New music from Lupe Fiasco who delivers an ambitious and daring offering with the album DROGAS WAVE. Standout entries include a contemplative ragga told from the perspective of the spirits that perished during the middle passage called “Gold vs The Right Things To Do”; a gorgeously gripping social critique called “Haile Selassie” (featuring Nikki Jean); a pair of touching tributes called “Alan Forever” and “Jonylah Forever”; and an expansive chant-down called “Kingdom” (featuring Damian Marley). Honestly the entire is a beautiful, novel-esque soundpiece with every track bringing its own well-layered gifts to listeners. You can listen to (and buy) the album via the links listed below as well as catch up on the latest music and news from Lupe Fiasco by making sure that you’re connected to him via the social links listed below.
★★ And be sure to click (HERE) to catch Lupe Fiasco live on-stage, as he will be on tour for the month of October – with shows in Washington DC, New York City (NY), Chicago (IL), and more. ★★
On his seventh album, Lupe Fiasco seeks to enlighten, constructing a fable about a group of African slaves who are thrown off a ship and perish. Some spirits return to Africa while others form an armada to patrol the sea against future slave ships. With this weighty backdrop, Lupe examines how the past affects the present and future. DROGAS WAVE is both a creative peak for the Chicago MC and a novel of an album, its first five songs some of Lupe’s most diverse and ambitious yet. They are, in order: an opening lament, a Spanish-language rap, a consciousness-raising banger, a grime track, and a tender string movement. “Alan Forever,” “Mural Jr.,” and “Imagine” are prime Lupe—revelatory bars over inspired beats, sparked by a desire to connect. He also includes the acclaimed 2013 track “Jonylah Forever,” which memorializes a six-month-old girl struck down by bullets. It’s a sobering moment during a time when senseless violence can feel so normal.
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