There are four versions of Lasers. There’s the album Lupe Fiasco thought he made, the one his label thought he made; and there’s the album the critics heard, and the one fans heard. It turns out the record label and the fans have a better idea of Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers than the artist and critics.

Atlantic’s version of Lasers is the latest shuffle step toward major label irrelevance? Or another click-tightening on the majors’s vice grip on our necks? Probably neither.