Drogas Light

Drogas Light (stylized as DROGAS Light)^[6] is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released by 1st and 15th Productions on February 10, 2017.^[2] This is also his first album under Thirty Tigers following his departure from Atlantic Records.

Drogas Light
Studio album by Lupe Fiasco
Released	February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded	2014–2016
Genre	Hip hop trap[1]
Length	60:57[2]
Label	1st & 15 Thirty Tigers
Producer	Tarik Azzouz B HAM B-Sides Cy Fyre D'Mile Floss & Fame iSHi Purps Simonsayz Soundtrakk StreetRunner S-X Jake Torrey Ty Dolla $ign
Lupe Fiasco chronology
Tetsuo & Youth (2015) Drogas Light (2017) Drogas Wave (2018)
Singles from Drogas Light
"Pick Up the Phone" Released: July 20, 2016[3] "Made in the USA" Released: November 17, 2016[4] "Jump" Released: January 9, 2017[5]

Background

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 Wave and Skulls.^[11]

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

The album also marks his first under Thirty Tigers following his departure from record label Atlantic Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.1/10[12]
Metacritic	56/100[13]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[14]
Chicago Tribune	[15]
Evening Standard	[16]
Exclaim!	6/10[17]
The Guardian	[18]
The Observer	[19]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[20]
Rolling Stone	[21]
The Skinny	[22]
XXL	3/5[23]

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.^[13]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017.^[24] selling 20,000 copies (including 14,000 in pure album sales) in its first week.

Track listing

Tracklist adapted from AllMusic and iTunes.^[2][25]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dopamine Lit (Intro)"	Wasalu Jaco Rudolph Lopez	Soundtrakk	2:49
2.	"NGL" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)	Jaco Tyrone Griffin Sam Gumbley	S-X	4:03
3.	"Promise"	Jaco Lopez	Soundtrakk	4:32
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	Soundtrakk	4:34
6.	"City of the Year" (featuring Rondo)	Jaco Brendan Long Clint Massey	B-Sides	3:52
7.	"High (Interlude)" (featuring Simonsayz)	Jaco Simon Morel	Simonsayz	3:58
8.	"Tranquillo" (featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Rick Ross)	Derrick Disu James Fatora Jaco Justin Scott William Roberts II	Floss & Fame	5:10
9.	"Kill" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Victoria Monét)	Griffin Dernst Emile II Jaco Victoria McCants	D'Mile Ty Dolla $ign	7:10
10.	"Law" (featuring Simonsayz)	Disu Fatora Jaco Morel	Floss & Fame	5:26
11.	"Pick Up the Phone"	Jaco Sebastian Lundberg Eshraque Mughal	iSHi	4:39
12.	"It's Not Design" (featuring Salim)	Jaco Long Morel	Simonsayz B-Sides	3:50
13.	"Wild Child" (featuring Jake Torrey)	Jaco Morel Jacob Torrey Tara Colleen Vachon	Torrey Simonsayz	3:28
14.	"More Than My Heart" (featuring Rxmn and Salim)	Jaco Cyshae Strachan Brandon Hamlin Nathaniel Caserta	Purps Cy Fyre B HAM [26]	3:56
Total length:				60:57

Notes

• "Pick Up the Phone" features uncredited vocals by Sebastian Lundberg.
• "Jump" contains samples of Bla Bla Bla by Gigi D'Agostino

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27]	46
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[28]	5
US Billboard 200[29]	28
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30]	11