while the creeping bells and loping drums of “What You Need” designed the blueprint for an entire generation of twilight crooners. House of Balloons and his subsequent mixtapes may have landed Tesfaye his major label deal, but to this day,...
skip to main content albums house of balloons the weeknd 2011 8.5 best new music by joe colly genre: pop/r&b label: self-released reviewed: march 29, 2011 this project has ridden a wave of online buzz thanks in part to a deliberately murky backstory, but the music, a kind of spectral...
The Weeknd’s debut mixtape, House of Balloons, made a massive impact upon arrival in 2011. As mystery swirled around the R&B star’s identity and his connection to Drake, the music set the stage for not only The Weeknd’s rise but an entire movement in the sound of R&B. He ...
Now five years since its initial release, House of Balloons is still the Weeknd’s best effort to date. That has as much to do with us as it does Abel Tesfaye.
The Weeknd, “The Morning.”The Weeknd’sHouse of Balloonsmixtape fulfills all the requisite conditions of blogability. Lack of vowel? Check. Mysterious production origins? Check. Siouxsie and the Banshees sample? Yessir. But much like with Odd Future, it’s easy to get the sense that this...
Got something to say?JOIN THE CONVERSATION There's a lot of mystery and hype surrounding The Weeknd. He's already co-signed by Drake (they're both from Toronto), and House Of Balloons' sound is a welcome departure from nearly everything we've heard from R&B in recent years. It seems...
Yesterday marked the 10-year anniversary of The Weeknd's debut mixtape, House of Balloons, and the superstar, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, decided to celebrate this milestone in the best way. NBC / Getty Images He reissued the mixtape, which is now available on Spotify and Apple ...