Kulo nyaka, intsomi I-ZZ ephezulu, babhiyozela iminyaka engama-45 yokusekwa kwabo kwaye ukuyikhumbula bakhuphe kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo iqoqo elitsha elithi 'The Very Baddest of ZZ Top' (The worst of ZZ Top), icwecwe elihlanganisiweyo eliqulethe iingoma ezingcono ze-20 ze-rokiest. band evela eTexas. Kubonakala ukuba imibhiyozo ayizange iphelele apho, njengoko umdlali wabo wegitare uBilly Gibbons wabonisa kumaphephandaba, iqela ngoku linomculo omningi ongakhululwanga ukukhulula kungekudala.
Ngokumalunga nale nto intsha, i-guitarist yeqela yayi tyelele i-Ibiza emva kokhenketho lwaseYurophu lwe-trio, apho i-Gibbons yadibana nomvelisi owaziwayo waseFransi. UDavid Guetta kunye naye wagcina utshintshiselwano oluvelisa iziqhamo njengoko bekulindelwe yi-Texan guitarist: “Ndandifuna ukwazi ukuba benza njani izinto ezithile, ngoxa bona babenomdla wokuba ndibeke isiginkci sam phambili. Bandixelele ukuba ingxaki kuphela kumculo we-elektroniki kukuba akukho mdlali wegitare olungileyo. Ngoko ndabaxelela ukuba siza kuhlanganisa yonke into kwaye siyishukumise ngendlela efanelekileyo. ".
Izinto ezirekhodiweyo kule mihla ziveliswe ngumvelisi owaziwayo uRick Rubin, njengoko iGibbons ilindele: “Xa sasisenza i-'La futuro' kwafuneka sikhethe iingoma ezili-11 kwiidemos eziphantse zibe ngamashumi amathathu. Ngoku sineengcamango ezingamashumi amabini anesixhenxe kwaye kungekudala kuza kufika elinye icwecwe elihle egcwele lo mculo. Sineqela leengoma ezimnandi kwaye silinde nje umnxeba ovela kuRubin ukuba aqalise ukurekhoda kunye nokuveliswa.Ngeli xesha ndiye ndafumana ithuba lokuzama zonke iintlobo zezixhobo zombane kwi studio. Ndihlala ndinomdla kuyo yonke loo nto, ngoko ixesha lam eSpain libe neziqhamo kakhulu ”.