Kulo nyaka, edume I-ZZ Phezulu, bagubha iminyaka engu-45 basungulwa futhi ukuze bayikhumbule bakhiphe inhlanganisela entsha emasontweni ambalwa edlule ebizwa ngokuthi 'The Very Baddest of ZZ Top' (The worst of ZZ Top), i-albhamu eyinhlanganisela equkethe izingoma ezingu-20 ezihamba phambili ze-rockiest. band evela eTexas. Kubukeka sengathi imigubho ayigcinanga lapho njengoba umshayi wesiginci uBilly Gibbons esho kwabezindaba, leli qembu selinomculo omningi ongakaphumi okumele liwukhiphe maduze nje.
Maqondana nalokhu okusha, isigingci seqembu sasivakashele e-Ibiza ngemuva kohambo lwaseYurophu lwabathathu, lapho uGibbons ahlangana khona nomkhiqizi odumile waseFrance. UDavid Guetta futhi agcine naye ukushintshana okunezithelo njengoba bekulindelwe umdlali wesigingci wase-Texan: “Ngangifuna ukwazi ukuthi benza kanjani izinto ezithile, kuyilapho bona bethanda ukuba ngibeke isiginci sami phambili. Bangitshele ukuthi inkinga kuphela ngomculo we-elekthronikhi ukuthi asikho isigingci esihle. Ngakho ngibatshele ukuthi sizokuhlanganisa konke futhi sikunyakazise ngendlela enhle.”.
Izinto eziqoshwe kulezi zinsuku zikhiqizwe umdidiyeli owaziwayo u-Rick Rubin, njengoba u-Gibbons elindele: “Ngesikhathi senza i-'La futuro' kwadingeka sikhethe izingoma ezingu-11 engqikithini yamademo acishe abengamashumi amathathu. Manje sinemibono engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa futhi maduze kuzofika enye icwecwe elihle egcwele lo mculo. Sinezingoma ezimbalwa ezihamba phambili futhi sisalinde ucingo oluvela ku-Rubin ukuze siqale ukuqopha nokukhiqiza. Kulokhu ngithole ithuba lokuhlola zonke izinhlobo zezisetshenziswa zikagesi esitudiyo. Bengilokhu ngikuthakasela konke lokho, ngakho isikhathi sami eSpain sibe nezithelo kakhulu”.