★ The Weeknd ★ What You Need ★

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/

i dont know if ive copped to this yet but i've pretty much done a full 180 on this dude

lol "trilogy"

haha no i want to defend these dudes but i know theres no point, its just irksome. @ some point to i think ppl like lex and deej just need to stop tryna listen to things they dont have the ears/vocabulary/mindset for instead of punishing us w/ their opinions abt
― r u levelled up? (Lamp), Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

this sounds good http://hiphop-n-more.com/2012/09/the-weeknd-wicked-games-new-version/

re-master of HoB sounds great

link?

google?

nah

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

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Friday, August 31, 2012 11:59 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, he did almost kinda do that, of course. Old news though:

http://www.vice.com/read/how-the-producer-of-the-weeknds-breakout-tracks-got-majorly-screwed

Anyway, I have no desire to listen to these remasters or the new tracks, which kinda surprises me since I loved HoB when it dropped.

love that the creative genesis of this project is

http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/ffafd6934abb84d53f53a7d077eb4558.jpg

And I was just like, “Aw, fuck that shit. No man, let’s talk about, fuckin’ and getting too high and trying to fuck bitches and it not working out. Let’s get really grimy about it."

That picture sums up everything. Everything.

BEEN THERE MAN

i love the fucking phone on the floor on the side of the photo lol

whole damn trilogy thing is on Spotify as of this morning fyi (in the UK at least).

is it a copout to name "trilogy" my favourite release of 2012?

that's how much i love these three mixtapes

except the new mastering fucks up "the knowing" :(

you guys think it sounds much different on the new version? haven't checked it out yet.

they just bury the vocals compared to the og version, neutering its epic finale quality, imo, but then again that's my favourite weeknd song so i'm a little protective of it

I could give or take the new mixes, but it's nice hearing these albums again and hearing that they hold up.

Thursday remains really underrated. "The Birds" pt. 1/2 are perfect mid-points for the whole trilogy, and "Gone" is still a great vibe-out jam

I'm counting it as a reissue, just as Pitchfork is. Otherwise, HoB Would essentially be making my Top 10 two years in a row.

Trilogy version of What You Need minus the Aaliyah sample. Lame!

they've re*mixed* some of this rather than remastered it haven't they?! baffling.

‏@JonahHill
I really like this Weeknd album

hahahahaha

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2007_Superbad/007SRD_Jonah_Hill_013.jpg

And I was just like, “Aw, fuck that shit. No man, let’s talk about, fuckin’ and getting too high and trying to fuck bitches and it not working out. Let’s get really grimy about it."

haaa

bloody good performance on later .. i thought.

can't deny i'm quite tempted to get the reissues ..

is the banshee sample still in the of have they had to clean that out as well ?

* still in the mix *

i was there! it was good. he has a great voice. his backup singers were LOVING nona hendryx. (i couldn't help thinking that they'd rather be singing with her..!)

so... canadian trip hop. even down to the reverbed guitars. songs at like 50bpm. nobody loves me, it's true. plus sex. i don't want to get too down on it because he really does have a tremendous voice, and i LIKE a lot of trip hop, and i'm a fan of anybody who uses space and silence and waiting in their music; it's not done much in pop music to my knowledge. i think it's the beats that sort of let it down. they're really stiff-hipped and funkless and martial.

otm

...stiff hipped and funkless...

This is how you know it's trip hop, heh.

Wait, is "Tim" Tim F or a different Tim? This is going to confuse me.

Tim F is Tim but Tim is not Tim F

they've re*mixed* some of this rather than remastered it haven't they?! baffling.

sample clearance?

different tim, from before you were born

Yeah, sorry. F and I have been in the same room, we're definitely different.

He's smarter, for a start. But I'm older.

tim was there too! he claims to have seen the weeknd trying to put the moves on aforementioned backup singers. i can't vouch for that but i certainly can imagine that being something one would want to do.

Not him! One of his band.

ohh!

got the reissues.
they're beautifully packaged.
sounds great, and seeing as i missed out on 2 of the mixtapes when they were released, quite chuffed to get'em as they are perfect moodsetters for these long dark nights.

The beats are my main problem with the Weeknd really, I remember hearing Romy XX or someone similar play an R&B set in Room Three at Fabric and when she played The Weeknd is just sounded so flat and devoid of I dunno bounce or volume or body or something else that sounds less like a shampoo ad.

c'mon say it, FUNK, you want to say it