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. 'Under Pressure' Released: September 15, 2014. 'Buried Alive' Released: October 14, 2014 Under Pressure is the debut studio album by American rapper. It was released on October 21, 2014,.
Development and composition of the album began in 2013, with recording taking place during a two-week span at the beginning of 2014. The album's production was primarily handled by, with smaller contributions from a variety of record producers, including,.
The standard edition of the album contained no guest appearances, with and being featured on tracks 'Alright' and 'Driving Ms. Daisy', respectively, on the album's deluxe edition. Logic sought to create an album that would stand out as 'beautiful, musical and melodic' while also including 'raw lyricism'.
In order to establish his desired sound, his lyricism is heavily introspective, analyzing himself by exploring his ambivalent outlook on his newfound fame, his family, feelings of self-consciousness, success, and his struggles with addiction. His goal was to provide an autobiography which explicitly detailed the scenarios and experiences that impacted him during his rise in the music industry.
The album was supported by two: 'Under Pressure' and 'Buried Alive', each focusing on Logic's struggles both due to and aside from his musical career. Under Pressure received generally positive reviews from critics, drawing particular attention to Logic's bluntness in his storytelling, its perceptive lyricism, and the album's toned-down production, resembling the ever-changing production of rap and hip hop releases of the 1990s. The album debuted at number four on the US, selling 72,000 in its first week. Contents.
Background Between 2010 and 2013, Logic released four free online and funded his own tours, through which he built his fanbase and reputation. According to Logic, the largest contributing factor to his rise to stardom was that he 'hit the road and actually saw the fans face to face and shook their hands.' He signed with five months after the release of his Young Sinatra mixtape in 2011; a deal kept secret until 2013 because he 'didn't want the fans to be like, 'Oh, he's going to change!' ' Logic has metaphorically described Def Jam as his 'bank', which does not interfere with his creative control or deal much with his publicity.
Visionary Music Group, an independent label run by Logic, managed and funded his, touring, and commissioning of. In 2013, Logic moved to Los Angeles to work on his debut album with Def Jam's, a mentor he later compared to. Several people advised Logic to make the album more personal than his mixtapes, inspiring him to write about his difficult upbringing in. On the advice of, he chose to maintain the album's personal theme by omitting.
Its title Under Pressure reflects the challenges of Logic's private life and rap career, while also referencing his belief that the album is 'his diamond', as diamonds are formed by pressure. His prior mixtapes had dealt heavily with his heritage, but he changed his focus from race to culture on the album. Rather than go 'the radio route' with Under Pressure, Logic wanted to create a classic hip hop album in the style of,. To help new listeners understand that his roots lie in this music, Logic tried to make Under Pressure more consistent and more quintessentially hip hop than his mixtapes, which he found incohesive. Although he admitted to emulating other rappers on his earlier releases, he believed that the album would finally crystallize 'the sound of Logic'.
The album artwork was painted by Sam Spratt, an artist based in New York City. He was asked to depict the basement of Logic's friend Big Lenbo, where Logic had lived and recorded early in his career. Using photographs taken at that time for reference, Spratt painted a detailed reproduction of the space. The artwork's 'half dark, half bright and beautiful look' symbolizes the two sides of Logic's life.
Spratt wrote that he collaborated heavily with Logic to make the album's narrative 'sync up on the art side'. The title and track list on the album art were hand-written by Big Lenbo. Composition and recording.
For Under Pressure, Logic drew inspiration from a variety of sources, ranging from films to the music of hip-hop artists and groups such as,. While Under Pressure 's development spanned several years, it was recorded in roughly two weeks. Recording locations included 's studio and Logic's home, both in Los Angeles, and hotel rooms where Logic stayed while touring. Served as executive producer and exercised high-level oversight of the album, utilizing a loose management style that Logic compared to that of. Although Logic found No I.D.'
