Drogas Wave

by Lupe Fiasco

Drogas Wave cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 21, 2018
  • Label: 1st, Thirty Tigers, The Orchard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:38:25
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Drogas Wave' is a sprawling conscious hip-hop concept album centered on a myth about a group of enslaved people who survive being thrown overboard and form an underwater society dedicated to sinking slave ships. The narrative serves as a foundation for Lupe Fiasco's intricate lyricism, which explores themes of historical injustice, resistance, and reimagined futures for victims of tragedy. The album's ambitious, multi-layered story is supported by a diverse and often jazz-inflected production palette, with Fiasco co-producing much of the project himself.

Genres

Descriptors: rap, conscious, storytelling, political, experimental

Tracklist

  1. In the Event of Typhoon (00:18)
  2. Drogas (02:16)
  3. Manilla (05:27)
  4. Gold vs the Right Things to Do (03:42)
  5. Slave Ship - Interlude (03:31)
  6. WAV Files (06:38)
  7. Down (feat. Nikki Jean) (06:17)
  8. Haile Selassie (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:49)
  9. Alan Forever (feat. Crystal Torres) (04:44)
  10. Helter Skelter - Interlude (00:16)
  11. Stronger (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:05)
  12. Sun God Sam & The California Drug Deals (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:44)
  13. XO (feat. Troi Irons) (04:31)
  14. Don't Mess up the Children - Interlude (00:45)
  15. Jonylah Forever (03:45)
  16. Kingdom (feat. Damian Marley) (04:45)
  17. Baba Kwesi - Interlude (00:35)
  18. Imagine (feat. Simon Sayz & Crystal Torres) (04:07)
  19. Stack That Cheese (feat. Nikki Jean) (04:13)
  20. Cripple (feat. Elena Pinderhughes) (04:51)
  21. King Nas (05:57)
  22. Quotations from Chairman Fred (feat. Nikki Jean & Bishop Edgar Jackson) (07:09)
  23. Happy Timbuck2 Day (05:48)
  24. Mural Jr. (05:12)

Credits

  • Lupe Fiasco - vocals, producer, executive producer, art direction, photography by
  • Nikki Jean - vocals
  • Rosy Timms - violin, spoken word, producer
  • Letty Martinez - additional vocals
  • Reginald "Lil Reggie" Strong - additional vocals
  • Kwayland Smith - additional vocals
  • Dylan James - additional vocals, producer
  • Dylan Jones - additional vocals
  • Crystal Torres - vocals
  • Troi Irons - vocals
  • Damian Marley - vocals, producer
  • Simon Sayz - vocals, producer
  • Elena Pinderhughes - vocals
  • Bishop Edgar Jackson - vocals
  • Leila Z. Braimah-Mahamah - vocals
  • Brother Nate - vocals
  • Dr. Nolan Shaw - vocals
  • Charles "Chilly" Patton - executive producer
  • Abel Garibaldi - producer, mixed by
  • Soundtrakk - producer
  • Christopher Killumbus - producer
  • Boykin - producer
  • Freeway Tjay - producer
  • S1 - producer
  • Luis Manuel - producer
  • T3k - producer
  • Christian Sager - producer
  • Vohn Beatz - producer
  • Carl McCormick - producer
  • Ian Valentine - producer
  • Oren Yoel - producer
  • DJ Dahi - producer
  • Flame - producer
  • Floss - producer
  • Johnny Thomas Jr. - producer
  • Brian "Busy" Dackowski - a&r direction
  • Dave Polster - lacquer cut by
  • Chris Athens - mastered by
  • Bob Horn - mixed by
  • Cardiak - producer
  • shndō - producer

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