Questions are being raised about Lupe Fiasco’s future in music with the announcement of his new album title – LupE.N.D. The three letters at the end are said to stand for "everywhere," "nowhere" and "down here”. Puts me in mind of Extreme’s III Sides To Every Story concept from the 90’s.

Idolator point out that this might be an indulgent affair, and certainly the last artist to even dare putting out a triple disc was Prince. And even that one failed to shift units.

It’s possible that the album will be broken down into a concept affair, and that this is Lupe taking his art to the next level. Considering that Lupe’s only released two albums to date, I think it’s a little soon to be talking about retirement, don’t you? Unless it’s retirement in the Jay-Z sense, which means he’ll cameo on other people’s albums for a bit and then release another one.

Anyway, the last word on the Idolator article is worth a wry smile, because it sums things up pretty well…

I actually like Lupe quite a bit (despite finding The Cool a bit confounding), but if he isn’t intending to close his career by releasing a three-disc set, he might find his career closed for him.

With Lupe finally making moves into the mainstream, I doubt either retirement or an indulgent 3 disc album should be on his agenda right now. I’d hate for all his hard work up to this point to be pissed away.