For those of us who know the words to “star shopping,” the line, “shoutout to everyone making my beats u helpin me preach/this music’s the only thing keeping the peace when I’m falling to pieces,” really captures the thread that ties together the songs of LIL PEEP; PART ONE.  The producers, and their beats sent via SoundCloud, Twitter, texts, and emails, sustained Gus during a low point in his relationship with his girlfriend, Emma. During that time he developed his skills as a creator of music and as a lyricist.  This intense work also helped him get through a time of estrangement from Emma.  Writing and singing his lyrics was cathartic for him.

From July 27 to August 10, Gus and Makonnen had completed the first fifteen of what would be twenty-one songs and would later be known as the “Diamonds” project.  They had completed these songs in Los Angeles.  Makonnen had invited Gus, Smokeasac, Fish Narc, and Yung One Era to the Electric Feel studio on Sunset Boulevard.  The studio had been new to Gus, and the music was a very new style for him to “hop on.”  He had loved every minute of it.