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Lupe Fiasco Drops New Single, Samples Modest Mouse

After spending more than a year in record company hell, Lupe Fiasco’s new record, “Lasers,” was finally given a release date of March 8, 2011. Lupe released the first single, “The Show Goes On,” on his blog Tuesday. As ever, his flow and diction is effortless, and while not his best lyrical effort (check out the second verse on “I’m Beamin,'” which was released earlier this year), he is still far and above most mainstream hip-hop. Better yet, the chorus samples Modest Mouse’s “Float On.” Give it a listen: