Albums The Weeknd - After Hours (Discussion Thread)

[Hammer]

this album is terrible. he sold out after House of Balloons and hasn't released any good consistent quality music since

 

[Phillyrider807]

This shyt is flames. Hard to love is ridiculous

 

[in the NICK of time]

At first I was unsure... with Abel because he gave us literally 3 classics in a row, we know he is capable of dropping pretty much flawless material, but the guy is really challenging himself nowadays to find the balance between his original sound, growing artistically and creating good pop music that is authentic. Given his previous efforts this isn't an easy feat, but when you actually let this sit, you can see here he is very nearly there...this album comes across honest but not forced, fresh but not too foreign, but moreover he prob remains as artistic as he has ever been now he is a popstar... Faith may be the version of this new him, this is him pretty much owning his sound.. few corny moments but I see the growth and look forward to sitting on this more

Co MFing sign
You hit the nail on the head.
Ppl either complain an artist doesn’t evolve musically
Or complain he sounds the same since his first mixtape.
There’s always a narrative for “haters”
You either you like it Or don’t. Simple as that.
Any further reasoning to hate on an artist that’s growing and maturing yet u want it your way is a selfish problem.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Dont know why yall still champion this bedbuck. His music peaked with House Of Baloons, and even that tape wasnt all that.

This shyt is

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

this shyt fire only like two wack tracks if that.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

ha

the interest in cinema is where the abel lana parallel stops

lana pen is backed by more thought



pinktoe is stamped with me she's uptXwn educated ju hearddddddddd

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You all up in this thread for an album you don’t like. You the biggest Stanley

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Dont know why yall still champion this bedbuck. His music peaked with House Of Baloons, and even that tape wasnt all that.

This shyt is

Penis police out in full force tonight

 

[Carlton Banks]

This the funniest review/reaction on this album this far

 

[010101]

You downplay the Weeknd and big up LDR when they are essentially the same artist thematically?

Lana like Abel has had the same exact shtick since her inception (tortured vapid lolita interspersed with americana longing and retarded lyrics) just like abel has been on his cutting edge hedonistic vampire shyt. Only difference between the two is The weeknd is coming with sleeker sounds and trying to progress and perfect his sound while Lana went with the grammy bait route with that tired garbage wannabe Joni Mitchell album. Norman fukking Rockwell was middling as fukk to me and I been on her since when videogames had less than 10k views


Goddamn, man-child
You fukked me so good that I almost said "I love you"
You're fun and you’re wild
But you don't know the half of the shyt that you put me through

oh yeah. her pen is so much more thoughtful, they basically the same artist Abel just can actually fukking sing and makes vastly better music

it's an opinion

lana the better writer

no offense to you intended

You all up in this thread for an album you don’t like. You the biggest Stanley

do you expect these discussions to be one sided¿

there are things i like about the album & things i don't like

stanleys aren't capable of criticism

please settle down you & the rest of the guard dogs

ha

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[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

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Spoiler

If you're hip to the game you know what to do with that gibberish

I'll give you a hit: base64

 

[Deafheaven]

it's an opinion

lana the better writer

no offense to you intended


do you expect these discussions to be one sided¿

there are things i like about the album & things i don't like

stanleys aren't capable of criticism

please settle down you & the rest of the guard dogs

ha

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I can be objective I thought his last two joans were 2.5/5 with too much filler. I also really liked Born to Die and UV. But Lana since then has been doo doo butter and I cant really understand where you see her being so superior a writer for it to be a slight to the Weeknd. It cant be lyrics cuz hers are worse and more one note. Cant be composition cuz that shyt was all Jack Antonoff for her last album. Im just trying to see the angle. Dont tell its cuz LDR is a rich Manhattan trust fund baby

 

[010101]

I can be objective I thought his last two joans were 2.5/5 with too much filler. I also really liked Born to Die and UV. But Lana since then has been doo doo butter and I cant really understand where you see her being so superior a writer for it to be a slight to the Weeknd. It cant be lyrics cuz hers are worse and more one note. Cant be composition cuz that shyt was all Jack Antonoff for her last album. Im just trying to see the angle. Dont tell its cuz LDR is a rich Manhattan trust fund baby

as i said it's my opinion she's the better writer

i didn't bring her up to slight abel

ease up

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[Deafheaven]

as i said it's my opinion she's the better writer

i didn't bring her up to slight abel

ease up

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You telling folks to ease up when you said anyone who connects with the Weeknd has a mental illness then you hype LDR like her last record aint have I may or may not like to get raped undertones

Its w/e we gon agree to disagree

 

[010101]

You telling folks to ease up when you said anyone who connects with the Weeknd has a mental illness then you hype LDR like her last record aint have I may or may not like to get raped undertones

Its w/e we gon agree to disagree

ease up on the defense

you jacking that "i want you to overdose with me" shyte¿

my guy @AMcV'88 made the abel lana comparison & i said i think lana pen is better

abel without the supporting writers habitually stumbles back into sung mumble rap.esque bars about dirtbag shyte

that shyte is what he got in the door with but he had to hire professional pens to become a pop artist

i think the trilogy era he was going straight off the top in the booth

writing ain't his strength it's his production selection & knowing who to work with over all

it's nothing deep we can definitely agree to disagree

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[Vintage Eclectic]

Idk what album some of you brehs are listening to but outside of maybe a few songs, this album was garbage. The repetitive themes of lost love throughout the album falls flat because of bland lyrics and boring production.

I’m really trying to understand what he was trying to do with this album, concept wise because whatever it was has been lost in translation. Easily his worst album