★ The Weeknd ★ What You Need ★

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.

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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...

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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?

MTHR FNKR is pretty big for a blog! They used to be "post-dubstep" and they're aspiring to be the next GvB or whatever but for this sort of thing.

christ, are we at a point where people want to be the NEXT gorilla vs bear? game done passed me by

They used to be "post-dubstep" and they're aspiring to be the next GvB

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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?

― Evan R, Friday, January 27, 2012 12:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yes, and they've been linked in this thread & include people that i would consider good critics in other areas

i mean, i also think you're really overselling the 'interesting variation of R&B' thing

what's the most astute critic of the weeknd you've read?

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?

― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Friday, January 27, 2012 11:34 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

his voice has a near chris brown-level unpleasant piercing quality and his lyrics/subject matter are some eyerolling cokehead deep thoughts shit

That post-dubstep blog has been a source of lolz for me for a while now. Its pretty amazing how embarasing they can be. Even if they post a track I kinda like they make me want to hate on it, they're just that good at being annoying. I mean they've used a picture of James Blake's face as a logo sincet the start :')

They're prob just enthusiastic kids that are good at tumblr though so its hard to hate on that. Wait, nah it prob isn't.

It started as a nice, humble Tumblr blog, but this magazine thing is pretty awful. they keep talking about how "vice is the only magazine cooler than them" and stuff like that.

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/04/this_lady_will_give_you_200_an.php

ah shit, NSFW!!!!!!!!!!!! (thought it said so in URL)

lol the nerdy-looking teenage girl that lives next door is blasting The Weeknd through the walls

http://www.socialtechpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/nerds.jpg

My neighbors are always blasting Black Eyed Peas. I wanna trade neighbors.

my neighbor just talks about the dallas cowboys really loud on the phone

One of my neighbors was blasting Heart the other day and I was like <3<3<3

i will admit that whenever this thread gets revived i always hope something hilarious has happened to this dude

like marry lana del rey?

or like... it turns out he stole all of his songs from someone