S advice and connections to be critical to Under Pressure 's quality, he later clarified that 'it was me and Visionary Music Group producer who created this entire album.' During the album's development, Logic regularly watched films and listened to,. Other influences on the album include 's and, and 's song '. The first track to be composed was the nine-minute 'Under Pressure', which Logic wrote and self-produced while on tour with. After returning to the studio to work on the song in, an error caused a of 's ' to play over aggressive drums, which Logic decided to use as an opening half to 'Under Pressure'.
Live instruments such as guitars and cellos were then added. The two-halves of the track came to represent 'the duality of man', as Logic rapped from the perspectives of both his hip hop persona and his everyday identity as well as those of his sister and his father. The resultant song would 'set the tone for the rest of the album', according to Logic. Opening track 'Intro' was initially based on a sample from the song 'Aeroplane (Reprise)' by Wee, which Logic and 6ix had heard in Kanye West's '. However, technical issues forced them to the sample. Work on track two, 'Soul Food', began when Logic found the song's instrumental hosted on by rapper and producer Alkebulan.
Logic obtained permission to use the track and polished it with his team. After they were unable to or interpolate a key sample, was recruited to recreate it. The song's second half consists of production from 6ix which had been recorded a year before the rest of the track. 'Intro' and 'Soul Food' were placed together at the beginning of the album to create a jolting transition from a 'beautiful and musical and melodic' song to 'six minutes of raw lyricism'. For 'Buried Alive', Logic selected one of 20 instrumentals given to him by, adding backing vocals recorded by Big Lenbo as well as additional drums.
Provided several potential instrumentals for 'Never Enough', and the 'skeleton beat' Logic selected was built with interpolations of ' performed by Outkast and ' performed by Kid Cudi. 'Growing Pains III', the third installment of Logic's 'Growing Pains' trilogy, was produced by 's and 6ix. In the song, Logic speaks on his early life and the difficulties he experienced while growing up in his household.
'Metropolis', a Rob Knox and Logic co-production, features an interpolation of ' ' designed to add 'thump' to the original song's drumming. 'Nikki' samples 's 'Love Is Green'. The name 'Nikki' is referenced in previous songs on the album, personified as a very close female until it is revealed that Nikki is an abbreviation for. The title track is the first single for the album and is produced by Logic himself.
The song samples Eazy-E's 'Eazy-Duz-It' and 's 'My One and Only Love'. The 9-minute, two-part track is widely viewed as the centerpiece of the album by critics and fans alike. In the first part, Logic speaks on his success and his compulsion to give back to those who helped him build his career, while the second part is him lamenting losing touch with his family as a result of success and finding out how proud they are of him. The album's closer, 'Till the End', was the last to be composed and recorded. Husband-and-wife team The Frontrunners and producers and contributed to the song's instrumental.
Upon hearing the mastered version of the album, Logic reportedly cried, as it proved to him that he had succeeded despite his troubled upbringing. Music and lyrics. The album's autobiographical lyrical content detail Logic's life. Under Pressure details Logic's life story beginning with his childhood in, and he has described its content as 'extremely, extremely dark'. Logic conceived 'Gang Related' after watching. Logic considered it to be 'a ' that subverts the glorification of violence common in hip hop by describing the criminal activities and corresponding violence that had surrounded him as a child, while showing that he chose a different lifestyle. After completing the first verse, he was on the lyrics for ten days, until he thought to rap from the perspective of his brother who had dealt drugs in Logic's youth.
His brother agreed to the idea and provided him with stories from the period. While on tour with, Logic received numerous messages from his family, which he 'transcribed damn near word for word' and converted into rhyming lyrics. As a fan of hip hop, Logic was initially uneasy about the results, but he chose to push forward with the idea. 'Never Enough' was written as an 'ignorant' track with a hidden meaning: it discusses the pleasures of 'money, bitches, drugs and partying' but declares them insufficient for living a fulfilling life. Logic wrote 'Till the End' about his difficulty breaking into the mainstream. Promotion Singles The first single from the album, 'Under Pressure', was released on September 15, 2014, with a music video released on October 9, 2014.
