Antes de Ameri
Antes de Ameri is the third studio album by Argentine rapper Duki, released through Dale Play Records and SSJ Records on 22 June 2023. Marking Lombardo's return to Latin trap, the project is a concept album with songs connected to each other through transitions. It featured the production of Yesan, Asan, Zecca, Ramiro VCA, Nake, Smash David, Ivo Wosco, Big One and Brian Taylor.
The lead single, "Harakiri" with C.R.O, was released on 30 March 2023. Other three songs were released as singles: "Apollo 13", "Rockstar 2.0" with Jhayco, and "Don't Lie" with Quevedo.
Background
After Desde el Fin del Mundo, Lombardo announced that he would focus on a "commercial facet", beginning to appear in multiple collaborations with renowned artists such as Tini, Emilia Mernes, Tiago PZK, MYA, Nicki Nicole or Bizarrap, and venturing more into the reggaeton and pop genre with the releases of his EP Temporada de Reggaetón. Lombardo commented that the reason for his decision was that he wanted to test his performance on the charts and the mainstream. In the second part of the EP, Lombardo announced his "return to trap" with flyers placed around Buenos Aires, Madrid and Mexico City with his new single "Givenchy", which ended up being released on 20 July 2022. Along with this, Lombardo performed a historic string of concerts at the Amalfitani stadium in Vélez Sársfield, becoming the first artist of his litter to perform a concert in a football stadium. On 16 November 2022, he released his long-awaited Bizarrap Music Session in which Lombardo took a tour of his musical career. After this, Lombardo announced that he was starting to work on his new album for 2023 under the name Temporada de Diablos.On 10 June, Lombardo posted the official tracklist for the album via Twitter. On 15 June, he announced the official title Antes de Ameri and its release date of 22 June. The next day, he revealed the official cover, and in turn, clarified that the album was intended to be played from the first song to the last, and not randomly.