User:PostyMalone/sandbox

= Article Review = I've been appreciative of Post Malone's work since his first single, White Iverson. Since then, I've followed each of his musical footsteps. Stoney was his first album and I believe it has been a tremendous influencer of modern music. I visited the Stoney (album) page on Wikipedia and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: the struggles of the album, mention of the deluxe edition, and meanings behind the songs.

Struggles of the album
Although the artist's page talks about his personal struggles, I think those struggles also play an important role in his album's come up. He was assumed to be appropriating black culture which definitely limited his possible demographic because people who agree with this statement wouldn't listen to it. Also, he was told that he was the Donald Trump of Hip-Hop. Therefore, people who agree with this and also don't like Donald Tump, wouldn't be interested in listening to the album. The last struggle that is necessary to mention is that he dissed all of hip hop, saying that it was shallow. The struggles need to be added because it will give people the full picture of how hard it was to publicize this album.

Deluxe edition
This is so important to add to the page because its the extended edition of the same album the page is on. It's briefly mentioned in the beginning but not included in the track listing or commercial performance. It could possibly have different outcome compared to the standard edition. There were also more celebrity features and their appearances effected the popularity of the album immensely.

Meanings behind the songs
This would be helpful for people who aren't aware of Post Malone's social viewpoints. In many of his songs like Broken Whiskey Glass, Feeling Whitney, Yours Truly, Austin Post, the rapper has double meanings. The readers would be able to get a sense of the intended purpose of the album. He was mixing hype and real life issues which made his fan base grow overnight.

Summary
The page is good when giving facts and the supporting evidence is reliable. The page's formatting of showing track-listings and accomplishments of the album is very effective. The page would be improved if there was more background on why Post Malone wrote the songs he did and what he wanted his listeners to feel. Also, if the readers knew the problems he faced when he was trying to release his album, it would provide a more complete background.

I posted a question on the talk page here.