— Lupe Fiasco delivers the title track from his upcoming album, DRILL MUSIC IN ZION just a week before its release date.
Lupe Fiasco has been delivering left and right, most recently with his May single “AUTOBOTO” and his Apple Music exclusive, “Galveston”, in honor of Juneteenth. As usual, Lupe Fiasco‘s verses use metaphor and tongue-twisting rhymes to paint a lyrical picture that’s simultaneously vivid as a Goya and as abstract as a Picasso. Observing our modern culture’s warped priorities from a birds-eye view, Lupe shares “DRILL MUSIC IN ZION,” his jazz-inflected new single and title track for his upcoming album.
Produced by Lupe’s longtime collaborator Soundtrakk, “DRILL MUSIC IN ZION” bears little resemblance to the genre in its title, blending crisp, East Coast-style drums with dreamy bebop horns and atmospheric piano. Creeping through the beat’s negative spaces, Lupe Fiasco examines the way greed transforms each interaction into a transaction, and how the profit motive corrodes our collective humanity as he raps,
“Position jostlers monitor hegemonics
Robots make the robots that solder electronics
Nostradamus couldn’t bother to keep a promise
Logic’s on a rocket, where profit defeats the conscience.”
Lupe ties together his anecdotes with his gently-crooned hook, which slyly comments on how art created amidst strife – such as the drill music that originated in Lupe’s hometown of Chicago –becomes entertainment for the comfortable masses.
“DRILL MUSIC IN ZION” is the latest glimpse of Lupe’s next album, also titled DRILL MUSIC IN ZION, set to arrive on June 24th.
Listen to the new single and be sure to keep up with Lupe Fiasco on his official Instagram and Twitter pages.