Lupe Fiasco has announced his forthcoming album Drill Music in Zion will drop next month on June 24, and shared the album’s lead single “Autoboto” featuring Nayirah.
The new track—which comes after Lupe dropped off “100 Chicagos” and “Hustlaz” to streaming earlier this year—was produced by Lupe’s longtime collaborator Soundtrakk (“Kick, Push,” “Superstar”).
The album was made by the Chicago lyricist in just 3 days after Lupe started going though a folder of beats from Soundtrakk. The project’s Grammy-award-winning engineer, Craig Bauer, said in January the album was the best rap album of the past decade.
“The new @lupefiasco record is Rap Album of the year,” Bauer wrote in his Instagram Story. “Nah. Decade. If you don’t feel something after listening to this…. You may want to check your pulse.”
Drill Music in Zion will serve as Lupe’s follow-up to 2018’s Drogas Wave, which featured appearances from Nikki Jean, Damien Marley and others. For the new project, the rapper said he gave a good amount of creative control to Soundtrakk.
“Soundtrakk is the swordmaker, I’m the samurai,” Lupe said in a statement. “He’s the mechanic, and I’m the driver.”
