PEAKING: a rap symphony in six movements

https://soundcloud.com/andrewjd/peaking-a-rap-symphony-in-six

PEAKING:
A.) Peaking
B.) Cruise Control (Plateau)
C.) Premonition
D.) Realization
E.) Everything Is Going To Be Okay
F.) Real Eyes

All lyrics, vocals, production and album artwork by Andrew JD.

You know, it's been a while since we had full on random naked obvious spam from someone to start a thread so I salute you. Also, fuck off.

that's a lot of movements

james franco i love your work in Spring Breakers

I'm inclined to just leave this here and let Whiney and Deej have free rein over it.

Indeed.

gonna stick with the original and best tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywOuL9_lZ_E

Nice. Glad to know there's another song called Peaking, though I think he's referring to a different drug than I am.

ooh drugs sounds exciting

Really Cool track !

i listened to a little of this. honestly the production is better than I would expect from spam but there's basically nothing going on lyrically/flow-wise

thanks creames <3

can't wait to see a ringing endorsement from "Creames Fartpoop" on the jewel case sticker

I could say lots of mean shit about this, but instead I offer some advice: you are wasting your time spamming the board. Even if the product was "ready," which it isn't, this would be a bad and possibly even counter-productive way to push it.

i've been professionally reviewed and the amount of positivity i have on my soundcloud speaks for itself. i'm sorry you don't like the aesthetic i'm going for.

lol

good luck to you andrew juris doctor

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/43148924.jpg

mr. franco i hope you understand this doesn't change how much i love your work
spring breakers was revolutionary

I give it three months til he's a beloved regular with his own dedicated "ask Andrew JD" thread.

btw for anyone who really digs what i'm doing i've produced 100 customized USB drives with exclusive tracks and a 16-page PDF; Hand-numbered. Completely free (and I'll pay for shipping). PM me for more details.

Andrew are you familiar with the British phrase "brass neck"?

Andrew what are your musical influences? Who are your favorite rappers?

Andrew, Hurting isn't even the real fake James Franco.

^ would know

guys a hand numbered PDF!

coops, right now I'm going through a hype-rap phase. I really jam out to Juicy J, Waka, 2 Chainz, FUTURE, Gucci Mane and several others who mainly only have singles (Rocko, Young Thug). The rappers that really inspired me prior to this phase were Andre 3000 and Big Boi's work on Aquemini, Quasimoto's shroom-rap inspired "Come On Feet", Eminem's passion and transparency in his first two albums, The Streets' "everything goes"-approach to production, Kanye West's "Late Registration" and Lil B's "6 Kiss" + "Angel's Exodus". There's plenty-more.

guys a hand numbered PDF!

this is blowing my mind

lmao it's a hand-numbered USB.

if you want i'll hand-number the PDF

Quasimoto's shroom-rap inspired "Come On Feet"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_5edxArGT8

sry no interest in seeing come on feet

just FYI quasimoto is the rap alias of Madlib, who produced the seminal "Madvillainy" with MF DOOM. Madlib has also influenced J Dilla, and vice versa, and J Dilla has had a monumental impact on rap music in general, even outside of rap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madlib
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unseen_%28album%29

"The album was conceived and recorded by Madlib during a week long psilocybin mushroom binge."

thanks for the info

OP is actually Andrew Ridgely

This is a treat.

ooh drugs sounds exciting

― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:40 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a rap symphony in six movements

http://i.imgur.com/XY7tCQ5.gif

you guys are professionals! i'm honestly impressed with your response.

So should I just send you my address for this custom usb or

First spam thread I ever bookmarked.

You know you've spent too much time here when sentences like "Hurting isn't even the real fake James Franco" make perfect sense.

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110325180958/muppet/images/3/3d/TMS-Statler%26Waldorf-BalconyBox.jpg
"If this is Peaking, I'd hate to catch him on the way down"

Oh cool a twelve year old whispering over a sped up big star loop

irl lols at that stool diagram, fucking brilliant

jjjusten, pretty much! PM me on here with your email address. However I have to mention that I have issues sending USBs outside the country of the US, so if you are international, I'm sorry. However I can send you a digital version of what you'd get on the flash drive, just PM me your email and we'll go from there.

