''Drogas Light'' (stylized as ''DROGAS Light'') is the sixth studio album by American rapper

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, released by 1st and 15th Productions on February 10, 2017. This is also his first album under

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following his departure from

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Background

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 '

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.' 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 ''

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'' and ''Skulls''. The album was released February 10 worldwide via digital outlets and physical copies. The album also marks his first under

following his departure from record label

Critical reception

''Drogas Light'' received mixed reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 56, based on 11 reviews.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 28 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017. selling 20,000 copies (including 14,000 in pure album sales) in its first week.

Track listing

Tracklist adapted from

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. Notes * "Pick Up the Phone" features uncredited vocals by Sebastian Lundberg. * "Jump" contains samples of Bla Bla Bla by Gigi D'Agostino

Charts

References

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