Posts About Random Stuff

If this is your first time seeing this, hello! This blog is where I post blogs that I didn't want to put on my school blog, or blogs that don't have anything to do with my school blog. Hope you enjoy! Ah yes, the bane of any mainstream listener trying to listen to internet music: audio tags. Often intrusive, these loud, blaring sound effects and vocal bites declare to the listener the album’s name, its producers, and those hosting the album, such DJ Swamp Izzo shouting his name and menacingly laughing throughout Playboi Carti’s album Music , often to the chagrin of the listener. However, when done well, these tags can enhance an album, and nowhere is that more true than on longtime internet rap legend Bladee’s seventh solo album, Cold Visions. Taking a rapid departure from his previous albums, which, if anything, at least featured optimistic instrumentals, Cold Visions provides a full dive into Bladee (real name Benjamin Reichwald) and his struggles with depression. The then-30...