★ The Weeknd ★ What You Need ★

so is he going to cherrypick the best jams from HOB/Thursday etc. for a real album?

I like the vocal gimmick

screwed vocals are like catnip to me

http://soundcloud.com/princeclubmusic/love-jackson-original-mix

^thank you, based godayo

i want to somehow hold him accountable for that cover art. wtf, honestly

wait what cover art are we talking about

the "silence" one, apparently the cover for his new mixtape. i mean i guess i shouldn't be surprised at a weeknd cover having rapey vibes but that crosses a line imo

dayo that love jackson track rules!!!

i dont mind screwed vocals at all, i just think the way it sweeps back and forth in "initiation" is cheap and annoying

yea dayo point me toward moer like that track anytime plz

haha likewise! I just got it from the mix physical therapy did for opening ceremony

http://www.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=4187

not sure what exactly the cover art is. this is floating around also

http://www.undergroundcharisma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The-Weeknd-Echoes-of-Silence-cover.jpg

screwed vocals are like catnip to me

http://soundcloud.com/princeclubmusic/love-jackson-original-mix

― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Sunday, October 9, 2011 3:48 PM Bookmark

Damn son, where did you find this?

dayo literally says exactly where he found it two posts before your post

lol

DRAMATIC

you cant find that on the internet, gr80

lol

(dj drop reference)

man 'thursday' is kind of crummy goth'n'b

Haven't spent much time with Thursday yet, since I'm still hooked on HoB. Nothing really grabbed me the first time through, but then again, nothing really grabbed me on HoB the first time through, either.

Also, he's got a remix of "Marry The Night" coming out on the new Lady Gaga remix disc.

is still cracks me up that at some point the anonymity veil was dropped and 'they' became 'he' -- i like to imagine him introducing himself like "hi i'm the weeknd"

HAHAHAHA

http://mthrfnkr.com/post/16544118574/looking-at-the-state-of-r-b-is-like-seeing-your-ex

In 2011 we saw a lifeline for R&B arise - Alternative R&B - R&B with an alternative twist and a slight indie aesthetic. Artists like The Weeknd, AlunaGeorge and Creep began to resuscitate a genre that had been kindnapped by producers like Guetta and corrupt record label execs who were obsessed with glossing everything with a tacky euro-dance pop sheen.

...

The Weeknd recalls Micheal Jackson but if he was on a permament comedown, AlunaGeorge are basically Aaliyah + Timbaland if the former was still alive and Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye. Thanks to these a lot, critically R&B has made a comeback...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhttp://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101229043821/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/3/3d/Exploding_head.gif

damn i probably should have voted for one of these albums in the poll. i'm w/jaxon and gr80.

In 2011 we saw a lifeline for R&B arise -

lol

imagine said in Charlie Rose voice

so, what lessons did we learn from this entire phenomenon?

lol

i listened to an alunageorge song and she deserves much better than to be included in that sentence. she also sounds nothing like aaliyah+timbaland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmXZuv5BaHg

Overwritten, and I know Weeknd isn't well liked 'round these parts, but c'mon. Surely Abel Tesfaye > David Guetta, no?

they both have their moments. abel has less of them. i'll stump for "when love takes over" to the death.

Surely Abel Tesfaye > David Guetta, no

Bismark > Stalin

who is alunageorge and does she or he sound like aaliyah and timbaland

read three posts upthread

oh my bad

oh for fucks sake this person did not just compare a british person to aaliyah

anyway this song is actually pretty awesome, but no

damn i probably should have voted for one of these albums in the poll. i'm w/jaxon and gr80.

― omar little, Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:41 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

maybe you'll like this as well?

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

haha, i couldn't remember that chicks name and assumed alunageorge was gonna be her until i liked the latter up

i just see a blank space there for some reason, D.

nm fixed, safari was wonky

THEY LOVIN THE CREWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

that alunageorge track is dope but i am hearing zero timbo/babygirl

Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye
Frank Ocean is a modern day Marvin Gaye

O__0

I guess cause he released a sorta kinda concept album?

In 2011 we saw a lifeline for R&B arise - Alternative R&B - R&B with an alternative twist and a slight indie aesthetic

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MRin2qg1dlg/SawiOI7F-II/AAAAAAAAADk/UucvxfqkgoI/s1600/0_202fd_ea005bd5_XL.gif

That article was released for one purpose, to troll the ilx r&b hive mind.

Also, yikes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EH9xuMccy4

Quick question: does the "ilx r&b hive mind" hate Abel Tesfaye more for his music or for the attention lavished upon him by critics proclaiming this the rebirth of r&b or whatever?

i hate abel tesfaye for his music and i hate critics for their stupidity. more than enough hate to go round :)

Fair 'nuff. Really just wondering if ppl are projecting the things critics say about him onto the music itself (which, given that the guy never does interviews, he has never mad any such claims about).

the critic plaudits make me hate the weeknd more often but not more vociferously.

But there's a difference though between praising the Weeknd as an interesting variation of R&B (which I think he is) and as a better alternative to R&B (which he most certainly is not). A lot of critics have praised him as the former, but has any *real* critic actually suggested the latter? Yeah, that blog post linked above is infuriating, but it's just some shitty blog post from a site called MTHR FNKR. Are any legit critics saying that shit?