Download link: http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/the-weeknd-house-of-balloons-mixtape/

It's finally here, bout to take it in.

"Coming Down" is a big track: http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-weeknd-coming-down/

probably my favourite out of the ones that hadn't leaked til tonight

it's like genuine meats dubstep.

i dont get why they are labeled R&B... lol no its exactly for that reason that they are labeled R&B. smh

without aggrandizing their work of course.

theres other shit on there too but they make some unquestionably r&b songs

It's not straight-up rn'b but definitely the singing is heavily rn'b influenced (More R Kelly "real talk" than Marvin Gaye but still)

:-)

:-)

... and I *am* wondering what genre this could be? I hear elements of dubstep, trip-hop, glitch ...

whoever classified this as r&b is on one. lol.

it's finally here though? i've never heard of him/them before, whats the story?

I was first put on in the fall/late summer with "What you Need"

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^^^^ what he said

& any attempts at rapping.
& sampling Beach House.

other than that... they're alright
always good to hear new Doc production


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agreed on the "fuck" overuse, probably my only criticism

so who did the beats? doc? is that his name?

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Doc+%283%29



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dope, thanks
oh shit! he produced breath from another?! no wonder i love this dude's production on house of balloons

I didn't know he was who produced House Of Balloons

>& any attempts at rapping.
>& sampling Beach House.
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>other than that... they're alright
>always good to hear new Doc production

The cursing was a bit much but the production is really good.
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>www.FRESHselects.net
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>http://twitter.com/FRESHselects
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>illmaculate x G_Force - The Green Tape
>Waajeed vs. Fresh Selects
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Downloaded their tape and it's ill. Never heard of them until the past couple of weeks.

Toronto, Canada!

visits.

definitely.

lol

i needed to hear more to form a better opinion. but i really like 'what you need' and 'loft music'.

cause so much of it is corny and boring

I don't approve taking other peoples music and singing on it?
Then trying to act like it's your project? I dunno.
Hotel California sample? Nah.

Doc however, been dope.

Esthero
Res
now this.

For me Esthero was the best project he'd ever worked on. Her follow up album suffered without him something awful. Funniest quote ever is when Questo said he was with Esthero and she wouldn't 'shut the fuck up' cause she talked about herself all night.

Res was cool.
HOB is cool.
I dunno. A lot of hype here.

that CSS project is more interestin than any of this.

what's the CSS Project?

is that what you're saying?

i think he means beat jacking to sing over (kinda like how rappers rap over other ppls beats on mixtapes), frank ocean sings over other peoples instrumentals (hotel calif being one)

i fux with it.

did not expect the siouxsie sample and interpolation on the title track
pretty dope album so far

Lyrically not my style, but they've got a great sound going on.

does anyone catch the line about (paraphrasing) , these girls say it's not love, but they've never got a blowjob.

thats amazing to me.

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I think my favorite song has been "House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls", especially the 2nd half. Good to hear good stuff coming from Toronto

kinda ill actually...surprised the hell outta me

it's definitely not the BEST album of the year but damn if it doesn't grow on you.

this is a fucking masterpiece.

really love Loft Music and The Party & The After Party

digging the hell out of this!

downloading now

which tweet are you referring to??

the album is pitchfork bait through and through, so no surprise there

Yeah...the production is amazing, that can't be denied. But the lyrics, ehhh it's everything I hate about modern R&B to be honest. I was actually going to make a thread about it, R&B artists keep advancing to new levels when it comes to production but they aren't even fucking trying with the lyrics...

The mere fact he had a song named "O.M.G." says he should have his ass whipped.

i hate the song were he has 32 bar singing verses...lol..other than that this rivals Drake's So Far Gone mixtape as far as replay value. Might as well slap three more tracks on it and put it out as an album.

the weeknd is buzzing right now. only good thing about twitter is you can check what people are talking about. and between that, facebook and the blogsphere, this project got people talking.

But I love their production - Doc is still one sick motherfucker.

It's good. Just really pretentious. It seems to expand on Kanye's 808s and Mr. Hudson's Straight No Chaser, which were stripped down "colder" versions of Massive and Portishead. The song writing is seriously lacking and though I do not mind the use of fuck and nigga in R&B, he goes over board and comes across crass. The songs are also awfully long the mood and point was made @ the 2:30/3 min mark but they all drag on into the 5-7min range. House of Balloons and Wicked are undeniable. And its obvious why white folk are fawning over this. Back to Evil Christian Cop and Nostalgia, Ultra

that's definitely what I'm hearin here.

nostalgia,ultra & hob are extensions of a lotta So Far Gone & some of the stuff the-dream's doing; really dope production but the actual singing is average (lyrics + voice). there's definitely elements (imo) from Cudi's stuff which was an extension of what Mr.Hudson & Ye did on Straight No Chaser & 808s.

