Drogas Light
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| Studio album by Lupe Fiasco | ||||
| Released | February 10, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–16 | |||
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| Length | 60:57 | |||
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| Metacritic | 56/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
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Drogas Light (stylized as DROGAS Light) is the sixth and first independent studio album by American hip hop recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released by 1st and 15th Productions on February 10, 2017.
Lupe Fiasco announced the album on December 24, 2016, revealing its release date and cover art via Twitter. He confirmed the album's track listing on December 27, which differed from the track listing shared in May 2016.
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.
The album is part of a planned trilogy of albums, with the following two to be titled Drogas and Skulls.
The album was released February 10 worldwide via digital outlets and physical copies.
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.
The album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017.
Tracklist adapted from AllMusic and iTunes.
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