Cold Fresh Pillows.

Abhi//Dijon // Horses

I heard about Claud on accident a few years back. I remember hearing the single for "Guard Down" and thinking "Hey, that's pretty good. I should sample this."

My first idea was to do an NY Drill remix of it, thinking that because they were from New York, it would be kinda funny. Problem was, I never had the motivation and never got around to it. Later on I end up finding out that Claud... is not from New York. They're from Highland Park, IL. 


Realising I had no meme-like idea to pin this to, I just decided to do it in the style that I've enjoyed making. With the intention of possibly writing to it... giving it the intentional theme of Claud's voice being like my nervous system telling me "Don't Let Your Guard Down". The idea being the feeling of anxiousness with new love created by past relationships... and eventually learning to be vulnerable with my new love as it ends with "Let Your Guard Down".

Either way, this was fun to make, and I'm basically considering it done so I don't overthink it into mush. 

If Claud happens upon this: Hey. Thanks for being a musician. I thought the song was dope and I hope you enjoyed my little sample flip piece right here.

If you're wondering about the title: I wanted to reference "Guard Down" in a way that amused me... also I play a lot of fighting games, so I felt like an arrow for "crouch guarding" using your Super Monster era colour scheme would be a nice touch.

Crouch Guard

A man does not chase power — he builds it, room by room.

jazz lounges, whispered deals, and a voice that sells both mercy and sin.

The beats? All brass, bourbon, and discipline — boom bap precision dressed in silk.

This isn't rap for crowds. It’s conversation for the corner table — where the real business happens.

Produced in the spirit of Miles, Marci, and every man who ran the night without raising his voice.

This is Back Room Benny and his EP: Cabaret Made 

BRB - Velvet Cuts

Guitar by Mullany Rococo
Made by Quiet Luke

♃ 

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About
I named the album 'Otaku' to poke fun at myself and my love for anime/Japan. It also falls in line with Lofi Hip Hop's obsession with the anime aesthetic. I always joke with my friends that I'm a step away from getting a body pillow. I also wanted to explore the stigma behind it and question its definition. I don't think people should judge each other so harshly.

The album is inspired by many things: Anime (Mob Psycho 100, Re:zero, Cowboy Bebop, Golden Time, Durarara!!, Seven Deadly Sins, Neon Genesis Evangelion), TV shows (Freaks & Geeks, Stranger Things), certain genres like future (Quickly, Quickly, Lido), lofi hiphop (Knxwledge, sleepy eyes, O.S.L., ohbliv, bsd.u, SwuM, wuntwo, mt. marcy, Josh Hey, Beat Haus, Paxico Records, Stones Throw, dil withers, a.bee,), Funk/soul (Sade, Milton Wright, George Duke, Prince Phillip Mitchell), Jazz (John Klemmer, Shigeo Sekito, Larry Willis, John Coltrane), 80s/90s rap (Eazy E, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah, AZ, De La Soul), 80s acid house (Phil Fearon & the Galaxy), and 90s/2000s R&B (Xscape, Musiq Soulchild, Lalah Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Silk).

Certain rappers (Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Kanye West, Earl Sweatshirt, Max B, Skepta/BBK, Lord Apex), certain albums (Blonde by Frank Ocean, Freetown Sound by Blood Orange, JEFFERY by No My Name Is Jeffery, P3 by PARTYNEXTDOOR), food channels and respective foodies/chefs (Munchies, Matty Matheson, Eddie Huang, Sean Evans, First We Feast's Hot Ones, Gordon Ramsay, Morimoto's 'Momosan' on Lex), and other things like Akai, reel to reel machines (Akai 1720w), cassette culture, Roy Woods, Rihanna, Rick Rubin, Sven Libaek, Zen Buddhism, and a lot of other things that inspired me in one way or another. The album art is done by zomkashwak (instagram.com/zomkashwak) and is inspired by a past muse..


I took the summer off to study beatmaking and this is the culmination of that effort. I would watch videos for seven hours a day every day of the week. I probably watched upwards of 300 hours of video tutorials from legends like Matt Weiss and Echo Soundworks. I also read the Art of Mixing by David Gibson. I dedicate this album to my family who continues to support and love me unconditionally — more than I deserve. Thanks to everyone who helped make this album, especially dylAn for getting the interlude in on time and ISBA for providing dope background vocals. Big thanks to Jux Chemist for the art direction/helping me find the aesthetic of the album. Thanks to the Grifo Tapes family for putting me on, sponsoring my broke ass, and for being patient with me haha. Thanks to Inner Ocean Records for pressing the tapes and big up to zomkashwak for providing the trill album art. Finally, thank you to the fans. You guys telling me you vibe with my songs is the reason I do this <3

Love —

Bee

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under ur spell interlude (feat. dylAn)

[Prod. by Gustavo]

feeling blue.

Sample: Again - Doris Day

never again

YouMeUs

A little somethin to keep yall warm for the holidays.

Alone This Christmas

Singing lah dah about heartbreak

Lyrics:
Please somebody help me
I don't know what to do or where to go
I've lost all direction
and wheres my heart? there's nothing left to show

Please somebody help me
I'm lost outside and stranded in the cold
I gave my everything
now I just need a way to get back home

I need a lightbulb, lightbulb
how could you leave me new moon
light bulb light bulb
no clear skies just the clouds move
light bulb, light bulb
eyes no see, heart that can't feel
lightbulb, light bulb
leave me alone
let me heal

Why I keep on trying?
When I already know how it's about to go
I thought you were the best thing
That I had ever met, or seen or known

I have to keep quiet 
I'll keep my thoughts and feelings in a cloak
maybe eventually
but by the time you hear this you won't know


Written By: Dominique Caster
Keyboard: Conner Broome
Produced By: Dominique Caster, Conner Broome, Andrew Wilson

Recorded By: Mack Clay and Andrew Wilson
Mixed By: Andrew Wilson

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