The Fool by Bladee

The Fool

Bladee

2021
2.19
Rating
57
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30%
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The Fool is the fifth solo studio album by the Swedish rapper Bladee. A surprise album, it was released on 28 May 2021, through Year0001. The album was produced by Lusi with contributions from a variety of record producers. The Fool is a pop rap album that scales back and softens the sounds used in Bladee's previous album, Good Luck (2020) with Mechatok. Using Auto-Tuned vocals, the album explores themes of love, illusions, and existentialism. Its title is a reference to the tarot card of the same name and extends as a metaphor into the album itself. Fellow Drain Gang member Thaiboy Digital is featured on the track "Inspiration Comes". The Fool was considered one of the best albums of the year by The Fader and Dazed, and received further approval from Pitchfork and laut.de.

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May 19 2026 Author
2
The Fool is a rather generic rap/pop album by Swedish rapper Bladee. It is over-produced an is full of auto-tune. All tracks sound simular and as a whole it's just boring.
May 17 2026 Author
1
1) Cover is not indicative of the content 2) Guy really needs to get over himself
May 18 2026 Author
1
Hanging on to the threads of my 20s, but now fully ready to accept old head status if listening to this sterile, mumbling-ass horseshit is what's necessary to stay current.
May 25 2026 Author
4
It’s pretty good, though I don’t understand why some people like his music so much
May 14 2026 Author
3
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: The fool intro
May 14 2026 Author
3
I liked this okay… kind of mellow rap that wasn’t my favorite thing but not a bad listen.
May 16 2026 Author
3
Not entirely trash As if Pewdiepie made a comedy trap album 3
May 16 2026 Author
3
Cloud rap, pop rap, trap. Ni fu ni fa.
May 18 2026 Author
3
Decent emo-ish neo-rap. And enjoyable listen, though lyrically it didn't do a ton for me. I may be irretrievably aged out of its demographic.
May 18 2026 Author
3
You guys hate this shit huh? The future is now fellas
May 19 2026 Author
3
Generic. This sounds like a 1000 other things out there. Nothing notable about it. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.
May 19 2026 Author
3
Draingang represented, although this isn’t album I would have chosen. There’s stronger material out there
May 23 2026 Author
3
Didn’t do much for me.
May 14 2026 Author
2
Not for me
May 14 2026 Author
2
This didn't click for me. It's not bad, but felt pretty bland
May 19 2026 Author
2
What was that ADD autotuned hyperpop album that was already on the list? The 10000gecs? This is virtually identical. 3 minutes of this and I'm good.
May 20 2026 Author
2
Too much autotune.
May 20 2026 Author
2
You know in a show where somebody's cousin is a SoundCloud rapper?
Jun 02 2026 Author
2
I can only assume that Bladee is pronounced 'Bladdy', as in, 'This is bladdy rubbish!'. It's a rare example of where I'm very grateful for autotune, because it means that Skynet is putting some effort into making this "not monotone". More than can be said for the actual human behind it. Musically, I'm not sure I can describe this as anything other than skittish wodges of bass, accompanied by some soaring synths. It's unimaginative, and just leads me to wonder who on earth put this together. There's been a couple of reviews out there about this being what music is now, and I fundamentally disagree. Another compared it to 100 Gecs and I absolutely disagree with that too. 100 Gecs may use heavy autotune, but their stuff is a grab bag of fun. This is a bag of warm flatulence. At least it's only just over half an hour long.
Jun 02 2026 Author
2
3/10 what a waste of time
May 28 2026 Author
1
I vaguely know about Drain Gang, but I've never bothered to check out any of their music. Was expecting something like Viper or some real wacky experimental shit like that, but this just sounded like really mumbly boring nothingness to me. Not for me.