Drogas Light

Drogas Light
Studio album by Lupe Fiasco
Released February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded 2012–16
Genre
Length 60:57[2]
Label
Lupe Fiasco chronology
Tetsuo & Youth
(2015)Tetsuo & Youth2015		 Drogas Light
(2017)		 Drogas: Wave
(2017)Drogas: Wave2017
Singles from Drogas Light
  1. "Pick Up the Phone"
    Released: July 20, 2016[3]
  2. "Made in the USA"
    Released: November 17, 2016[4]
  3. "Jump"
    Released: January 9, 2017[5]

Drogas Light (stylized as DROGAS Light)[6] is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released by 1st and 15th Productions on February 10, 2017.[2]

Development

Lupe Fiasco announced the album on December 24, 2016,[7] revealing its release date and cover art via Twitter.[6] He confirmed the album's track listing on December 27,[8] which differed from the track listing shared in May 2016.[9]

Fiasco has referred to the project as a “refinement of ‘Lasers.’ Period“. Lupe Fiasco alludes that a lot of the material on DROGAS Light isn't exactly recent. He said it's full of songs “from the vaults” and that there are just “a few new pieces.” He reiterates "DROGAS" is coming in the next few months and DROGAS Light is simply the prequel to that project.[10]

The album is part of a planned trilogy of albums, with the following two to be titled Drogas and Skulls.[11]

The album was released February 10 worldwide via digital outlets and physical copies.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic56/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Pitchfork7.4/10
Rolling Stone[14]
Drowned in Sound[15]
The Guardian[16]

Drogas Light received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 11 reviews.[12]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017.[17]

Track listing

Tracklist adapted from AllMusic and iTunes.[2][18]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dopamine Lit (Intro)"
Soundtrakk2:49
2."NGL" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
S-X4:03
3."Promise"
  • Jaco
  • Lopez
Soundtrakk4:32
4."Made in the USA" (featuring Bianca Sings)
  • Jaco
  • Tarik Azzouz
  • Clemm Rishad
  • Nicholas Warwar
  • StreetRunner
  • Azzouz
3:30
5."Jump" (featuring Gizzle)
  • Jaco
  • Lopez
  • Glenda Proby
Soundtrakk4:34
6."City of the Year" (featuring Rondo)
  • Jaco
  • Brendan Long
  • Clint Massey
BSides3:52
7."High (Interlude)" (featuring Simon Sayz)
  • Jaco
  • Simon Morel
Simon Sayz3:58
8."Tranquillo" (featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Rick Ross)
Floss & Fame5:10
9."Kill" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Victoria Monét)
7:10
10."Law" (featuring Simon Sayz)
  • Disu
  • Fatora
  • Jaco
  • Morel
Floss & Fame5:26
11."Pick Up the Phone"
iSHi4:39
12."It's Not Design" (featuring Salim)
  • Jaco
  • Long
  • Morel
  • Simon Sayz
  • BSides
3:50
13."Wild Child" (featuring Jake Torrey)
  • Jaco
  • Morel
  • Jacob Torrey
  • Tara Colleen Vachon
  • Torrey
  • Simon Sayz
3:28
14."More Than My Heart" (featuring Rxmn & Salim)
  • Jaco
  • Cyshae Strachan
  • Brandon Hamlin
  • Nathaniel Caserta
[19]		3:56
Total length:60:57

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 46
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[21] 5
US Billboard 200[22] 28
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 11

References

  1. ↑ "DROGAS Light by Lupe Fiasco". Pitchfork. Edwin Houghton. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Drogas Light". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco Drops New Single "Pick Up The Phone" On His Website".
  4. ↑ "Hear Lupe Fiasco's Ferocious New Anthem 'Made in the U.S.A.'".
  5. ↑ Hamilton, Tiffany (10 January 2017). "Lupe Fiasco Drops New Single, "Jump" Featuring Gizzle [Listen]".
  6. 1 2 "Lupe Fiasco Announces New Album DROGAS Light". Pitchfork. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  7. ↑ Vibe (2016-12-26). "Lupe Fiasco Announces Release Date For 'DROGAS Light'". Vibe. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  8. ↑ Carl Lamarre (2016-12-27). "Lupe Fiasco Announces New Release Date for 'Drogas Light' Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  9. ↑ Vibe (2016-05-07). "Lupe Fiasco Releases Potential 'Drogas Light' Tracklist". Vibe. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  10. ↑ http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. "Lupe Fiasco Rates Own "DROGAS Light" Album".
  11. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco announces new album and shares Gizzle collaboration 'Jump'". NME. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  12. 1 2 Metacritic 2017.
  13. ↑ Kellman 2017.
  14. ↑ Weingarten 2017.
  15. ↑ Hanratty 2017.
  16. ↑ MacInnes 2017.
  17. ↑ "Billboard 200 - March 4, 2017". Billboard 200. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  18. ↑ "DROGAS Light by Lupe Fiasco on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  19. ↑ "Instagram post by Www.itspurps.com • Feb 10, 2017 at 11:50pm UTC".
  20. ↑ "On The Charts...This Week". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  21. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Lupe Fiasco. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Lupe Fiasco. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
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