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The Weeknd, the stage name for Abel Tesfaye, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer.
The Scarborough, Toronto-born singer, songwriter, and producer doesn't say much outside o
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Elizabeth Walker
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Oct 10, 2011
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A quick rundown of The Weeknd for those of you who've been visiting the moon for the past year or so: The Weeknd was a mysterious viral phenom, starting out with a few singles dropped at the end of 2010. Since then, Drake has promoted the artist, we ...
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Sounds like:
Ellie Goulding,
Blood Orange
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Jason Grishkoff
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Sep 28, 2011
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Apparently some were anticipating this remix. For me, it came out of the blue. Either way, I think it's exciting to see one of music's fastest rising acts remix a well-established female-vocalist group such as Florence + The Machine. Not to mention t...
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3

Sounds like:
PARTYNEXTDOOR,
Drake,
Frank Ocean
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 25, 2011
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With the recent release of their mixtape Thursday, the covers and remixes are flowing in at a steady pace. They've been a mixed bag for the most part, but when I stumbled upon this cover by 21-year-old French-Canadian artist Coeur de Pirate, I knew i...
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Sounds like:
Drake,
James Blake,
Tyler the Creator,
How to Dress Well,
Usher
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David Peter Simon
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Aug 19, 2011
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The Weeknd has dropped his second mixtape. Time for more babymaking.Today, I opened up my computer to the wonderful surprise that viral and R&B genius Abel Tesfaye has dropped his highly awaited follow-up to House of Balloons titled Thursday. The...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Jun 22, 2011
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In compliance with the relatively recent trend of foregoing any association of new music one has created with pre-existing labels, the masterminds behind this dance-ready remix call its genre "pantystep." The duo of DJ Troublemaker and Tate La Rock t...
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Sounds like:
How to Dress Well,
Drake,
The-Dream
By
James Curtis
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Jun 17, 2011
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In two weeks in March, something amazing happened. The Weeknd went from being non-existent in the eyes of almost all people everywhere to being the most heralded and hyped R&B act online in 2011. It was sensational, from a cultural as well as mus...
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By
Kyle Suss
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Jun 13, 2011
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I love the term "future bass." I feel like it fits so perfectly with the style that glitch artists put forth. "Future sex bass" sounds a little more appropriate at times with all of the sexuality that oozes from these tracks, but I guess that depends...
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Sounds like:
Usher,
James Blake,
Lil B,
How To Dress Well
By
David Peter Simon
on
Apr 13, 2011
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It's mixtapes like House of Balloons that makes me wish we were still living in the golden era of 90s R&B music. Drake wasn't kidding around when he recently retweeted The Weeknd's new album to his 2 million+ followers: it's not often that you fi...
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