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Yesterday was Record Store Day, where people were encouraged to visit their local record store. As someone who loves music, I've always wanted a record player to play vinyl. The experience of the album art and the richer sound is something that I enjoy. With the convenience of digital streaming music, we lose the art and patience of music. So yesterday I decided to purchase a record player after years of wanting to own one. I felt a reconnection with music that I've heard numerous times before by having a different listening experience. When I put on Purple Rain onto my record player I was forced to sit and simply listen to the songs. I couldn't multitask with my headphones in or skip songs with ease. I simply sat back and listened to the songs in the order and sound that Prince meant for them to be listened in. I also purchased a few of my favorite recent albums that sound great on vinyl. The album that I got that sounds great on vinyl is House of Balloons by The Weeknd.

Gone are the days of rappers using traditional advertising to promote their next album. A few years ago we used to see artists buying billboards doing numerous media appearances. That type of traditional album promotion still happens but is not as prevalent as it was. In this blog post, I dive into how artists have changed how the gain attention for a new album or song. Soulja Boy Tricking the Internet The first artist I can remember being smart using the internet to virally marketing his music was Soulja Boy. During the late 2000s we just started seeing a boom of people switching to digital music over physical CDs. So what Soulja Boy did was name his songs after top songs of the time. People would think they were downloading 50 Cent In Da Club but really downloading a new Soulja Boy song. You can see more about that in an interview here . Rae Sremmurd Mannequin Challenge Last year Black Beatles by the duo Rae Sremmurd was a hot song but it didn't really take of

Sorry for the delay, meant to post this right after the album came out. For a visual, I'm currently eating french toast outside on a beautiful day listening to the new Drake. Here is my first reaction to Drake's new album (playlist sorry). This is posted a few weeks after the album came out but here were my first thoughts. The rules I set for myself were I couldn't look anything up and I could only write about each song for it's duration. Also no pausing the album. Here are my first reaction/thoughts. 1. Free Smoke The first song on the album starts with a gospel intro then BAM big bass drop and Drizzy goes in. Ok Drake is coming at all the wack rappers and moving to Dubai. "I'm not Kid n Play, this kid doesn't play about the flow" *insert 100 fire emojis Oh damn, this outro is trippy, who's this British dude?! 2. No Long Talk feat Giggs Ok hard bass drop with some British dude yelling WE LIT. Is Drake British now? I'm not su