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Tetsuo & Youth is the fifth studio album by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. The album was released on January 20, 2015, by 1st & 15th Entertainment and Atlantic Records. It was promoted by the Tetsuo & Youth preview tour, which took place on November 2, 2014 to December 15, 2014. Lupe's label-mate Stalley was a supporting act on the tour, while The Boy Illinois took role as an opening act.

The album was supported by the single "Deliver". Tetsuo & Youth received generally positive reviews from critics, citing it as a significant improvement and return to form in comparison to previous work. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200, selling 42,000 copies in its first week.

On February 10, 2013, on the red carpet for the Grammy Awards, Lupe Fiasco has announced that his fifth studio album would be titled Tetsuo & Youth. LupEND (which is a blog for Lupe Fiasco fans) confirmed on his Tumblr account that features on his album would include the guest appearances from Rick Ross, Big K.R.I.T., Chance the Rapper, Ab-Soul, Ed Sheeran and Ty Dolla Sign, among others. Lupe Fiasco says the name of the album was loosely inspired by Tetsuo Shima, a character from the Japanese manga series Akira. "For me, Tetsuo sounds cool" he stated.

On August 24, 2013, Lupe revealed a preview of "Crack", a single featuring Chris Brown. The track was first said to be the first single released from the album, but since then has not been officially released. Another song, entitled "Drizzy's Law" which was intended to make the album cut, has also not officially been released. Though he still plans to release these songs according to his Twitter account, they were not included on the album.

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