★ The Weeknd ★ What You Need ★

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

...

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

the Weeknd track on the 2 Chainz album is painful for me to listen to, do people seriously enjoy this guy's singing

i dont know dude

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i realize he is popular, i'm just saying it boggles my mind

i know, dude

sorry gr80

(1922 of them)

i was saying "do people like this for the vocals" not "do people like this" obv

i know, i'm just having some fun and saying "yah bro we talked about it a little already"

The vocals aren't the reason I like it, but I certainly don't dislike them. Not as good as Miguel, probably about as good as Frank Ocean. I dunno, what about the vocals are ppl hating so much?

:) :) :)

i don't know if there's people besides me, jer, but i just hate the high quavering/sniveling thing

sorry in advance to gr80 again for posting

(: (: (:

there's one track on the new jeremih album ("feel the bass") that sounds like a pretty obvious weeknd rip

man you scared the shit outta me w/ 'new jeremih album'

why are you hating on 'late nights' btw. that tape is front-to-back the shit.

idk maybe i'm just uncomfortable with jeremih so blatantly trend-hopping; he carved out a pretty nice niche for himself and then he goes and puts out this half-rapped BS, idk it just isn't the same jeremih i've loved

rtc has my back on this btw

scared the shit outta me meaning i thought i was even more behind on shit than i knew i was

rtc doesn't like anything except uk bass & dancehall fwiw

he definitely tries out some... trendy sounds on that tape but it still seems pretty idiosyncratic, the whole thing

haha xp

yeah parts of it are nice, i like the one with the phone number or whatever fine, i just want more of the old jeremih. hopefully he and schultz have a classic in them

i like the tape, it's fun to hear him work with different producers and try on some different sounds, but it's definitely more of a stretch for him than say Trey Songz or Miguel's between-album mixtape stuff, also hoping for another Mick Schultz-heavy retail LP

http://pitchfork.com/news/47813-the-weeknd-announces-official-release-of-mixtape-trilogy-teams-with-universal-republic/