Drill Music in Zion is the eighth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released on June 24, 2022, through 1st & 15th and Thirty Tigers.
[1] Lupe's decision to record the album over such a short timespan was inspired by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, or appreciating the beauty in imperfection.
[6][5] The opening track of Drill Music in Zion, "The Lion's Deen", is a spoken word monologue by Lupe's sister, Ayesha Jaco.
[7] A review from Clash characterized the album as "deliver[ing] an emotionally controlled, thought-provoking display of virtuosic lyricism" that "merges the modern with the classic".
[6] HipHopDX describes Lupe as sounding "like a wise sage, reporting from an elevated vantage point... without brooding in old-head energy".
He concluded that, "On DMIZ the rapper finds a third gem in the post-T&Y crown, writing with his incisive pen into smaller frameworks with stunning consequences.