When I saw
The Weeknd's "What You Need" get
BNM'd on Pitchfork on Friday, I wrote it off -- Pitchfork rarely demands immediate listening and "The Playlist" is full of songs I already have or get around to snapping up later.
Well, turns out I'm an idiot. I know absolutely nothing about the project (though I love that P4K's Larry Fitzmaurice admits the same... #journalism?), but The Weeknd are not to be slept on. The collective have only released four tracks so far, but in those 16 minutes, they've demonstrated prowess in post-dubstep production, traditional sampling (of
Beach House, natch) and the kind of R&B being repurposed by
The-Dream and
Drake.
But while The-Dream's making bangers for
Kim Kardashian (?), these guys are putting out efforts that rival their contemporaries in style, substance, and sex appeal. Damn.
"He's what you want / He's what you want / He's what you want / I'm what you need"
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