The Man

3y

It’s obvious at this point that when Abel wants, he can dominate the charts. After Hours did crazy numbers and had a lot of success while also bring quality music. Now, he releases Dawn FM which is critically praised and loved by all real music fans. Previously, he released mdm after two commercially successful albums as well. The range and versatility of The Weeknd in 2022 is unmatched by any other popular artist that’s currently making music. Only one that comes close is Kanye but prob not anymore. Let’s all give The Weeknd his flowers before he’s gone

valenciaga

3y

Ok

bakedinatlanta

3y

Dawn fm experimental???

rvi

3y

experimental?

The Man

3y

We don’t talk about mass murderers in my threads

f_e_n_n_y

3y

wtf was experimental about these?

these all have traditional song structures

the beats are a bit off the wall but they all boil down to radio friendly in the end lmao

slime wrld

3y

real music fans on ktt = artist uses odd voice and synths is greatest thing ever

O7OXO

3y

Damn ktt goin hard on us weeknd fans. Although the only thing experimental about Dawn fm was gasoline, Every angel is terrifying and the radio concept. Abel needs to stop teasing and go all out

The Man

3y

It’s obvious at this point that when Abel wants, he can dominate the charts. After Hours did crazy numbers and had a lot of success while also bring quality music. Now, he releases Dawn FM which is critically praised and loved by all real music fans. Previously, he released mdm after two commercially successful albums as well. The range and versatility of The Weeknd in 2022 is unmatched by any other popular artist that’s currently making music. Only one that comes close is Kanye but prob not anymore. Let’s all give The Weeknd his flowers before he’s gone

Bobby_96

3y

Aside from Ye who is an obvious example, I think Big Boi of Outkast pulled this off well.

Outkast in their later years was "Black Beatles" status and they were topping charts and winning all types of awards.

Big Boi's solo albums only had moderate success but had very strong musical diversity with Sir Licious having that funk/Jazz/R&B sound, Vicious Lies having a strong indie/alternative rock influence, and Boomiverse being a good blend of modern rap with strong Detroit house/electronic influences. And his last album with Sleepy Brown has a strong R&B element with modern rap influences.