He pulled me to the side, he was like, "Look, man." He said, "I just wanna let you know something. So, when doing the meet-and-greet, the commanders, they come last.
Talking about the president and politics and shit like that. And I was always hesitant from the blowback that I had, politically. The last show that I just did, this show was at an Air Force base. Are you still into politics? It seemed like you were more vocal about politics prior. Niggas was dying and shit before.Ī favorite line on the title track is "I'll leave a whole sleeve down in Condoleezza's comments," referring to former U.S. People say, "Drill music is different ’cause these niggas is actually doing it." No, they was doing this shit before. Same shit, and niggas actually going to do it. Niggas talking about killing other niggas on record. ’Cause it's the same shit that we been dealing with forever. That's the name that the new generation gave to gangsta rap. But I don't want people to look like, super deep and start seeing shit that's not there. It's just the title and it's how does that title guide certain things? And what other elements and aspects of it are to be brought out. There's one song that kinda speaks to it, but that's the same critique of that shit that I've had since the beginning. It's not so much necessarily about drill music. It's not so much necessarily about Chicago. And then just riffing off the title, you know, my sister did a poem for me, where she just kinda riffed on all the different avenues and arenas based off the title. And it was like, Oh shit, I got an album title. I was like, I'ma call my next album Drill Music in Zion. The Drill Music in Zion actually comes from a freestyle that I did prior to that. What's the premise for the album title Drill Music in Zion? It's just a matter of when is the best time to let people lean into my world. The other side to it is, I'm always creating. So, every once in a while, I have to do something for the sake of the biz. But at the same time, too, you gotta kinda keep the lights on as they say. I don't really have a drive to keep doing records like that. hit me and was like, "Yo, do an album for me." And I was like, "Aight." I was working on some other things and that's really how it happened. It's been four years since your last album. Especially when you're rapping for the business. You can't just rap and not be in the business. It's not something that I kinda spend my time with or entertain. Not all of it, but like a majority of it. A lot of different kinda agendas and scandals and scams and stuff like that. The music business has always been like a thorn in my side because it's so messy. So, real domestic and real boring as they would say. Emails, phone calls, creative discussions. XXL: What's the average day like in the life of Lupe Fiasco these days? The 1st and 15th indie label co-owner and artist spoke with XXL in May via Zoom about his new LP, mastering martial arts, myths in hip-hop and freedom of speech. But the bars are definitely still present, as evident on his eighth studio album, Drill Music in Zion, a poignant jazz and boom-bap-fused LP that was created during a 72-hour tour de force in August of 2021. These days, the rapper is just as likely to be practicing martial arts on Instagram as he is engaging in record industry rigmarole. Time and the industry have changed Lupe Fiasco, who will be teaching a course on rap, activism and computing at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall. He's earned a total of 12 Grammy nods while finding himself and settling into his role as a hiphop elder statesman. He remained unwavering, releasing four more albums and five additional projects. Beef with his former label, Atlantic Records, and disparaging comments he made about former President Barack Obama turned Lupe into an industry pariah following the release of his Billboard 200 chart-topping Lasers album in 2011. No good story comes without conflict and Lupe faced a fair share over the years.
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