The album's second single, 'Buried Alive', was released on October 14, 2014. Other songs The album's first, 'Now', was released on April 8, 2014. The album's second promotional single, 'Alright', was released on April 23, 2014 and features a from American rapper. The album's third promotional single, 'Driving Ms. Daisy', was released on August 27, 2014.
The song features a guest appearance from American rapper. Performances On November 13, 2014, Logic performed 'I'm Gone' on, with as his backing band. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 72/100 Review scores Source Rating 9/10 4.5/5 RapReviews.com 9/10 1.0/5 4/5 Under Pressure received generally positive reviews from critics. At, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an score of 72, based on eight reviews. Sheldon Pearce of found a lot of depth in the album's storytelling saying 'There are a great many moments that make Under Pressure feel like a feature film about Logic's life, and when at its best, it is creating that sort of imagery.' Praised the production and Logic's storytelling throughout the album saying, ' Under Pressure is an autobiographical and odds-beating debut that arrives more fully formed than expected.'
Erin Lowers of said, ' Under Pressure finds Logic breaking out as an all-star emcee, raising the bar higher than anyone could've predicted.' Clara Wang of RapReviews.com said, 'When nostalgic old-timers lament the golden age of hip-hop, for those championing our current era, Under Pressure is the album to point to.'
Eric Diep of was compelled by the lyricism throughout the album, concluding with 'Filled with persistent rhymes about his grind, it's a final warning that he's not going anywhere. For Logic, alleviating the pressures of critical acclaim just got easier.'
Christopher R. Weingarten of said, 'This album is all surface-level, free of sharp punch lines ('I been Hungary like Budapest') or metaphors that connect.'
In a negative review, a staff reviewer from said 'It's not a verbatim copy of 's work, but it's every bit the stylistic counterfeit, and while it, along with the other mentions above, could be seen as imitations done in reverence had they been released on a free mixtape, their use on an album is no doubt a calculated effort to profit off of the ideas and work of another who did it first, in an attempt to capitalize on the ignorance of those listeners who may not know better.' He did, however, continue by saying, 'Outside of these disgusting faults, Logic's album isn't a bad effort at all, with few truly dull moments and good production and rapping from front to back.' Year-end lists Under Pressure was listed at number 45 on 's 50 best albums of 2014 and number six on 's list of 46 best albums of the year. Ranked it among the top 25 albums of 2014. Commercial performance Under Pressure debuted at number four on the US, selling 72,000 in the United States. It also debuted at number two on both the US and the US charts, respectively. As of October 2015, the album has sold 197,000 copies in the United States.
In October 2016, the album was certified by the (RIAA), for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units. Track listing Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. Garner, Chris (September 15, 2014). From the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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From the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014. Alex Gale (October 22, 2014). From the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ Insanul Ahmed (June 13, 2014). From the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014. Sowmya Krishnamurty (October 21, 2014).
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^ Andre Grant (October 31, 2014). From the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
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Nikki (Song). All handwriting on the album's artwork was done by Big Lenbo. Carl Lamarre (May 19, 2014). From the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014., Larry Griffin Jr., Mark Landon (2014). Bounce (Song).
Locations where the album were recorded include: No I.D.' S studio in Los Angeles, Logic's house in the hills, and various hotels across the country throughout the duration of the tour., David Cunningham (2014). Buried Alive (Song). Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and films by Quentin Tarantino were in rotation constantly throughout the duration of this album's creation. From the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2015. Frydenlund, Zach (September 15, 2014).
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Frydenlund, Zach (August 27, 2014). From the original on September 14, 2014.
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Retrieved October 27, 2014. ^ Erin, Lowers (October 21, 2014). From the original on October 26, 2014.
Retrieved October 28, 2014. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (October 27, 2014). From the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014. ^ Wang, Clara (October 28, 2014). From the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
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^ Diep, Eric (October 21, 2014). Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
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