Lil Peep; Part One

Lil Peep; Part One (stylized LiL PEEP; PART ONE or often shortened to Part One) is the debut mixtape by American hip-hop recording artist Lil Peep. It was released September 18, 2015. The mixtape was supported by three singles: "Veins", "Praying To The Sky" and "The Way I See Things".

Lil Peep; Part One
Mixtape by
Lil Peep
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2015[1]
Recorded2015
Genre
Length27:51
Label
  • Self-released
Lil Peep chronology
Garden
(2015)		 Lil Peep; Part One
(2015)		 In The Bedroom, I Confess
(2015)
Singles from Lil Peep; Part One
  1. "Veins"
    Released: August 8, 2015[2]
  2. "Praying To The Sky"
    Released: August 9, 2015[3]
  3. "The Way I See Things"
    Released: August 24, 2015[4]
Lil Peep mixtape chronology
Lil Peep; Part One
(2015)		 Mall Musicc
(2015)

Background

Many people have put the 2015 single "Star Shopping", which was released around the same time as this mixtape, on the tracklist. However, it was not officially on the mixtape.

An official music video was made for "Nothing To U".[5]

Album cover

The album cover features a single purple Peeps candy, along with the old stamp of Schemaposse in the bottom left-hand corner of the cover.

Music and lyrics

In this project, Lil Peep expresses vulnerable themes of a severed relationship. Including: depression, drug addiction, ghosting, heartbreak and nihilism. All of which themes, are common with the emo rap genre he helped pioneer.[6][7][8] His lyrics also commonly bring up his substance abuse.

The single "Praying To The Sky", has been highlighted as depicting such themes very highly. Melanie Westfall from The Daily Texan, related the blend of emo and rap to the song. With lines such as, "I found some Xanax in my bed/I took that shit went back to sleep/They gon’ miss me when I’m dead/I lay my head and rest in peace". While alluding that "there is a tendency in this genre to use self-medication for mental health issues".[9] On the song, Peep describes the drug abuse that he unfortunately failed victim to two years later. With the usage of the drug Xanax.[10][11] Peep confirmed on Twitter that he was "on acid" when making the song.[12]

One of the most popular songs from the project, "The Way I See Things", gives a perspective on Peep's pessimistic feelings towards the life in which he was enduring in back in late 2015. Vocalizing lyrics such as: "I got a feelin' that I'm not gonna be here for next year/So, let's laugh a little before I'm gone". Eerily again while describing the usage of self-medication (that would soon consume the young man) he had used to cope his feelings: "I’ve been dreamin' of this shit for a while now/Got me high now". The song gained a mainstream attraction, which soon helped Lil Peep garner a cult following along with songs like "Star Shopping" upon release. Having gained more than 30 million listens on SoundCloud.

In "Another Song" Peep sings about having lost contact with a girl who he believes thinks he is ugly. This song samples vocals from an interview from 1993 with one of Peep's biggest influences, Kurt Cobain. Conducted with MTV, Cobain confessed to having thoughts of being suicidal at points. A direct correlation to the focus of the song, being an over-arcing theme of self-hatred.[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lil Peep.

Lil Peep; Part One [14]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Praying To The Sky"
  • Greaf
3:59
2."The Way I See Things"
  • Kryptik
2:13
3."High School"
2:48
4."Another Song"
2:09
5."Five Degrees"
2:24
6."Nothing To U"
2:27
7."It's Me"
  • Fleance
2:07
8."Ghost Boy"
  • Rozz Dyliams
2:10
9."Veins"
  • Greaf
3:30
10."Wanna Be"
  • Mysticphonk
2:13
11."Shame On U"
  • Haardtek
1:51
Total length:27:51

Sample notes

References
  1. Tenreyro, Tatiana. "A Timeline of Lil Peep's Career". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. Peep, Lil. "Lil Peep - veins". SoundCloud. SoundCloud. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. Peep, Lil. "Lil Peep - praying to the sky". SoundCloud. SoundCloud. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. Peep, Lil. "Lil Peep - the way i see things". SoundCloud. SoundCloud. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. "LiL PEEP - nothing to u". YouTube. デーモンAstari. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. Gray, Geordie. "There is another posthumous Lil Peep album on the way". tonedeaf.thebrag.com. Tone Deaf. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  7. Fu, Eddie; Steele, Lesley; Hill, Tia; Morel, Jacques. "A Look At Posthumous Releases: Who Controls The Voices Of The Dead?". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  8. Smith, Karl. "How Emo Rap Has Redefined Rock Music". kerrang.com. Kerrang. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  9. Westfall, Melanie. "Fans reflect on drug substance abuse and depression after SoundCloud rapper's death". dailytexanonline.com. The Daily Texan. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  10. Jones, Fionnuala. "Lil Peep Didn't Have To Die, But Xan Culture Does". goldenplec.com. GoldenPlec. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  11. Peep, Lil. "Lil Peep Obituary". The Times. The Times. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  12. Peep, Lil. "praying to the sky - tweet". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  13. Peep, Lil. "Lil Peep - another song". www.Genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  14. Åhr, Gustav. "Lil Peep - LiL PEEP; Part One". Genius. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  15. "Lil'B - Tsunaida Te". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  16. "Lil Peep - another song". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  17. "Blink-182 - Adam's Song". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  18. "BONES - CUT". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  19. "nothing to u". genius.com. Genius. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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