Avalo-Vision

Avalo-Vision is a collaboration by Cerveran rapper YG Cero, Bailenese rapper Vereq, Theykan rapper Yung Ame of MUV4, Encarnaçian rapper P7llê, Valentinian rapper Imko Zijlstra and Tilennan rapper Leto. It was released the 11th June 2021, through Enduro who also acted as distributor.

The first mixtape of this kind to appear in Avalonia, the project debuted atop of the Theykan, Arbenzan, Bailenese, Osorran, Cerveran and Tilennan charts, and achieving high placements in multiple other charts worldwide. 2 singles were later extracted from the mixtape, FEMME FATALE and SUAVEMENTE, which also gained high or even number 1 placements in charts worldwide. The album has also received various gold and platinum certifications. The album received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the high diversity in the mixtapes production, the technical skills of the rappers and the excellent mix-and-mastering work. Critics have mainly been directed at the lyrics featured on the album, which have been described as "unsurprisingly lacking in depth, sophistication or any significant departure compared to previous work".

Background and Promotion
The mixtape is the culmination of a 3 years of collaborations between the partecipating artists. When the first tracks were recorded in 2018, the idea of an international collaboration mixtape had never been done before and it wasn't considered a project worth investing money and effort in. The opinion on the matter changed when starting from 2019, several international collaborations achieved top-20 or even top-10 places in charts all over Avalonia and Anterra as a whole. Notably, the 2020 smash hit single from YG Cero "Noites sem dormir" featuring the theykan rapper Konaa, which topped the charts in 5 countries and charted in the top-10 of other 12 countries, prompted Cero to seek rappers from over Avalonia to create an international project.

An interview with Vereq revealed that Cero originally called 13 rappers, but many declined as they didn't believe in the project. The final roster was formed in january 2021, and work on the mixtape began. Only 7 tracks of the mixtape were actually recorded specifically for the mixtape: the other 8 tracks were originally intended for the respective individual projects of each artists. These songs were then adapted to fit the mixtape's stylistic theme.

Unofficial promotion promotion for the mixtape started in 2018, when the first tracks of the mixtape were being recorded, through snippets and photos from the studios being released on social medias. In particular, an early draft of "GANGSTA" went viral on TikTok in 2019, increasing the anticipation around the song. Activity on social media increased when the roster officially formed in 2021, leading to speculation around the possibility of a collaboration project between these rappers. In february 2021, the rappers signed the contract with Enduro for the distribution of the mixtape. Promotion remained limited to social media until march 2021, when fliers with an eye which featured a as it's pupil started appearing around Avalonia. Scanning the QR code would reveal 1 of 6 possible set of coordinates, which led to 6 graffiti of the 6 rappers taking part in the mixtape. Each graffiti was placed in the hometowns of the partecipating rappers. In may, billboards in the hometowns of the featured artists started displaying messages such as "Il re di Lucerna ha la visione" (from Borgosesian: "The king of Lucerna has the vision"), in the case of Randè, who is also called "King of Lucerna" by his fans. The mixtape was officially announced the 1st of June, the day which also opened the possibility to pre-order the album in 4 different formats:, , and.

Composition
The mixtape contains elements attributable to different subgenres of rap music, as well as other non-rap genres. For example, the track "CAGOULE" (9) is one of the tracks most clearly inspired by the "drill" subgenre, with a tresillo hi-hat pattern and sliding bass. Other tracks such as "GANGSTA" (2) and "PULL UP" (11), on the other hand, are trap, while "HARDSTYLE" (3) is the track that most clearly draws from old-school rap. The mixtape's production, however, ranges into other genres: house and raggaeton are the non-rap genres most present in the mixtape: the instrumental of "FEMME FATALE" (5) is largely inspired by bailanese deep-house, while "MORO MORO" (4) and "SUAVEMENTE" (10) take up typical cerveran/encarnaçian tunes with their raggaeton production.

Structurally, many tracks have peculiar structures not common to typical rap and non-rap songs: in particular, the heavy use of (one or more) alternating bars between rappers, verses or choruses with a number of bars other than 8-12-16-24, the constant presence of bridges that often overlap with the chorus or other bridges. In particular, the title-track "AVALO-VISION" (7) is a single verse track in which all the rappers in the mixtape take turns at each individual bar. It is noteworthy that not only is alternating bars common in this mixtape, but especially how the alternating bars are always in a different language.

Vocals
• YG Cero (Vocals)

• Vereq (Vocals)

• Yung Ame (Vocals)

• P7llê (Vocals)

• Imko Zijlstra (Vocals)

• Leto (Vocals)

• Laso Tir (Guest Vocals)

• RA Killa (Guest Vocals)

• Palenk (Guest Vocals)

• Rí Mae (Guest Vocals)

• Don Suavo (Guest Vocals)

• Randè (Guest Vocals)

• Nigo (Guest Vocals)

• G-Gaso (Guest Vocals)

• Marie-Marah (Additional Vocals)

• Ada Aduca (Additional Vocals)

• Mr. Hyd (Additional Vocals)

• Frankie Knuckles (Additional Vocals)

Production
• Yung Ame

• NKO

• Zakravi

• UNN Azze

• Maerise Latero

• Frank Maller

• Ombragè

• Whool

• Allorim

• Marie-Marah

• P7llê, Charlito

• Moamei

• Nigo

• Cewerclvt

• Bailanese Soundsystem United

• UNN Mollq

Technical
• Luca Pretolesi (Mixing and Mastering)

• Randè (Mixing and Mastering)

• Meroe Anueo (Engineering)

• Juan Loepe (Engineering and Mixing)

• Francis Eraè (Engineering)