★ The Weeknd ★ What You Need ★

smh

The Weeknd: Music for nerd lawyers who don't like music besides dubstep

where's cutty?

I just spent the afternoon reading this thread from the start, Yikes! I feel totally disconnected from critical discourse on music. Anyway, After listening to the album a few times, I like it more and more. Also just discovered this song which I'm loving too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIJQufgqQhE

Doesn't really sound like weeknd but doesn't have use Steely Dan!

Clams Casino just got singed to Type. So the R&B/Hip-hop/Indie thing isn't going away anytime soon. I'd much rather hear Clams Casino get the spotlight than Weeknd the dude has beats for miles, something Weeknd lack big time... and its pure spaced out bliss. As long as Lil B stays away I see good things for Clams.

what are some clams casino songs I should be checking out, jim?

the lp just got reviewed on pfork & theres a rapper named 'lil b' also

The free mixtape is pretty sweet: http://www.usershare.net/TheHipHopUpdate/8xio6fe1mhgk/CLAMS%20CASINO%20INSTRUMENTAL%20MIXTAPE.rar

Its all a nice wishy washy laid back hip-hop soundscapes. On its own its almost a trip-hop revival kind of thing but he's done beats for Lil B, Main Attrakionz, etc... Who've got mixtapes here: http://greenovamusic.bandcamp.com/ that are all solid. Lil B has a thread on ilm but isn't all that in my opinion. He's like an ameture hip-hop Flight Of The Conchords but he's not as good at rapping and doesn't get the cash they do lol. Good choice in beats though and knows a lol when it comes his way.

Lol I had lunch with a lawyer friend who is massively into post-dubstep et al but doesn't listen to R&B much and he was like "there's this amazing album by this group called the Weeknd have you heard?!?!?"

― Tim F, Friday, April 8, 2011 11:25 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

http://i.imgur.com/XelHb.gif

is that tim f's face or yours

lol at this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFiiq40lL34

lol way to fuck up having a hotel suite and lots of naked models for your video

so, 1500 posts. what i miss?

hahahahah. holy shit at this (official) video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO-KQ6tSzcA

some people don't like them. it's not real. it's not good. some people don't give a shit and still like it

what's going on in the odd future thread?

hahaha remember "the weeknd"

some people don't like them. they have fagginess issues. it's not good. some people don't give a shit and still like it

lol so hard @ right hand dude

c 0.40

official videos are bumming me out.

also i listened to the mixtape last weekend in my car after irl watching the end of a party through smoke/hanging out with girls on pills and was like "i kind of hate the weeknd right now"

too easy

Were balloons at this party, gr8080?

That one girl has Mike Stanton teeth.

(Not a dis, btw.)

what's the ilm verdict on this? why are they so annoying?

think the answers you're looking for can be found in this very thread

drake's chorus on this is straight out of 'house of balloons' imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qLTsYr39c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1yM-JWjQA

there's a sped up version of glass table girls on one of the magician mixtapes and it sounds pretty good

i haven't listened to this yet, but here's some older stuff as The Noise
http://www.weallscheme.com/2011/05/25/the-weeknd-the-noise-ep-mixtape/

glass table girls is a phenomenal song

I dunno about phenomenal, but it's the best thing on the album, plus or minus "What You Need".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_YyRBYZjM

Lol I had lunch with a lawyer friend who is massively into post-dubstep et al but doesn't listen to R&B much and he was like "there's this amazing album by this group called the Weeknd have you heard?!?!?"

― Tim F, Friday, April 8, 2011 11:25 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

mentioned to this dude i didnt really know after football the other week that i'd been listening to the new beyonce, he goes... "oh right are you into r&b? do you know... electrik red?" i was like OMG WUT YES WHAT ELSE U DO U LIKE and he says erm just the weeknd mainly

turned out he wasnt a big r&b fan at all really and just d/led e.r cos he read about it in the guardian one time

one of my friends emailed me an e.r thing in the guardian, pretty sure it was by the lex

yeah i assumed

this guy was a "yes i have always enjoyed quality pop music" sort to be exact

the friend who emailed the article was a pop justice reader :/

probably the same guy

let's cut him off

feel a bit proud and a bit guilty

ah what are u gonna do

i agreed the weeknd were fucking brill fwiw, couldnt be bovd

I went back to House of Balloons recently after not listening for a while and the consternation over this guy seems sillier than ever.

yeah its not really a big deal at all. it must have dropped on a slow music week ¯\(o_O)/¯

It's a good album, but feels kind of minor, I guess? But the hand-wringing it inspired on multiple fronts was ridiculous. I pretty much feel like if you hate the Weeknd, you should also hate Miguel.

Has Miguel been bigged up by Pitchfork?

Not afaict.

But who gives a fuck what Pitchfork thinks about an r&b act?

Not me. Some people seem to though.

Miguel can actually sing tho, Weeknd dude's voice is hella obnoxious

Miguel also isn't played at bars I go to and I don't have ppl all the time telling me if I like r&b I should really check out the weeknd

also I think the songs are legit bad and stilted still. This is a room to grow group at best