The Weeknd could be a star if he wasn't so weird

[AkaDemiK]

Threadstsrter beloved

 

[Mac Casper]

Ya cause being weird has totally held Michael Jackson and Prince back

 

[THE MACHINE]

Who are you to judge

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

He didn't blow up until he made cookie cutter music

OP was right except instead of making traditional R&B he made pop music

Not his fault that white people sang along to can't feel my face thinking it was about being so happily inlove that your face is numb when in fact it about doing so much coke his face became numb

Like The Weeknd said he that ńigga popping pills, fukking bytches, living life so trill

 

[Big Mel]

Heard a new song from him yesterday. It was weak. Seems he's totally done making good music at this point. Oh well

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Prescient article from 2015 that talks about the transition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/m...f-into-the-biggest-pop-star-in-the-world.html

 

[The Fire]

well he had to be chiselled into shape by his Republic Records overlords

 

[Lootpack]

Abel supposedly got back with the HoB crew, I got high hopes for his upcoming album.

 

[87 others]

Nah, we definitely don't need another generic ass R&B nikka in the game. Being different is what makes his music great.

 

[WickedGames]

there's a difference between artist with a strong cult following and popstar territory
he'd never enter popstar territory without the machine and company pens polishing his raw work

the key term was break through

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Nope, you can't sell out arenas worldwide with just the usual "cult following". This nicca was doing the same venues Jay Z, Drake and Kanye do when they travel. Curren$y has a "cult following". Weeknd was already a phenom

 

[010101]

Nope, you can't sell out arenas worldwide with just the usual "cult following". This nicca was doing the same venues Jay Z, Drake and Kanye do when they travel. Curren$y has a "cult following". Weeknd was already a phenom

a cult phenomenon yeah
but like i said not a popstar
it's stages stage one is aubrey bringing him into the mainstream light
step two was the label getting him to work with writers/producers and getting him pop placements

he couldn't get to the levels he's at now just off dope fiend tunes brobro

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[Kilgore Trout]

a cult phenomenon yeah
but like i said not a popstar
it's stages stage one is aubrey bringing him into the mainstream light
step two was the label getting him to work with writers/producers and getting him pop placements

he couldn't get to the levels he's at now just off dope fiend tunes brobro

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Nope he was already there

(before cant feel my face, ect)

 

[milik_19]

Weeknd cool, one of my fav new artists actually, but honestly that nikka is just a fad. He is already starting to burn out. nikka dont got the personality or the looks for longevity. We will not be talking about his ass 5 years from now.

He's a motherfukking starboy

 

[RichYung]

breh, he basically put 3 of his mixtapes together on some triple disc shyt. so of course, it's not gonna take much for him to go platnium. i DOUBT dude is going to blow up. isn't his album supposed to be out already? he doesn't have star value and his image is NOT marketable. how is his label supposed to market his fiendish looking ass.

Lmaooooooooooooooo

 

[Dontay Flaco]

This thread hasn't aged well.