MIXTAPE: The Weeknd – “House of Balloons”
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Very nice way to start the week.
We’ve been educating you on The Weeknd over the past few months and like us, you seem to be enjoying their output. So, you’ll be pleased to see that the Canadian group have just released a brand new mixtape called House of Balloons. The tape features their massive single ‘What You Need’ and it’s follow up ‘Wicked Games’. I’m pretty confident this will be my #mondaysoundtrack. Probably yours too…
Update: Listened to this a few times now and I must say, where a few others have recently failed – The Weeknd have managed to craft a rather cohesive post-Drake-step (lol, yes) R&B mixtape. It’s abundantly clear everyone [attempting to make] contemporary R&B in 2011 is desperately trying to produce the next So Far Gone.
… And no, I’m not saying that this is what this is.
But House of Balloons actually sounds like it belongs here, to this time, now. It doesn’t sound desperate, it’s got… Swag (an essential ingredient to any noteworthy R&B). The Weeknd have homed in a sound, crafted a sense of atmosphere and in turn brought something pretty fresh to the table. We can spend copious amounts of time and typography on why their sound, sounds like this, and more over can scientifically dissect why it sounds like this now – but it’s all been said before (although the Ginuwine/Timbaland influences on tracks like ‘Coming Down’ is definitely something worth mentioning, still), however what needs to be said is – if you’re looking for a modern take on R&B, which isn’t sh*t – this is for you.
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