i wish i could listen to this song for the first time it blows my mind they made this song the first time they met and they made it in like 30 to 45 minutes.
those kickdrums are so genius

how do you come up with this kind of music so easily

lightskin chick from Spain from Poland
Whole lotta friends from Spain from Poland
Whole lotta cash from Spain from ////
Ooooooohhhh

It was the first thing that released, they prolly got mad music they made before this lmao

illangelo said first time they met this was the first song they made but when drake was making take care he took the song from him it was meant to go on house of balloons this shot for me and the ride

Cause Illangelo is a music/mixing and mastering genius

Need him and Doc back together

What the f*** 😧

there’s even a version of practice that leaked which weeknd made but drake took that song

id love jeremy rose one day too those guys made some magical music together during that time. i wish doc was working with him again at least illangelo is

Sadly that’ll never be a reality lol. The Jeremy Rose part I mean

I genuinely think about this a lot as well

It is just mind-bending how a 20/21 year old without a particularly strong musical background released House of Balloons

Not going to call it 'lightning in a bottle' because Abel has proved time and time again how insanely talented he is

But these sessions really do exemplify that notion of 'lightning in a bottle', who knows what kind of energy was in the studio at the time, honestly just perfect timing mixed with perfect talent

yeah they got beef but i could see them putting it aside one day i do wish they would

Like, what an insane twist of fate that Abel linked up with Illangelo at this respective points in both their lives

They just met and f***ing made history, it's crazy inspiring

They made the original version of this + original version of Glass Tables during that first session, if I recall correctly

''straight from poland''

the fact he dropped three tapes in the same year as well as like helping make a decent chunk of take care too is remarkable. i think that era was just a perfect storm of talent and energy where he made that music we never really getting anything like it again

that original version of glass table girls crazy that and airports some of my fav leaks from him

Forgive me father I have sinned. I have gotten thy weeknd lyrics wrong

Masterpiece of a song

What makes it even more impressive is it's not like Abel walked into the studio and said to Illangelo

"Yo let's make something that kind of sounds like ** "

They really birthed a brand new sound right here

Not to get all soppy and sentimental but that's the music that lasts, that s*** that just comes straight from the heart - just pure originality

those tapes still get talked about to this day heavily it’s timeless music that people been trying to replicate for years and failed. the way they combined so much s*** in those tapes to make some new s*** boggles the mind

I'm not even a weeknd fan and I know them better than you

Take your nose off my keyboard

What you bothering me for?

There's a room full of niggas

What you following me for?

This ain't no f***ing sing-along

So, girl, what you singing for?

It's cause we blowing like a C4

Got my whole crew blowing like a C4

Nah you can’t say “I made your whole aesthetic and career” and expect the man to ever be cool with you again

I managed to get a DJ to put Crew Love into his set at a function I was at pre-COVID times, early-Feb last year

Before it came on I got a bit anxious about it being part of the setlist but nah when it came on it f***ing POPPED

Almost a decade later and it sounds just as fresh as it did in 2011, timelessness fr