Unofficial, but dope.

"What You Need" (NSFW Video):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/the-weeknd-what-you-need-nsfw-video/

"Glass Table Girls" Video:

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-weeknd-glass-table-girls-video/

Bonus - Official "Loft Music" Video from a while ago:

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/the-weeknd-loft-music-official-pardon-le-dopeness-video/

through. it lost reply value for me for that reason. haven't played it in over a week.

I feel like my brain is going into a coma if I listen to three songs in a row.

but then it grew on me
i guess i got addicted after repeat listenings
lol

“What You Need” (Live At The University Of Toronto):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/so-it-turns-out-the-weeknd-is-a-student-at-the-university-of-toronto-what-you-need-live-performance-video-2/

Sounds pretty dope live.

the lyrics are beyond ass
straight dingleberry
production is top notch tho

The Weeknd – “High For This” (NSFW Video):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/the-weeknd-high-for-this-nsfw-video/

The Weeknd – “What You Need” (NSFW Video #2):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/the-weeknd-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cwhat-you-need%E2%80%9D-nsfw-video-2/

though its not really R&B like some of what ive read says

its obv R&B inspired (edit - ok a lot of the singing/writing is like r kelly but a bit less dumb)

but cold/sad but melodic 80s pop meets modern crunk/dubstep etc seems to be the main thing here

but the singer is pretty annoying. i still like them in spite of that tho

The Weeknd – “Sorry” Produced By Onra (Video):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/the-weeknd-sorry-produced-by-onra-video/

The Weeknd – “Wicked Games” (NSFW Video):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/the-weeknd-wicked-games-nsfw-video/

the rest I can enjoy but it doesn't really grab me like that.

"What You Need" and "Coming Down" were the first two tracks that hit but once I got to "House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls" it was a wrap. Especially "Glass Table Girls". That beat is ridiculous!

The Weeknd � �High For This� & �The Morning� (NSFW Videos):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/the-weeknd-high-for-this-the-morning-nsfw-videos/

The Weeknd-inspired poster:

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/tomorrows-amnesia-djs-marko-orlic-james-rathbone-crawford-fri-may-27/

"What You Need" (Possibly Official Video):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/the-weeknd-what-you-need-video/

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/dyaphotos/Avatars/Zoidberg/snoring3vc.gif

Entourage Season 8 Promo X The Weeknd - "High For This":

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/entourage-season-8-promo-video-x-the-weeknd-high-for-this/

Lyrics are contrived...heard better stuff listening to Spacek's Curvatia

I would use Chris Brown over this stuff and call it a wrap

nm

6 Unearthed Tracks From 2009 ("The Noise" EP):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the-weeknd-birthday-suit/

Recorded in 2009, when Abel Tesfaye was part of a songwriting/production team called “The Noise.”

couldnt find them tho

NSFW Videos - "Wicked Games," "The Morning" & "Rolling Stone":

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/the-weeknd-wicked-games-the-morning-rolling-stone-nsfw-videos/

Has any other musical act inspired this many fan-made videos? Pretty good ones at that too…

Very moody and melancholy..I think you have to be in the mood to listen to it imo. 'Cos after a while it just feels like its dragging along, along along..great effort though overall.

I don't really care much for the songwriting but since he's young hopefully he can grow and get better.

First ever live show (@ Mod Club in Toronto):

http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/the-weeknds-first-ever-live-show-mod-club-toronto-the-party-the-after-party-wicked-games/

Shit was live

>First ever live show (@ Mod Club in Toronto):
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>http://recordinglivefromsomewhere.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/the-weeknds-first-ever-live-show-mod-club-toronto-the-party-the-after-party-wicked-games/
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>Shit was live


Thanks for sharing... House of Balloons is still my favorite release of the year. Did he happen to say anything about Thursday?

anytime. same here, i've played it pretty much every day since it came out and it's still not played out for me.

as far as "Thursday" goes, he just said "coming soon" lol

Hella people are still talking about Frank Ocean, but hardly any talk about the Weeknd, or seem to even know who he is when I bring him up... It's not even close if you ask me... House of Balloons is a much better album than Nostalgia...

Still my AOTY 2011 which is saying a lot over St. Vincent, BSBD, and KRIT

Just D/Led the only live bootleg I could find, "Live @ The Mod Club"...seems like the more recent live videos of him popping up are better than the earlier ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLhq4RPgk_c

Excited to see where he takes his music after the trilogy

Dance remixes, dubsteb remixes, weird ass beat remixes... Still haven't taken the original album out of my car yet though...

took me a minute to warm up to this dude. i think its cuz the first thing i ever heard from him was the dirty diana remake. wasn't impressed... but fuck all that.

THIS NIGGA IS DOPE!

Nigga whines like a lil bitch for an hour straight.
Fuck the powers that let bullshit like this exist.