A $ D On Spotify Analysis
I plugged my Beats headphones into my laptop and streamed A$AP Rocky’s, “L$D,” on Spotify. The song begins with a series of notes played on what seems to be a guitar. Right away it creates a hazy and mellow mood. The three notes are repeated on a slow tempo, slowing down the ambience that the song creates. These three repeated notes are panned mainly on the right side. This unevenness disorientates the song, unbalancing the mood, the notes have not yet kicked in and taken over both ears. With the release of a relaxing, de-stressed breath, the panning transitions to the middle and the final note is vividly heard on both ears from 0:13 to 015—time is stretched, slowly resonating to the tone of the final note. After this final note finishes,
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Whispering is panned on the left side. You hear “acid” slowly whispered, again, on the left side at 1:42. Beginning at 1:39, A$AP’s voice begins to get a little faster and is cut more frequently. His voice is not surrounded by many different sounds at this point. You can, again, hear the heavy bass more clearly. It is playing the same tune that it first introduced. At 1:50, a breath is taken and it echoes for about two seconds. This breath really creates a sense of space. It flows to the background where it slowly dissolves. The whisper dissolves into an empty sound that takes over the song, only to be broken up by the slow sound of …show more content…
Here, A$AP does not sing anymore, but another voice begins to recite a series lyrics that begin with “I’ve been.” A familiar “ooooo” also reappear during this part. The bass in the set of drums, in the back ground is sharp and noticeable. The elctroinc “yeah” is also carried on into this phase of the song. In this part of the song, though, the electronic voice expands from just “yeah,”, you can hear it shouting words that cannot quite be made out. The panning of these words switch back in forth, left to right.
At 2:41, A$AP’s voice returns and the song switches rhythms. A$AP is singing at a higher pitch in this part, but it still maintains its mellow and soft tone. He sings faster and is accompanied by a faster set of drums in the background. This combination, along with translucent sounds in the back, builds the momentum in the song. This part I would describe as building up to the climax. The beats in the background push the song up to a high
Whispering is panned on the left side. You hear “acid” slowly whispered, again, on the left side at 1:42. Beginning at 1:39, A$AP’s voice begins to get a little faster and is cut more frequently. His voice is not surrounded by many different sounds at this point. You can, again, hear the heavy bass more clearly. It is playing the same tune that it first introduced. At 1:50, a breath is taken and it echoes for about two seconds. This breath really creates a sense of space. It flows to the background where it slowly dissolves. The whisper dissolves into an empty sound that takes over the song, only to be broken up by the slow sound of …show more content…
Here, A$AP does not sing anymore, but another voice begins to recite a series lyrics that begin with “I’ve been.” A familiar “ooooo” also reappear during this part. The bass in the set of drums, in the back ground is sharp and noticeable. The elctroinc “yeah” is also carried on into this phase of the song. In this part of the song, though, the electronic voice expands from just “yeah,”, you can hear it shouting words that cannot quite be made out. The panning of these words switch back in forth, left to right.
At 2:41, A$AP’s voice returns and the song switches rhythms. A$AP is singing at a higher pitch in this part, but it still maintains its mellow and soft tone. He sings faster and is accompanied by a faster set of drums in the background. This combination, along with translucent sounds in the back, builds the momentum in the song. This part I would describe as building up to the climax. The beats in the background push the song up to a high