{"id":777,"date":"2019-10-11T09:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/?p=777"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:24:56","slug":"hollywoods-bleeding-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/hollywoods-bleeding-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood’s Bleeding Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overall, A Decent Effort<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

James Carlisle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Over a year after the release of his sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys<\/em>, Post Malone has released Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em>, a 17-song, 51-minute-long production. This album delves into Malone\u2019s struggles with relationships as well as the pitfalls of his fame. The record is a mixed bag, to say the least. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. One of the reasons why Post Malone has widespread appeal is the fact that he is not bound to one genre. His music incorporates elements of hip hop, rock, trap rap, pop, and R&B. Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em> is Malone\u2019s most musically diverse record to date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shining example of this diversity is Malone\u2019s collaboration with heavy metal legend Ozzy Ozbourne on the track \u201cTake What You Want\u201d. The track also features Astroworld<\/em> rapper Travis Scott. On paper, it really should not work, but it does. This ambitious blend of rock and trap rap goes down as quite possibly the best track on the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em> boasts plenty of bangers. \u201cEnemies\u201d is a smooth, mellow track with a solid guest verse from \u201cSuge\u201d rapper DaBaby. Another highlight is the track \u201cAllergic,\u201d which is one of the more hard-hitting, rock-oriented songs on the album. \u201cCircles,\u201d a mellow, laid-back track about a dying relationship, is one of the album\u2019s catchiest moments. \u201cOn The Road\u201d has one of the best hooks on the album, as well as a strong guest verse from Dreams and Nightmares<\/em> rapper Meek Mill. \u201cMyself\u201d is a relaxed, sentimental, retrospective track that reflects on Malone\u2019s journey around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em> is far from perfect. The song \u201cSaint-Tropez\u201d is substanceless and uninspired. \u201cGoodbyes\u201d is a well-produced track with some of Malone\u2019s best lyrics on the album, but is ruined by an obnoxious, over-the-top feature from Young Thug. The track \u201cInternet\u201d is also overly grandiose and melodramatic, topped off with a bombastic orchestra instrumental at the end. The remaining tracks on the album, for the most part, are serviceable yet unremarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, this album is the epitome of a mixed bag. This is not to say that the album lacks vision or identity; Post Malone is one of the most musically diverse hip-hop artists today. That in itself is his identity. Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em> proves that Malone has the ability to make quality music in any genre he desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall, A Decent Effort James Carlisle Over a year after the release of his sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone has released Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding, a 17-song, 51-minute-long production. This album delves into Malone\u2019s struggles with relationships as well as the pitfalls of his fame. The record is a mixed bag, to say the least. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. One of the reasons why Post Malone has widespread appeal is the fact that he is not bound to one genre. His music incorporates elements of hip hop, rock, trap rap, pop, and R&B. Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding is Malone\u2019s most musically diverse record to date.  A shining example of this diversity is Malone\u2019s collaboration with heavy metal legend Ozzy Ozbourne on the track \u201cTake What You Want\u201d. The track also features Astroworld rapper Travis Scott. On paper, it really should not work, but it does. This ambitious blend of rock and trap rap goes down as quite possibly the best track on the album. Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding boasts plenty of bangers. \u201cEnemies\u201d is a smooth, mellow track with a solid guest verse from \u201cSuge\u201d rapper DaBaby. Another highlight is the track \u201cAllergic,\u201d which is one of the more hard-hitting, rock-oriented songs on the album. \u201cCircles,\u201d a mellow, laid-back track about a dying relationship, is one of the album\u2019s catchiest moments. \u201cOn The Road\u201d has one of the best hooks on the album, as well as a strong guest verse from Dreams and Nightmares rapper Meek Mill. \u201cMyself\u201d is a relaxed, sentimental, retrospective track that reflects on Malone\u2019s journey around the world.  Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding is far from perfect. The song \u201cSaint-Tropez\u201d is substanceless and uninspired. \u201cGoodbyes\u201d is a well-produced track with some of Malone\u2019s best lyrics on the album, but is ruined by an obnoxious, over-the-top feature from Young Thug. The track \u201cInternet\u201d is also overly grandiose and melodramatic, topped off with a bombastic orchestra instrumental at the end. The remaining tracks on the album, for the most part, are serviceable yet unremarkable. Once again, this album is the epitome of a mixed bag. This is not to say that the album lacks vision or identity; Post Malone is one of the most musically diverse hip-hop artists today. That in itself is his identity. Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding proves that Malone has the ability to make quality music in any genre he desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-style"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/post-malone-hollywoods-bleeding-stream.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}