(Check 'Same Old Song,' 20 percent of which features singing 'You're the same old song,' over and over, with the final 'o' held for several seconds.) Now that he's with a label, he'll hopefully get some kind of filter that enables him to fulfill the promise heard in these 160 minutes of one-dimensional, occasionally exhilarating overindulgence. More often, he needs restraint, as he is prone to repetitious whining that is more young boy than young. There are points throughout these works where is distinctively gripping, supplying deadly hooks and somehow singing for his life despite the cold blood flowing through his veins. He also continued to find slightly different, occasionally peculiar ways of expressing unapologetically sordid feelings about drugs, partying, drugs, bad girls, drugs, strippers, drugs, good girls gone bad, and drugs - all of which serve an identical purpose and get the same level of consideration, though 'Put that rum down, you don't wanna die tonight' is at least somewhat thoughtful. Not only matched the original's intensity but went so over the top with it that the top was no longer visible. Emboldened by critical acclaim and an enthusiastic fan base, led the set, produced mostly by, with a cover of 'Dirty Diana,' 's unintentionally comical groupie nightmare. And then, in December, just after released, an album featuring a handful of collaborations, completed trilogy in an equally excessive fashion. It offered minor variations on the debut's themes of getting laid and high through plodding, thudding scenes of bleak malevolence.Īnyone not magnetized to extended periods of intense wallowing and/or chemically-induced lethargy - or the idea of experiencing either one of the two states - could discern that could have used an editor. The duo produced the entirety of, released that August. Supported by fellow Toronto native, surfaced that March with, an impressive debut that merged his paradoxical approach - sweet voice, poisonous words - with gloomy but entrancing productions, most of which were provided by and Doc McKinney. Compiles them with remastered sound and adds three new songs. The Weeknd - Trilogy (with Download Link) (9.8/10)| HYPEBEAST Forums.Īka, released three free mixtapes, aka albums, in 2011.

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