Lupe Fiasco Announces New Mixtape 'Lost in the Atlantic,' Blames Atlantic Records for Album Delay [WATCH]

Lupe Fiasco’s upcoming studio album Tetsuo & Youth has been delayed for a while — there were rumors of an August release date, which obviously did not happen — but today we learned he is not the one to blame. In an Instagram post from earlier today, Oct. 14, via radio.com, the Chicago rapper claimed his label Atlantic Records is holding back the release of Tetsuo & Youth until he gives them “a pop single,” and said that in the meantime he is "putting together a mini-project while they find one for me." This “mini-project” Fiasco is referring to is a new mixtape cleverly titled Lost in the Atlantic, which he says was recorded “with a bunch of my friends to stay active and happy.”

A snippet of a new song from the mixtape called “Lilies” featuring Sirah was posted to Instagram, though this was later replaced with a snippet of a different song, which has not been identified.

You can check out Fiasco’s Instagram post below:

Tetsuo & Youth will be Lupe Fiasco's fifth studio album. His most recent album was Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, released in September 2012. He has released four singles so far in 2014: "Mission," "Next to It" featuring Ty Dolla $ign, "Remission" featuring Jennifer Hudson and Common and "Pu$$y" featuring Billy Blue.

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