![]() But everyone knows those guys are awesome. ![]() When we talked to the man himself, during his first ever interview for our recent cover story, he told us about his love for stars like Michael Jackson, Prince, and R. So for the Weeknd fan hungry for more, this presents a challenge. Not that his sound doesn't have its predecessors, but it was a new, very-21st-century thing. In March 2011 when he dropped House of Balloons (just a month after Frank Ocean dropped Nostalgia, ULTRA) it was unlike anything we had heard. Abel Tesfaye, became such a big deal when he first came out was because he was a shot in the arm for R&B, a genre that become fairly stagnant. ![]() But hey, that stunning trifecta of 2011 mixtapes, House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence made for a some awfully heavy expectations. Some of the new stuff is great, like the dark, lustful "Belong To The World." But as music fiends, as all-week-long Weeknd fans, we're never satisfied. It isn't getting the best reviews, and to be honest, we a re a little disappointed. Today The Weeknd's album Kiss Land hits in stores.
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