Yes that's when I can consider him a legend, sooner or later mate

why you got beef weeknd fans bro

Weeknd stans aren’t the ones making the comparisons bud

bro there’s an entire sub genre and region that came from trilogy lol

artist to come up thats inspired by abel???? try all of rnb post 2011 LOL

Nah, I don't think so

Which genre?? I think the bar is extremely high for pop.

hell no

You think he's made better albums than Chris Brown/usher Bruno in their prime?
Bruno who wrote pop hits for others and himself? + comeback with 24 karat magic album?
Usher confessions?
Chris Brown self titled?

I think it's too early to say fr

there were a whole lot of artists inspired by trilogy lol

any example

Musically as a whole I guess since that’s what the thread Seems to be asking

Is Drake a legend?

holy f***ing s*** BOZO nation living up to his name

this is HOB production

Ah yes it’s The Weeknd haters comparing him to MJ and Prince I forgot!

I don't think he was better than Michael was but the only Michael era this whole site was even alive for was the one where he was making himself look like an alien, being accused of child molestation, and not making any classic music anyone still knows today. Not sure why everyone here acts like an authority on him and says no one can ever be better when none of us were even around in his prime.

Drake
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Bryson Tiller
6LACK

i kinda hate the obsession with vague terms like "classic" and "legend"

if any artist is super popular like that they are basically going down as a "legend" to many people. same as an album considered a classic

Very few legends these days of comparable quality to our past artists so nah but he’s got time to prove himself

niggas are unironically comparing MJ and the weeknd itt

I think Weeknd has multiple projects better than Bruno’s best

I like trilogy more than confessions but prolly not

I’m definitely taking trilogy over CB self titled though especially given how influential it’s been

No one sounds like Abel because they don’t have the vocal cords for it. They take the instrumentals but they gotta whisper over them.

nigga that album came out a little less than 2 years ago, tf???

also abel's influence on music is very prominent, we are just far too close to the source of exposure to full fathom it in the long term... does an artist need to admit their influence for you to understand it or can you read between the lines