere in the top 10, Pink’s The Truth About Love gave a solid second-week performance with 94,000 units and holds the No. 4 spot, while Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer slides 2-7 with 55,000.

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17 Comments

gotti
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:33 am
outsold by Lasers smh…

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white hos love BBC Reply:
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:37 pm
@gotti, he did this to himself wth those dmx moment ass interviews hes been havin in the last yr. this lil ugly ngga stays talkin out his ass

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truthteller
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:46 am
I’m not surprised it was outsold by Lasers which in my opinion was his worst album and his most commercial, which is why it sold so much. Anyways F&l2 is a great album.

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Miles
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 am
When Keeping It Real goes Wrong *Dave Chappelle Narrator Voice*

seriouslly a good album though

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Rauno
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 am
Makes me appreciate Cole’s 200 000+ selling even more.

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sad
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:26 am
Fuck you pay me hahaha

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Napster
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 am
I love it

my plan worked

hahaha

thank you for baling me out

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kash
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:43 am
This album is so much better than lasers, shame the commercial bull outsells this.

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Humz
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 am
It wasn’t just the commercialness of lasers… it was also the protesting that hyped it even more. But yes, it was very commercial.

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YoungNDirty420
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:46 pm
I think if his label would have promoted this album more it would have done much better. The only promotion i saw was Lupe on facebook & youtube. Also, the whole thing being blacked out probably hurt the sales.

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roy
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Personally this guy just became so obnoxious with all his interviews and opinions i lost all interest in buying the cd. You can make excuses as to why lasers sold more, but truth is Lupe proved that there is such a thing as bad publicity. He thought he was keeping it real but it just back fired.

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Ramon
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
That’s all? I made sure his little Twitter eruption with Roland Martin would’ve at least gotten him to 100K.

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Grant
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:26 pm
His attitude discourages me from listening to much of his music. That little “I don’t vote because I have slave blood in me” gaffe was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard this year. Nigga, what the hell does that mean? Does he know how many of his fans are descended from slaves yet choose to take advantage of the basic privileges their ancestors couldn’t?

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jon moe Reply:
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:18 pm
I’m sorry, but i could care less about how big of an asshole he is as long as his music is good. The production on this album was weak, but lyrically he was still astounding. There isn’t a single on this entire album, vs. Lazers which was chocked full of them for the sake of radio. He tried a little hard to get away from Lazers when honestly he needed to keep a bit for this record to be successful NUMBER WISE.

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Grant Reply:
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:00 pm
@jon moe, Well, I’m not sorry for what I’ve said. And, quite frankly, you shouldn’t have tagged your two cents onto my reply.

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dodo
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:17 pm
give up Lu.

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R to the Y down C sunnie Kye
October 10th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
guess he would do better next time

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