LIL PEEP DRAWING IDEAS EASY FULL
The song sounds somewhat acoustic, as if Peep had a full band playing the tune to his melancholy ballad. As the guitar plays continuously, a consistent, slow hi-hat plays with a deep set of kicks and a throaty bass. The track has an unusually slow tempo for a song which might be considered hip-hop, but it allows Peep’s wistful, trailing flow to spread smoothly across the track. Track four of the EP is titled “high school” is another introspective, guitar-based track that explores the image of that person who is Lil Peep. Peep references his own shortcomings, but he knows that music is that which helps him overcome as he self references his own music: “Shout out to everyone making my beats/ You helping me preach/ This music’s the only thing keepin’ the peace, when I’m falling to pieces….” Peep shares himself with his audience in a way which seems unfamiliar in a genre that obsesses itself with flexing and upholding an often false image.
Peep shells himself up lyrically, but he also acknowledges his own isolation as spits out his own aggression, rapping “Look at my face while I fuck on your waist cus’ we only have one conversation a week/ That’s why your friend always hatin’ on me/ Fuck em, know I did this all by myself/ Matter of fact, I ain’t never ask no one for help, that’s why I don’t pick up my phone when it ring.” The power of Lil Peep’s verse comes from his brutal honesty of his lyrics. Punchy kicks keep the pace of the track as Peep nostalgically reflects over a lost love: “Wait right here, I’ll be back in the morning/ I know that I’m not that important to you, but to me you’re so much more than gorgeous/ So much more than perfect.” As if enraged through remembering the loss, the miss chances, and the sour moments Peep jumps into snapping, therapeutic flow. The beat starts with a repeated set of guitar chords steeped in lament, as reverb forces the notes to background of the track. “star shooting,” produced by kryptik, nicely situates the rest of Lil Peep’s freshman EP/mixtape: Lil Peep Part One. Peep’s style of rapping is on the cusp of singing, but his somber, resentful serenades often jump into rapid fire flows that underscore the aggression of his lyrics. Listening to a Lil Peep track is like hearing a lost lover echo words unspoken as fog dances through a marshy grave site, ghostly guitar plucking in the background as Peep whispers bars.
Lil Peep is a reflection of the diversity of this collective, taking on a dark, eerie aesthetic, but Peep finds his soul on melancholy, tear-invoking tracks which hinge on simple, beautiful guitar chords and instrument samples that sound removed.
JGRXXN, producer, rapper and former member of Raider Klan, is leader of the underground cohort, and his sound features slamming, melodic basslines, aggressive hooks, and his tonality harnesses a brutal southern drawl. Lil Peep is a member of Schema Posse, a group whose aesthetic circles around the sounds and sights of the graveyard.
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