Andrew jd I recommend that you play a lot of shows now because when yr older and you look back in horror at the music you made when you were young at least you'll have fond memories about funny live shows you did

"Man, I really wish I hadn't expressed exactly what I was feeling when I was younger."

You're not a young man anymore. andrew PK

i'm jamming this on my laptop and it sounds a

btw for anyone who really digs what i'm doing i've produced 100 customized USB drives with exclusive tracks and a 16-page PDF; Hand-numbered. Completely free (and I'll pay for shipping). PM me for more details.

― Andrew JD, Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:38 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's basically nothing going on lyrically/flow-wise

i think you guys should leave this kid alone.

he started it :|

not really. someone should have just told him that he's not allowed to start threads to promote his own work and then a mod could have locked the thread and that would be it.

We could move it to the I Make Music sub-board. Kid might get more helpful critiques from that group.

^^^

yeah that seems like a good idea

Doing it. Thread will take a few minutes to move to the new location.

hah it's okay, i'm a big boy, i can handle internet hostility. i'm aware i was spamming. i understand that negativity comes with that territory. honestly didn't expect to get any replies at all, so when i got 40 i was pretty impressed, let alone some positive responses.

i'm already working on my next album. this music was coming from a very specific perspective and it's not meant for someone who's just feeling cynical and clicking through real casually. and i'm aware people will do that and i'm 100% a-okay with that. honestly laughed at most of the responses, especially the muppet one.

thanks to those who were willing to take a chance on this and anyone in the future who wants to take a chance on it. you won't be disappointed. unless you are, in which case, there's plenty of more conventional rap that you can entertain yourself with :)

I was convinced this was an ilx regular who had stumbled across a random soundcloud, registered a sock in the name of its creator and was trolling us, but having read a bit more of the profile I'm starting to think this is the real Andrew JD :(

again, it's fine, lol
most of the negative comments in this thread came from the same people. the people who liked my tunes told me so on soundcloud

People like me
This I know
For my SoundCloud
Tells me so

(whereas the people who clearly have some vendetta against me post 4+ times to make sure i hear their complaints. if you think this is the first time i've dealt with people trying to make me feel bad....)

go on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtuoFv4dcwM&feature=kp

or another 'think' coming?

so where've you been professionally reviewed? Sputnik or cdbaby.com?

RapReviews.com.

We've reached the point where compact discs are now what vinyl records became 20 years ago - COLLECTIBLE.

ok lol

At this point, you don't think CDs are a novelty?

being that I'm looking at a stack of them sitting on my bed that I've bought in merely the last week, no, I don't.

yes, sales are significantly down ffs and we will eventually get to the state where this is true but reviewer majorly jumping the gun.

ffs there's a Black Sabbath CD reissue that's barebones coming out in two weeks that metalheads are already clamoring over...and it's not even NEW, it's a RE-RELEASE of a previous out-of-print reissue.

Well, CDs are definitely STILL ALIVE, yes, but I think for many internet audionerds CDs are just what you rip the digital music from. Most 'normal' people seem to be cool with Spotify / Pandora / Streaming services and the Vinyl culture only continues to grow. Kanye West's "Yeezus" -- the album artwork was said to be "I want you all to look at this one last time, because this is the last time you'll be seeing this [a CD] for a very long time."

Obviously they still exist and people still buy them, but I think things are pretty up-in-the-air right now. The main advantage CDs will always have is the quality of the digital music within, and the ability to perfectly rip the music from said CDs. So I think they will always be around in some form, but more and more musicians are posting their music digitally, first, and then the CD seems to be of secondary concern.

*of secondary concern, released later in the week/month, after the digital release.

Yes but cds are no way a 'novelty' at this point like vinyl was after cds came out.

Headed there, yea...but not even close to 'novelty' yet