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We Be Shutting Down
Thought We Had a Moat
90 Seconds • April 1, 2026
Produced by Andre Isiah • Mixed & Mastered by Independent
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Bio

Andre Isiah

Oakland-raised. San Francisco sound. 2021-2022 was the moment — every room got bigger, every check got larger. People left six-figure jobs to work with him.

Then the industry moved. Not against him. Just moved. His sound became "a direction we're already going." The crew got absorbed elsewhere. The deals dried up. He was left with sessions, memories, and people who vanished.

2023-2024 he watched people call him an AI rapper. Not because of the work. Because it was easier to dismiss him than sign him. Because the algorithm wasn't designed for him. Because when you don't fit the formula, you become the excuse.

He's a real rapper. Everything in this project is real — recorded, produced, mixed by actual people. Better than most of what's out. Better than the noise they promoted instead.

2024 he tried to understand the game. 2025 he decided to say fuck the game.

We Be Shutting Down is what happened. 90 seconds. A rise, betrayal, and the peace of knowing it's finally over. The most honest thing he's ever made.

Music

We Be Shutting Down
Single • April 1, 2026 • 90 Seconds • Independent
The final statement. Produced by Andre Isiah. Mixed & Mastered by Independent. A 90-second reflection on rise and fall, on the moment everything changes.
Coming April 1 • Pre-order available
The Moat
Album • Released August 2023 • 12 Tracks
Peak: 2.3M Spotify Listeners • 1.8M Total Streams
The peak era. Building the fortress. Sound so distinct people couldn't touch it. Every track felt like an event. The moment before everything changed.
Table Talk
EP • Released March 2022 • 5 Tracks
Breakthrough Moment • Industry Attention
First real attention. People started listening. Every room got bigger, every check got larger. People left jobs to work on these tracks. The moment everything clicked.
Lunch Money
Mixtape • Released June 2021 • 8 Tracks
Underground Release • What Got Noticed
Before anyone knew. The hunger phase. This is what got noticed. This is what made people leave their comfort to chase him. The foundation of everything.

"We Be Shutting Down is the most honest thing I've ever made. When people called me an AI rapper, it wasn't about the work — it was easier than signing me. When the industry moved, I wasn't angry. I was invisible."

"This song is 90 seconds. It says everything I need to say. The rise was real. The fall was real. Everything in this project is real — recorded, produced, mixed by actual people. Better than most of what they promoted instead. But that doesn't matter anymore. We Be Shutting Down. That's the statement."

— Andre Isiah, March 2026
2.3M
Spotify Listeners
1.8M
Total Streams
47K
Monthly Listeners
GENIUS
PITCHFORK
THE NEEDLE DROP
"Andre Isiah's 'We Be Shutting Down' is brutally honest"
Genius — March 28, 2026
"Rising Bay Area rapper Andre Isiah returns with introspective new single"
Pitchfork — March 25, 2026
"90 seconds that feel like forever"
The Needle Drop — March 30, 2026