After Hours - The Weeknd: Review
The Weeknd AKA Abel Tesfaye is a Toronto based R&B singer who rose up as a member of the Drake headlined OVO collective in the early 2010's. While his first three mixtapes were massive critical successes and have become fan favorites he really made his mark commercially with back to back mega hit records in 2015 and 2016. Beauty Behind The Madness and Starboy not only became huge hits in their own right but fully solidified Abel's massive influence over modern R&B, and so many who have emerged in the genre over the past decade owe some big time influence to his sound. Review By Lavender: There's no way I could possibly hide my long running love for Abel's music as The Weeknd. I called House Of Balloons my 22nd best record of the entire last decade, and its title track House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls my #9 song of the entire last decade. Not to mention Starboy , The Hills and Call Out My Name getting big spots on previous year end li...