Lil Peep - Benz Truck (prod. by Smokeasac) May the stars in heaven shine on his restful soul ~ November 15, 2017, Lil Peep, born Gustav Elijah Åhr died at age 21 of a Fentanyl-Xanax overdose on tour in Tucson, Arizona. His 3 year career catapulted him into underground superstardom on account of his several mixtapes & debut album Come Over When Your Sober pt. 1. In a time when the emo-rap acts of Yung Lean, Lil Xan, and Trippie Redd took over radio stations, Lil Peep’s indie-rock cloud style fermented the scene with it’s depressed, lo-fi lyrics & trap flavoured influences. In my opinion, he is as important to emo rap as XXXTENTACÍON is to the alternative genre today. Have you ever had a feeling as if you knew something as going to happen? Well, that’s what Lil Peep’s “Benz Truck” is all about. From it’s start the song plucks a foreboding tune followed by striking set of strings & a crash into some .. just BAD lyrics. But it’s his lively singing that makes it all worth the listening. Trap music isn’t meant to promote a bright lifestyle, but that’s just what Peep does in this song. From his “brand-new bitch” to his “iced-out whip” things seem to even sparkle out against the despondent scene set before us. We’ve had eminence like the likes of Eminem, and Kurt Cobain who seem to fight through the melodic struggles of the instrumentals they preform over but when it comes to Lil Peep, it’s seems as if the tracks —themselves are grunge-full in indifference of him & ergo, his life. He plays the samples with strong and indignant, however lowly, finesse. Still, the 808s hit hard, highlighting the sub-textual inevitable, and bring in the chorus. “Friends switch up when you in a Benz truck (skrrt) Hoes wanna fuck, tell a bitch, “Good luck” Hoes wanna fuck ‘cause I just came up Drugs in my nose, good drugs in my cup” In light of the drug-related deaths of Lil Peep and Fredo Santana, it’s important that the hip-hop communities take part in responsibly managing the habits & mental health of its artists. Depression was obviously not a new thing to Åhr and not was sipping-lean I’m the life of Fredo Santana. It seems at though every single single Peep dropped was a cry for help and it’s a shame no one took the time to help him better manage his health before his overdose. Whether intentional or unintentional, his death has left us behind some of the most impressive music I’ve ever heard from this generations selection of artists. Below is a link to Lil Peep’s Come Over When You’re Sober pt. 1 and repost some of his tracks on SoundCloud in remembrance.
Goodnight Lil Peep. Peace.
Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 1
