The Weeknd - STARBOY (Discussion Thread)

[Da King]

"Bought mama a crib and a brand new wagon, Now she hit the grocery shop looking lavish"

Had me

 

[JetLife]

shyt is fire... nikkas gotta chill... OG fans know we gonna get that deal when the whole shyt drops. This nikka deserves to drop those "for the people" joints.... He supplied us wit the "trilogy" for crumbs. Let this nikka keep rising and doing his numbers.

I would understand that if his "core" Weeknd material didn't sell as well as these crossover pop tracks, but that hasn't been the case.

Trilogy sold 500k off previously free mixtapes that were openly shared on his website. It ended up outselling Kissland by 2x.

The Hills went 7x plat while Can't Feel My Face went 5x plat. Also, remember Hills came back to #1 even after CFMF was released after.

All the numbers up to this point show his "core" material does better financially (which is all the label cares about), yet the record label still pushes for crossover tracks, duets, collabos.

I'm not stressin', album should be great, it just makes no sense why the record label keeps pushing this direction when it doesn't even make financial sense.

 

[FSP]

I'm really depressed over Weeknds change in direction. I'm hoping this is just to appease radio and get his pop money and the rest of the album is real Weeknd.

Weeknd is far more talented a singer than PND but right now I prefer PND musical direction right now.

I still have hope though. This is his cool pop song, OG Weeknd fans still gonna get our fix of that crack.

This is just a nice song.

Lies. This shyt is fire

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Sounds like every other weeknd song.

I gather you've only listened to like 3 weeknd songs because this sounds nothing like 99% of his material

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

I would understand that if his "core" Weeknd material didn't sell as well as these crossover pop tracks, but that hasn't been the case.

Trilogy sold 500k off previously free mixtapes that were openly shared on his website. It ended up outselling Kissland by 2x.

The Hills went 7x plat while Can't Feel My Face went 5x plat. Also, remember Hills came back to #1 even after CFMF was released after.

All the numbers up to this point show his "core" material does better financially (which is all the label cares about), yet the record label still pushes for crossover tracks, duets, collabos.

I'm not stressin', album should be great, it just makes no sense why the record label keeps pushing this direction when it doesn't even make financial sense.

The hills came out before can't feel my face.

But it didn't blow up until after can't feel my face.

Earned it opened the door for a peak at mainstream and can't feel my face blasted the door off the hinges.


The hills wouldn't be as big without those songs.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This is the sort of shyt thats gonna KILL lounges

 

[WickedGames]

This is MY n*gga

 

[thatrapsfan]

I'm really depressed over Weeknds change in direction. I'm hoping this is just to appease radio and get his pop money and the rest of the album is real Weeknd.

Weeknd is far more talented a singer than PND but right now I prefer PND musical direction right now.

I still have hope though. This is his cool pop song, OG Weeknd fans still gonna get our fix of that crack.

This is just a nice song.

So you're on the what's hot train for everyone but the Weeknd?

Tracks dope and Weeknd>>>>PND.

 

[WickedGames]

So you're on the what's hot train for everyone but the Weeknd?

Tracks dope and Weeknd>>>>PND.

Huh?

 

[We Major]

Beat is fukking ridiculous

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

This jawn cool.

Can't wait for the album.

 

[HALLOWEEN]

i heard the snippet of the song and i was legit worried... maaaan was i wrong..

this shiii goes hard... cant wait for the album..

Young Abel da Gawd has blessed these streets just in time for Fall

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

So many industry insiders and executives in here

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

You know, he's really a master at making vulgar pop music.

This shyt sounds like some extra high level pop shyt. Like the hook with the repeated (ha ha ha ha ha )

But then you look at the lyrics

"Main bytch outta your league too, ah
Side bytch outta your league too, ah"

Like some real baller stunting shyt


"Twenty racks a table, carved from ebony Cut that ivory into skinny pieces Then she clean it with her face man I love my baby"

Once again singing about bytches sniffing coke off expensive tables.

Singing about cars, girls, drugs, money, and it's wrapped in such a package that people won't even know what the fukk their singing about.

He's stayin true to his earlier work by still keeping up with them vulgar, dark ass lyrics.
It's just repackaged into a pop, easy listening, Friday night on the highway form.

It's genius. It's like if MJ had all those rhythms and cadences but just rapped about degenerate shyt.

We're lucky to have Abel

You got it breh. His early shyt was my anthems(glad his new stuff got him to superstardom) when I was a young lowlife in highshool. Finally there was someone who I could listen to when I was on my skeez and complete the experience.
Playing part 1 of the birds in the car and females bumping it not knowing what was coming next
Getting high to Loft Music before I went over a girl house
The Party and The After Party on acid
XO till we OD brehs

 

[KingBeez]

King of the Fall byke

Starboy