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Starboy as an album. It had so much energy to it. It's never going to be the best representation of his vocals, but it's consistent throughout the album IMO. A lot of his early stuff dragged on too long too.
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Starboy as an album. It had so much energy to it. It's never going to be the best representation of his vocals, but it's consistent throughout the album IMO. A lot of his early stuff dragged on too long too.
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Starboy is great to me, but he could've condensed it. What is it like 18 songs? 12 - 13 and it would've been A1. The long, drowned out songs were some of his best. Gives a different feel and atmosphere. Loft Music >>>
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Def like Starboy as an album but no way I could put above anything from Trilogy or Kiss Land
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Love starboy, but the tapes and kissland are masterpieces. Starboy was 5 tracks too long. The tapes felt dragged? No way, 9 perfect tracks each.
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Dragged not in the length of the tapes but some of the songs themselves. There were quite.a few that just bored me. The music was either 1-dimensional a lot of times.
Mister Meaner
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You sound like the type of fan he's curated his music to attract now. You say SB has more "structure" while most most here will say it's "formulaic." Tbh, you could see his protects become more and more polished beginning with EOS. I don't even count Valerie as part of Thursday and that's 1/2 of the songs you found strong on that project 
. Meanwhile on any given day Thursday is MY favorite project, and I know it's some people's choice here and elsewhere.
Again, SB has too many missteps (like False Alarm and other whack joints that display no type of artistic creativity and are obvious attempts at pop sounds for sales). Now that I think about it, might even put BBTM just above SB. I'll give both a listen in the next couple days thanks to this convo. I'm curious to see which is less trash after some time.
. Meanwhile on any given day Thursday is MY favorite project, and I know it's some people's choice here and elsewhere. Again, SB has too many missteps (like False Alarm and other whack joints that display no type of artistic creativity and are obvious attempts at pop sounds for sales). Now that I think about it, might even put BBTM just above SB. I'll give both a listen in the next couple days thanks to this convo. I'm curious to see which is less trash after some time.
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Thursday was weak???????????????
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Listening to Montreal right now 
Classic
Classic
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You sound like the type of fan he's curated his music to attract now. You say SB has more "structure" while most most here will say it's "formulaic." Tbh, you could see his protects become more and more polished beginning with EOS. I don't even count Valerie as part of Thursday and that's 1/2 of the songs you found strong on that project
Again, SB has too many missteps (like False Alarm and other whack joints that display no type of artistic creativity and are obvious attempts at pop sounds for sales). Now that I think about it, might even put BBTM just above SB. I'll give both a listen in the next couple days thanks to this convo. I'm curious to see which is less trash after some time.
Semantics. Structured as in built for radio. I'm actually agreeing with you. But I expected some kind of comment talking about how I'm the "problem" or the "reason" The Weeknd dumbed down/went pop. for championing Starboy. That's fine.
But it's all good. I appreciate his entire body of work. I'm not propping the tapes up on a pedestal because they were a part of this holy trinity of the golden era of The Weeknd before he went mainstream. Thursday is wack to me. HOB is hands down #1 of all his projects. EOS has plenty of gems. KL was like a a more polished, 4th addition to the trilogy. BBTM is trash, but was the moment when he turned the corner to the mainstream for good. Starboy I felt was a good mix of radio sound and pre-BBTM sound. Regardless, if Starboy is considered formulaic and radio friendly than cool. Would rather hear radio friendly Weeknd than 99% of the music on the radio now anyway.
Reminder / Party Monster / Sidewalks / Low Life pt2 / Ordinary Life / Nothing Without You / Die For You / I Feel It Coming / All I Know / True Colors / Secrets / Starboy
If he would have kept it to those 12 songs the album would have had zero holes. I agree SB went on way too long as a project.
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Out if curiosity which tracks felt too long dragged? Please dont say gone or loft music...some of his best tracks are his longest ones
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I'm in a life without a home, so this recognition, not enough.
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I'm in a life without a home, so this recognition, not enough.
The feels, his voice, my emotions
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BBTM is so much better than SB. It's not even close. SB got such a short run with me—it's still damn near trash. I will not be silenced.
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I found Starboy so much more enjoyable bbtm. Outside of like 6 tracks bbtm was wack. While starboy it was 5 tracks too long, bbtm was 9 too long.
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He should have kept with the 10 songs or less formula. Anything more becomes filler.
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Where's the love for the Kiss Land title track at though 
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Knew we were in for something ill when this snippet dropped. I still tell people "This aint nothing to relate to" from time to time
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This mash up is god level. Never forget the first time I heard in back in grad school.
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Where's the love for the Kiss Land title track at though
Does he say she grinds hard til shes teething or grinds hard to be a teacher? Lol
Lyrics sat teething but sounds like teacher.
Dope *** song though!
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Knew we were in for something ill when this snippet dropped. I still tell people "This aint nothing to relate to" from time to time
Yessss
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This mash up is god level. Never forget the first time I heard in back in grad school.
Imagine being there live
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Wish I went to the Kiss Land tour
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Wish I went to the Kiss Land tour
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
That video they played during "Kiss Land"... whoo!!!
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