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Advance EP

by jdv plus

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1.
you did me wrong you did me so wrong you got me fucked up you fucked me right up you left me to dry yeah i died inside [David Foster Wallace] none of this stuff is really about morality or religion or dogma or big fancy questions of life after death the Truth is about life before death it has almost nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do with simple awareness awareness of what is so real and essential so hidden in plain sight all around us all the time that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over this is water this is water this is water
2.
[Frank Savage] holding me back these people around me they want me to fail but i wouldn’t crack i’m on a mission don’t cut me no slack that shit wouldn’t float bitches around em and guys with the coke like is it a joke? handle your business i’m handling mine told you i been doing fine why do i have to repeat it to people who think that i’ve run out of time is it a dose? beating my foes keeping my conscience i need it the most i need it the most but it’s big bills on a post paid not surprised they got no faith i’ve been giving like no shade i been looking for the top floor they ain’t looking at the boxscore if you checked out my stats nice gotta talk less and rap more like woah i been moving so slow i just spent a few in college and i think i’m going pro woah do this shit for my folks hold it down for my mama while she living on the east coast [jdv plus] and on the west coast i’ve been training hard doing like +63 down venice boulevard cruising thru my streets and i don’t make it to the beach unless my girl done rolling up a couple ounces of that leaf ~ restaurant after restaurant making cash in tech and then i live like upper echelon palm tree boys my flex is on [Frank Savage] this for the family see them on multiple stages my people made for the cover your people really just flip through the pages we’ve all been dealing with changes most of them hate you but then there’s the few that support you and give you their praises that shit is really contagious you can keep chasing these hoes get yourself high but can’t deal with the lows sipping on liquor i stumble then drive myself home while i’m wasted cause anything goes maybe it would have been different if i didn’t go bet on some people here wishing that i didn’t show [jdv plus] i’ve changed a lot of my weight i’m making different mistakes i’ve got new things to say i got a new life today new shit every day ~ my mind’s a different world your old boy’s got a new girl molly, never again my life was almost ruined in 2012
3.
wake up in a haze we haven’t been on the same page two ships in the night i get up at 5 right when you’re just ending your day you wanted to fuck when i didn’t you’re gone and now i need affection getting so sick of these games and all of our missed connections but i swear i will never ever leave you i couldn’t ever mistreat you right now it could all be so simple so please we don’t have to get into our feelings what’s hiding beneath these eyes i’d rather not know what’s inside let’s smile and forget what’s inside [Famous Friend] i’m missing you no lies no truth we’re both ghosts and slowly fading but i’ll keep waiting you’re stuck on the earth and my mind is deep in the stars from the edge of the atmosphere i can’t feel where you are these days we’re on separate islands just dying to make a connection we’re trying to pull them together they’re floating in different directions but i swear i will never ever leave you i couldn’t ever mistreat you you know this’ll never be simple so don’t waste your time getting into these feelings what’s hiding beneath your eyes i’ll always be on your side even when i don’t know what’s inside (baby i don’t know)
4.
[xoco] i’ve been down to the valley i’ve been thinking about it lately and i know i’ve been unruly don’t know if i deserve it yeah i’ve been down to the valley i’ve been wasted forever and i know when i come out of it we’ll see if it was worth it and then the real thing hits me the pressure makes me stronger i never like to go and open that door but the pressure makes me stronger with every step i go hills make me want more i’m your barometer so we breathe and go under we breathe in and go [jdv plus] i drive through these winding roads to get to the studio i’ve suffered my twists and turns i’ve been lost in some valleys when i'm drugged out i can’t help it yeah you're familiar yet far away there’s nothing i can’t fix these days i’m starting to learn how to help myself i’m starting to earn my own true wealth i drive through these winding roads where they lead me i do not know i’ve suffered my twists and turns i’ve been lost in some valleys but these days i can help it
5.
i sense desire beneath your words i share what you feel we both see what’s going on surrender your world no more right and wrong all we have is now i promise you i just don’t know how to love you just the way you want me to just the way you need me to i lust for you beating rapidly beating rapidly darling don’t you see it don’t have to be deep and shit like that it just has to be our little secret between you and me then i’ll set you free you will set me free i’ve seen your colors since day one you bled them out for me your transparent spectrum come with the moon and leave with the sun all we have is now you know it’s true you think you want me to love you you know what you really need no heart in my seed you lust for me because you’re crazy just like me my heart is a little secret
6.
[Bane] you think darkness is your ally? you merely adopted the dark i was born in it molded by it i didn’t see the light until i was already a man by then it was nothing to me but blinding ... [Epilogue: John Cutter] now you’re looking for the secret but you won’t find it because of course you’re not really looking you don’t really want to work it out you want to be fooled.

about

Frank Savage is Francis Yu
Famous Friend is Zach Carlson
xoco is Mia C. Rossi
Howle is Kristofer Crouch
&
jdv plus is Jaime de Venecia

recorded February to September 2016

all music produced by jdv plus unless otherwise noted

credits

released September 19, 2016

composition, production, recording & mixing by Jaime de Venecia
co-production, engineering, vocal recording & vocal mixing by Zach Carlson
lyrics & vocals by Jaime de Venecia, Francis Yu, Zach Carlson, and Mia C. Rossi
additional production by Kristofer Crouch
mixed by Jaime de Venecia at PlusWorld in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA
mastered by Zach Carlson at Burn the Proof in Malibu, CA

*Track 1 samples:
David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address
© The David Foster Wallace Literary Trust & Little, Brown and Company (2005)
&
“Futura Free” by Frank Ocean
© Boys Don’t Cry (2016)
[taken from "runnin around" by Buddy Ross]

*Track 2 samples “Smile” by Télépopmusik featuring Angela McCluskey
© Parlophone France, Capitol Music Group, EMI & UMG (2001)

*Track 6 samples:
The Dark Knight Rises
© Legendary Pictures, DC Entertaiment & Syncopy (2012)
&
The Prestige
© Touchstone Pictures, Newmarket Films & Syncopy (2006)

==

“WOLF / THIS IS WATER"
composed by Jaime de Venecia
recorded at PlusWorld
vocals recorded at Burn the Proof

“ISN’T IT”
composed by Jaime de Venecia
written by Jaime de Venecia & Francis Yu
recorded at PlusWorld
jdv’s vocals recorded at Burn the Proof
Frank’s vocals recorded at Why You Salty in the South
(Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines)
additional vocal mixing by Jaime de Venecia

“GHOSTS”
composed by Jaime de Venecia & Zach Carlson
co-produced & co-written by Zach Carlson & Jaime de Venecia
recorded & engineered by Zach Carlson at Burn the Proof

“VALLEYS”
composed by Jaime de Venecia
co-written by Jaime de Venecia & Mia C. Rossi
recorded at PlusWorld
vocals recorded at Burn the Proof

“LITTLE SECRET"
composed & produced by Kristofer Crouch
written by Jaime de Venecia
recorded & mixed by Kristofer Crouch at 2313
(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
vocals recorded & mixed at Burn the Proof

“WOLF IN THE DARK”
composed by Jaime de Venecia
recorded at PlusWorld

==

with love & special thanks to:
Mom & Daniel
Dad, Tita Karen, Andrew, Amanda & Lucas
Lolo Romy, Lola Jing & Auntie Mel
Tita Leslie & Alex
Grandma Vicky & Grandpa Glyn
Tita Sandra, Tito Mark, Matthew & Alison
Lolo Joe & Lola Gina
J.P.

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