New School Hip-Hop

New York- New School student Jackson T. Whalan, also known as “The Apsosoul”, is currently writing and producing a new concept album that provides a message of peace through the genre of conscious hip-hop and seeks support through donations to complete the album by March 31st.
The project has received $1000 of the $8,700 that Jackson will need in order for the album to be completed. Whalan has been using multiple forms of media to promote his album, posting updates on current donations and donators, new songs, as well as video’s explaining the albums concepts of peace. “The donations keep coming and I’m excited to see the finished results,” say Baier. With the deadline for the album nearing, Whalan has chosen not to focus on playing at venues but rather on recording the songs themselves. However he has recently preformed at “The Cypher” taking place at Club 7 in Berkshire Massachusetts. Otherwise he has limited his performances.
Whalan has been working on this musical venture since 2010 with the help from Robby Baier. Baier is a producer at Soultube Music located in Housatonic Massachusetts, and helps with the production of songs and also the marketing of the album. The album named “Now” “hope[s] to raise awareness of peace lying in the moment, spreading the message that hip-hop can be a means of spreading awareness of the positive and a way for people to come together,” says Whalan.
Whalan has been producing and performing music since the age of 14, growing up in Berkshire Massachusetts. He is currently living in New York City and studying at the New School. He plans to incorporate the new knowledge he has gained through his studies into his music. The city has also been a large contributing factor in providing vast opportunities to have his music heard, as well as providing him with inspiration and motivation. He has previously played at venues such as the Nuyorican Café on the Lower East Side, the United Nations National Day of Peace conference, and at open mics at the New School. Whalan plans to keep performing at venues around the city and spreading words of peace once the album is finished.