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Ready for The Weeknd
During the Thanksgiving holiday, many are getting travel arrangements finalized, putting the glaze over the fresh out of the oven turkey and gathering around the big screen to watch football. Even better is the extended weekend many will be getting from it. But there’s a different kind of Weekend I just recently discovered. Sure, I heard R & B (I use that genre loosely) singer The Weeknd on Drake’s “Crew Love” from the Take Care CD. Not to mention that he served as one of the song’s writers, producers, and instrumentalists as well. But I had never heard his mixtapes until recently. One of my friends told me about him and let me hear a few tracks. I instantly liked the music. If I had to categorize The Weeknd’s style of music, I would call it “Dramatic Mellow Soul”.
In 2011, The Weeknd ( Toronto singer Abel Tesfaye a.k.a Drake’s protegé) released 3 mixtapes, House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, with the help of producers Illangelo and Doc McKinney. The music was released as a free offering on www.datpiff.com and other free download sites. Tesfaye’s voice has the airiness of Maxwell and the eccentric tone of Prince.
