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This is a tracker created by a true Lupe fan, u/GrampaHorse on Reddit. I'm a fan, but I didn't do the work, just some cleanup and sharing. I happened to join the r/LupeFiasco subreddit a day or two after the creator said "someone can copy and make it available on Google Docs if they like." So I did since no one posted. I'm going to go through on a late night and find as many of the tracks as possible and link to them in a new column that I've made called "URL." I'm sharing this publicly, so if you see a link missing/not working, feel free to update it. Let's share the load. I'm curious to dig into these, most of which, I've never heard. And if the GOAT ever happens to come across this and wants to make this easy by linking to a few missing entities that the public might find curious, blessings to you. And blessings to you all.
| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | 3 Times (The Map) (feat. Gemini & Unkasa) | The opening song on FNF Mixtape Vol. 1, consisting of three of FNF's artists at the time. | Unconfirmed | Freebie | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | 4 Real | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. In 2022 this song was included on “Chill's Spotlight, Vol. 2”, though the Nas & D.I.T.C. samples in the hook were removed. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Absolut Fiasco | Freestyle over Beenie Man's “Boss Man”. Recorded for DJ Absolut, as he was the first DJ in New York to ever play Lupe Fiasco. The earliest known appearance of this freestyle was on “FNF Mixtape Vol. 1”, followed by the “Lupe Fiasco: The Future” mixtape. DJ Absolut released an untagged version years later. | The Neptunes | Freestyle | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Accept the Troubles | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Askin' Questions | Allegedly, Lupe had performed this song for Jay-Z, Guru, and DJ Premier upon being flown to Baseline Studios to rap for them (the beat-tape apparently was skipping & Lupe rapped along with the skips, impressing them even further). The song has apparently been floating around the Lupe fandom since at least 2005 (as it was mentioned in very early forum posts), but the source of its release is unknown. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Bottom, Top | Leaked in May 2007, though the source is unknown. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Cold Blooded | Leaked in May 2007, though the source is unknown. | The Buchanans | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Cold Out | First appeared on DJ Moondawg's “Before There Were Lasers” mixtape. In 2018, Lupe rediscovered the song & posted a video on Facebook of his live reaction, though he had no memory of the song at all. | Unconfirmed | Leftover | Full (Tagged) |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Cold World | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Come On | On 4/3/2018, Lupe posted on Instagram that he found on old CD for a song called “Come On”, labeled “Ruff Mix, 3/18/2002”, and played the first 20 seconds of it. | Unconfirmed | Leftover | Snippet |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Coulda Been | According to DJ Marbll, this was the song that convinced LA Reid to sign Lupe to Arista. Released on “Jermaine Dupri Mixtape Vol. 1” in 2003 (though called “I Could Be”, and credited simply as Fiasco), as well as the MTV's Advance Warning CD in October 2003. While signed to FNF during this time, Stack Bundles also recorded a song using this beat, called “I Loved You”. | DJ Marbll | Promo Single | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Fire | Originally released on “The Fake Shore Drive Mixtape” by DJ Timbuck2 & Andrew Barber in 2009. An untagged version surfaced soon after, though the source is unclear. DJ Marbll has also said that this was the final song he did with Lupe before losing contact with him. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Free | The song is about Lupe being acquitted & FNF dealing with Chilly still being locked-up at the time (before he made bail in 2004). The original source of this song is unknown, though it seems to have been shared among Lupe's old forum since at least 2005. | Unconfirmed | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Game Time | Surfaced as part of the the leaked Food & Liquor sampling in April 2006. | The Buchanans | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Gangsta (Up in Here) | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Gangsta's Groove (feat. Gemini) | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | Boogz | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Ghetto Story (Steady Mobbin') [feat. Majic Massey] | Lupe played the song in full on FNF Radio on 1/16/2006, though fans seemed to have been aware of its existence since 2005 (based on old forum posts). Prolyfic has mentioned that all songs produced by Boogz were scrapped from F&L when he left FNF, which was presumably before FNF signed to Atlantic (as Boogz was never again mentioned by Lupe after the Arista era). It later appeared in the leaked Food & Liquor sampling in April 2006. | Boogz | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Hey Lupe | First appeared on DJ Absolut's Vintage Fiasco mixtape. A tagless CDQ version was released years later as part of “Chill's Spotlight, Vol. 1”. | Boogz | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Hold It Down | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers (probably DJ Marbll), which contained a bunch of old unreleased tracks & demos. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Hustlers and Customers | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | I Keep It Gutter (feat. Stack Bundles) | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. A Stack Bundles solo-version of this song also exists. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | I Know Why [feat. Gemini] | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. | Prolyfic | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Lean | Leaked in 2010 by the blog 2Dopeboyz. Allegedly was planned to be Lupe's first single on Arista, but not confirmed. | The Buchanans | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Let's Go | The source of this leak is unknown, as it may have been floating around the internet since late 2006. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Livin' Proof (feat. Kanye West) | In 2015 Prolyfic posted a picture showing-off his old tapes & bragging about “secrets” that only he has. One of the tapes was labeled “Livin' Proof + Kanye”, though it's unknown what it actually it is. | Prolyfic | Unconfirmed | No |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Playboy | Appeared on DJ Moondawg's “Midwest Kush 3” mixtape in 2011. | Unconfirmed | Leftover | Full (Tagged) |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Pop Pop | Released as a white-label promo single. The record noticeably only has a “1st and 15th Productions” sticker and no mention of Arista on it. So this song might have been released before the Arista deal, though it's not likely. The song was later included on “FNF Mixtape Vol. 1” | DJ Marbll | Promo Single | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Proceed | Leaked in 2010 by the blog 2Dopeboyz. Possibly produced by Bad Boy's production team The Hitmen, as it contains their signature “as we proceed” tag. The song seems to be incomplete, as it's missing a hook. | Unconfirmed (possibly The Hitmen) | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | Run Game | First appeared on DJ Moondawg's “Before There Were Lasers” mixtape, under the title “Flash My Watch”. A tagless CDQ version was released years later as part of “Chill's Spotlight, Vol. 1”. | The Buchanans | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | The Afterlife (Street Stores) | The first verse of “The Afterlife” appeared on the “Lupe Fiasco: The Future” mixtape in 2003 with tags. The full version later appeared on DJ Drama's & DJ Moondawg's “The Stimulus Package” mixtape in 2009, and a tagless version leaked shortly after (both of which were called “Street Stories”). | Unconfirmed | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | The Birds and the Bees | Leaked in 2008 by Fake Shore Drive. Andrew Barber had received a harddrive from one of FNF's old producers, which contained a bunch of old unreleased recordings. The instrumental can be found on Disc 2 of Kanye's leaked beat-tape from 2001. Kanye can also be seen freestyling over the beat in old documentary footage from around this time. The beat was later given to Stack Bundles for his song “Nobody Loves Me”, featuring Joe Budden. | Kanye West | Leftover | Full |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | The FNF Movement | In 2015 Prolyfic posted a picture showing-off his old tapes & bragging about “secrets” that only he has. One of the tapes was labeled “The FNF Movement”, though it's unknown what it actually it is. | Prolyfic | Unconfirmed | No |
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| Arista (2001 – early 2004) | This Is for My Niggas | First appeared on DJ Drama's & DJ Moondawg's “The Stimulus Package” mixtape in 2009. A tagless version surfaced a year later via the Yung Kingz blog. | DJ Marbll | Leftover | Full |
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