His music has always been dope as fukk to me, and I liked 'Channel Orange' a lot, Weeknd left this dude way behind in the last 3 years....thats undeniable, and they were close, comparison wise at some point in 2011/12...either way, he has dropped the ball with his career, imo, I think he doesn't like the fame and the pressure, because he hasn't released even an EP since C.O.
As far as homosexuality and his music, I don't know if dude is really gay, or just bi, I don't think it matters.....I never liked 'Pink Matter', or the one with the more overt references, just from a music standpoint....but 'Bad Religion', 'Thinking About You', 'Sweet Life', 'Pyramids' are all favorites, I look at like even if he is SINGING to a man, I am thinking about a women....same when listening to female r&b or pop, you reverse the sex to suit you.