Soundtrakk is the swordmaker, I'm the samurai. He's the mechanic, and I'm the driver.
Lupe Fiasco
Rudolph Loyola Lopez (born February 27, 1981), professionally known as Soundtrakk, is an American record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is the longtime collaborator of American rapper Lupe Fiasco since "Kick, Push" (2006). Soundtrakk assisted on nearly all of Fiasco's studio albums, excluding Tetsuo & Youth (2015). He was the producer for all tracks on their collaborative extended play Tape Tape (2020) and studio albums, Drill Music in Zion (2022) and Samurai (2024). He has also produced for the likes of Stalley and Logic.
Background[]
Rudolph Loyola Lopez was born to Rosalina Loyola and Miguel Shahagun Lopez on February 27, 1981. He is Filipino, his parents moving to the United States in 1978.
I got tons of [beats from Soundtrakk]. They're like time capsules. 'Trakk will send me a batch of joints from a particular year, [it's] almost like wine. I just let it sit and then open it up once it's mature.
Lupe Fiasco, to Rolling Stone[1]
The very first 'Trakk beat Fiasco wrote to was "The Emperor's Soundtrack," which Soundtrakk identified in a 2017 Instagram post.[2] The beat for "Kick, Push" was created when Soundtrakk was only 22 years old. He noted that it was "the summer I quit my job to pursue music."[3]
The original version of "Jonylah Forever," first released in 2013.
Concerning the song "Dumb It Down," Soundtrakk was initially on the hook.[4] The day before the release of his seventh studio album Drogas Wave, Fiasco took to Twitter, "Before things get crazy around here...let me first send big love to my brother @Soundtrakk. Without you there is no lupe fiasco. You bring the best out of me and you put your foot all over this album. Responsible for yet another masterpiece. Always an honor. Enjoy it bro 🌊"[5]
Fiasco told Billboard in 2022 of their relationship:
Soundtrakk did "Kick, Push" and "Superstar." I always say we're like Batman and Commissioner Gordon. He's been pivotal to me. Whenever we get together, it's always something special. People just may think you need to do music to impress other people, but Soundtrakk is one of those dudes that will make a record that I'll love that nobody else likes, and he's one of the only people that can do that. Then, we can also turn around and sell millions of records and make classics.
He almost passed away from COVID-19. His mom passed away and it hit me hard. It was a moment I felt like I almost lost a homie. I just doubled back down saying we need to grind. I got albums with Soundtrakk. Whole albums with us just rocking. He'll send me 100 beats out the blue and I'll start slowly rhyming on records. I thought we needed to start finishing these joints and putting them out, so I did Drill Music In Zion in three days. He got his production team and he's the maestro. It's just nasty the level he's at as a producer. He can do everything.
The next couple of projects you going to get from me in a serious way, he's going to have a heavy hand in. He's going to be in there running the full staff on the music side. The plan is learning that lesson from almost losing him. It's like, "Let's put out as much music while we can."[6]
Soundtrakk named his favorite song off Samurai to be "Mumble Rap."[7]
Discography[]
Extended plays[]
| Title | Details |
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| Tape Tape (with Lupe Fiasco) |
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Production discography[]
| Year | Artist(s) | Song | Credit | Album | |
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| Writer | Producer | ||||
| 2006 | Lupe Fiasco | 03. "Mean & Vicious" | ꭗ | ✓ | |
| "The Commercial" | ꭗ | ✓ | None | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Sarah Green) |
02. "Real" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 04. "Kick, Push" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Gemini and Sarah Green) |
07. "He Say She Say" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 08. "Sunshine" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 14. "The Emperor's Soundtrack" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2007 | Lupe Fiasco (featuring Sarah Green and GemStones) |
02. "Free Chilly (Interlude)" | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Lupe Fiasco | 03. "Go Go Gadget Flow" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) |
05. "Superstar" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 06. "Paris, Tokyo" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Nikki Jean) |
09. "Hip-Hop Saved My Life" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Sarah Green) |
10. "Intruder Alert" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 13. "Gotta Eat" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring GemStones and Graham Burris) |
14. "Dumb It Down" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring GemStones) |
16. "The Die" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 19. "Go Baby" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2008 | Lupe Fiasco | 03. "Fah Real" | ✓ | ✓ | Chill's Spotlight, Vol. 2
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| 2009 | 05. "Lasers Manifesto (Interlude)" | ꭗ | ✓ | ||
| 2011 | Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) |
14. "Shining Down" | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Lupe Fiasco | 09. "SLR (Super Lupe Rap)" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2012 | 02. "Strange Fruition" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2013 | "SLR 3 (Round of Applause)" | ✓ | ✓ | None | |
| 2017 | 01. "Dopamine Lit (Intro)" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 03. "Promise" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Gizzle) |
05. "Jump" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | "Running from President" | ✓ | ✓ | None | |
| 2018 | "Pearl Harbor" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 02. "Drogas" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 06. "WAV Files" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Nikki Jean) |
07. "Down" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 08. "Haile Selassie" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 11. "Stronger" | ✓ | add. | |||
| Lupe Fiasco | 15. "Jonylah Forever" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Elena Pinderhughes) |
20. "Cripple" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 21. "King Nas" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2020 | "BBQ Chicken Thighs" | ꭗ | ✓ | None | |
| 2021 | "Steve Jobs: SLR 3 1/2" | ꭗ | ✓ | ||
| 2022 | Lupe Fiasco (Ayesha Jaco) |
01. "The Lion's Deen" | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Lupe Fiasco | 02. "Ghoti" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Nayirah) |
03. "Autoboto" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 04. "Precious Things" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lupe Fiasco | 05. "Kiosk" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 06. "Ms. Mural" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 07. "Naomi" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 08. "Drill Music in Zion" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Lupe Fiasco (featuring Nayirah) |
09. "Seattle" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lupe Fiasco | 10. "On Faux Nem" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2024 | 01. "Samurai" | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 02. "Mumble Rap" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 03. "Cake" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 04. "Palaces" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 05. "No. 1 Headband" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 06. "Bigfoot" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 07. "Outside" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 08. "Til Eternity" | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ Gee, Andre (July 5, 2024). "Lupe Fiasco Walks Us Through His Amy Winehouse-Inspired Battle-Rap Album 'Samurai'". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "Soundtrakk (@soundtrakk)". Instagram. September 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Soundtrakk (@soundtrakk)". Instagram. February 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". Twitter. April 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". Twitter. September 20, 2018.
- ↑ Lamarre, Carl (June 16, 2022). "Black Music Month: Lupe Fiasco Talks Dodging the Sophomore Jinx with 'The Cool'". Billboard.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco)". Instagram. July 4, 2024.
External links[]
- Soundtrakk on Apple Music
- Soundtrakk on SoundCloud
- Soundtrakk on Internet Movie Database
- Soundtrakk on Spotify
- Soundtrakk on Twitter
- Soundtrakk on Instagram
- Soundtrakk on Threads
- Soundtrakk on Tidal
- Soundtrakk on TikTok
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