House of Balloons is great - the title track into Glass Table Girls is an all-timer. Became more mainstream as he went on and whereas I canāt begrudge the man his solid gold house, I can cap him at a 3 and ask him to ponder his life choices.
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Isnāt that a little bit the point though? Always thought there was an element of character play going on (much like The Nationalās whisky sodden affect or that time Eifel 65 pretended to be blue) although happy to be corrected on that front.
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Wrestlemania too so it has a dual effect on me 
Coming from nowhere to release those 3 mixtapes in one year is worthy of a 5 on itās own. They were absolutely stunning and his anonymity really added to the mystique around them.
How he managed to then go on to be one of the biggest popstars in the world still boggles my mind. He did it mostly on his own terms as well. Heās done plenty of more poppy/ballady numbers but the song that really broke him was āthe hillsā (over a billion hits on YouTube!) and it wouldnāt have been out of place on those mixtapes.
His latest album is probably his most cohesive mainstream release but for me the previous album āafter hoursā is the best balance between his mixtape days and the big pop bangers needed to be a superstar.
Surprised he doesnāt get more attention in here given his indie roots but heās fecking great. 5!
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That song with the Siouxsie and the Banshees sample is terrible.
Thatās all I have.
Sorry.
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First mixtape I absolutely rinsed, itās fantastic and had some genuine mystique. Glass table girls in particular was such a fucking grimy dark thing.
Reckon he cemented his name with his features on Take Care tbh, his vocal on Crew Love is absolutely searing and yr man Drake apes him all over that record (to great effect it should be added, always come out to bat for it)
Always watched him with some interest even though his first few post trilogy releases were mostly crap as I knew he was capable of making very well curated stuff plus that voice is absolutely remarkable - nice that his instrument alongside JT makes latter day Jacko completely unnecessary.
I Canāt Feel My Face deserves itās own thread tbh, most blatant radio hit about drugs ever? Absolute monster anyway, came at a time when he needed to get his sound right and paved the way for him to become a mega star. Has since become a great singles artist and Iāll be picking up a greatest hits when one comes out. The Daft Punk lads made him sound AMAZING and in turn he made Daniel Lopatin turn out stuff that you can actually enjoy rather than admire. Also enjoyed his fear and loathing aesthetic immensely.
Deffo a 4 from me, hope he keeps going and keeps doing interesting stuff - Iād wager he will.
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Shout out for appearing on AOTY as well
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Liked house of balloons but kind of feel thereās no need to deliberately listen to any of the stuff since then as it is so ubiquitous. I like some of the tracks Iāve heard since then but canāt really imagine putting any of them on deliberately.
Heās got some great stuff and a lot of shit
This is great
Some good features too
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The score is imminent.
Damn, thought The Weeknd would have got more than 33 replies. Heās one of the biggest stars In the world!
Iām no fan but yeah thought there would have been a good bit of discussion about him
The Weeknd scores 2.55
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R&B has a struggle on the ol dis.
Iām not a big fan of the music but my friend is their touring bassist so I gotta go 3 for that alone. His voice kinda bugs me. Idk. I liked about 6 songs off starboy. Never been an artist I want to spend a ton of time with. Still very crazy to me that heās one of the worlds biggest pop stars.
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U2 are now beating him in the poll? Shame on you DiS. SHAME.
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Agree that The Morning is probably the best thing heās ever done.
His early features were ridiculous as well. The feat. artist is normally expected to sing the hook or add a final verse but the bold Abel walks in and takes the entire first half of the song. Ends up owning the tracksā¦
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New trailer for his TV Show is out, it looks like if anything it could be worse than Euphoria
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