public function artist(Request $request, $id)
 {
     $spotify = new Spotify(['clientID' => 'fab1869f594107d250ff7afcd029dfc4']);
     $artist = $spotify->artist($id);
     $title = $artist->name . ' Songs';
     $results = $spotify->artistTopTracks($id);
     $tracks = [];
     if ($results->tracks) {
         $tracks = $results->tracks;
     }
     return view('spotify-artist', ['artist' => $artist, 'tracks' => $tracks, 'title' => $title]);
 }
<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Routes File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you will register all of the routes in an application.
| It's a breeze. Simply tell Laravel the URIs it should respond to
| and give it the controller to call when that URI is requested.
|
*/
use App\Services\API\Spotify;
//try ids like 6G9fHYDCoyEErUkHrFYfs4 or 0sNOF9WDwhWunNAHPD3Baj
Route::get('/spotify/{albumid}', function ($albumid) {
    $spotify = new Spotify(['clientID' => '71b69dc21d6a474f89d99dc5c300dc9a']);
    $tracks = $spotify->tracks("{$albumid}");
    // why does this not work?: $tracks = $spotify->tracks("https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/$albumid");
    return view('spotify', ['tracks' => $tracks]);
    //    dd($tracks);
    //return Response::json($tracks);
});
Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This route group applies the "web" middleware group to every route